MY MEAL PREP SECRET WEAPON | vegan meal prep essentials (+ PDF guide)
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A budget tip: At your local Indian grocery, look for the broken cashew pieces (they are packaged separately) instead of the whole, pretty cashews. You save a LOT.
nywvblue good idea!
Brilliant!
Just wanted to say thank you. I was afraid I couldn't afford this!
don't have any .... but thanks for the tip.
Great tip!!!
I found that making the cream twice increases the creaminess. Allow the original mix to rest for several hours or overnight in the fridge and then re-blend for a few minutes. This virtually eliminates any residual grittiness from unblended nuts.
That is such a great tip. The grittiness is really annoying
I love that tip! Thanks for sharing, Elisabeth!
If you do it in the small 4 cup food processor it comes out perfect. Better then the vitamix and large food processor.
I’ve always had to strain mine and it’s such a pain. I’m going to try this!
LOVE IT!
I do use a standard blender and it works pretty darn good. I can't afford a vita mix, so a good ole fashioned Oster will work!
I use an Oster too. I bought a vitamix but it sounds like a jet taking off in your peaceful home, so I took it back
If you have a bestbuy cc you can buy one and pay 26$ a month🥰 I LOVE my vitamix!!
Blenders are funny and can't be judged by their appearances.
I have a Blendtec that's 1550 watts with 2 blades and it does so much better at blending than my Ninja that's 1500 watts with 6 blades.
I love my ninja. I’ve had the same one 10yrs. It was only like $60
I have 2 ninjas and I love them. I had an oster but it didnt do the trick for me.
In Mexico 🇲🇽 we have a very common dessert 🍨, strawberries with cream, and OMG I used this recipe and its just fabulous. Thank you so much!
Mexican too 🎉
Just purchased your The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook and started putting a star by the recipes I wanted to make. At page 60 I discovered I had put stars on every recipe. On page 189 now and going to read the rest of the recipes before I make anything. The photography is awesome. Thanks for the quality of cookbook also.
Aww that’s so nice to hear 🥰 I am so happy you are enjoying my book. I can’t wait to see what you make :)
Cashew cream is a life saver for me. I didn't develop sensitivity to lactose until my early twenties. I can have "sour cream" on my tacos and spinach/artichoke dip without the discomfort.
I made the basic cashew cream today, swapping the raw garlic for a head of roasted garlic for a roasted garlic cashew cream. I was eating the dregs straight out of the blender, it was so good. You are a gem, thank you for your recipes!
I finally tried this and its honestly life changing. I can now make any flavor cream that goes on anything and its so easy. Idk why but i thought it would be hard but literally just a few minutes of time and i have a cream for the rest of the week. cant wait to try all your recipes. Thank you 💚
Girl, you so got it goin on!!! Thank you.. You cook and prep food just “exactly” the way I want to eat. Keep smiling...
Aww Jackie, you are so sweet! your comment made me smile even more. Thank you!
This cashew cream... I've been wanting to make it for months and finally did it. It's SO good!! The texture of the cream also makes everything on the plate even more exciting. Thank you for your amazing and delicious recipes!
So glad I discovered you and your media, has given me the needed courage to take my vegan cooking to the next level. Thanks for your awesome and inviting content!
Hi Austin! That's so nice to hear! I am so grateful that I've been able to help elevate your vegan cooking :) There's so much vegan deliciousness out there, and I'm happy you enjoy what I'm creating!
These recipes inspired me! Just made the cilantro lime version. This batch size work perfectly in my nutribullet and its blends smooth in no time!
Hi Krista, so happy to hear that! The cilantro lime is one of my go-tos :) Glad it worked well in the nutribullet!
I made the cinnamon vanilla version this week and it taste amazing!! I put it on a rice cake for breakfast. This will be my go-to cashew cream recipe..I can’t wait to try the other flavors!!
You seriously have the best cashew cheese or sauce ideas 🤤 I'm gonna make some of these for my falafel dips😍😍😍
You're really good at meal prep! I meal prep for a living and can see you doing it as a side hustle. There's a huge market cooking for vegan families.
I had no idea there was such a big market for it! Thank you :)
Virginia! Is there still a huge market during Covid times?
THANK YOU!!!! You were the first person on a vegan channel just say this is a replacement for sour cream and other creamy flavors to for soups or veggie/rice bowl!!!! This helps me a ton!
I love cashew cream. I like all these ideas. I just wish I could find bulk cashew pieces.
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Wow! Sounds Yummy... I will try it!
I can't wrap my head around how you don't have any more followers! Thanks for some A+ content, Nisha!
