well, I guess it’s official. I’ll never eat cheese pizza again for the rest of my stupid lame vegan life.
I bought some vegan ‘motzerella’ cheese and some vegan pizza crust and some vegan pizza sauce (although, I’m not sure there’s such a thing as non-vegan pizza sauce, but whatever) and i mixed it all together, put it in the oven at 450 degrees for 10 min and waited.
but the cheese “cheese” didn’t melt. at. all. and it kind of just looked like pieces of white plastic on top of the pizza. and i did bring my self to take one bite. but then that bite was AWFUL, so i threw the entire thing in the garbage.
and ate a humus sandwich with tomatoes on organic bread. with organic pretzels. and water.
maybe i’ll get to eat some cheese pizza in heaven. or my next life — depending on which religion turns out to be right.
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April 13, 2008 at 3:01 am
FOOD TRANCE! <<
U r Close!
Try the RICE cheese mozzarella and mix with the Rice Pepper jack! You are close! The trick is to add more spice and veggies. Soy cheese sometimes is not that flavorful. The trick is basil!!!
wurd.
F/T/
June 30, 2009 at 8:37 pm
rahzh
Looking at that site I do not see a Vegan Rice Pepper Jack. That flavor might not be Vegan (or the site isn’t updated) and contain something such as casein
April 13, 2008 at 8:07 am
crystalsuelindell
You know, I looked into rice cheese, but all of them had milk protein in them — which kind of doesn’t go with the whole ‘vegan’ thing. Are there vegan rice cheeses?
April 13, 2008 at 8:40 am
FOOD TRANCE! <<
there sure are!
I get mine at whole foods…
Check the link
http://www.galaxyfoods.com/ourbrands/usa/vegan.asp
April 13, 2008 at 9:12 am
scvegan
I remember a long time ago hearing about a casein-free rice cheese that Galaxy was supposed to be coming out with. I kept checking and never saw it, then after a while I just stopped looking. Time to look again!
Crystalsuelindell, does your market sell “Follow Your Heart – Vegan Gourmet” soy cheese? FOOD TRANCE is right, vegan pizza is best with lots of vegetables and food spices like fresh basil.
April 13, 2008 at 10:47 am
Jillian
Don’t give up! First of all, cheeseless pizza can be great; I like mine of a whole wheat crust with sauteed spinach, mushrooms, garlic and broccoli. You can get creative with the toppings too(Italians eat cheeseless pizzas made with potatoes and rosemary, or try a Thai pizza with peanuts, or a Hawaiian with pineapple and smoked tofu, etc.) you could try some homemade cheese made out of cashews or tofu (Veganomicon has good recipes for these) for a ricotta-style “cheese” or, if you really do wanna go with the commercial vegan cheeses, you really ought to order some Cheezly or Teese from veganessentials.com. Follow your heart i sdecent, though I like to melr it in a pan and pour it own my pizza and *then* pop the pizza in the oven. Try a blend of the mozzerella with cheddar and or the jack. Really though, Cheezly is the best stuff out there. You can sit there and just eat it straight.
June 30, 2009 at 8:49 pm
rahzh
We like to eat FYH straight
A lot of time it is just personal taste and growing used to something (originally we didn’t like it straight). We have tried Teese and thought it was gross. Haven’t tried Cheezly yet. Nor Scheese (although we think we had it unknowingly once at Veganopolis in Portland,OR haha. If so the variety on the sandwiches was tasty.)
June 29, 2009 at 5:40 pm
steph
follow your heart gourmet vegan cheeses are pretty good and will melt under the broiler or in the oven at a high enough temp. also the local vegan cafe in syracuse that does pizza on friday nights uses teese soy cheese and that is good too. though Ive never seen that in stores.
June 30, 2009 at 8:46 pm
rahzh
Well you definitely want to cook it longer than 10 minutes. I suggest 15-20. So that means you might need to use dough rather than pre-made crust (which can still be pre-made).
Secondly which brand did you use? So far for Pizza we at Hungry Hungry Veganos have only liked two brands for pizza. Follow Your Heart vegan Gourmet (and as of Tonite, Daiya). We like Tofutti slices for grilled cheese and Galaxy’s Vegan Parm(just some side notes) for pastas.
Finally, the best way to get Follow Your heart to melt and stay melted is to put it on first and then put the sauce and toppings on top of it. It is liquidy (not gooey or stretchy like dairy cheese) and delicious (Daiya is slightly less delicious tasting,but it is a little stringy/gooey which is great).
Below are some pics ( and a recipe) of pizza we have had with Follow Your heart (soon we will make a post with a pic of Daiya)
Pizza we made using Follow Your Heart.
http://hungryhungryveganos.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/scrumptious-pizza-made-simple/
These are vegan calzones we had in Ithaca,NY that used Follow Your Heart.
http://hungryhungryveganos.wordpress.com/2009/06/29/to-have-and-to-hold-ones-own-calzone/