1. Most awesome and amazing DAIYA vegan cheese. I tried this at Sticky Fingers in Washington DC and I actually cried while I was eating it. This stuff stretched, melted, and tasted EXACTLY like real honest to goodness cow puss cheese. It isn't soy based, which is interesting. Having daiya pretty much solidified the decision that the second I graduate from college (18 more months woohoo) we are moving to DC. Kjonaas strongly approved of this cheese and all of the baked goods he ate at sticky fingers.
2. Also amazing tofutti american cheese slices. These are mindblowingly realistic and taste fantastic on everything from tofurky sandwiches to boca burgers. Kjonaas eats them cold and loves them. I just ate a slice on a boca burger and it was heavenly. I am so mad at myself for not trying these sooner. I walked by them at Wheatsville (a store in Austin) several times and thought, naaah no way they must be gross. I think that all the years of eating follow your heart and dealing with the unrealistic taste of it broke my vegan cheese seeking spirit.
3. Teese vegan cheese. We ordered the nacho version online and it was so/so I don'
t think I tried hard enough to make it into a good cheesy dip, so I can't speak too much on that one. The mozzarella teese that is sold at Hoboken Pie on Red River is absolutely incredible. I can't wait until they start selling this retail at whole foods or some other such store in town.4. Follow your Heart, my old friend...you need to step it up and make your vegan cheese taste more realistic. You were there for me in some dark moments when I craved real cheese so badly I could have cried and I appreciate that...but I have moved on to more delicious and melty dairy free cheeses.
I'm so glad that Kjonaas doesn't have to grow up craving and yearning for grilled cheese sandwiches , cheeseburgers, etc. He can have a vegan version of anything that his meat and dairy eating peers eat.
Here are some new photos of his almost one year old cuteness.
He always squints when he gets his photo taken, I don't think he knows how to smile without doing this. He also thinks that kissing means biting the kissee on the face as hard as possible.
This is possibly the best face I have ever had the pleasure of seeing any human make.
