displaced.vegan

VeganMoFo’s ending was perfectly timed. Because once Peter got here for his visit I did not feel like writing a bunch of blogs. But that doesn’t mean I quit cooking vegan stuff. In fact, I have been in cooking over drive. I’ve managed to bang out a couple veg blogs covering a few meals, but pretty much every day I have been cooking. I’ve made bread, a fresh batch of seitan, lots of breakfast foods (Breakfast Burritos, Tofu Scrambles, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, etc), brownies, Pizza, and I’m sure a lot more than I can recall off hand. And in the process of cooking all vegan for my houseguest, I may have planted the Veganism seed in Peter. He has loved everything that I have cooked.

I don’t have any of the pictures from most of these meals readily available, so I’ll just do a picture blog later. But don’t expect a lot. I had a difficult time remembering to take pictures and by the time I did, most of the food was already crammed in my mouth.

I used all of my Daiya cheddar during Peter’s visit. And I have to say that it is fabulous. And if I had a retailer nearby I would be buying Daiya’s Cheddar exclusively. I used Follow Your Heart Cheddar in a homemade cheez-it’s recipe and they turned out okay. Verdict is still out on wheter I will be buying it again. I think I’m just gonna have to try it in more things. But I think the key to using Follow Your Heart Vegan Cheeses is to press out the excess moisture before use because it is a very wet cheese. Also, their cheddar flavor is not something I would just munch on. I didn’t use my Italian Blend Daiya on the pizza I made, although I imagine it would be perfect. Instead I used the Mozzarella flavored Follow Your Heart cheese. I could probably much on the Moz. The taste wasn’t bad alone and it was GREAT on my pizza. Although I liked the other toppings on my pizza, I could happily chow down on an all vegan cheese pizza. So even if the Daiya ends up being better, my cheese of choice will still be Follow Your Heart. It’s local (Food-For-Less in Medford, OR) and a great product.

The moistness of the Mozzarella cheese was not a problem, since it was gonna be melted, and also since fresh mozzarella cheese is a moist cheese anyway. If your only experience eating real mozzarella cheese was in the form of those dry shreds, then you missed out. I effin’ love Follow Your Heart’s Moz Cheese. And I am so incredibly grateful that I have a vegan cheese for pizza that I can find locally.

I have so much more to write about. I got a fabulous soy milk maker from Peter for my birthday that I am über stoked to fire up. I’ve lost 10 lbs since going vegan (not exercising a lick). But I also have a main blog that I need to write a novel in. So this is where this post ends.