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Dairy/soy Free Cheese?

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Jamie-44 Newbie
Jamie-44
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I've seen rice cheeses...but they all have casein!

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tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Nope. You can make some substitutes for some things using nuts (there are recipes in raw foods cookbooks and websites) or nutritional yeast, but there isn't any pre-made casein free and soy free "cheese".

Kasey'sMom Enthusiast
Kasey'sMom
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My dd has dairy and soy issues as well. The other day I made broccoli with "cheese" for my family and we really liked it. I used frozen organic broccoli, Vances DariFree beverage, potato starch and pureed organic carrot. The carrot gave the color of cheese and the DariFree & potato starch made the broccoli creamy. I steamed the broccoli first and added a small amount of sea salt and DariFree. I took 2Tbsp. of the potato starched and mixed it with a little more DariFree and then added to the broccoli and heated until it was creamy.My 3 year old normally will eat 3 or 4 bites of broccoli but she devoured the broccoli & "cheese." I've also done this with rice maccroni as well.

I've also made spreadable "cheese" using pumpkin seeds, parsely, garlic, oil, lime & salt and pepper.

I wish there was a real cheese that would be dairy free...... :(

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specialdiets Newbie
specialdiets
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I've seen rice cheeses...but they all have casein!

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I've been on a restricted diet for many years and searching for any kind of milk and soy free cheese. It just does not currently exist. Although I would love to be proven wrong. The closest thing you can make to cheese is using Nutritional Yeast (an inactive form of yeast safe for people with candida, but not safe for yeast allergies).

Chreese, www.chreese.com is a cheese-sauce that includes nutritional yeast and is gluten-free. Some people love it, while others not so much.

However, you can make your own 'cheese' at home. Joanne Stepaniak has some books with recipes using nutritional yeast and has a website at www.vegsource.com/jo.

Sunni

Matilda Enthusiast
Matilda
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Kasey'sMom Enthusiast
Kasey'sMom
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Thanks Matlida!

I just came up with the "cheese" base for the broccoli and "cheese." I'll post the actual recipe next time I make it. I have used the base for all sorts of dishes including potato soup and cream of broccoli soup. For the potato soup, I use steamed & pureed cauliflower to add to the creaminess of the soup. I then add the diced potatos to the cauliflower and "base.' No one can even tell it has cauliflower in the soup! I thought also the "cheese" might be good as a dip for nachos. I use to enjoy spinach dip and I may try that next.

The raw cheese idea came from a book that I got at the library on cooking in the raw. The recipes were beautiful and tasted really nice as well. The book is used for the pumpkin seed cheese is "RAW The UNcook Book" by Juliano with Erika Lenkert.

I 'll let you know if I come up with other ideas. :)

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Matilda
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tarnalberry Community Regular
tarnalberry
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Raw foods cookbooks have some fabulous gluten-free and CF recipes that are easy to make, and healthy!

Merika Contributor
Merika
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This sounds yummy! Please post your recipe when you get a chance :)

Merika

PS. Where did you find the dari-free? I've never seen it at my local whole foods...

specialdiets Newbie
specialdiets
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This sounds yummy! Please post your recipe when you get a chance :)

Merika

PS. Where did you find the dari-free? I've never seen it at my local whole foods...

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For Vance's DariFree milk substitute visit www.vancesfoods.com Many other online stores now carry it.

Kasey'sMom Enthusiast
Kasey'sMom
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I'll try to make the recipe for lunch and write it down this time! :lol: I've found one of the small health food stores about 1/2 hour away carries it. Last time I bought two cartons to make sure I have it on hand. The DariFree works great for recipes that call for powdered milk. I often take out small portions of the powder and put it in glass jars for the grandparents to keep on hand. I usually tape the directions to the jar as well. :D

lorka150 Collaborator
lorka150
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Check out Follow Your Heath Vegan Cheese. It is the only one on the market that is casein free.

specialdiets Newbie
specialdiets
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Check out Follow Your Heath Vegan Cheese. It is the only one on the market that is casein free.

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Vegan Gourmet, www.imearthkind.com is free of casein, however it definitely contains Soy and Yeast (in some flavors).

Sunni

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LRgirl
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I suspect that I am lactose intolerant because tests show I don't have a milk allergy. I have been able to eat with no problem Andrew and Everrett cheeses. They have no casein, gluten, or hormones. You may want to try them if you don't have a milk allergy.

Good luck to you,

Traci

specialdiets Newbie
specialdiets
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I suspect that I am lactose intolerant because tests show I don't have a milk allergy. I have been able to eat with no problem Andrew and Everrett cheeses. They have no casein, gluten, or hormones. You may want to try them if you don't have a milk allergy.

Good luck to you,

Traci

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Andrew & Everett cheese ingredients include milk which does have casein protein in it - therefore not safe for anyone with an actual milk allergy. However, they state it is gluten free which makes it ok for celiacs without an allergy.

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Sunni

burdee Enthusiast
burdee
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Hmmm ... Nobody mentioned CHREESE, a gluten/dairy/soy free cheese substitute made by Road's End Organics. It's only useful in 'melted cheese' recipes, because it' a sauce mix. However, I've enjoyed it in omlettes, au gratin potatoes, macaroni and chreese or noodles and chreese recipes and even on pizza. It's not the same as packaged cheese and works better IN recipes, but with my dairy/gluten/soy intolerance, I just about gave up on having any cheesy tasting foods ever again. See Open Original Shared Link for their catalog of chreese products.

BURDEE

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LRgirl
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Andrew & Everett cheese ingredients include milk which does have casein protein in it - therefore not safe for anyone with an actual milk allergy. However, they state it is gluten free which makes it ok for celiacs without an allergy.

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oh, no they do? They still have it written on the back of the package casein free.

:(

Traci

SandraNinTO Rookie
SandraNinTO
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I bought AlmondRella for awhile. It's just like grated mozzarella and is found in the dairy case hanging up with all the other shredded cheeses. It doesn't melt the same as dairy cheese, but it is still my absolute favourite for pizza topping and is definitely good in tacos. Also, if your aim is a good pizza topping, heaping the pizza high with carmelized onions is a great "substitute" for cheese. :P

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Kasey'sMom Enthusiast
Kasey'sMom
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Sorry this has taken so long to post......

Broccoli and "Cheese"

1 10oz. Bag of Frozen Broccoli (I used Cascadian Farms Broccoli Florets)

2-3 Tbsp. Pureed Cooked Carrots

1 1/2 Tbsp. Potato Starch

1/2 tsp. Sea Salt (Or More to Taste)

1 cup Vance's DariFree, Original

Cover broccoli and cook on medium heat for 5 min, stirring occastionally. (Broccoli will still be slightly frozen.) Add carrot & DariFree. Increase heat to high and stir in potato starch and salt. Mixture will began to thinken. Continue stiring until the broccoli is well coated. Serve immediately.

**You can add more carrot if you prefer a more cheesy looking sauce. Also more milk can be added to thin the mixture. The smoother the texture of the carrot puree, the more cheesy the broccoli looks as well.

**I like to steem my carrots and the use the steeming water to thin and smooth down the puree. I freeze the puree in ice cube trays and pop them out into a freexer bag for quick use. I use the puree in everything from cupcakes to meatloaf. :D

*******I've also used this recipe with Tinkyada noodles to make mac & cheese and cream sauces. I make the pasta according to the package directions. I then drain the pasta and make the sauce just as listed above but omiting the broccoli. :) The uses for this are endless.......The other day I used fresh scallions, Applegate Turkey Bacon, fresh veggies and the cream sauce without the carrots and we had "Pasta Alfredo." :)

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