Products: Tofutti Brand dairy substitutes - OT

[Guest guest]

Okay, guys, I'm the one who says she never but never (well, hardly ever) uses

analogs - except, I always say, for cheez slices to add to 'salad' sandwiches

now and then. Situations change, and I found myself needing something to

make otherwise vegan dishes seem more like the so-called 'real thing'.

Recently, therefore, I tried Tofutti cream cheese substitute and their sour

creem and used them to great success.

 

The cream cheez is awesome, as I'm sure people have said before - we like

the French Onion and also the Garlic and Herbs, with a faint prejudice in

favour of the former. The lack of a soygurt (or whatever it's called in

different

brands) made me buy the sour cream to use, thinned, to make sauces. Great

success. We'll keep these in the fridge now - along with the cheez slices,

which are the nicest soy cheez slices we have found, vegan or otherwise.

 

And no, they're not paying me to say this LOL and no, no one has me on the

rack to make me recant!

 

Best, Pat

[Guest guest]

Beware, when using Tofutti products, since many of them contain trans

fats (ie hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats) - NOT good for

heart health.

 

As far as I know, the uncheese slices all have this issue. They have

one variety of plain uncream cheese that does NOT contain trans fats,

which is the only one that they make available at Whole Foods.

 

For sliced uncheese, Follow Your Heart brand is the best available.

 

I posted a whole bunch of homemade uncheese recipes on Pat's other site,

vegetarianslimming, since these recipes do have less fat, but they are

not spicy.

 

from Maida

Citizens for Pets in Condos, http://www.petsincondos.org

South Florida Vegetarian Events, http://www.soflavegevents.net

[Guest guest]

Beware, when using Tofutti products, since many of them contain trans

> fats (ie hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats) - NOT good for

> heart health.

 

Ouch. Well so much for my brief joy in discovering a vegan product I actually

liked and which was available to me here. Oh well, never mind - back to dairy,

I guess LOL (As for the other brand you mention, it's not available everywhere

in the world. Nor I suppose is Tofutti.)

 

> I posted a whole bunch of homemade uncheese recipes on Pat's other site,

> vegetarianslimming, since these recipes do have less fat, but they are

> not spicy.

 

Perhaps you could post them here for the benefit of those who don't want to

be on the other list? You could post them in the already existing Faux Foods

folder I set up when I started this list. They may not be 'spicy' as made, but

they can certainly be added to spicy dishes, so they are not exactly OT for this

group. That'd be really really great if you could! My various groups, although

'owned' by me, are not interdependent. I'm sure members would be very

grateful indeed.

 

Thanks for that info about transfats and hydrogenated oils in some/most

Tofutti products, Maida. I should have paid closer attention to 'health' issues

when posting about the product, but this is of course not a health list

(although of course everyone has to take care of their health) and I do leave it

to members to decide for themselves. Perhaps just a little of a product that

contains transfats etc would be okay for some - just as eggs and dairy are

eaten by some despite the cholesterol count . . . Oh dear, so much to worry

about and so little time in which to do it!

 

Gotta go and get a caffeine fix (cranky without my caffeine!LOL) - and yes, I

know that some disapprove of caffeine too, but some don't - I'm going with

those who don't right now at this time of the morning (7.30).

 

Best love to you all - searching searching searching for Follow My Heart -

 

Pat (in downtown London, Ontario, whose ValuMart doesn't even have

Toffuti!)