Editor's note: The recipe and introductory text below are excerpted from Charlie Trotter and Roxanne Klein's book, Raw.

Ingredients

　　1 cup Cashew Cheese

　　4 teaspoons filtered water

　　1 teaspoon minced shallot

　　1/4 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

　　1/2 teaspoon large flake nutritional yeast

　　1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt, or to taste

　　1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil

　　1 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme

　　Combine the Cashew Cheese, water, shallot, lemon juice, yeast, and the 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl and stir until thoroughly mixed. Stir in the basil and thyme until evenly distributed. Taste and adjust with additional salt, if needed. Use immediately, or store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.

　　Extra! Tip from Epicurious:

　　• Nutritional yeast is available at health food stores.

　　Reprinted with permission from Raw, by Charlie Trotter and Roxanne Klein. © 2003 Ten Speed Press