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Char Nolan - Ask Me Anything (Office Hours)
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern
Join Chef Char Nolan in her virtual office as she welcomes all of your questions. This event was created for you and we encourage you to ask anything – from cooking techniques to cou… Read More.
Question:

What is a good recipe for a plant based cheese that does not contain oil?
— Randall Best
Answer:
So if you are you, if you are making it a plant-based cheese that has any kind of nut in it, you do not need any oil whatsoever. And I always take this mentality of, oh, I forgot the oil and things still come out. The, the most important thing is for you to use a flexible container like a, uh, silicone mold or if you were going to use a jar of some type that you would line it with, uh, saran wrap or parchment paper or whatever so that it would be easy to take out. So there are many that have no oil, and I think that there is a cheese recipe on our website that I wrote, and it is oil free, so you don't need the oil as they say. So let me know how you make out and um, yeah, if it has nuts in it, even I have made vegan plant-based cheeses with white beans and don't put any oil in them and they still come out. So there's that too. So explore and see what you come up with and I know that it will work.
