Soy Free Daairy Free Cheese?

[Guest BERNESES]

I really, really want to give up dairy as a trial and my only weak point is CHEESE. I know I don't do well with soy so all that stuff is out so what's left. I don't need much, just something like parmesan. HELP!

[Mango04]

I've found something called Parma that was actually really good. Open Original Shared Link

It's made out of raw organic walnuts, nutritional yeast and celtic sea salt.

There's also gluten-free versions of Chreese, a product with very mixed reviews. I actually like the Mac and Chreese. A lot of people will tell you they don't though. www.chreese.com. I've seen it at Whole Foods and other health food stores.

[tarnalberry]

raw food recipes would provide you with a way to make it (look online or in cookbooks). they're generally nut based - particularly raw cashew.

[awesomeame]

i'm curious why you require something soy free?

galaxy nutritional foods makes a good vegan parmesan, and tofutti makes GREAT vegan american cheese slices. unfortunatly both contain soy.

also, do you want to give up dairy, or just lactose? i'm lactose intolorent, but can handle eating milk proteins, like calcium caseinate for example. oh, NU-TOFO makes a fantastic cheese which is lactose free, but not dairy free.

check out Open Original Shared Link for more dairy-free living info!

--matt

[cornbread]

i'm curious why you require something soy free?

Presumably because they are soy intolerant too. I am in exactly the same boat - casein AND soy intolerant (IgA mediated, so it's a keeper... )

I second the raw food advice - you would not believe how awesome some of the raw food recipes taste.

Also, when my yogurt maker and dairy-free yogurt starter culture arrive on Wednesday, I will be making coconut milk yogurt and coconut milk cheese. I'll let you know how it tastes!

[Guest BERNESES]

I don't tolerate soy well and Ii want to try cutting out all dairy for a month to see if it's impeding my healing and then see if I can reintroduce it.

[ladyx]

I don't tolerate soy well and Ii want to try cutting out all dairy for a month to see if it's impeding my healing and then see if I can reintroduce it.

I have been a vegetarian my whole life...I have some great cashew cheese recipies (somewhere....my favorite has oatmeal in it which I can't eat anymore but the oatmeal is mostly for thinking so I think I can use some kind of hot rice cereal to replace it...haven't tried it yet though) Here is a simple mac and cheese recipie my kids love.

2 cups (gluten free) Macaroni noodles

2 cups water

1 cup cashews, rinsed

2 tablespoons lemon juice

1 teaspoon onion powder

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups (gluten free) bread crumbs, soft

Macaroni

Bring 2 quarts of water to boil with 1 teaspoon salt. Add 2 cups macaroni. Boil until tender.

Sause

blend until smooth 1 cup water and the remaining ingreadients(except the bread crumbs) (The longer you blend the the smoother your cheese will be..I usually blend it while the maccaroni is cooking) Now add remaing 1 cup of water.

Place dained and rinsed macaroni in a flat casserole dish (I use a small 9x9 dish) Pour sauce over macoroni. Cover and bake 30 min. at 350. Uncover and top with soft bread crumbs or cubes. Bake for another 15 another 15 min. Serves 6-8

Here is a couple of Parmesan cheese recipies that I found (sorry I haven't tried these before...I am not big on parmesan cheese)

1/2 cup nutritional yeast flakes

1/2 cup sesame seeds, ground

2 teaspoons garlic powder

1 teaspoon onion

2 teaspoons Mckays Chicken-Style Seasoning

2 teaspoons lemon juice

In blender container combine all ingredients except the lemon juice. Pour lemon Juice on top of dry ingredients and blend until smooth. Refrigerate in an airtight container.

Here is a simplier recipie that I found but don't know if it is as good as the other one

1 cup lightly toasted sesame seeds

1/4 cup nutritional yeast flakes

1/2 teaspoon onion powder

1/4 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Mill untill seeds are milled and ingredients are combined.

I try to send a few more when I am not sleep walking lol:)

[specialdiets]

I really, really want to give up dairy as a trial and my only weak point is CHEESE. I know I don't do well with soy so all that stuff is out so what's left. I don't need much, just something like parmesan. HELP!

Unfortunately there aren't any cheese substitutes available that don't contain soy or milk ingredients. Even rice and nut based cheese use either soy or milk proteins. That being said there is a company that makes cheese-like sauce from nutritional yeast (its gluten, soy and milk free) called Chreese by Roads End Organics - they have a site at www.chreese.com

You can also experiment making your own nutritional yeast based cheeses at home (some solid or sauces). Jo Stepaniak has recipe books available at her site www.vegsource.com/jo/

Sunni

[Guest BERNESES]

Thanks ladyx!

[lorka150]

i hightly recommend the Uncheese Cookbook!

[ladyx]

I really, really want to give up dairy as a trial and my only weak point is CHEESE. I know I don't do well with soy so all that stuff is out so what's left. I don't need much, just something like parmesan. HELP!

I went digging in my cookbooks and found the recipie I was telling you about...you should be able to replace the oat flour with some other gluten free flour or rice cereal ( I use arrowhead mills Organic rice and shine hot cereal but haven't tried it in this recipe yet)

This is a good recipe for nachos you can add some spice to it by mixing in your favorite salsa

Melty Cheese

4oz. jar pimentos

2 Tbs. cornstarch

1/2 cup cashew meal

1cup water

2 tsp. salt

1/4 cup nutritional yeast

1/4 cup oat flour (replace with blended hot cearal or gluten free flour...I would probably use a thicking one like cornstarch or arrowroot)

2 Tbs. lemon jc

1 tsp. onion powder

Blend well (very well...I usually blend it for at least 4-5min.) Add to medium saucepan with 1-1/2 cups boiling water. Cook until thick. The longer you cook the thicker and better it is...I usually cook it on slow heat until it is so thick it is almost like thin paste.

