Home made dairy-free Vanilla Cheesecake

I sometimes cry at the price of some of the dairy free cakes, so have decided to try and do some baking myself. I'll find a recipe then follow the instructions vaguely, sometimes I fail but sometimes my hap hazard approach works! Mr non-LI keeps telling me to follow them!

So enter the vanilla cheesecake.

What you need:
Digestive biscuits - I used these
Marg - Vitalite
Tofu - big block that I got from the Seewoo
Maple Syrup
Baking tin - one with removable base is best
Oven
Patience

Beat up the digestive biccys so they are crumbs. I put a few into a sandwich bag and beat them with a rolling pin. Makes a terrible noise that scared my cats! But it works. Once you have enough for a thick base melt some marg, about 1/4 of the tub (Vitalite).

Mix the melted marg and crumbs in a bowl then transfer to your baking tin. Press down and try not to burn yourself! Put to one side.

Now in a bowl break up the tofu (about 500-600g worth). Add about 80-90mls of the syrup. Blend with an electric handheld blender. Once it is of smooth consistency, taste to make sure it's sweet enough. If you want it more vanilla like, add some essence. BUT I find the maple syrup does the trick!

Pour the consistent mixture on the base (in the tin), spread evenly.

Pop into the oven for about 20 mins at gas mark 7. Or 200 C.

The result:

Many inches added to our waist and many lbs gained.

I don't claim to be the world's best cook ;-)

Home Made Pizza, well sort of!

I bought some ciabattas from Sainsbury's the other day and had an idea to make a pizza.

I used the ciabattas, Asda's own brand of sun-dried tomatoes and my favourite hard goats cheese - see HERE.

Before it went into the over:

 And after 10 mins in the over at 180 this is how they looked:

They tasted awesome :-) This oil from sun-dried tomatoes worked a treat with the ciabatta.

Highly recommend. Any ciabatta or even baguette would do.

Home Made Sausage Rolls

Not been about for a while. Sorry!

So I'm not a fan of 'real' sausage rolls because I find they often have milk in them or are too greasy. So I usually make my own with Puff Pastry and Veggie Sausage mix from Asda.

Always better when it's reduced lol!

The sausage mix is pretty easy to use, just add water, stir and let sit for 5 mins. I usually add some pepper, salt and rosemary (if I have some). This is what it looks like before and after the water is added.

While the mix is sitting for the 5 mins, I usually roll out the puff pastry and cut into sorta what resembles a rectangle. Then once the mix is ready, get some and roll it into a vague sausage shape and wrap the pastry around it. Pop them in the oven for about 20 mins at 190.

The end product.

They might not look like the ones you buy from Greggs or the likes, but they sure taste yummy and make my tummy happy :-)

Home Made Macaroni and Cheese

My husband recently made a lovely Macaroni and Cheese. He used the cheapo pasta from Tesco (I think) and this cheese:

And the info we need:

Sorry it's slightly blurry! Basically it's got carbs, but of which sugar 0.0g! Yah. This is why it's vital that manufacturers break down the carbs or even let us know what the sugar content is. Some don't, so I cannot buy any cheeses that do have carbs as I've no idea of the sugar content! Could be nil, but they ain't telling us that!

I'm not quite sure how he made the sauce, but I do know he made it with soya milk ;-)

And the end result:

It was awesome, I probably ate too much, I no doubt put on a few pounds BUT I had no side effects, or any sickness. I was fine :-) It was delightful and it's amazing to think I can eat a real macaroni and cheese.

So there you have it, we can eat cheese :-)