The Traveling Vegetarian

My First Cheezly Pizza

Posted on 05. May, 2009 by Yvonne Smith in Blog, Reviews

It seems like almost every vegan blogger has talked about vegan cheese, so why not me?  I brought home a big chub of Teese from AR 2008 and really enjoyed it (plus, the folks from Chicago Soy Dairy rock), but I have heard so much about the UK’s Cheezly, I just had to order some from VeganEssentials.com.  I brought the pizza to a potluck and it was a hit!  The thing I liked the most about this vegan cheese is that it melted and it actually tasted pretty good.  It didn’t have that funky fake flavor that a lot of soy cheeses have.  I give it a thumbs-up!

My only complaint is that when I’m eating at home I generally avoid sugar and the mozzarella style does have sugar in it for some reason.  I have yet to try the white cheddar style (which doesn’t have sugar), but it’s waiting patiently for me in my fridge.  Looking forward to trying that too.  Any suggestions for a good use?

I also have some Teese nacho cheese sauce waiting to be eaten.  No suggestions needed for that!

For this pizza I started with a Trader Joe’s whole grain pizza crust, spread some Rising Moon vegan pesto on the crust (which was very salty, but also quite tasty) grated half a block of Cheezly over the sauce, then added broccoli, sundried tomatoes, black olives and pine nuts.  I also had a container of Chipotle Cayenne Parma ready to sprinkle on top after cooking.  Yummy.

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