I have even used this to make vegetable lasagna and had people who eat cheese not know it was dairy free they just thought I used velveta or something that melted well.

If you try it and don't like it I have quite a few more recipes...I like this one too because it doesn't require any extra fat added it except the natural fat that is in the cashews...low fat is important to me. Just e-mail me if you want any of the other ones...I will try to play around with some of the other white sauces and things to see how they turn out and let you know... good luck hope you enjoy.

[Green12]

I really, really want to give up dairy as a trial and my only weak point is CHEESE. I know I don't do well with soy so all that stuff is out so what's left. I don't need much, just something like parmesan. HELP!

Cheese is my weakness too Berneses. I have no problem giving up milk, yogurt, sour cream, and other dairy products, but cheese is so hard for me to go without forever and ever so I occasionally indulge.

When I first went dairy free about 12 years ago I am almost certian there was a product on the market that was completely dairy free (no casein) and soy free. If I recall correctly it wasn't so great and it didn't sell well so my stores stopped carrying it. Now, they just have the rice and almond cheeses with casein and of course the soy cheeses. I think the casein allows the product to melt and resemble a cheese-like texture but unfortunately is a problem for those of us who need to be completely dairy free.

[Guest BERNESES]

Thanks Everyone for all your help- ladyx, the melty cheese sounds awesome! i'm going to try it (9where do you get cashew paste? Or do you just put cashews through a food processor? I have one that could probably do that.

I don't know if I'm dairy (lactose or casein) intolerant. I'm just super sensitive to minute amounts of gluten and can't eat anything labeled gluten-free if it was processed on the same equipment as gluten. So, what I'm trying to figure out is if lactose/casein is part of the problem. I'll be having a lactose breath test soon, but that wouldn't rule out casein. I know soy, if I eat enough of it, mimics the gluten reaction I have so I'm trying to avoid that. It would be nice if I didn't have to avoid dairy too, but....

The thing is it's not like I eat dairy and get really sick. I'm just trying to figure out if it's part of my extreme sensitivity or preventing me from healing. Tored of being a medical experiment!

[ladyx]

Thanks Everyone for all your help- ladyx, the melty cheese sounds awesome! i'm going to try it (9where do you get cashew paste? Or do you just put cashews through a food processor? I have one that could probably do that.

I don't know if I'm dairy (lactose or casein) intolerant. I'm just super sensitive to minute amounts of gluten and can't eat anything labeled gluten-free if it was processed on the same equipment as gluten. So, what I'm trying to figure out is if lactose/casein is part of the problem. I'll be having a lactose breath test soon, but that wouldn't rule out casein. I know soy, if I eat enough of it, mimics the gluten reaction I have so I'm trying to avoid that. It would be nice if I didn't have to avoid dairy too, but....

The thing is it's not like I eat dairy and get really sick. I'm just trying to figure out if it's part of my extreme sensitivity or preventing me from healing. Tored of being a medical experiment!

you can usually get raw cashew pieces at the health food store and blend them in your blender to make meal or just stick them in the blender with your other ingedeants and just blend a little longer....If you can't find raw unsalted casew peices make sure you rinse the ones you get from your grocrey store so you rinse most of the salt off...I have never used roasted cashews but hey it may give it a good flavor. once you blend it rub some between your fingers and make sure there are no pieces of nuts still in the blender...if there are just blend until smooth....then add the water and cook until the cheese is thick like paste

[LJG]

Presumably because they are soy intolerant too. I am in exactly the same boat - casein AND soy intolerant (IgA mediated, so it's a keeper... )

I second the raw food advice - you would not believe how awesome some of the raw food recipes taste.

Also, when my yogurt maker and dairy-free yogurt starter culture arrive on Wednesday, I will be making coconut milk yogurt and coconut milk cheese. I'll let you know how it tastes!

I would be VERY interested to know how your coconut milk yogurt and cheese making turns out.

DNA testing says I am intolerant of gluten, yeast, dairy, and eggs. Allergy testing says I'm allergic to soy (and more).

[Lycopene]

There's always Daiya! It's pretty darn good, I'll tell you that. [:

Mozzarella and cheddar, if that's ok?

[Juliebove]

i'm curious why you require something soy free?

galaxy nutritional foods makes a good vegan parmesan, and tofutti makes GREAT vegan american cheese slices. unfortunatly both contain soy.

also, do you want to give up dairy, or just lactose? i'm lactose intolorent, but can handle eating milk proteins, like calcium caseinate for example. oh, NU-TOFO makes a fantastic cheese which is lactose free, but not dairy free.

check out Open Original Shared Link for more dairy-free living info!

--matt

Galaxy Foods makes vegan rice cheese that is really good. Comes in slices and a block you can shred. It does contain peas if that's an issue. But no dairy or soy.

[Chrissyb]

I don't know if you can tolarate goat cheese. I know some people who can't have dairy can have it and I am one of those. I have found a hard goat cheese that is just like regular cheese and melts nicley. It does have a little differnt taste but I like it. I had a pizza for the first time in a long time the other night and it was really good.