The happy road to vegan cheeses!
Dear food lovers!
Dear food lovers!
Dear confirmed vegans or vegans-to-be!
When I started to be vegan, I did it overnight. Even though I had been vegetarian for almost 15 years, I was kind of lost and I didn’t know what to eat, except vegetables and fruits: how boring!!! At the beginning of this transitionning time, I was so much in love with cheese. My friends used to called me "Mademoiselle Camembert".
I had to quit eating cheese up and it was as hard as to quit smoking or drinking! But I’m the kind of person who does according to my brain decisions. I quickly learnt how to cook dairy-free cheese with everything that I could find: cashews, almonds, etc. (I will write about these great recipes as soon as I can). Although you can definitively not compare vegan cheese (nut cheese, "vromage" or "faux-mage" which means "not-real-cheese") to dairy cheese (fromage), me, a French in love with very stinky cheeses, found happiness.
I had to quit eating cheese up and it was as hard as to quit smoking or drinking! But I’m the kind of person who does according to my brain decisions. I quickly learnt how to cook dairy-free cheese with everything that I could find: cashews, almonds, etc. (I will write about these great recipes as soon as I can). Although you can definitively not compare vegan cheese (nut cheese, "vromage" or "faux-mage" which means "not-real-cheese") to dairy cheese (fromage), me, a French in love with very stinky cheeses, found happiness.
If you are a bit lazy to cook them, there are some processed cheese sold in organic shops and even in supermarkets in Cyprus (it doesn't mean that I encourage you to go in these places of mass consumerism! Prefer organic shops!). It's a pity that none of the processed cheeses sold here is locally produced: they mostly come from Greece (so happily not from the other side of the planet!).I recommend these two:
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| For eating like that or in sandwiches or wraps |
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| For pizza or any menu in need of melted cheese! |
I will try my best to actualize this article in order for you to know what processed vegan cheese is the best.
While discovering some websites which really inspired me
(100% végétal, Antigone XXI, Mlle Pigut, VG Zone…), I realized that
Marie, one of my highschool friends had become a vegan chief and a true star of
veganism with her blog and books. I remembered our time together and laughed a
lot as we used to warm our tasteless and processed cheeses in the microwave of the school
during lunchtime. We were almost fired from the canteen as it was too smelly!!!!
Cheese was my passion. But I’m so glad not to eat cheese anymore, especially
since I discover how much cruelty was linked to cheese production. I couldn’t
have it since.
Enjoy your Vegan meals and life!
Take care!
