Follow Your Heart Cheese Review, Vegan Cheese and Gluten Free!!!

When picking vegan cheese it can be very tricky, there are so many to choose from.
Also if you live in an area with not much choice, it is nice to see what other people think about them,
it may save you some money.
The store that I purchased it at, had a large variety of flavors even shredded cheese:)
When you look at the cheese, it looks very moist and when you give it a light squeeze,
it has a firm spongy texture.
I purchased the cheddar flavor.
I was excited to try it, so when I arrived home I opened it right away:)
I opened the package,and it slid right on the plate, it cuts like butter!
The flavor is on the sweeter side of cheddar, "real" cheddar usually has a sharper flavor.
The cheese is moist texture but still has the dryness like cheddar.
When I gave a sample around my house, there were very different comments!
"It taste like a firm wet sponge",  "it has a very moist feeling on the tongue."
I do agree it has a firm wet sponge feeling, but the flavor is really good:)
If you get over the texture, it is a great cheese, I was even eating it plain, because the flavor is really good.
I cut a piece so you can see the texture when it is sliced!

The one thing I miss is melted cheese, yum.
There is something almost magical about melted cheese:)
The true test for us vegans is does it melt?
When it melts is it a gross mess?
Let me tell you it melts beautifully!!!!
I melted it on a plate, so you can see what it looks like.

 smooth and creamy:)

You can see when I melted the cheese, it became smooth and creamy! Yummy!
I did eat it off the plate after I took the picture;)
My suggestion is when melting it, make sure whatever you are topping it with is slightly warmed,
it lasts longer, melted, and it doesn't get hard to fast.
If you are going to melt it on corn chips or something like that, it may get slightly hard by the time you finish
eating it.
But it is still good!!!!!!!!!!!!
I truly recommend this cheese, it has a great flavor, need to give it a try!!!
It melts, the most important reason of all;)
Follow Your Heart Cheddar here is a link to there website followyourheart.com
If the store you shop at doesn't stock it, tell them about it so they can get it in!!!!
The most important thing for me is that it is vegan, and gluten free!!!!!!
Happy cheese melting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dr Praeger's Veggie Burger Review, Bonus Salad Recipe

When I buy premade food I always think twice, because I have purchased things that look good

on the package, but taste terrible.

I had a coupon for this product, so I thought next time in the store I would give it a try.

The first thing I did was read the ingredients, I was surprised, it was mostly vegetables,

the first ingredient was carrots, they had very little fillers, which is great.

Some "veggie burgers" are full of fillers, and not much veggies.

They are vegan and gluten free:)

The real test is how they taste!

The first way I made them was in the toaster oven, until lite brown edges. (15 minutes)
The middle stays soft, but the outside gets a lite crust!

They have a nice vegetable flavor, all the vegetables melt together very nicely:)

I did have to add a pinch of sea salt, to the top of the burger.

It just heighten the flavors. 

This burger flavor is something I have never had before, it is very good:)

I would definitively recommend this burger to any one:)

I have eaten this burger several times in different ways.

They always come out delicious. Here is a link, they make many other products! drpraegers.com

Today, I made a salad, so I decided to add a crumbled burger on top.
I cooked it and let it cool, then crumbled it over my salad!
My salad consisted of lettuce, avocado, Follow Your Heart Cheese (vegan)
sprinkling of dill, and parsley, and finally a few dollops of vegan mayo.
I always sprinkle sea salt over my lettuce before adding anything, and
to finish it with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil:)
This salad was sooooooo good with the addition of the veggie burger, it combined with the creamy
avocado, and all the other flavors aaammmmmaaaaaaazzzzzzzziiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnggggg!
My best salad to date:)
I would recommend the veggie burgers highly!
I think my next dish with the "burgers" are going to be a avocado veggie burger sandwich:)
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