The Ultimate High-Protein Vegan Cheese: 4 delicious Flavours!
If there’s one recipe that completely blows up our Instagram page every single time we post it, it’s our high-protein vegan cheese. The videos get hundreds of thousands of views, the comments go wild, and you guys constantly tag us in your creations. So, we figured: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
Why not keep giving you what you love? We’ve taken our famous base recipe and expanded it into four ridiculously delicious, flavour-packed variations.
Destroying Bad Supermarket Cheese (Literally)
Honestly, one of the funnest parts of making these recipe videos for you has been the video intros. Every single time we film one, Paul loves to grab a block of commercial store-bought vegan cheese and find a totally unique way to destroy it.
You guys seem to find it as hilarious as we do! We’ve had blocks sent flying through the air, smashed with a baseball bat, run over by a car, run over by a bicycle, stabbed with a combat knife—you name it. It’s officially become a running gag now, and at this point, we physically can't film a cheese video without creatively annihilating a block of supermarket cheese first. (If you haven't seen the chaotic openings yet, definitely go check out the video clips!)
Why Store-Bought Vegan Cheese is Holding You Back
All jokes aside, there's a reason we love destroying those blocks: from a health, fitness, and flavour perspective, most commercial vegan cheeses are terrible.
Loaded with Coconut Oil: Almost every block or shred on the shelf relies heavily on coconut oil. It’s packed with saturated fat, which isn't doing your heart health or cardiovascular system any favours.
Zero Protein, High Calorie: They offer virtually no nutritional value. You're paying for pure fat and starch, which makes fitting them into a fat loss or physique phase an absolute nightmare.
The Secret to Our Game-Changing Recipe
We wanted a cheese alternative that actually supports your health goals, fuels your muscle building, and tastes incredible. We hit the absolute jackpot with this formula—and best of all, it literally takes 5 minutes to whip up! You just toss everything into a food processor, blend until silky, and you're good to go.
Tofu Base: Creates a silky, ultra-smooth texture without the graininess you often get from standard nut-based recipes. Plus, it cranks the protein content way up.
Almond Flour & Nutritional Yeast: Gives it just enough healthy fat for richness, balanced out with savoury, cheesy goodness and extra B vitamins and zinc.
Superior Macros: High protein, lower fat, and modest calories so you can enjoy cheese daily without sabotaging your physique goals.
How to Use It: Slice it onto whole-grain crackers, toss cubed chunks into a fresh salad, or slather it inside a toasted sandwich in place of a spread.
The 4 Flavor Variations
Use our core 5-minute high-protein tofu base to whip up these four distinct styles:
Garlic & Chives
Ethiopian Spiced
Smoked
Za’atar Spice
Let’s check out the health benefits of the ingredients in our vegan cheese recipes:
Apple cider vinegar
Beneficial for gut health & helps blood sugar regulation
Nutritional yeast
Protein & Vitamin B12 vital for healthy red blood cell formation
White miso
Rich in probiotics & essential vitamins and minerals
Garlic powder
Compounds that boost immune system & lowers blood pressure
Almond flour
Protein & healthy fat that may lower levels of bad cholesterol
Tofu
High protein for vegans, aiding muscle building and repair
Try this vegan cheese recipe for yourself, it’s absolutely delicious and only takes 5 minutes to make!
Servings: 4
Macros (per serving)
164kcal, protein 13g, carbs 4g, fat 10g.
base recipe Ingredients
55g almond flour
200g firm tofu, pressed
8 tablespoons (25g) nutritional yeast
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon white miso
Flavour variations
Garlic & chives: Add one finely minced garlic clove and 15g chopped chives to the mixture.
Ethiopian spiced: Add 1/3 tsp garlic powder to the mixture and coat in Berbere spice.
Smoked: Coat with smoked paprika and mixed herbs.
Za’atar spice: Add ½ tsp garlic powder to the mixture and coat in Za’atar spice.
Instructions
Add all of the ingredients (except the coating ingredients) to a food processor.
Blend the mixture until completely smooth.
Roll the mixture into a ball by hand.
In a small bowl, combine the mixed herbs and smoked paprika.
Roll the cheese ball in the herb mixture to fully coat the outside evenly.
Refrigerate your cheese for at least 30 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Here’s my video showing the step-by-step process for this recipe.
Serving Suggestion
This meal idea packs in 56g of plant-based protein, now that’s impressive!
To create a nutritionally dense, high-protein vegan meal, I’ve served up half of the whole cheese along with 100g of lentil crackers and a crunchy, colourful salad. There’s nothing better than a plate full of gorgeous, health-promoting plant foods!
You can be fit and healthy, at any age as a vegan!
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Much Love,
Paul & Gemma
Hench Herbivore
PS. Don’t forget to take a look at our delicious plant-based recipe e-books and fantastic vegan meal plans that suit a variety of dietary needs.
