Ceasar Salad veganized :)

We have slowly been transitioning over to Vegan and tonight my 9 year old daughter and I made this to go with the stuffed bell peppers.  It was actually really good, thanks to Angela Liddon at Oh She glows.  This was really good.  I would suggest starting with less lemon juice and tasting it as you go, my husband is not too fond of sour, so I we used less in the recipe.  I think it would also be really good with some vegan worchestershire sauce added for a little more depth.  But it's a great recipe to build off of.  And the vegan parmesan was absolutely outstanding!

Vegan Caesar Salad Dressing

1/2 c. cashews, raw
1/4 c. vegan parmesan (see recipe)
3-6 T. lemon juice (we like it less tart so we use 3T)
2 T. olive oil
1 garlic clove
1/2 t. sea salt
black pepper
1/2 c. water

In a blender - add lemon juice, water and olive oil.  Mix well.  Then add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.

Vegan Parmesan (this is really good)
1/2 c. sesame seeds

2 T. nutritional yeast

1/2 t. sea salt

Toast sesame's until lightly browned.  Add sesame's, nutritional yeast and sea salt to blender and blend approximately 30-60 seconds until right consistency.

Toss salad dressing with chopped up romaine, add croutons if you like (of course regular croutons would change the recipe into a no vegan, vegan recipe, does that make sense?)