what do you use for replacement cheese????

[knat]

Im putting dd on a gf/cf diet and have just got first supplies of stuff - not bad - bread awful will bake own. However come to do her some lunch and really miss cheese? What do you use? i've got some of that stuff for parmesan but I want something that will replace normal cheddar type cheese? Anyone got any help? Thanks

I have 2 dds on gf/cf, and my dh is also dairy intolerant - we have yet to find a decent cheese replacement. Dh has given up trying in disgust (he was a huge cheese fan, sadly).

Dd2 doesn't miss it as she always been gf/cf, but dd1 does still say "cheese?" almost wistfully...

thought this might be teh case silverfrog. What do you do with omelettes pizzas etc? Cant imagine them without cheese?

neither dd has ever had pizza (dd1 doesn't eat bread, and wouldn't before gf, and extends that to bread products - just gives thema suspicious poke) and dd2 doesn't know any different.

Same for omelettes and scrambled egg - dd1 has gone right off them, so they never get cooked.

Lunches are a nightmare for me. My dds get full cooked meals at both lunch and tea as they won't eat sandwiches, so have spag bol, curry, fishfingers, stews etc - basically rice or pasta for every meal with a range of sauces...

(creeps out of woodwork)
Theres a soya based cheese substitue - you can buy it in Holland and Barratt its fien for GFCF pizza'a thguhit doesn not smell nice...

You can also buy 'creamy smooth' saya cheese slices for sandwiches and stuuf - teh textires a bit wet but my boys LOVE them

thanks emmalou. I;ll check out H & B. What about the cheese slices where do you get that from?

We have discovered something called "Cheezly" sp? in Tescos which is non-dairy and found with the processed cheeses We use it as a replacement on Cheese on Toast. It softens so can be spread and our son has accepted it.

All the best
Kirsty

Sorry - The cheese slices are also from holland and barratt.

They have a cheese spread substitue as well - but its a bit like spreading polyfilla onto bread.

thanks everyone will have a look.

runikka looked on tesco's website as i use these for my shopping but can't find anything re cheezly? Have typed in processed cheese but still nothing?

I use dairy free mozarella slices for pizzas, they are really nice. We also have Tofutti cream cheese, the garlic and herb one is lovely. My DS loves this with carrot and cucumber sticks, and also spread on dietary specials crispbread (wheat and gluten free).
Both cheeses are from Holland and Barrett, and the crispbreads are from Asda.

thanks metalmummy i'll have to take a trip to H & B i think.

Hi Knat

Yes I have had the same problem. It isn't online at present but I have managed to get it through two different branches of Tesco

Our nutritionist recommended Tofutti but until this thread we didn't know where it was stocked.

Cheezly is VILE! Honestly, it smells like offbrand cheezy wotsits gone stale.

When we were dairy free, I used hummous where I would use soft cheese in sandwiches - it's quite rich in calcium, too. After the cheezly trial, we just did without anything cheese like! I found tuna in oil and finely chopped spring onions gave a nice savoury flavour to a white sauce, instead of making a cheese sauce.

www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/sect/CDACH-Non_dairy_Cheese.html

thanks balloonslayer. The soft cheese spread will be great - its the blocks of cheese or mozarella that's a problem as it has yeast extract which has MSG i believe and the diet when related to asd's can't ahve MSG's - so am not sure that i can use that - unfortunately!