Aww you're so sweet! i appreciate your support, Julie!
@@RainbowPlantLife You're very welcome! It's by far the most relatable vegan food channel on here, complete with bloopers. It’s not proper cooking or baking until something gets spilled or broken ;-) You rock!
I've been making cashew sauces for years. With a Vitamix you don't need to presoak the cashews at all, I blend mine on high for 5 min so it gets steaming hot- always as smooth as real cream. If you don't have a Vitamix def soak them.
Good to know! I am a bit paranoid and like to soak them but will keep that in mind next time :)
Love your videos! I've been making cashew cream for years and I find with a vitamix I don't need to soak the cashews. I used to make it in a regular blender with soaked cashews, It worked, You just need enough liquid and keep scraping it down. Dessert cashew cream is great for strawberry shortcake!
I was in a pinch the other night and used cashew butter to make a salad dressing. It was delicious! These recipes look good. 🤤
Thank you! Oh that's so good to know it worked with cashew butter! Did you use homemade or store bought cashew butter?
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You can also add cooked white beans or tofu if the taste of cashew too strong.
I lake mine in a standard kitchen aid blender with great success
what i've learned from making hummus is that ice cubes are a secret to creaminess, i can't explain it, but i now made cashew-chickpea-garlic hummus with a standard blender, not super powerful, but added a bunch of icecubes (and a splash of water) and it made it soooo smooth and creamy!
Do you make hummus with cashews? How do you do that exacrly, please?
I am asking after 4 years since your comment!... :))
This is actually great. I’m looking to incorporate more plant based staples in my diet but dislike that some vegan substitutes are monotonous. Can you please make a video on how to diversify substitutes so it’s more than just nuts and coconut?
I have tried the cilantro and siracha dressing and both are excellent!! Thank you for all of your delicious recipes! I bought your book and can't wait to get started on trying those recipes too🙏❤️
Glad you like them!
I made cashew cream for the first time using my Ninja blender (not high speed) and it was very creamy! Thanks for the variations!
We are loving the cilantro lime variation! It’s addicting!
Just discovered your channel today and love it! Thank you so much all the inspiration!
Finally got my hands on your instant pot cookbook, thank you for this godsend 🙏
Yay! Thank you so much for the support and hope you enjoy cooking from my book!
What the name of the book, I am trying this recipe now
Wow this looks so good.. thanks for sharing.. are these your personal recipes you created?
I think it will blend quicker and more smoothly if you don’t add all the liquid at once. Use just enough liquid to keep it moving (lubricate the solid particles). If you add too much “lubricant” at once, all the solid particles are just sloshing around instead of mashing up against each other and breaking up. Use the friction to your advantage.
Just made the rosemary one. Opted out the fresh rosemary for the powder instead. Still came out absolutely delicious 🙌
Oh Ma Gawd! All this yumminess! I’m Hispanic , I love your Latin inspired recipes!!!
I mix mine in a nutribullet and it came out fine. Thank you for the recipe it was delicious! 😃
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The Cilantro Cashew cream and Ginger Sriracha are weekly staples. I've shared these cashew creams with friends/family and they love them. I always get the comment that they look for any foods to eat with these creams because they're that good. I need to try the other ones in pdf. Thank you for these recipes!
I absolutely love your videos. You have a gift of showing me a lot of info in a way I can properly..."digest" it... sorry for the pun
I did this but instead of cashews I used beans and it was and is the best hummus ever 🙏
This was the most creamiest & cheesiest sauce I've ever made! Amazing! Thank you❤️
That's so lovely to hear! I'm glad you enjoyed the cashew cream!
I'm vegan since 1 year. bevor I was 36 years vegetarian. Now I have to adjust my food since I'm vegan and thank you for all the tipps and ideas on your canal. Unfortunately here in Switzerland Cashew nuts are very expensive - $ 4 for 100g (no organic). Does anyone know if you can use walnuts as well? We have a big walnut tree and nuts in abundance. Thanks for your feedback and all the best for everyone that has read this.
All of these flavors sound so good! Can't wait to try them all, especially the dessert one 😋
Hehe yes I love the dessert one too. So good over frozen bananas, apple slices, or drizzled over dates!
I love the rosemary-infused olive oil. So simple but such a good way to add flavour. Definitely have to try these out!
YES! It's such a flavor bomb :) I hope you'll enjoy them!
I tried the sweet one as a cream inside a cake and it tastes absolutely amazing !
Oooh yay! So happy you loved it.
