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I’ve been vegetarian since I used to be about 9/10 years outdated and I really like cheese! Being a vegetarian means I’ve typically tried vegan meals too, particularly when consuming out the place they appear to go for a “kill two birds with one stone” angle and make vegan meals the vegetarian choice additionally!
I’ve typically thought of being vegan somewhat than vegetarian however have been uncertain if I would really like the cheese choices and the way nicely I might have the ability to use them in cooking vegan recipes. when Violife supplied to ship me some vegan cheese to attempt I used to be eager to attempt them myself but additionally to see if Stuart and Ben would really like them too.

What’s vegan cheese often constituted of?
Vegan cheese is often constituted of plant-based milk as an alternative of dairy milk. It additionally typically makes use of some nuts to try to replicate that nutty style of cheese.
Many sorts additionally use coconut oil, watch out although in case you are weight-reduction plan as coconut oil is usually excessive in fats. Palm oil and sunflower oil may also be used.
Vegan cheese has a variety of substances however you should be cautious in case you are allergic to the substances.

Is vegan cheese wholesome?
It is determined by the model, some are wholesome whereas some aren’t. Typically, they’re fairly just like dairy-based cheese and can be utilized as a part of a nutritious diet in proportion. It’s clever to not have an excessive amount of directly as it’s nonetheless calorific.
Some weight reduction plans reminiscent of Slimming World, assist you to have vegan cheese as a substitute for dairy cheese while others don’t. Typically, it’s all the way down to the plan’s personal guidelines somewhat than particular points with the well being facet of vegan cheese.
Some vegan cheeses include calcium whereas some don’t so make sure you test if it has or not as that is prone to have an effect on whether or not you need to use it on a food regimen or not.

Violife vegan cheese
The cheeses we have now been despatched to attempt are:
Epic Mature Cheddar flavour block
Epic mature cheddar flavour block is a kind of vegan cheddar, it’s excellent for slicing into both cubes or slices for a salad, sandwich and even on sticks with pineapple!
Violife authentic flavour slices
Violife authentic flavour slices are authentic cheese slices that you would be able to placed on a burger or in a toasted sandwich to nonetheless have cheese in your favorite meal. While it does soften slightly it’s not as stringy as dairy cheese and appears slightly completely different however tastes nice.
Violife smoky cheddar flavour slices
The smoky cheddar slices of cheddar are excellent for an addition to a burger, on a platter or on common or toasted sandwiches. If you need a vegan toastie that is positively my favorite cheese for it! It has a tremendous smoky flavour and is so scrumptious!
Violife authentic flavour grated
Violife authentic flavour grated can be utilized in pasta, jacket potatoes and different dishes. That is very a lot your various for vegan cheese in cooking. I make quite a lot of pasta bakes and this goes in them simply in addition to dairy cheese.
Violife le rond camembert
The Violife le rond camembert cheese is spherical and basically vegan camembert which is made for dipping breadsticks or crackers in and going within the oven or the microwave to melt it for consuming. I’m an enormous fan of camembert and cranberry sauce so was vastly impressed by this!

Our views
I completely cherished all of the vegan cheeses and was completely impressed that they had been nearly as good because the few tries I’ve beforehand had of vegan cheese while consuming out.
Ben loved attempting completely different vegan cheeses and stated he appreciated them however they positively style completely different to common cheese.
Stuart actually appreciated the smoky slices. This actually shocked me as he isn’t often eager to attempt vegetarian issues or vegan issues and would somewhat have “the actual factor”.
I’ve plans to sneak a number of the others into meals for him now to make use of extra vegan merchandise!