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Vegan Gourmet Cheese Alternative
www.imearthkind.com
Review by Erin Pavlina

Angel McNall's parents named her well...she's an Angel! Why? Because she developed a line of vegan cheeses that tastes good AND melts! Currently she's got two flavors on the market, a spicy nacho cheese and a caraway jack. They come in bricks and shred or slice very easily. This is a moist cheese.

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I shredded some nacho cheese and made a quesadilla with it. It melted so fast, I had to keep it from oozing onto the pan. Steve loved this cheese, and although I liked the consistency, it was too spicy for my taste. This one comes packed with jalapenos and probably isn't suitable for children. But if you like spice, you're going to love this cheese.

Next, I made quesadillas with the caraway jack. It also shredded easily and melted quickly. This one was more to my liking as it didn't bite back. I know, caraway jack isn't often found in a quesadilla, but vegan cheese isn't often found, well, anywhere, so allowances need to be made.

Angel invited me to lunch to try one of her new flavors, mozarella. Follow Your Heart made us a pizza with this cheese and I can tell you this is going to be the most fantastic vegan cheese on the market. I cannot wait until it's available for me to buy off the shelf. I plan to make cheese pizza quite frequently. A recent survey conducted here at VegFamily showed that most vegans don't even bother with vegan cheese because they taste bad. That's all about to change.

I discussed the jalapeno situation with Angel and she told me she is working on a mild yellow cheese. That's going to be wonderful for the kids. Right now you can buy this cheese online and at a few, very select stores. Visit the Vegan Gourmet website for more information, recipes, and the location nearest you. And look for that Mozarella to be out soon! I'm expecting wonderful things from Angel...

Erin Pavlina is the author of Raising Vegan Children in a Non-Vegan World, and a new cookbook, Vegan Family Favorites. She lives in Las Vegas with her vegan husband and children, Emily and Kyle.

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