Made the sriracha one and tastes great! Pro tip: have extra limes on hand as i needed more than one
I make my cashew cream with the hand blender that u use for soups. Literally comes out the same texture as yours
This is super helpful! I have made cashew cream a few times and it's always been good but not great. I think I wasn't blending it enough or adding those extra ingredients. Thank you!
I'm so glad you think it's helpful. Thank you Victoria! Yes, thorough blending is key. It takes a little longer but is so worth it :)
This is such a great video. Thank you for sharing. Had no idea cashew creams are so easy to make 🙂 I started by making the first one. Can’t wait to make the others.
I use a cuisinart mini food processor for this and it works just the same , if not better ,because it’s not so deep and easier to scrape out .
I made it and lord this is seriously delicious i use this on black bean rice and any indian rice dish.. love it.. please share balsamic vinegaratte dressing your style... 🥰🙏👍 good luck from India.
Wow this sounds wonderful I can't wait to try it. The only thing you didn't mention in your video was how long can it stay in the fridge before it goes bad? If you could please let me know that would be great. Thank you!
Hi there! Oops, I do mention it in the blog post with the recipes. They should stay good for a minimum of 5 days, but I can usually store them for a week (I just had two of them after one week and they were still good).
I give this video a thumbs up before trying it out. I just know the sauces will all have an amazing taste.
I don't have a blender, but I found out that my local grocery store sells cashew butter so at the moment I just mix that with soy milk until it reaches the desired creaminess and then add other ingredients to taste. Surely more expensive than doing it from scratch, but it works well for the occasional snack.
You make such quality videos! I love them!
Aww thank you Liz! I try my best :)
I can't wait to try roasted rosemary oil in the cashew cream!
I want to make a vegan moussaka, using cashew cream w/nutmeg for the béchamel sauce. I trust your recipes, so thank you for this video.
Love the little dance when you were licking the cream off your thumbs, btw. You’re so cute!
Last one my favourite
Love this and the vanilla bean one!! Will try soon.
Thanks Carly! The vanilla beans add so much flavor to this. Hope you’ll enjoy it!
Was looking for something to do with all yh2 cashews I have definitely trying this thnx 😋🤤
Thank you for being so thorough in your explanations and videos!✨
Just found your videos and today i made all the sauces. Everyone of them tastes delicious. Thank you so much for these recipes, just amazing😋 couldnt stop eating the cinnamon vanilla😂 love from Germany
Hi Nisha. Ive watched quite a few of your videos lately- very impressed.
Subscribed today. Thank you.
Aww that's lovely to hear :) So glad you enjoy my videos. Thank you!
Wow. This is endless !!!! Thank you for nutritional and decadent yummy choice!
Nisha thank you for sharing this awesomeness ♡ love from Australia
@7:20 that was so cute! Can't wait to try these. I have your cookbook and that's amazing as well!
Hi Karyn! Aww hehe thanks, you're very sweet. I'm so happy you are loving my cookbook - thank you for the feedback :)
@@RainbowPlantLife You're very welcome!!
I love, love, love how you have the ingredients and make everything so simple..💖 New to channel..
Thank you! Just tried it and went to buy Nutritional yeast. Whoa! This is game changer. So glad I found you!!! I made too much... can I freeze it?
Do you think substituting cashews with peeled almonds would work? I can't have cashews due to their high fructans content, but this cream looks so good.
The cashew cream was delish! Thank you!
Lovely to hear that :) Thank you for letting me know.
This is a great video bcuz a really great sauce makes a world of a difference to any dish. My non vegan bf (who loves dairy 😬) is so impressed w/ cashew based sauces bcuz they're full of flavor & (healthy) richness so they're the ideal alternative to traditional dairy sauces/dips.
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aww you are too kind! I am very flattered hehe. And yes, you're so right - a good sauce can transform a dish! I especially love a versatile sauce that can work as a sauce, dip, spread, etc. And yes, cashews can make any non-vegan fall in love!
@@RainbowPlantLife just wish they weren't so darned expensive! 💞
Thank you! I love Cashew 😋 Subscribed 👍
I love this video. I can’t wait to make these recipes.
Thanks for making this. I'm going to try these and refer to a friend too!
Also it just hit me JUST how great it must be to be a cooking content creator. You're literally getting paid to do your own food prep, which of course, you then get to eat. Win win.
You're awesome! Thank you for sharing this information. I was just looking into becoming a vegan and we really need sauces. Sending you a ton of 🥰👍👍Thank you!
All these sauces are making me drool Nisha! I've been looking for new cashew sauce variations and can't wait to try the lemon sriracha and rosemary miso one! I'll probably be adding them to all my veggies now.
yes you definitely will want to add them to your veggies! Those flavors are sooo good, we just had the sriracha one over sesame kale yesterday and the rosemary miso one with pumpkin risotto!
