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April 15th, 2010quarrygirlappetizers/snacks, products, recipes

these nachos are the ultimate indulgence, and you seriously don’t have to be raw or even vegan to enjoy them.

we’ve been toying around with raw foods for a few weeks now, and this has to be the richest most extravagant meal we’ve made at home. i suggest you give it at try—it puts most cooked vegan nachos to shame!

here’s how you make ’em…

for the base we used 1 package of chips from the raw makery. you can find these things at erewhon if you live in LA. they have a lot of flavor and a pleasing texture, although they fall apart pretty easily.

for the cheese we blended soaked cashews, sea salt, water, lemon juice, and fresh jalapenos together in the vitamix. BEST NACHO SAUCE EVER.

as garnish we used homemade guacamole, freshly chopped pico de gallo (onions, tomato, and cilantro), more jalapenos, and a cilantro japapeno mixture also made in the vitamix.

to assemble, just arrange the chips on a plate and pile the other ingredients on until you can’t go any higher.

ENJOY!!! the nutty cheese and plentiful vegetables honestly make for the most refreshing nachos i’ve ever eaten—i never thought raw food could be so delicious.
Tags: nachos, raw

19 responses to “ultimate raw vegan nachos”

Anna April 15th, 2010 at 05:37

I think homemade cashew cheese is better than anything you can buy at the store.
Hannah April 15th, 2010 at 06:01

looks yum
rawgoddess April 15th, 2010 at 06:34

What a great idea! I never thought of adding jalapenos to the cashews. Now I WANT NACHOS!
Gauri Radha April 15th, 2010 at 07:46

Looks delicious!
kevin April 15th, 2010 at 08:24

Debating whether to make this, this weekend, or vegansaurus’ Vegan Double Down.

I don’t have a vitamix (yet) but I’ve blended soaked cashews in my food processor before.
susielol April 15th, 2010 at 08:28

Looks flavorful!
Vegyogini April 15th, 2010 at 08:31

YUM!
Bianca April 15th, 2010 at 09:00

Looks amazing!!!!!!!!
Chloe April 15th, 2010 at 09:51

That looks so beautiful! Can’t wait to try it!
stephen hauptfuhr April 15th, 2010 at 11:56

Nice !! keep experimenting.. looks delicious..
tera April 15th, 2010 at 14:06

I, too, am a fan of the homemade cashew cheese sauce. and i fell in love with raw nachos at the chicago diner. heaven!
brittany April 15th, 2010 at 16:48

YES PLEASE
NancyJ-R April 15th, 2010 at 17:28

Looks amazing! What are your ratios for the cashew cheese recipe?
Mandi April 16th, 2010 at 09:06

Oh….my. That looks amazing! Can you please share the ratios for the cheese sauce? I’m not really known for my improvising!
Monica April 16th, 2010 at 09:07

I must admit: this are impressive. That cashew sauce is going to be one of the first things i make when I finally buy a vitamix this summer.
Meredith April 17th, 2010 at 09:21

Yum! Nachos. I also tried the nachos at Veggie Grill for the first time the other day. HUGE portion and really good! Nachos are one of my favorite foods!
veg888 April 19th, 2010 at 13:12

I am excited to see you are posting RAW recipes and food! Thanks for being a great website and part of the movement of alternative animal free eating!This posting inspired me to make RAW TAQUITOS!!! 🙂
miss anthrope April 19th, 2010 at 17:40

sorry for the delayed response on this! i used about 1/2 cup cashews and kept adding water and lemon juice until it was perfect. not much though, maybe 1/8 cup water, and a squeeze of lemon?
Kyra February 18th, 2011 at 03:03

Ohhh yum! I bookmarked this a few days ago and finally made it and OHHH GOODNESS it was so yummy!!! I also made a “base” with lentil sprouts, tomato, capsicum and some jalapeno. It was the first time I’ve attempted raw vegan nachos, and it beats any cooked vegan or vegetarian nachos I’ve ever had – and my meat-eater husband loved it too!!