Category Archives: non-dairy cheese

Lasagna with Creamy Red Wine Sauce

So, this may not be the most glamorous food I have posted, but let me start with a word in it’s defense.  This stuff is freaking incredible.  I mean it.  Sure, the sauce isn’t a brilliant bright red since it uses avocados and red wine (kinda pinkish orange), but once you taste it, you simply [...]

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Cheezy Polenta with Sun Dried Tomatoes

Here’s a super easy and delicious way to use up that bag of cornmeal in your cabinet.  It’s fun (and economical) to make your own polenta, and you can add all sorts of mix-ins.  I just added the basics for a rich flavor, but feel free to mix in a medley of stuff at the [...]

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Veggie Mash-Up Casserole with Daiya

Yay! I got some Daiya.  I’ve topped pizza, grilled “cheese” sandwiches, eaten it straight from the bag, and each time I have been thoroughly satisfied.  But, I wanted to test out its ‘casserole’ abilities -to see if the “cheese” could be crispy and melty at the same time.  It has been quite a while since [...]

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Sticky Buns

Here is my version of a sticky bun… extra sticky and filled with a surprise.  In this recipe I used a “cheese” like filling… but I kind of wish I would have either went with just a basic thick apricot preserve, or nixed the filling entirely.  It came out ok, but the filling seemed to [...]

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Vegan Cheesecake (version 1)

Cheesecake has always been a weakness of mine. This recipe is called “version 1″ because I guarantee that I will be making many more cheesecakes in the near future.  This version is slightly sweeter and wetter than your typical NY style cheesecake. It is more like a “Washington” cheesecake. When I served it to a [...]

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Vegan Mac and Cheese

So, I realize that there are a lot of recipes out there for vegan “mac and cheese”.  But this one is too good not to try.  Trust me.  If you’re used to the real kind of mac and cheese, as opposed to Kraft, this is your recipe.  It is prepared exactly like the wonderful homemade [...]

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