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A Raw, Creamy Vegan Nacho Cheese Recipe Everyone Will Love

If you want to make a crowd happy with food, then start with this vegan queso recipe. Its creamy deliciousness will please vegans, vegetarians, and omnivores alike. While there are many vegan foods that don’t stand up to their non-vegan counterparts in terms of flavor, I can tell you with confidence that this one is better than the original. So, on to all the reasons to love this vegan cheese recipe, how to make it, and some other important things you should know about ingredients.

Superfood 101: Sacha Inchi Seeds Are Full Of Essential Fatty Acids

For thousands of years, indigenous peoples of the Peruvian portion of the Amazon Basin in South America have cultivated an amazing plant that is a powerhouse of nutrients.

Chat With A Healer: Matt Monarch From The Raw Food World

Matt Monarch from Raw Foods sits down with Basmati to talk about everything you need to know about raw foods!

 

Mangosteen: The Benefits of this Wonderfully Weird Fruit

Up until recently, mangosteen was illegal to import into the United States. When I first moved to the U.S. from Canada, no one understood what I was inquiring after when I asked grocery stores if they carried this superfruit. In Vancouver, British Columbia, where I grew up, mangosteen can be bought at Asian grocers or large markets like the popular Granville Island, where I often bought this delicious fruit for special occasions. Where I first found out about them, in Tahiti, mangosteen is sold like green juice is in the U.S.

Why I Eat Raw

I recently talked about the impact of heat on food, and suggested that even using heat only below 200 degrees can make a big difference in preserving the nutrients of our food.

I made nachos the other day at 200 degrees and the cheese still melted.