Vegan Challenge Continued

I made it through all four of my January reset challenges. Woohoo! 

I felt so good by eating vegan all month that I have carried the challenge over into February. Not just me, but Omid joined too. YAY! 

Cheese and butter continue to be the foods I miss the most. That problem may have been solved though. A friend recommended Miyoko's Creamery Cultured Vegan Butter. It did not disappoint.

I haven't had butter since December 31 and my taste buds definitely tasted butter. Omid has only been off of butter for 17 days and was certain this butter would taste terrible. He was also pleasantly surprised how good the butter tasted. 

We also found Violife cheese to put on our pizza. Right out the bag, it tasted like mozzarella and it melted perfectly on our pizza.

This vegan challenge is turning into a most delicious adventure. 

Will I continue after February? Stay tuned!

Kitchen Tip

It's happened to me so many times: The urge to bake something right away, only to find the extra butter frozen. Of course, the cube that was room temperature was only half a cube & had 'toast' crumbs or jam specks on it. So I'd microwave the frozen butter hoping to get it just right, but ended up with a pool of melted butter instead. Then I would stick the liquid in the freezer hoping for it to 'set up' enough for me to use. This would result in recipes not turning out the way they should have.

After being burned by this method too many times, I finally decided to try grating my frozen butter over a box grater. The results? PERFECT! The rock hard butter was transformed in minutes! This has been my go to method for over 20 years now. Try it! It works!!!

My favorite!