Showing posts with label dairy free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dairy free. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Vegan Cheese : As good as the real thing?

World Vegetarian And Vegan News: So You want to be Vegan but Love Cheese?



Award Winning Superior Swiss Vegan Cheese
 If you haven't found a vegan cheese you like you should try harder.



Vegan cheeses have come a long way from those dairy free bars of soap and chunks of rubber that vegans used  to have to endure.



There are even vegan 'goats' cheese these days.



Check them out at a vegfest near you

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Vegan Thanksgiving / Christmas Recipe Ideas for Vegetarians




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Vegetarian Vegan Thanksgiving / Christmas Recipe idea with cranberries


“Turk-ish” Christmas Strudel

Options for Vegetarians and Vegans are usually woefully inadequate and  fail to live up to expectations for a celebration Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. So many chefs don't have the imagination or training to concoct a delicious and healthier alternative to traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas fayre. Some chef's are just too arrogant and conceited to realise that the world has moved on since they first started cooking dishes and that many more people are eating more vegan food for various reasons such as the Environment (like Director James Cameron) for Health (like President Bill Clinton) or for animal welfare reasons (like Boxer Mike Tyson)

Fry's Vegetarian have a selection of recipes for Thanksgiving and Christmas that use their vegan, kosher, halal meat free meats. The recipes have a nod to the traditional with meaty texture and taste but a big emphasis on vegetables too. Chefs should be able to keep everyone happy with these kind of dishes be they allergic to shellfish, dairy intolerant, meat free, vegan or kosher.

THANKSGIVING CHRISTMAS VEGAN MENU 

Scampi - ish Vegan Fish Free Seafood Cocktail

Fry's vegan crispy pops on a bed of salad with a tangy dressing reminiscent of prawn or scampi cocktail

Christmas Turkey - ish Vegan Chestnut and Cranberry Strudel

With roast vegetables and dairy free cheesy kaleb and Herby beanie stuffing balls

Dessert

Serve with a traditional nutty christmas pudding and custard made with cornflour, vanilla and oat or almond milk

Finish with port wine and a cheese board of Vegusto award winning dairy free vegan cheese 

Thanksgiving / Christmas vegan Party Snacks

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Christmas / Thanksgiving vegan snack - savoury mince pie





For vegan party snack recipes also try these Thanksgiving / Christmas vegan Frys ideas

Savoury Vegan Mince Pies using Frys beef style mince

Mini Polony vegan Pizzas using Frys vegetarian legendary polony and Vegusto Melting Vegan Cheese

Thanks to Veggievision and Foods for Life

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Traditional Vegan/Vegetarian Festive Roast Dinner Recipe


Vegan cooking on Vegusto TV - Thanksgiving / Christmas Roast Dinner Recipe for Vegans and Vegetarians

Tony Bishop-Weston back in the kitchen(Ultimate Book of Vegan Cooking - see below) cooks up a festive /christmas / Thanksgiving roast dinner using delicious Vegusto products and a rainbow of vegetables including, roast parsnips, curly Kale with cheese and peas (using the Vegusto award winning vegan free-from dairy free cheese sauce), orange carrots with coriander and of course roast potatoes.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Double chocolate torte with a fresh almond whip- Britain's Best Dish - ITV

Amazing Raw Healthy Chocolate Tart Cheesecake pudding
Double chocolate torte with a fresh almond whip- Britain's Best Dish - ITV: "

Chef: Jessica Fenton
Dish type: pudding
Servings: 8
Difficulty: more difficult
Prep time: 2 hours+
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Suitable for freezing: yes

Ingredients
Base

* 50g raw coconut butter
* 50g raw almonds
* 50g raw walnuts
* 135g dates, stoned and chopped into 3 pieces
* 90g buckwheat groats (soaked, sprouted and dehydrated)
* A pinch of Himalayan pink rock salt

Chocolate truffles

* 30g raw cacao butter, melted
* 20g raw coconut butter, melted
* 30g raw cacao powder
* 45g/45ml raw agave syrup
* A pinch of Himalayan pink rock salt
* 2 vanilla pods

Torte filling

* 250g raw cashew nuts (soaked for 4 hours)
* 140g raw cacao butter, plus extra for sprinkling
* 50g raw coconut butter
* 500ml mineral water
* A few drops of food grade orange essential oil
* 155g avocado, peeled and stoned
* A pinch of Himalayan pink rock salt
* 130g raw cacao powder, plus extra for sprinkling
* 340g date syrup
* A few pinches of xylitol crystals, for sprinkling on top



Chocolate icing

* 30g raw cacao butter, melted
* 35g raw coconut butter, melted
* 30g raw cacao powder
* 60g raw agave syrup
* A pinch of Himalayan pink rock salt
* A few drops of food grade orange essential oil

Almond whip

* 80g raw almonds (soaked for 4 hours and skins peeled off)
* ½ tsp white miso
* 42g raw agave syrup
* 100ml mineral water
* 20g raw coconut butter, softened

To garnish

* A handful of organic blueberries

Method
Base

1. Melt the coconut butter in a bain Marie.
2. Add the nuts, dates and butter to a food processor and process for a few minutes.
3. Add the dehydrated buckwheat groats and salt and process for a few seconds.
4. Press firmly into the bottom of a spring form pan. Cover with foil and place in the freezer for 10 minutes.

Truffles

1. Melt the butters in a bain marie. Add all the other ingredients and blend until smooth.
2. Spoon into silicon chocolate moulds and set in the freezer.

Torte filling

1. Soak the cashew nuts for 4 hours and discard the soak water.
2. Melt the butters gently in a bain Marie.
3. Add the cashews, mineral water, orange oil, avocado and salt to the food processor and process until smooth.
4. Add the cacao powder and date syrup and process.
5. Add the melted butters and process.
6. Spoon into the spring form tin over the base.

Chocolate icing and assembly

1. Melt the butters gently in a bain Marie. Add all the other ingredients to the bowl and hand whisk until smooth.
2. Pour over the torte and smooth over using the back of a spoon or a spatula.
3. Arrange the truffles on top, sprinkle with raw cacao powder, chopped cacao butter and xylitol crystals, cover with foil and set in the freezer.

Fresh almond whip

1. Soak the almonds for 4 hours.
2. Discard the soak water and peel the soaked almonds.
3. Add all the ingredients to a blender and blend thoroughly until smooth and creamy.

To serve

Serve a generous slice of chocolate torte topped with the chocolate truffles in the centre of the plate next to a dollop of fresh almond whip. Garnish with a few organic blueberries. Lightly dust the plate with raw cacao powder and xylitol crystals.

Monday, March 01, 2010

Vegan Orange Chocolate Mousse with Lemon Muffins: Vegan dessert decadence to finish a dinner party

Vegan Orange Chocolate Mousse with Lemon Muffins: Vegan dessert decadence to finish a dinner party

You can make the mousse sweeterand richer by adding a handful of Medjool dates. Possibly add some Grand Marnier or Cointreau instead of or as well as the Orange Oil.

If you prefer it not so dark you can add some soya cream, serve with dairy free ice cream, or use the dairy free couveture chocolate that's now available.