Tag: pizza

Teese Cheese Rocks

Why I think Teese is the best vegan cheese out there:

1) It tastes the best

2) It melts the best. See?

3) It keeps longer in the refrigerator without turning all pink. We know who I’m talking about here. And it freezes well.

4) It cleans up easier. I just discovered this one. You know how other vegan cheeses turn into glue if you don’t clean them up immediately? My tired, lazy ass left a teese covered knife sit out overnight. I thought for sure I’d be scraping on that for a while, but after a short soak, the stuck on bits slid right off. Cool!

Just to be fair, I’ll give the only minus I can really come up with. Okay, I’m sort of a freak about getting stuff on my hands, especially anything oily or greasy. Well, Teese feels REALLY nasty on my hands. And you’d think if it felt that greasy and gross that it would taste that way too. But no! It’s not heavy or greasy tasting at all! Wow, I somehow turned that downside into another plus. You’d think they were paying me to write this. They’re not, I swear!

Teese Pizzas

We finally busted into that Teese log this weekend. First, we tried a bit cold straight off the log. Not bad! The taste is very similar to a mild mozzarella, well, as far as I can remember. 🙂 The texture was a little softer than Vegan Gourmet, but it had been sitting at room temperature for a while. Here’s a weird thing…when handling it to grate, it’s REALLY oiling feeling on your hands. But, it doesn’t really taste that way, cold or hot. They are not lying. It totally melts! We cooked these pizzas at 425 degrees F and at about 18 minutes we started getting some melting going on, but the bottoms were going to get too brown so we finished under the broiler. And as you can see, it melted up just fine!

Hamburger Pizza: ketchup, mustard, crumbles, tempeh bacon, dill pickle slices and teese on a Trader Joe’s crust

hamburger pizza with teese

BBQ “Chicken” Pizza with Pineapple: Mah Wah chicken, Trader Joe’s BBQ smoky bbq sauce, pineapple tidbits, teese, Trader Joe’s crust

bbq chicken pizza with pineapple

“Pepperoni” and Tempeh Bacon Pizza on Herb Crust

pepperoni and tempeh bacon pizza

See, we had vegetables too!

teese pizzas and veggies

Verdict? A++++ Would buy again! Next up, I’m going to try quesadillas with it.