Tangy Cashew Cream

Dairy-Free

Gluten-Free

Paleo

Sugar-Free

Vegan

Vegetarian

Fresh lemon juice and garlic lend the zing to this vegan sour-cream alternative.

By Michelle Tam | Experience Life

Makes5 servings
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time0 minutes

Ingredients
Directions

Ingredients

1 cup raw cashews, soaked in 1 cup boiling water for 15 minutes
1/2 cup water
2 tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
2 tbs. lemon juice
2 small garlic cloves, peeled
1 tsp. Diamond Crystal kosher salt or 3/4 tsp. regular kosher salt

Directions

STEP 1

Drain the soaked cashews and toss them in a blender with the remaining ingredients. Blitz the contents until smooth.

STEP 2

Taste and adjust the seasoning with more salt or lemon juice if needed.

Nutritional information

Photography by: Henry Fong

Recipe excerpted from Nom Nom Paleo: Let’s Go! Copyright January 2022 by Michelle Tam and Henry Fong. Published January 18, 2022, by Andrews McMeel Publishing. Reprinted with permission.

By Michelle Tam

Michelle Tam is an award-winning food blogger at NomNomPaleo.com who also has a Webby Award–winning Nom Nom Paleo cooking app available for iPhone and iPad. Her cookbook, Nom Nom Paleo: Food for Humans, is a New York Times bestseller.