Recipe for American Cheese.
From
Janet Davis - Thank you Janet!
(Janet says you can find most of these ingredients at farmer's markets
or health food stores. It's great over broccoli.)
2 1/4 cups boiling water
1/3 cup gelatin powder, unsweetened, "Emes"
1 cup cashews, raw, cleaned
4 oz. pimientos (questionable, I omit these)
3 Tablespoons nutritional yeast flakes
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
1 Tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon paprika
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
Dissolve Emes gelatin in boiling water. Blend
cashews with about half of the water and Emes until very smooth.
Combine all ingredients
and continue blending until very smooth. Pour
into a container and refrigerate.
Can be sliced when firm. For grating, freeze first, then grate while still partially frozen. Melts when heated.
[Jack Cheese: omit pimientos and double yeast
flakes, lemon juice, and garlic powder]
Ricotta-Style Filling for Lasagna
- Thank you Barb Bense!
(used in place of ricotta or cottage
cheese)
This is excellent and you will NOT be able to taste
the difference.
In a food processor, combine the following ingredients
to a fine grainy
texture like ricotta cheese:
1 ½ lbs. Firm tofu
¼ c. lemon juice
2 tsp. dried basil or 2 Tblsp. Fresh chopped bsil
2 tsp. honey
1 tsp. salt
1 clove garlic or ½ tsp. garlic powder
(The above recipe was taken from Tofu Cookery by
Louise Hagler.)