You may recall the Raw Blueberry Cheesecake Recipe that we shared from Gena Hamshaw’s new cookbook, Choosing Raw, just recently. Well we have one more gem from this amazing new high-raw cookbook: super-easy Banana Cashew Yogurt.
Gena says:
Greek yogurt is one of the last non-vegan foods I stopped eating, and it was one of my favorites. I’ve seen all sorts of super complex recipes for fermented, homemade yogurts, but this simple recipe is my go-to.
This banana cashew yogurt calls for a probiotic powder. You don’t have to go out and purchase one to make it. If you take any kind of probiotic supplement, you can simply empty two to three capsules into the recipe and enjoy. If you don’t want to, or don’t have a probiotic powder at all, that’s fine. Just go ahead and enjoy the taste of this sweet, tangy treat.
See my other post for a few more details about Choosing Raw, or peruse this cookbook on Amazon.
Special Diet Notes: Banana Cashew Yogurt
By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, grain-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, and vegetarian.
- 1 cup cashews, soaked for 2 hours or more, then drained
- 2 large bananas
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2⁄3 cup coconut water (1⁄2 cup if you’re using a food processor)
- 1 pinch sea salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dairy-free probiotic powder (optional; you can simply open up a few probiotic capsules for this!)
- Blend all the ingredients in a high-speed blender until smooth.
- Alternatively, place all the ingredients, except the coconut water, in a food processor and pulse a few times to combine. Turn the motor on and drizzle in the coconut water in a thin stream. Keep processing until the mixture is very smooth.
- Stored in an airtight container in the fridge, the yogurt will keep for 2 days.
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Do you have a plain yogurt alternative? I need some to make tzatziki sauce for gyros! My hubby is terribly dairy intolerant and loves gyros! Also if you have a dairy free alternative for feta cheese that would help too.
Hi Melanie, you know, most of the plain alternative recipes are in my book and not online at this time. We do have one feta recipe online though – https://www.godairyfree.org/recipes/dairy-free-almond-feta-cheese
Also, there are tons of brands of plain yogurt that you can buy. The ones we’ve reviewed to date are in this section -> https://www.godairyfree.org/product-reviews/alternatives-other-dairy
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Alisa, this was really easy to follow. My kids totally loved it.
Thank you.
Fantastic! And thank you for the feedback Joi.
Is there any alternative to bananas that you would recommend? My system doesn’t do so well with bananas but I’d love to have some alternative to the store-bought dairy-free yogurts if possible.
I would use pumpkin puree and then sweeten to taste. Alternately, you could puree very soft dates with just enough water to make a puree and tone down the sweetness a little.
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Thank you for a wonderfull and healthy recipe. So easy and so good!!
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Having to soak the cashews for a few hours somewhat disqualifies this recipe from being “instant”….misleading post title!
Good point! To make it instant, simply grind the cashews in the spice grinder (unsoaked) and proceed with the recipe.