Vegan Recipe: Decadent Cheese Fries

Not the traditional greasy, dairy-laden cheese fries, of course. But these vegan cheese fries are just as tasty, and do a lot less damage! These would be great at your child?s birthday party or a family game night.

Ingredients:

• 1 jicama, peeled
  
• 1 Tbsp. nutritional yeast
  
• 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
  
• 1 cup raw almonds
  
• 2 Tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil (if you are using sun-dried tomatoes already soaked in oil, you may not need this)
  
• 1/4 cup raisins
  
• 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes
  
• 1 tsp. chili powder
  
• 1/2 tsp. paprika
  
• 1 bell pepper, seeded and chopped
  
• 1 cup raw cashews
  
• 1/2 tsp. cumin powder
  
• 4 drops lemon essential oil *
  
• pinch of himalayan sea salt

Instructions:

• Soak raisins in water for 10 minutes.?
  
• To make the ?fries," cut peeled jicama into french fry-shaped pieces.?
  
• Add jicama fries to a large bowl and toss with nutritional yeast and cayenne pepper. Season with salt, to taste.?
  
• To make the ?meat," add almonds, chili powder, and paprika to a food processor. Add a drop of olive oil and process until smooth. Add raisins and sun-dried tomatoes and continue processing until chunky. You may have to add a little more olive oil to get correct texture. Once that's finished, set aside.?
  
• To make the ?cheese?, add bell pepper, cashews, chili powder, cumin powder, and lemon essential oil to food processor and process until completely smooth. Season with salt to taste.?
  
• Assemble by placing ?fries? on a plate, topping with the ?meat? and finally the ?cheese."

I use lemon essential oil instead of regular lemons because it's cold pressed from lemon rinds to preserve its delicate and potent properties. To find out more about lemon essential oil, click here.

Published March 5, 2013 at 7:08 AM

About Hayley Hobson

Hayley Hobson is an author, speaker, yogi, Pilates and holistic nutritional expert based in Boulder, CO. Hayley creates lifestyle transformations by coaching her clients to strengthen, nourish and evolve through the cycles and shifts in life. Combining cutting edge understanding in all three disciplines due to years of anatomical study and dietary theory, Hayley?s approach leverages their blended benefits and results. Her unique and intelligent style promotes strengthening while softening?empowering her client?s to heal not only their physical bodies, but their hearts and minds as well. Hayley studied at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and continues her studies with David Wolfe, raw food expert. ?Her insights and articles can also be found on her blog,?Elephant Journal and Islaorganics. She has also been featured in Pilates Style magazine, Natural Health?magazine and Triathlete Magazine. ?She has fun running and playing in the mountains with her husband, former world-ranked triathlete, Wes Hobson and their two beautiful daughters, Makenna and Madeline . To learn more about her nutritional courses, events she's hosting and custom programs go to hayleyhobson.com?or follow her on Facebook or Twitter?or?Pinterest.?

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