what about a cheese made with nutritional yeast??? defenitely not cheese...but a cheesy taste
Dairy free...pizza?
Our poor 4 year old. His favorite food in the world is cheese pizza.
We've picked up a couple of dairy-free 'cheeses' and oh boy, do they taste like, I dunno, cardboard dunked in spoiled tofu, aged to mush, and baked to odd-tasting imperfection. They even leave scary oil traces on the cutting boards. So weird.
Anybody have a quick fix for this one? My dough recipe is already dairy free so it is just a matter of figuring out how to replicate the cheese pizza experience or find something that makes the whole thing better. The biggest hangup is that 6yo DD would throw a major fit if we made pizza and didn't make any 'cheese pizza', but if we made one for her, the 4yo would be very upset because that's *his* favorite, too! We really don't want to turn pizza night into a problem, but we don't want to give it up either (we make a mean pizza, beats out all the local pizzarias).
We're not sure whether his allergy extends to goat milk and in a couple weeks we will probaby try that out, and hope for the best. If he's not allergic to that, we're back in business.
We've picked up a couple of dairy-free 'cheeses' and oh boy, do they taste like, I dunno, cardboard dunked in spoiled tofu, aged to mush, and baked to odd-tasting imperfection. They even leave scary oil traces on the cutting boards. So weird.
Anybody have a quick fix for this one? My dough recipe is already dairy free so it is just a matter of figuring out how to replicate the cheese pizza experience or find something that makes the whole thing better. The biggest hangup is that 6yo DD would throw a major fit if we made pizza and didn't make any 'cheese pizza', but if we made one for her, the 4yo would be very upset because that's *his* favorite, too! We really don't want to turn pizza night into a problem, but we don't want to give it up either (we make a mean pizza, beats out all the local pizzarias).
We're not sure whether his allergy extends to goat milk and in a couple weeks we will probaby try that out, and hope for the best. If he's not allergic to that, we're back in business.
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Those soy based "veggie shreds" aren't bad. A little salty, but if you cut down on the salt in the sauce that might work. I don't mind them, and my kid's friends that are dairy free seem to enjoy them (even the recently dairy free 3 ane 5 year olds.)
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Don't those have casein in them?
Originally Posted by tm2840 Those soy based "veggie shreds" aren't bad. A little salty, but if you cut down on the salt in the sauce that might work. I don't mind them, and my kid's friends that are dairy free seem to enjoy them (even the recently dairy free 3 ane 5 year olds.) |
Yeah, most of the veggie cheeses I have looked at have casein in them. I was looking at the ingredient list and thinking...WTF? Including those "veggie slices" and like products.
Right now I have a Galaxy Nutritional Foods product (a cheddar lookalike) and it is NASTY. Just...GROSS. And this is discouraging because after our first experience with gross-tasting cheese substitute we tried something that looked completely opposite, and now this is gross too.
Will the nutritional yeast actually create a decent taste experience for them?
Right now I have a Galaxy Nutritional Foods product (a cheddar lookalike) and it is NASTY. Just...GROSS. And this is discouraging because after our first experience with gross-tasting cheese substitute we tried something that looked completely opposite, and now this is gross too.
Will the nutritional yeast actually create a decent taste experience for them?
A friend of mine here has a daughter who is sensitive to milk. She's not what I would call allergic because she can tolerate it, but the mother avoids it. She highly recommends rice cheese; she said it's the only one she found that doesn't taste like wax , and it actually melts.
I think it does have casein though, and I don't know how detailed you've gotten with determining what triggers the T-boz.
I think it does have casein though, and I don't know how detailed you've gotten with determining what triggers the T-boz.
I've got a rice milk cheese that doesn't have casein in it.
Their description: VeganRella is the breakthrough 100% non-dairy cheese alternative! Firm when cold, it melts when heated and tastes great. Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Milk (water, organically-grown brown rice), oat flour, canola oil, corn starch, salt, natural flavor, Irish moss, sodium citrate, sorbic acid.
Their description: VeganRella is the breakthrough 100% non-dairy cheese alternative! Firm when cold, it melts when heated and tastes great. Ingredients: Organic Brown Rice Milk (water, organically-grown brown rice), oat flour, canola oil, corn starch, salt, natural flavor, Irish moss, sodium citrate, sorbic acid.
Nutritional yeast on popcorn tastes an awful lot like the SmartFood White Cheddar popcorn, so it may be good enough on a pizza. Not melty, but a nice flavor.
We make homemade pizzas all the time. My dude is allergic to cheese, and I am an "aspiring vegan." We use Veganrella. I have a salad shooter, and I buy a chunk of the Veganrella - shred it - and use it like regular mozzarella. The kids and I eat that and dh eats cow cheese on his. We all make our own pizzas usually and making it is half the fun for the kiddos. I actually like the Veganrella, and I normally just avoid cheese alternatives. It doesn't taste like Mozzarella, but it melts well (doesn't really brown like mozzarella though), and I like the taste of it and so do the kiddos.
Hey, I just realized that my little guy and yours are only seven days apart in age!
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