Vegan Cooking with Beverly Lynn Bennett

Beverly Lynn Bennett is a vegan chef who recently completed her first electronic vegan cookbook, Eat Your Veggies. She's been working in the restaurant industry since she was 12. Please visit VeganChef.com to get some great vegan recipes and to learn more about her.

Question:

What is a substitute for butter, dry milk powder and cream cheese in recipes?

Answer:

There are many substitutes for butter. I recommend using olive or other vegetable oils when sautéing. For baking, vegetable oils work well when replacing melted butter. Try using Spectrum Naturals Spread, which is a non-hydrogenated vegetable spread, for those times when a recipe calls for "cutting in butter", such as in pie crusts and pastries. There are many alternatives to dry milk powder available at health stores and some grocery stores too, such as Solait or various products from Ener-G Foods. Also available are soy-based cream cheeses from companies such as Galaxy Foods and Tofutti, or pureed silken style tofu also works as a substitute for real cream cheese. Many new soy, rice, and nut-based alternatives to dairy and animal products are appearing on the market all the time, browsing through your local health food store or the web is a great way to discover them.

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