15 Savory Plant-Based Recipes Featuring Cashews

Cashews have a mild and creamy flavor that goes well with a variety of dishes. You can turn them into cream sauce and dips, toss them in soups or salads, or season and bake them in the oven for a delicious snack. Whatever you choose to do, you won’t be disappointed with these recipes!

1. King Oyster Scallops With Lemon Cashew Cream Sauce

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Scallops are one of the most popular seafood dishes due to their rich taste and flaky, buttery texture. But do not fret! You can still achieve the same luxurious flavors and textures thanks to these King Oyster Scallops With Lemon Cashew Cream Sauce by Logan Dunn & Lexus Osman. The stems of these shrooms look so similar to scallops that you will hardly notice the difference!

2. Indian Spiced Sweet Potato Fries With Parsley Cashew Dip

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These crispy and tender sweet potato fries are delicately seasoned with an Indian-inspired spice blend. Serve them along with the creamy parsley cashew dip to complement your favorite veggie burgers. These Indian Spiced Sweet Potato Fries With Parsley Cashew Dip by Amrita Levan are spectacular!

3. Cashew Mozzarella-Stuffed Sweet Potato Rice Balls

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These Cashew Mozzarella-Stuffed Sweet Potato Rice Balls by Kirsten Kaminski are the perfect finger food for a party or dinner. They are crispy on the outside and deliciously gooey on the inside because they’re stuffed with cashew mozzarella. Serve them with a salad and dip them in a savory dipping sauce as a bonus.

4. Lasagna Soup with Cashew Cream

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If you love fresh vegan recipes and all things soup, you’re going to be head over heels for this vegan Lasagna Soup! Creating a lasagna for the holidays can take a long time, and the lasagna usually loses its quality within days. Soups on the other hand are typically easy, more nutrient-dense, and taste just as good, if not better, days after you make them because the flavors marry more. What’s fab about this Lasagna Soup with Cashew Cream by Gabrielle St. Claire is everything! It’s quick, easy, affordable, and features staple ingredients. Such a perfect recipe for the winter months, as it can easily be made in bulk!

5. Asian Slaw with Cashews

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Asian slaw is a very popular salad (usually served as a side salad) that always includes chopped raw cabbage and sometimes other shredded vegetables. The name slaw is shorthand for coleslaw. Asian slaw is similar to regular coleslaw but the dressing is generally infused with sesame oil, soy sauce, ginger, olive oil, rice vinegar…etc. based dressing. This Asian Slaw with Cashews by S.C. Chuang is a great way to eat your colors, so fresh, crunchy, and appetizing! It’s delicious and healthy!

6. Harvest Cashew Soup

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The cashews add some creaminess so you can do without dairy cream. The ginger gives this soup a little bit of a kick which is perfect when you need a warming meal. This Harvest Cashew Soup by Annabelle Randles is a warming blend of carrot, apple, curry, cashews, and ginger. Smooth and velvety, it is delicious with some crusty gluten-free bread.

7. Curried Rice and Cashews

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This Curried Rice and Cashews by Crissy Cavanaugh is pretty much a big hug in a bowl, warming, comforting, and healing!

8. Good Heart Salad with Vegan Cashew Cheese

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This Good Heart Salad with Vegan Cashew Cheese by Zuzana Fajkusova and Nikki Lefler tastes the best in the summer when the vegetables are fresh from your local farmer’s market or vegetable stand.

9. Tahini Cashew Cauliflower

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This Tahini Cashew Cauliflower by Sarah and Peter Hagstrom has amazing nutty flavors from the tahini and cashews, making it a filling and nourishing bowl of goodness!

10. Healthy Greek Broccoli Salad With Creamy Cashew Dressing

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Want to add a bit of variety to your salads – try this Healthy Greek Broccoli Salad With Creamy Cashew Dressing by Taylor Kiser. This recipe combines crunchy broccoli, crisp cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes and tosses everything in a creamy cashew dressing that is super healthy. Lunch just got a little more interesting.

11. Paella with Cashews and Olives

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This Paella with Cashews and Olives by Alison Corey is fragrant and healthy. Made with arborio rice diced peppers, black olives, and cashews for crunch, this is a special occasion meal that is simple enough to make on a weeknight! This version doesn’t require any fancy cooking techniques, unusual equipment, or numerous steps. It also doesn’t take a ton of time to make. It will be ready to serve in less than an hour.

12. Kale and Roasted Cashew Fried Rice

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This Kale and Roasted Cashew Fried Rice by Angelina Papanikolaou is made with brown basmati rice, lots of kale, and roasted cashews. Think fried rice from your favorite Thai restaurant, but made at home … and tastier … and healthier. It comes together in under 20 minutes, and you can pretty much add whatever you want to it.

13. Buffalo Cauliflower Calzones with Cashew Blue Cheese

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Buffalo cauliflower is the key to changing the mind of those who refuse to believe vegan food could taste good. These Buffalo Cauliflower Calzones with Cashew Blue Cheese by Kristy Turner are the key to blowing their minds! With that super-spicy “Buffalo” flavor, no one cares whether it’s chicken or cauliflower—especially when it’s coated in a nutty chickpea flour crust and stuffed in a soft, doughy pizza pocket along with a healthy amount of tangy Cashew Blue Cheese. Need to impress an omnivore? Make this.

14. Spicy Golden Turmeric Cashews

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Need a healthy snack that’s a little spicy, a little sweet, and wonderfully savory? Whip up these Spicy Golden Turmeric Cashews by Buffy-Ellen Gill. Cashews are tossed with curry powder, turmeric, coconut sugar, and a pinch of cayenne pepper, then baked until crunchy. Not only is this recipe simple, but it also uses ingredients that are pantry staples. So grab yourself a bowl, and a few easy pantry ingredients, and bake yourself a batch of these lovely crunchy cashews this weekend.

15. Mushroom Stroganoff with Cashew Cream

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You could use the sauce recipe as a replacement for canned cream of mushroom soup as well. Spoon it into your favorite casseroles, such as green bean casserole or broccoli casserole! But on top of the noodles, the cream is just incredible. This Mushroom Stroganoff with Cashew Cream by Alison Edmund is bound to become a favorite in your household!

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