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Home » Condiments » How To Make The Easiest 2-Ingredient Vegan Parmesan (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free, Paleo)

How To Make The Easiest 2-Ingredient Vegan Parmesan (Gluten-Free, Allergy-Free, Paleo)

Published: Oct 10, 2018 · Modified: Apr 13, 2019 by Rebecca Pytell · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Looking for the best and easiest way to make vegan parmesan cheese? Here's how to make the quickest and healthiest, 2-ingredient vegan parmesan that's from real whole foods, gluten-free, allergy-free, even paleo! Perfect to have on hand for topping, sprinkling, and making anything "cheesy"! 

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In search of the best, easiest, healthiest vegan parmesan?

Look no further! Nothing artificial, 100% vegan, gluten-free, allergy-free, and paleo! The perfect texture and taste all wrapped into one super simple "recipe" that only requires TWO ingredients! You've seen me use this "recipe" in a few of the recipes over here on Strength and Sunshine and I felt the need to formalize it with a full post. If you're reading in real time, you'll be needing this parmesan for many cheesy things in the future! I feel silly calling it a recipe, that's why it's more of a how-to and probably the easiest how-to you'll ever read!

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So how do you make the easiest 2-ingredient vegan parmesan?

The only 2 ingredients you need to make this parmesan are:

1. Nutritional Yeast

2. Hemp Hearts (Shelled Hemp Seeds)

The best part is that these ingredients go one-to-one in the recipe. To make a decent batch to keep on hand in the fridge of pantry, just use 1 cup of nutritional yeast and one cup of hemp hearts. But to actually make the texture "parmesan-style", you just need to blitz these two ingredients in a small food processor or blender! From there I like to store my vegan parm in small Ball canning jars in the fridge (or pantry if I know I'll be using it quickly)!

The Easiest 2-Ingredient Vegan Parmesan

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Looking for the best and easiest way to make vegan parmesan cheese? Here's how to make the quickest and healthiest, 2-ingredient vegan parmesan that's from real whole foods, gluten-free, allergy-free, even paleo! Perfect to have on hand for topping, sprinkling, and making anything "cheesy"!

  • Author: Rebecca Pytell
  • Cook Time: 2 mins
  • Total Time: 2 mins
  • Yield: 2 Cups 1x
  • Category: Condiment
  • Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

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  • 1 Cup Nutritional Yeast
  • 1 Cup Hemp Hearts (Raw Shelled Hemp Seeds)

Instructions

  1. Add the nutritional yeast and hemp hearts to a small food processor and blend until grainy and completely combined.
  2. Store in an airtight jar. For the best shelf life, store in the fridge.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: Varies

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Real, whole, natural ingredients. The perfect cheesy nutty flavor (without the nuts or soy that you typically see in vegan cheese!) Gluten-free, allergy-free, paleo, PACKED with protein, by the way, and delicious! With 53.3g of protein from the hemp hearts and 32g of protein from the nooch, this 2 cup recipe comes in at a whopping 85.3g of protein! Plant protein power! Who knew cheese could be so healthy? I guess we just made 2 superfoods even more super!

So tell me:

+ What will you be using your vegan parmesan on first?

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  1. Alexis

    October 14, 2018 at 8:12 am

    I’ve been paleo for 3 years and haven’t tried a cheese substitute yet! Can’t wait to give this one a shot 🙂

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 14, 2018 at 12:03 pm

      Not much of a shot to give, but alright!

      Reply
  2. Jenn

    October 13, 2018 at 6:11 pm

    YUM! I love how simple it is! I will definitely give it a try! Thanks!

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 14, 2018 at 6:41 am

      Perfect for anything!

      Reply
  3. Jennifer Elia

    October 12, 2018 at 9:16 am

    I am a nutritional yeast addict, but haven't tried hemp hearts. I need to get some and try this recipe.

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 12, 2018 at 2:21 pm

      Me too! I may just turn in to nooch!

      Reply
  4. Henrietta Gee

    October 12, 2018 at 9:12 am

    I love parmesan cheese and have recently discovered paleo so this right here is too timely! Bookmarked 🙂

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 12, 2018 at 2:21 pm

      Great!

      Reply
  5. Cristina

    October 12, 2018 at 2:13 am

    I've seen people making "vegan parmesan" for a while now and I have to say I'm intrigued. I'm a huge cheese addict and parmesan is my favourite, so I would give this a try to compare it to the real one.

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 12, 2018 at 7:42 am

      Normally I just pour nooch on everything, but when cooking certain recipes, you need the hearty texture and feel of the hemp to actually mimic parm!
      Plus all vegan parms I see include nuts which are a NO!

      Reply
  6. Jazz

    October 11, 2018 at 2:26 pm

    Never even knew this was possible. This is great to have on hand!

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 11, 2018 at 5:58 pm

      Great for so many recipes that need more than just the texture of nutritional yeast!

      Reply
  7. Evelyn Hernandez

    October 11, 2018 at 12:01 pm

    Gotta love 2 ingredient recipes, so easy and quick! Nutritional yeast is a regular ingredient in our staple, healthy and taste just like cheese 🙂

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 11, 2018 at 2:19 pm

      I live on nooch!

      Reply
  8. Lily

    October 10, 2018 at 10:44 pm

    I love Parmesan, so I must try this soon.

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 11, 2018 at 7:34 am

      Nooch it up!

      Reply
  9. Leigh Suznovich

    October 10, 2018 at 10:37 pm

    I use parmesan in everything, so this is great if I am entertaining my vegan friends!

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 11, 2018 at 7:33 am

      It's a great high protein sprinkle for anyone!

      Reply
  10. Amina Means

    October 10, 2018 at 10:06 pm

    This looks really good, I definitely have to try it out. Didn’t even know there was a recipe like this before

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 11, 2018 at 7:33 am

      Lol, what?

      Reply
  11. Jenny Silva

    October 10, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    It's so interesting how certain foods can be substituted with vegan options. I'll have to keep this handy in case I ever need to cook for a vegan person. Thanks for the info.

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 11, 2018 at 7:33 am

      Works like a charm!

      Reply
  12. Annette Dattilo

    October 10, 2018 at 3:27 pm

    Hmmm? I am intrigued. Is it salty like parmesan? Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 10, 2018 at 5:14 pm

      I guess you could add salt?

      Reply
  13. Abby

    October 10, 2018 at 2:16 pm

    Oh wow this sounds amazing! I will definitely be trying this out.

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 10, 2018 at 5:14 pm

      Enjoy!

      Reply
  14. Belle

    October 10, 2018 at 1:55 pm

    This sounds super easy to make! I need to try this!

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 10, 2018 at 2:02 pm

      Haha, yup!

      Reply
  15. Emily Fata

    October 10, 2018 at 10:06 am

    Eek! I've recently moved from being vegetarian to fully vegan, so I've been trying to find more great vegan recipes. This is perfect -- thank you for sharing! I can't wait to give this a go myself. 🙂

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 10, 2018 at 1:00 pm

      Perfect topping for anything!

      Reply
  16. Lindsay

    October 10, 2018 at 8:14 am

    This sounds super easy!! Thanks for the recipe!

    Reply
    • Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine

      October 10, 2018 at 12:59 pm

      Yup! Sure to be an essential!

      Reply

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