Red Pepper Cashew Queso

It’s everything you expect from a great queso dip, without the dairy.

Ingredients

• 1 cups (420 ml) water
• ¾ cup (120 g) almonds
• ¼ cup (15 g) nutritional yeast
• ½ cup (65 g) cashews
• 1 (150 g) red bell pepper, stemmed
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoons kosher salt, optional
• ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

Directions

1. Place all ingredients into the Vitamix container in the order listed and secure the lid.
2. Run the Hot Soup Program or start the blender on its lowest speed, then quickly increase to its highest speed. Blend for 7 minutes 30 seconds.

Notes

Adapted from Life is NOYOKE Your Vitamix blender is powerful enough to pulverize the nuts in this recipe, so you can enjoy your favorite restaurant-style queso at home (without the dairy).

Nutrition

1 serving (78g)

• Calories: 120

• Total Fat: 9g

• Total Carbohydrate: 6g

  • Dietary Fiber: 3g
  • Sugars: 1g

• Protein: 5g

• Cholesterol: 0mg

• Sodium: 290mg