Raw Vegan Three Cheese Hors D'Oeuvres

My best friend had a wedding shower Sunday. She has been vegan since the end of high school, so I wanted to do something she would enjoy and that would look absolutely beautiful. I came up with these treats!

Photo credit: Katie Smallwood, beautiful bride-to-be!

Herbed Hemp on Turnip with Cherry Tomato and Parsley

1 cup hemp seeds
juice from 1/2 a lemon
1 teaspoon nutritional yeast
1/4 cup hemp milk
1 large handful of herbs (parsley, cilantro, rosemary, dill, and basil)
1 teaspoon olive oil
pink Himalayan salt to taste
1 turnip
cherry tomato and parsley to garnish

Slice turnip on a mandolin in round, flat pieces. Chop tomato and parsley, and set aside. Place all other ingredients in a food processor and pulse to desired texture. Top the mixture on turnip slices and garnish.


Chipotle Almond on Cucumber with Yellow Tomato and Jalapeno

1 cup soaked almonds (about 8 hours, overnight)
juice from 1/2 a lemon
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
1/4 cup of almond milk
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
pink Himalayan salt to taste
1 cucumber
yellow tomato and jalapeno to garnish

Slice cucumber in round, flat pieces. Chop tomato and jalapeno, and set aside. Peel skins off the soaked almonds, if you like (this is more for appearance and texture than anything else), and place in a food processor. Place all other ingredients in the food processor and pulse to desired texture. Top the mixture on cucumber slices and garnish.


Curried Coconut on Watermelon Radish with Pickled Carrot

meat from 1 young green coconut
1/2 cup water from one young green coconut
1/4 cup of soaked almonds (about 8 hours, overnight)
1 tablespoon nutritional yeast
2 teaspoons turmeric
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon corriander
pinch of paprika
pink Himalayan salt to taste
1 watermelon radish
pickled carrot to garnish (see previous recipe)

Slice radish in round, flat pieces. Chop pickled carrot and set aside. Peel skins off the soaked almonds, if you like (this is more for appearance and texture than anything else), and place in a food processor. Place all other ingredients in the food processor and pulse to desired texture. Top the mixture on radish slices and garnish.

Note: Each of these can also be used as a dip with the slices on the side as "chips".