Vegan/Vegetarian Thread (discussion, recipes, laughs)

[tantalizingfemme]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I discovered an new non-dairy, sugar free creamer to use, recently.

It's made by Califia Farms and it's half coconut milk and almond milk.

I use it in an cup of hot cocoa, or with an cup of decaf coffee, or over oatmeal, or use it in my Burt's Bees Protein shake mix (vanilla).

How funny, I was looking at this on Amazon today. I like flavored creamer and I could only buy 6 at a time and I don't want to get that many to start. My issue is I like my vegan creamer to be on the thicker side and what I have found has not been that. I did find a recipe for vegan hazelnut creamer that promises to be thick so I am going to try making it this week. I use mostly whole foods and consume little pre-made/processed foods so this recipe will be perfect if it comes out good. But, if it doesn't, I may get this. I wish they sold it locally so I could buy just one to try it out. I miss good creamer.

[Kätzchen]

Originally Posted by tantalizingfemme

How funny, I was looking at this on Amazon today. I like flavored creamer and I could only buy 6 at a time and I don't want to get that many to start. My issue is I like my vegan creamer to be on the thicker side and what I have found has not been that. I did find a recipe for vegan hazelnut creamer that promises to be thick so I am going to try making it this week. I use mostly whole foods and consume little pre-made/processed foods so this recipe will be perfect if it comes out good. But, if it doesn't, I may get this. I wish they sold it locally so I could buy just one to try it out. I miss good creamer.

I actually found it by using the store locator on the Califia Farms website, and it took me to an locally owned store, out on the coast (McKay's Markets).

If you enter your zip code into the store locator, I think you might find a few stores near you, Tantalizing.

It's heavy, thick, tastes wonderful, and I like it. I bought several.


LINK: Califia Farms Store Locator Page

[kittygrrl]

i switched to Silk..it reminds me of Dunkin Donut creamer..i love it when (the taste)doesn't scream vegan

[tantalizingfemme]

Originally Posted by Kätzchen

I actually found it by using the store locator on the Califia Farms website, and it took me to an locally owned store, out on the coast (McKay's Markets).

If you enter your zip code into the store locator, I think you might find a few stores near you, Tantalizing.

It's heavy, thick, tastes wonderful, and I like it. I bought several.


LINK: Califia Farms Store Locator Page

Thanks for this. I will have to check again because I know some stores near me carry this brand, yet I have not seen this particular product. If not, I might try Silk again, if the recipe I have doesn't pan out.

[Kätzchen]

Here's an awesome plant-powered Jalapeño Queso recipe by Califia Farms (click on link below):


http://www.califiafarms.com/blogs/ne...jalapeno-queso



I'm pairing this Queso dip with Amy's Black Bean Vegan burger-patties, tonight for supper. I plan to pan sear the BB patty 'burger' in EVOO, then crumble it up on top of organic seeded tortilla chips, then pour some of the Jalapeño Queso on top. Sounds yummy, right?!

[Kätzchen]

Just a tiny update about my adventures in trying out new plant based recipes and such, today.

I went shopping for the ingredients for the Queso recipe (see post above) and couldn't find powdered cumin, so I substituted Smoked Sea Salt, that I found and bought from the health foods section of the grocery store.

When I prepared the Queso, I used Smoked Almonds rather than the usual roasted almonds. I save the water I used to boil the smoked almonds in and added it to the base of the Cauliflower soup I made a few days ago.... which really improved the flavor of the soup. I also added Jalapeño's to the soup too, which also improved the flavor.

And, in the Queso recipe by Califia Farms, I used two small sweet red bell peppers to the mix... to improve on fiber content and other trace vitamins and minerals unique to bell peppers. Using Smoked Almonds and the sweet red bell peppers added toward to entire flavor of the Queso.

In addition, because it's hard on me to stand for long periods of time, I doubled the Queso recipe and came up with three extra small tubs of Queso. Because it's fresh, it's necessary to keep it refrigerated and to use it up within a week. So doubling the recipe helped because I have Queso on hand for the rest of the week and can heat a small tub of it up in the microwave, to use for meals I have on short notice.

My sister-in-law and her husband gave me a huge bag of Black Bean Vegan burgers, and I need to find out where they bought them because while shopping for Queso ingredients the other day, I browsed vegan black bean burgers in the frozen section and did not find the ones they gave to me. The ones I have are bigger than the BB burgers made by Amy's or by other in-store brands offered by major grocer's (ie, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, etc). So I'm working on finding a grocery store that carries the line of BB burgers my bff/sil and her husband gave to me.

However, in the link I left for the Jalapeño Queso recipe by Califia Farms, I noticed at the end of the page, three other pictures of what looks like interesting meals to make. I am going to try making the Butternut Squash Tarts with Pumpkin Cashew Crema, next. If they turn out as good looking and tasty as they appear in the photo, I'm going to make them for Thanksgiving, as treats, to take to neighbor's in my community who live alone and have no one to share the holiday's with.


Link ~~>>> Butternut Squash Tarts with Pumpkin Cashew Crema