Tag: cheese

springtime, damona cheese and a pizza

springtime, damona cheese and a pizza

Spring is in the air and the forecast of a couple of days of 19 degrees gave me the idea of firing up the pizza oven. So yesterday I made a batch of no knead dough to ferment overnight. Today dawned grey and drizzly, not normally 

best macaroni cheese ever – really!

best macaroni cheese ever – really!

How many times have you read another recipe promising the “Best Mac Cheese Ever!”, rushed to make it and ended up with another disappointment? I have, countless times. I’ve tried them all, nutritional yeast, carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, cauliflower. All of them either wrong or awful. 

not really haloumi, but so good

not really haloumi, but so good

One of the cheeses I miss is haloumi, that dense, fried, salty, cheese hit eaten with lemon. I need to state up front that I am not a huge fan of nutritional yeast as a cheese substitute. I know people say that it tastes like 

miyoko’s creamery cheeses

miyoko’s creamery cheeses

Break out the quince paste! Yes! That is a vegan cheese plate. 🙂 I crossed town to the Prahran Convenience Store last week, to pick up some of the new Miyoko’s Creamery cheeses. In breaking news,  these cheeses are now also available at Mad Cowgirls Vegan Grocery on