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Aww thank you Maria! You're too kind!
Hola! What can I replace the nutritional yeast for? Or could I avoid it? Thanx for sharing 🌻💚
You really make vegan food exciting
These are so amazing! OMG!
Love your videos, always learn something new from you! These recipes sound delicious too!
That’s the best feedback :) thank you so much Sarah!!
Great sustitute I have tried 3 recipes and all of them are great! Thank you!! You are awesome! Keep doing this! I will try some Mexican recipes and let you know how it goes !
I can't wait to try these, thanks for sharing. You've earned a like and a sub!
Beautiful 😍! Very yummy super healthy recipes 🤤
Thank you so much Katherine! So happy you like them :) Have a great weekend!
@@RainbowPlantLife have a great weekend to you too. God bless you ❤️
Just discovered your channel today and I made the cilantro lime cream and it was so delicious! That was great, thank you!
Yay, that's lovely to hear :) Thanks for being here and glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Does it make a difference in taste if you use soaked aka fresh cashews or if you use cashew butter? Just curious. I tried it with cashew butter and it was delicious.
I loved the idea of this recipe, but had to make so many changes that it hasn't been the best version of itself 😅😅 I hope to achieve such creaminess and a tastier version another time. I mean still, it's quite tasty 😋
If it may help someone:
- As cashews are expensive where I live, I tried with almonds, and even though I never tried with cashews, it seems a good substitute.
- You reaallly need a good food processor for it to be creamy like Nisha's. Otherwise its still good, but it will ve a bit chunky even with the liquid you put it in.
- Vegeta is a great add on (but be careful about the saltiness, or it will be a bit too salty like mine 😆😅)
Hi, anyone know if it's possible to use a different nut? Hazelnuts? Cashews are super expensive where I live. Thanks! And thanks for the great video!
Do you have an idea for an alternative for the cashews? They are not local here in Germany and quite expensive. Maybe I try sunflower seeds.
I make a lemon pepper cashew cream that we love. Your sweet one looks good. I wonder if I can use this a replacement for whipped cream to make a fruit salad. It won't be whipped and it will be different, but it might make my husband happy. He misses his fruit salads. I'm going to try it. It could be good for a lot of desserts. We don't have dessert often, but sometimes you need something sweet. Thanks
Lemon pepper sounds like such a yummy flavor! And yes, the dessert cashew cream is pretty multi-purpose and can be used in lots of desserts :)
@@RainbowPlantLife I got it from a TH-camr. Can't remember his name. I'll watch for him again so I can credit him. It's basically, water, cashews, lemon, garlic pd, lemon juice, salt and lots of pepper. No nutritional yeast. I thicken it with xanthan gum. That way, I can make it less fatty but still rich and creamy tasting. I put it in 1/2 pt jars and freeze. When I make it I start with 400 gms cashews. It's a falafel dip, but it works like sour cream.
Yes LAWD! I've been saving your videos like crazy!! These cashew creams look AMAZING! Going to make the rosemary one tonight forsure! Thanks beautiful
Aww yay, that's the best feedback! Thank you for the lovely comment and I hope you enjoy the cashew cream!
Great directive! Love the simple basic gorgeous sauce!
I'm glad you found it informative! I love how easy it is to make.
I LOVE CASHEW CREAM AND MILK!! I'm so glad I found your channel. Thank you so much for sharing. It's great to have some different cashew cream recipes to add to my plant based meals. Plus, you're gorgeous!!
Hi Grace! Thank you for stopping by and so happy to have you here. Cashew cream is so versatile - I hope you'll enjoy adding it to your diet in new ways!
Thanks for your PDF file, so helpful! These look so yummy, will be trying them soon!
You're so welcome, Donna! Hope you enjoy the recipes.
Thank you so much. How long will it last refrigerated?
I'm wondering if these would also work with sunflower seeds.
I just make a mess trying some recipes. Big clean up now. I need to find the $$$ to get the right blender. I also need to be more careful about following the recipe measurements exactly. I love what you showed and will try until I get it right. The sauces are a very - very big key to my new vegan effort.
Hi there! I'm sorry it was a mess, but yes, a high-powered blender is key to making cashew cream. Do you have a good food processor? That would work as well! And you're right about that - good sauces and condiments can take vegan food to another level!
Thank you so much for posting this! These all look absolutely amazing 😋 especially the dessert one 💕
Definitely will be trying these. How long do they last in the fridge ? Also can they be canned?
loved these sauce/dressing ideas
Hi Andra! So glad you enjoyed them :) thank you!