Nut cheese is a great vegan dairy alternative. This vegan cheddar cheese recipe is healthy and tasty and is one of the best vegan cheese recipes available. When making vegan cheese, you can use a variety of ingredients as your base. A healthy vegan cheese recipe is one that uses non-processed ingredients, such as nuts and seeds. This recipe calls for sunflower seeds because when making vegan cheddar cheese, sunflower seeds go well with nutritional yeast and the other ingredients.