It's all very exciting and you know it... so today's cheese of choice is "Daiya Shredded Mozza"
So I have been craving pizza pretty hard core the last couple days and needed a good cheese for it. This chick I met (who was working at Indigo at the time) and I got talking about being vegan and she told me that her fav vegan cheese, hands down, is daiya. She also said that she wouldn't eat it cold and it must be melted but that it's darn tasty. So after forgetting to grab it every time I was in the grocery store for about a month, I finally grabbed it and tonight was the pizza experiment.
I'm actually eating it right now! And you know what? It's pretty tasty... The truth of the matter is, it's not dairy cheese. I've got to wrap my brain around the fact that it's never going to be quite as good to me as real cheese is, but this makes it much easier to cope without!
So I made a whole grain pizza crust (which would have been better if I didn't overcook it... oopsie!) topped with marinara sauce (who needs separate sauce for pasta and pizza? Not me obviously...) and then topped with baby spinach and kale mix, chickpeas, and daiya shredded cheese! As far as the cheese in concerned, it's texture is quite like regular cheese with a slight stringiness though it did take a bit of time for it to melt. Flavour wise, it was mild and cheesy but with a slight Alfredo-y-ness (oh yeah I did...) I didn't mind that garlicky undertone but it is different. Another point I feel I should mention is that I did a fairly light sprinkle of cheese vs. back in the dairy-days when I like my pizza with a solid inch layer of cheese. I'm not sure how I'd like it with a whole gob-load of this cheese on there, but who really needs the extra calories anyways?
All in all, I rate this experiment a success and look forward to eating the rest of the bag on pasta, a beanball sub, and other tasty cheese-requiring things :) OOh ooh! And I also can't wait to try the cheddar style shreds.
Until next time,
Get your nom on!
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