Jules she/herFeb 8

#WhatVegansEat, because I seem to have somehow accidentally gone from a bee sex shitposting account to a vegan cooking account over the weekend so I may as well lean into it. After all the discussion of dahl I was going to make one, but by the time I got round to thinking about it my wife had already started making a tofu and cashew stir fry so we had that instead.

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There are sadly often a lot of labour abuses in cashew harvesting and processing, so we always buy #Fairtrade. In the UK a good brand is https://chooseliberation.com/

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Show threadJules she/herFeb 8

Cashews are expensive, fair trade cashews doubly so, but a good hack in recipes that involve soaking and then blending them to make a creamy sauce or dessert base is to use sunflower seeds instead which work just as well but are much cheaper. We tend to save the cashews to eat whole.

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Show threadPaskajärven kaunis CharlottaFeb 8
@afewbugs that is excellent advice. I’ve also ground sunflower seeds (or pumpkin seeds) and used as an almond flour substitute. Often works just fine.
Show threadDebbieFeb 9
@afewbugs this is really good information, I've always wondered what I could have replaced cashew cream with.
Show threadAI is Woke ™Feb 9
@afewbugs And you soak them like you would the cashews?
Show threadJules she/herFeb 9
@mmm_kay yes, I don't have a precise time I just tend to do it overnight