Another Fermented Nut Cheeze

Another Fermented Nut Cheeze As promised, here is Karen’s ‘cheddar’ nut cheeze: See my previous post for the basic recipe. Remember the basic recipe makes 2 cheezes, so halve your basic mixture, and flavour with the following ingredients: (Oh – I’ve introduced our measurement – the Knifepoint = the pointy end of a chopping knife …

Fermented Nut Cheeze

Fermented Nut Cheeze Giving up cheese is one of the hardest aspects of going vegan, but these fermented nut cheezes are really great. Of course, the inspiration and basic recipes for these come from my raw food guru – Deborah Durrant. Check out her website at Deliciously Raw…. and if you are ever in a …

Smoked Tempeh Bacon

Smoked Tempeh Bacon Last week I used smoked tempeh ‘bacon’ in the stir fry recipe, and here is the promised tempeh smoking recipe. But before I do that, there is one aspect I must touch on – Carnivores often ask why us vegetarian/vegans keep making ‘meat look-alike’ dishes. On the one hand, they are right …

Vegan Creem Cheeze

Vegan Creem Cheeze Karen found this slightly modified and very easy vegan creem cheeze recipe. We use this when we cannot get Toffutti. It makes a pleasant, mild creem cheeze that is great for toasts or snacks. Don’t be put off by the seemingly strange ingredients.   Ingredients: 1 block silken tofu, rinsed and drained …

Guacamole

Guacamole – raw and vegan In a previous post I mentioned cheeseless snacks, and here is the promised recipe. Ingredients: 2 ripe avocados 1 large clove garlic juice and pulp of 1 lemon (no pips) salt to taste chili flakes to taste (optional) Method: Put all ingredients in the blender and blend till smooth. Some …

Chickpea Hummus

Chickpea Hummus As promised, here is Karen’s chickpea hummus recipe. Never really sure of the correct spelling for ‘hummus’, but that close enough. Ingredients: 1 tin chickpeas, rinsed and drained 1 – 2 large cloves garlic 1/2 t ground cummin (optional) juice of and pulp of 1 lemon (no pips) 1 T tahini salt to …

Who needs cheese!

Who needs cheese! It seems getting over cheese is the hardest part of going vegan. Here are a couple of examples of quick and easy cheeseless snacks to get you through the day. In this picture is vegan creem cheeze on beetroot toast, humus on onion bread and guacamole on onion bread. The spreads are …