Forums: January 2010 Kickstart Forum Archive: cheee
Created on: 01/02/10 01:04 PM Views: 1702 Replies: 6
drdeb Joined: 01/02/10 Posts: 36	cheee Posted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:04 PM It seems I can live without everything except cheese! Are any of the vegan cheeses good?
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
clm1950 Joined: 01/01/10 Posts: 7	RE: cheee Posted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:06 PM Daiya http://www.daiyafoods.com/
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
serenevannoy Joined: 12/28/09 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 294	RE: cheee Posted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:08 PM I've not liked any of the store-bought vegan cheese, and it's so expensive that I stopped trying and started making my own. I started with Jo Stepaniak's Uncheese cookbooks, but there are LOTS of vegan cheese recipes online. Bryanna Clark Grogan's are reliably good, I think. The other benefit of making your own is that it's almost always going to be lower in fat and sodium than the store-bought stuff. Serene Vannoy, Oakland, CA -- My daily Kickstart blog: http://serenecooking.livejournal.com/tag/kickstart
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
Wild4Stars Joined: 12/27/09 Location: Florida Posts: 832	RE: cheee Posted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:26 PM I've never cared much for cheese so never searched for an alternative. Then I read "The China Study" and decided I needed to get hubby off of cheese. I've found the best success with "Sheese" and "Vegan Gourmet." They melt well and he seems to like them. I've never eaten them so can't give you a first hand report. Vikki ~ Wild4Stars@gmail.com
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
shanna Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287	RE: cheese Posted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:30 PM I second the recommendations for both Daiya and The Ultimate Uncheese Cookbook! Teese is another good vegan cheese. http://www.teesecheese.com/ Both Teese and Daiya are limited distribution because they are new, but they have store lists on their websites, including internet stores. And they both freeze fine, so you can get a big block and cut it up. Daiya is supposed to have nationwide distro by this spring. Follow Your Heart makes Vegan Gourmet and that's easy to find. Galaxy Vegan Parmesan and Parma are available. I sprinkle nutritional yeast on things for a cheesy taste (good on popcorn). I've learned to make a variety of nut- and seed-based cheezes that cover everything most people use dairy cheese for. Mainly from the Uncheese book, but also from other cookbooks. There's a cashew-based cheddar in the Real Food Daily cookbook that's good too. Several good tofu ricotta recipes--I can't remember where I got the one I had but it has tahini in it and even gets a little melty on pizza--maybe Veganomicon or Vegan Planet? But even just plain cashew butter, mashed avocado or tahini stands in for creaminess in most places, like sandwiches. This chevre-style cashew cheese is amazingly good. I served it at party and people thought it was actually goat cheese: http://veganjoy.blogspot.com/2009/02/vegan-valentine.html (SCROLL DOWN) Note: "agar flakes" are a sea vegetable--look in Asian markets or the area in your store where Japanese foods are kept. Dr. Barnard (with Uncheese author Jo Stepaniak) gives some great info in Breaking the Food Seduction on cheese--and how the casein protein is actually physically addicting. (Available in the PCRM.org store, but here is an excerpt from that chapter: http://books.google.com/books?id=VixE_PWeqbYC&lpg=PP1&dq=breaking%20the%20food%20seduction&pg=PA49#v=snippet&q=cheese&f=false. Once you stop for a while you really won't miss it and will probably use substitutes less and less. (And you may find out it's been aggravating your allergies and nasal congestion, like I did.) I find the idea of dairy cheese pretty gross now, to be honest! Hope that helps!
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
shanna Joined: 12/30/09 Posts: 287	RE: cheee Posted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 1:34 PM The "edit post" function doesn't work. I forgot to code some of my links, sorry. Here you go: Teese http://www.teesecheese.com/ Vegan Chevre (scroll down) http://veganjoy.blogspot.com/2009/02/vegan-valentine.html
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom
dollgirl Joined: 12/28/09 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 131	RE: cheee Posted Saturday, January 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM Just wanted to pop in and say that the Daiya cheese so far for me has been good for replacement when cooking. I loved it with my blk bean and tofu enchiladas. Though I have yet to find one that is great just to nibble on like I used to with cheese. Though I am finding the more new flavorings and spices that I use to cook kind of take the place of me needing or wanting cheese all the time. www
	Quote | Send PM | Link | Top | Bottom

New Topic Reply Subscription Options

Page: 1

There are 89 active user sessions right now.