I started reading on my phone, decided to join up when I could get to computer, started sprouts, asked a friend to teach me how to knit socks, (we already ate very little pre-made food so that part was going to be easy) and then I slipped on the ice where I thought there was ground so I will be dealing with my own January challenges and am not even going to offer an invitation to anyone else to join me :).
But I wanted to reply to Cinnamon Granny’s request for vegan cheese and felt so bad that I hadn’t been able to respond to two separate requests she made.
Joanne (or Jo) Stepaniak has a small paperback about making vegan cheese <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>The uncheese cookbook: creating amazing dairy-free cheese substitutes and classic “uncheese” dishes</span>
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There are also cheesy sauce recipes online – two versions are
https://www.oatmealwithafork.com/cheese-less-cheeze-sauce-nut-free-yeast-free/ (I had a friend say the potatoes were noticeable in a similar recipe she used)
Or just search for vegan cheesy sauce
BUT my all time favorite is from a recipe in a cookbook for my instantpot It uses cauliflower and my (not even a vegetarian) son kept going back for more. I don’t use all the seasonings she uses, just the carrots, cauliflower and cashews (which I’m fairly certain you could steam until veggies are soft and cashews are pliable -if you don’t have an instant pot or pressure cooker) and the tomatoes, salt and nutritional yeast. I don’t even use Ro-Tel tomatoes- just canned, diced ones. to me the flavor was reminiscent of the Velveeta dip my mom made ages ago. The book is <span style=”text-decoration: underline;”>The ultimate vegan cookbook for your instant po</span>t by Kathy Hester. It is so good that if I never made anything else from the cookbook or in my instant pot it would still be one of my best purchases ever! Ask your library to get it through inter-library loan.
And even better: I found that the recipe from the book is online at and it looks like she posted it so no copyright infringement. goto:
https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/instant-pot-vegan-cauliflower-queso
I copied some recipes from various posts on the forum for non-food items and when I am functioning again will add them to my activities Right now I’m a one-handed typist and can’t do many things I did before but I am getting by and that’s what it’s all about in the long run)
I’m just glad we still have hospitals and surgeons and this forum is all just a challenge, not a real life disaster.
Daisy – I haven’t seen cinnamon grammy posting here lately (I finally got to read the rest of the month’s postings last night) so if she doesn’t get on here would you please email her and let her know there’s an answer.