Quotation marks are important. They should not be used willy nilly.
People should really pay attention.
But when I say grilled “cheese,” you’ll have to take my word for it.
See, dairy-free eating is mostly ok, except for the cheese part. I got more acceptance on my margarine post than I expected, but I think we can ALL agree that a cheese-free life is a tough one. And that vegan cheese should really just give up.
But today, I wanted to make grilled cheese. Because its yummy, and easy, and when I’m nice enough to make it on raisin break, my kids (wait for it) eat it up!
Except now, that one kid is dairy free š and you’d better believe they require everything that everyone else gets. So. Grilled cheese.
The raisin bread was fine. Dairy free. No “may contains: milk” moments, either. But its the cheese part. Nothing else sticks the way cheese does! There is nothing else even close!! Unless you guys know something I don’t know.
So I bit the bullet and I bought dairy free cheese. Now, I talked to someone who cooks for events, and she tipped me off that some dairy free cheese is ok. Some can melt. Some can taste close to cheese. Not many do both. I did some googling and found one that people reviewed and specified that it works well for grilled cheese. So I bought it. Spent a fortune and got this š³
NOTHING about this mess looked like cheese. However.
It smelled close to right.
And it melted mostly normal.
And the kid ate it like every other grilled cheese they’ve eaten. I never got over there for a bite, so I can’t tell you how it tasted to me, but honestly, if the dairy free one is happy with it, so am I!
But you’d better believe I’m parcelling this out, freezing it in two slice increments, and making it last as best as I can! No grilled cheese cheese should cost this much, but especially not “cheese.”