Vegetarian Foods Archive

I am not organised enough today cook something from a country on the other side of the world, so for  Vegan Mof o prompt Far Away   I share something that I associate with the vegan Western world - non dairy nut 'cheese' spread. I have been wanting to make both a hard and soft spreadable vegan 'cheese' for a while.  The first time I came across a vegan alternative for 'cheese'  was in an old secondhand copy of a 1970s vegan paperback cookbook that I found a charity shop in Glasgow.  This vegan cheese alternative was made with soy flour. I wanted t make it, but at the time I could not track down soy flour, then I forgot all about it  (I must dig out the cookbook), but in the last 10 years there has been a rise of modern and contemporary versions are made with rejuvenac and probiotic capsules.  Today though, I am still keeping it basic or traditional as this is the first time I have made a spreadable vegan cashew 'cheese' spread.  I d...

It's Friday evening and the start to our weekend. Yay, even better its a long weekend with the public Bank Holiday in the UK on Monday. Later on this evening, we will be sipping white wine and snacking on some crackers with some homemade red Nut Cheese. Nut cheeses are all the rage right now with vegans.   I first came across Nut cheeses in 1990s when I stumbled across publication by a little known vegetarian writer calle d Dave Dutton - I think the cookbook was The Green Revolution Cookbook, but I cannot remember for sure as he has a few publications.  His vegan nut cheese recipe also contained soya flour which is not used often as it once was. However, the recipe I made was not based on his recipe, as I could not locate the book on my shelves.  The red in this vegan Nut cheese comes from smoked paprika.   To give you an idea of how this red nut cheese sliced. I have served it on some red crackers.  It was really good with umani undertones ...