🍽 Stay healthy! β“‹ πŸ§€Home-made vegan cheese recipe aka. melted yeast πŸ˜‹πŸ•πŸ•

in vegancheesechallenge β€’Β  7 years agoΒ 

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Dear foodies of Steemit,

Currently, @deliciousplants is hosting the #VeganCheeseChallenge. This is my entry for this challenge. 😍 Thanks!

I decided to submit a recipe that is quite popular among my vegan friends. In the German language, it is called "Hefeschmelz" which means melted yeast. As you might guess from the name, nutritional yeast is one of the main ingredients.

It tastes delicously creamy and it is certainly healther than real cheese (e.g., only very minimal amount of saturated fats, no animal proteins), but keep in mind that it contains a lot of calories, so don't overdo it! 😏

I personally prefer to eat my pizzas without any cheese (instead I like a good portion of garlic paste), and use this recipe only occassionally. πŸ˜‰ But some of my friends always use it when making pizzas. They love it.

So here is the list of ingredients you need:

  • 725ml water
  • 125ml vegetable oil (e.g. canola oil)
  • 40g nutritional yeast
  • 3 tbsps starch (e.g. potato starch)
  • 1 tbsp wholewheat flour
  • herbs (e.g., ProvenΓ§al herbs, to taste)
  • garlic powder (to taste)
  • mustard (to taste)

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And here is how we do it, step-by-step:

  • Put the dry ingredients (i.e., nutritional yeast, wholewheat flour and starch) into a pan.
  • Add water while stirring constanlty.
  • Place the pan on the stove and continue stirring until the mixture becomes creamy.
  • Let it briefly come to a boil.
  • Then add oil, herbs, mustard and garlic powder.
  • Take the pan off the heat and let it cool down.

Once it is cool, you can use the cheese for example as a pizza topping πŸ•!

Here are examplary pictures of how the vegan cheese looks before and after baking on the pizza πŸ•. If you want to know further information on how to make this pizza, please click on this link.

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Good luck and best wishes!
CU,
Chris aka smallstepschange 🐾

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This looks delicious, my friend. I think pizza and cheese is the only thing preventing me to go full vegan. lol Even though lately, I have been limiting consumption of it as well. Ordering pizza with just tomato sauce, mushrooms, and veggies. :)

Will have to try your recipe and try to find vegan cheese here in Italy to try it out. :)

Thank you for sharing. Have a great day. :)

Hey, I guess in Italy it must be especially hard to not eat cheese. I also like to order pizza with just tomato sauce, mushrooms, veggies, and some garlic pasta. And it is surprisingly good! :)
Good luck with the recipe! Have you ever tried nutritional yeast before?
CU, Chris

You know, I thought I couldn't give up diary products and become vegan. I have found that since I started using products like nutritional yeast and once in awhile, soy or almond cheese, I'm fine with it. When I go out to eat, it's hard to avoid a bit of dairy now and again, so I'm not quite 100-percent vegan. But at home, I'm fine with it. Good comment!

Hey, wow, totally love to hear that you are fine with it.
Cu, Chris

Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ 

This is so interesting! I never would have thought to do something like this. Does it taste relatively the same as cheese? I've only found one vegan cheese recipe that I like and it's more effort than I'd like it to be. This could definitely be a potential alternative. I'll try it out tomorrow :) Thanks for sharing!

Hey terril, I'd say it has some cheesy taste due to the nutritional yeast and the onion. I might also help to add some salt to make it taste more like cheese (since cheese includes a lot of salt). However, it defenitely does not taste 100% like cheese made from animal milk.
I'd love to see you give it a try and I am curious if you like it!
Cu, Chris

I would never tough of that.......what an amazing recipe. I have to try it for sure πŸŒΈπŸ’–πŸŒΈ

Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ (edited)

Dear Lena, thanks! πŸ•
CU,
Chris

Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ 

Wow! What a beautiful pizza with vegan cheese! It would be great to try your recipe! Thank you for sharing :)

Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ 

Ich habe mal veganen KΓ€se ausprobiert, so weit ich mich erinnern kann waren da noch NΓΌsse mit drin, ich glaube es waren ParanΓΌsse. War ΓΌbrigens sehr lecker! Vegan ist nicht nur gesund sondern schmeckt auch super wenn mans richtig macht.

Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ (edited)

Hey, ja es gibt auch viele Varianten mit NΓΌssen, z.B. ParanΓΌsse oder CashewnΓΌsse. Die sind auch sehr gut!
Bin ganz deiner Meinung, dass man auch ohne Tierprodukte richtig lecker kochen kann!
Hier hab ich zwei Γ€hnliche Anleitungen gefunden, nur wird hier vegane Margarine statt Γ–l verwendet:





Vielleicht auch interessant fΓΌr dich, da du ja Deutsch sprichst! :)
CU, Chris

I have had some delicious pizza without the cheese, but it does elevate it a wee bit when topped with a delicious vegan version!

I'd say it depends. If the pizza is really well made and seasoned, I would totally be happy to eat it without cheese. However, I get what you mean. πŸ˜‰
CU, Chris

The good thing is we have so many options we don't have to choose! 😁

Right! haha πŸ˜€

That looks so delicious my friend :) I really have to try it sometime. Still haven't tried to make vegan pizza at home yet :). Definetly a must try!

Hi Nicole, thanks, I'm always happy to get a comment from you! Making pizza at home is always feeling a little bit like having a party! πŸ˜‰
CU, Chris

Aw your to sweet :) Haha pizza always makes your day a party ;D and you have to make the tasty food dance while eating eat.
wiggle wiggle wiggle :D

haha, I see that you can totally relate to my party feelings when it comes to making and eating pizza at home. haha

Cu, Chris

Haha oh yeah you have no idea. Grew up with home made pizza and I used to love it. Now I really feel like make some by my own =).

Hope to make one on the weekend. CU :)

Β  Β· Β 7 years agoΒ 

So would you add this to a cooked pizza or before cooking? Looks super tasty. πŸ˜‹

Before you put the pizza in the oven. πŸ‘Œ
CU, Chris

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Oh yum! Eine traum Pizza Chris! Mega cool und sieht echt lecker aus! Habe heute auch eine Pizza geposted haha! Wo kaufst du die Hefeflocken eigentlich?

Hey Niina, Vielen Dank! Habe mir deine Pizza angesehen - sie schaut definitiv nach weniger Kalorien aus. :D Sehr lecker!
Ich kaufe mir die Hefeflocken beim Denns. Sie sind zwar nicht gerade billig, aber sie sind es mir wert.
Wo kaufst du Hefeflocken?
Cu, Chris

Ich habe noch nie Hafeflocken gekauft oder gekostet haha, aber ich hΓΆre immer davon und suche schon lange danach, deswegen habe ich danach gefragt haha! Danke dir vielmals ChrisπŸ˜‰πŸ˜™

Du solltest sie auf jeden Fall mal probieren!
Lg, Christoph

wow looks really good and I would like to try it!

Thank you very much!! Hope you like it. CU, Chris

looks delicious - I have to try the recipe

Liebe Elisabeth, das freut mich! Viel Spaß beim Kochen!
Cu, Chris

I’ve been looking for a really good cheese. I have become a vegetarian, but cheese is my only weakness that hinders me from becoming full vegan. I’ll have to look into my own recipes.