Soy, you don't drink milk any more?
I never used to like soy products, the taste was too rich and the kinda nutty after taste would make me go ick. However since eating soy things I like such as tempeh, tvp and the odd bit of soy based 'fake meat' I must have gotten a taste for it.
Today after work I wanted something to eat before volleyball but nothing too heavy. I knew we had some left over soy milk in the fridge which I'd used to make white sauce, so I thought why not just knock it back finish it off. Surprise surprise I really enjoyed it! I couldn't taste the soy after taste, just a yummy creamy cold banana drink. Now you'd think it's the banana that killed the soy taste, but I didn't put much in, so I really think my taste buds are changing.
Here are some of the best dairy replacements I've come across so far:
-King Land Soy products (GMO free, organic too) soy cream cheese
-King Land Soy Products fruit yogurts (these are sooo yummy!)
-So Good vanilla soy ice cream
-Cheezly Edam style vegan cheese
-Cheezly Herb and Garlic vegan cheese
-Cheezly Cheddar style vegan cheese
-Cheezley Mozzarella style vegan cheese
-Nutritional yeast
the yogurt, cream cheese and ice cream are all available at Coles (In Freo), the vegan cheese can be purchased at Mana Wholefoods in South Freo.
Nutritional yeast kinda looks like that flaky fish food you get but all in a creamy colour. It's basically a very nutrient dense (B vits) deactivated yeast. You just add it to anything that needs a cheesy flavour and bam! Tastes like cheese!
Yesterday I made lasagna which was a big hit with Tony Polony. We used gluten free lasagna sheets (they are also egg and dairy free!), then I made my yummy lentil and tvp tomato sauce. The biggest challenge was the white sauce and lack of cheese. So I made my white sauce using soy margarine, soy milk and my nutritional yeast flakes to give it the yummy cheesy flavour it needed.
Next challenge in the lasagna making was to get a nice crunchy top. Normally it would be heaps of cheese which goes all golden in the oven. This time I used the last of my white sauce and cooked up some fresh bread crumbs with garlic. So by using breadcrumbs I was able to give it a yummy golden crunchy top.
I really enjoy these culinary challenges!
posted by Milly @ 4:37 AM
5 Comments
5 Comments:
This comment has been removed by the author.
If the milk you're drinking isn't Vitasoy Soy Milky Lite, I'm going to spank you, or at least have Tony do it for me.
Genius! (The cooking, not the spanking...)
I didn't like soy stuff for the same reasons but then I had that Vitasoy Lite stuff and it's mint. Even in tea!
It used to smell like a farmyard to me, especially in hot drinks, but that lite stuff is good.
I'm interested in trying to make soy yoghurt but you require a setter (I think we talked about this recently??) and from what I've read tapioca starch is good. Now to find it :) Probably that Kakulas store ? I can't eat it at the moment but after I'm back on the horse !!
I love yoghurt and home made is awesome so I'd be interested to substitute in some good soy stuff from time to time.
Definitely amazing how your tastes can change so quickly and distinctly though! I love veges with just a bit of salt now. Used to be I needed sauce, chilli, etc now just some salt and pepper.
agreed with the vitasoy milky lite. it's the only soy milk i really like. but i'm off soy milk at the moment so that kinda doesn't give me much credit saying that now does it?! hehe.
in any instance - awesome on the newfound culinary challenges!
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home