Vegan melting cheese / Dieting

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I get Cheezly (and Scheese and Tofutti) from our local wholefood

shop, Daily Bread. However last time I checked, our Tesco stocked

cheddar Cheezly and Sainsburys stocked both that and the Tofutti soft

cheese. Incidentally, the latter can be used to make a fantastic

chocolate cheesecake.

 

My wife isn't vegan and I'm also part of a group of friends who have

been cooking for each other each week for over 12 years now, so I'm

used to coping with mixed vegan/non-vegan dining.

 

I did miss cheese initially but now when I've had it accidentally

occasionally (that's worth another thread), its flavour isn't as

enticing as I remember it. On the other hand, none of the vegan

cheeses I've found are nice enough to be worth eating them on their

own; I just use them as ingredients for other things.

 

I've put on weight fairly steadily since becoming a vegan, however I

was also putting on weight before as well, so I'm not blaming it on

veganism! In my case, the problem appears to be too many

carbohydrates - rice, pasta, potatoes etc. I'm not a big snacker and

don't get cravings for chocolate, biscuits, crisps etc. but I have

been used to having some sort of starchy staple in each of my meals.

 

I've now been following Rose Elliot's " The Vegetarian Low-Carb Diet "

for a couple of weeks and it seems to be working for me. I'm not

getting hunger pangs and I've lost about 9lb. I wouldn't want to

keep it up as a " lifestyle " diet though; I'm not sure having severely

reduced carbs is good long term and, for vegans, it involves a very

large amount of home food preparation if you want a varied diet as

there is very little suitable that can be shop-bought.

 

Cheers,

 

 

Matthew

 

 

, " Alison Goodyer " <alison.goodyer

wrote:

>

> Hi Matthew

>

> I'm new to this group (and to being a vegan)- and must confess I am

> struggling with giving up cheese

> (and eggs - as I have hens) - in fact I feel a bit of a failure - I

made

> mayonnaise at the weekend with

> eggs from my hens AND I had a cheese sandwich :-(

>

> Do you buy your cheezly online or from a local health food shop - I

rarely

> get a chance to go

> into Town so think I'm going to have to try getting it online - I

think

> Goodness Direct stock various different

> kinds.

>

> As to losing weight - I'm trying too and I had been so good for

about four

> weeks (before I consumed the cheese sandwich

> this weekend - and the mayonnaise) , even to the point of making

sure I

> balanced my omega oils, nuts, seeds etc etc -

> eating tons of salad, veggies, getting adequate protein and what

have you

> and I gained 2 pounds!!!!!!!!

> I'm just so shocked that after cutting out butter, cheese and milk

that the

> weight didnt fall off me !!!

>

> I have tried making lasagne and sprinkling some of the fake

> parmesan type cheese (cant think what its called but I got it at

Tescos) on

> the top of my white sauce

> (made with a little soya spread, flour, black pepper, tsp mustard &

soya

> milk - you have to whisk like crazy as it goes lumpy very easily!

> to try and imitate a cheese sauce - my family (who are not

vegetarian let

> along vegan) actually liked it - but I

> didnt ...I'm so missing cheese - and creamy sauces !!

>

> Alison

>

>

>

>

>

> On

Behalf Of

> Matthew Faupel

> 08 May 2007 13:55

>

> Vegan melting cheese

>

>

> Hi,

>

> I've been looking for a good melting " cheese " pizza topping for a

> while. The Cheezly " super melting " mozzarella is OK, but unlike

normal

> cheese, it doesn't flow very much. Whether you leave it in slices

or

> grate it, it doesn't really spread to cover the whole pizza, so

you end

> up getting clumps of topping.

>

> I've had the idea of maybe trying to liquidize this and then mix

it

> with a little (vegan) milk or cream to get it to the consistency

of

> thick custard and then pour it over the pizza to get a more

consistent

> distribution, however I'm on a diet at the moment and so won't

have the

> chance to try this for a while :-)

>

> Anyone else had any success in creating a realistic looking vegan

pizza?

>

> Cheers,

>

> Matthew

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I get Cheezly (and Scheese and Tofutti) from our local wholefood

shop, Daily Bread. However last time I checked, our Tesco stocked

cheddar Cheezly and Sainsburys stocked both that and the Tofutti soft

cheese. Incidentally, the latter can be used to make a fantastic

chocolate cheesecake

 

Thanks for this - I had no idea you could get these at Tesco's

or Sainsbury's - in fact I've probably walked passed them

and just assumed they were some form of processed cheese!

I'll definitely have to walk slower down that aisle in future!

 

I've put on weight fairly steadily since becoming a vegan, however I

was also putting on weight before as well, so I'm not blaming it on

veganism! In my case, the problem appears to be too many

carbohydrates - rice, pasta, potatoes etc. I'm not a big snacker and

don't get cravings for chocolate, biscuits, crisps etc. but I have

been used to having some sort of starchy staple in each of my meals.

 

Funny enough I seem to think I followed a diet of her's yonks ago,

but it wasnt a low carb one - just a plain vegetarian diet one -

I must have a search through the roof and see if I can find it.

I think perhaps I've been consuming too many nuts/seeds/oils

- I received my post of Veg 1 vitamins in the post today from the

vegan society so if I make sure I take one of these a day I think

I'll drastically cut back on the nuts/seeds /oil for a bit as I do

need to lose a stone or two.

 

Well I also got a copy of the Cruelty Free Shopper (not sure thats the

correct title but its the book that the Vegan Society are selling

on their website) and I'm going to make a cup of tea and sit and read

it ......before I tackle the washing up!

 

Alison

 

 

 

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