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Fresh Vegan Garden Party Sandwiches Recipe

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Garden Party Sandwiches

These simple and easy sandwiches are fresh, bright, and perfect for summer time. These will transport you to an afternoon tea or fragrant garden party – who doesn’t love tea sandwiches? The caper dill vegan cream cheese adds the perfect burst of flavor to these veggie-heavy sandwiches. Make these for your next summer party, meal prep, or regular lunch!

Meal Prep Friendly

These sandwiches are great for meal prep. You can make the vegan cream cheese ahead of time along with chopping the red bell pepper and slicing the cucumber. Then, when you’re making your lunch for the day, all you need to do is assemble the sandwich and toast the bread if you desire.

To Soak or Not to Soak

Many recipes will recommend soaking your cashews before blending them into something. However, I don’t think it’s necessary for this recipe, especially if you have a high speed blender. If you don’t have a high speed blender or food processor, you may want to soak them for a short period ahead of time, but you don’t want them too soft or you won’t get the right texture.

Non Dairy Milk

You’ll notice in the recipe that there’s a range of how much non dairy milk to add. It’s best to start with the lowest amount and see how well it’s able to blend and add more as needed. It’s also important to keep in mind that the cream cheese will firm up more in the fridge due to the coconut oil in the recipe. Ultimately, how much water you add will depend on your preferences of how soft you’d like your cream cheese.

What Equipment Do I Need?

  • Cutting Board & Knife
  • High Speed Blender or Food Processor
  • Measuring Cups/Spoons
  • Optional – Toaster

Ingredients

Vegan Caper Dill Cream Cheese

  • Raw Whole Cashews
  • Lemon Juice
  • Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Gluten Free White Miso Paste
  • Unrefined Virgin Coconut Oil
  • Garlic Clove
  • Non Dairy Milk
  • Capers
  • Fresh Dill

Sandwiches

  • Gluten Free Bread
  • Baby Spinach
  • Red Bell Pepper
  • Cucumber

Substitutions

The main substitution you can make in this recipe is swapping out the veggies for different ones. I think this combo goes great with the garden party theme, but if you aren’t a fan of any of these, just pick something different – it’s that easy! Tomato would also go well on this sandwich and so would carrot ribbons.

Recipe

Garden Party Sandwiches

These tasty sandwiches are veggie forward and packed with delicious flavor from the caper dill “cream cheese.” These are great for a weekly meal prep or for your next tea or garden party!
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Course Appetizer, Lunch
Servings 8 sandwiches

Ingredients
  

Caper Dill Cream Cheese

  • 1 cup raw whole cashews
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
  • 2 tsp gluten free white miso paste
  • 2 tbso unrefined virgin coconut oil
  • 2 tbsp – 1/4 cup non dairy milk
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • 3 stalks of dill
  • 1 garlic clove – pressed

Sandwiches

  • 1 loaf gluten free bread
  • 3 red bell peppers
  • 6 oz baby spinach
  • 1 large cucumber

Instructions
 

  • Combine all of the cream cheese ingredients in a high speed blender and blend until smooth.
  • Slice the red bell peppers and cucumber.
  • Toast your gluten free bread.
  • Create your sandwich – layer on the cream cheese and top with cucumbers, bell pepper slices, and spinach.

Notes

  1. Start by adding 2 tbsp of nondairy milk then add more as needed. The cream cheese will solidify more when placed in the fridge.
  2. When not consuming the cream cheese, place in an air tight container in the fridge.
  3. If you want to play into the afternoon tea/garden party theme – cut the crust off of the sandwiches and cut them in half to make rectangular, smaller sandwiches.
Keyword afternoon tea, cream cheese, dairy free, garden party, gluten free, sandwiches, vegan

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