I have used the Galaxy shredded cheddar in the recipe from your book for the vegan burritos, which are my favourite.  Then I tried the Galaxy shredded mozzarella in a vegan lasagna with spinach  & mushrooms and also enjoyed that very much.  So I would recommend the Galaxy brand for use in recipes.

Cannot agree more about Mudpies, KC response! Wholesome, creative, tasteful vegan desserts, hemp and cashew milk steamers and lattes, very friendly staff and a great "low key' atmosphere. I was recently recommended this place and now it's my favorite spot to tutor my husband through nursing school.

DON"T BE FOOLED BY GALAXY!

A lot of the Galaxy cheeses contain casein, which they expertly hide on the label.  The packaging will say: "Lactose Free*" or "Dairy Free*" however, you have to pay attention to the little * on the label.  On the back of the package it will say *Adds a trivial amount of lactose.  To true vegans, I doubt this amount is trivial.

I tried that galaxy rice vegan cheddar slices...and they are awful. They have basically no flavor, taste like chalky thick paper. And I agree a lot of their foods are not truly vegan, but the ones that are clearly say "vegan". I think in general it's rather silly to make non-dairy cheese tha isn't vegan...I find it hard to blieve there's a lot of people who aren't vegan that still choose to eat fake cheese...

looks yummy!

I made Chef Chloe's Mud Pie for my mom and my sister on Thanksgiving last year. My sister and my mom (non-vegans) loved it. My sister wouldn't even let me take the rest back home - she wanted to keep it all to herself. I have to admit, I was super proud that my non-vegan sister thought something vegan was absolutely-can't get enough delicious! :)

Some people eat non-vegan "veggie" cheese because it has no cholesterol. I had a former co-worker who could have no cholesterol, so he was nearly vegan, but he'd eat some of these pre-fabbed foods with partial milk ingredients, and he had an egg white sandwich every day.

But I agree, it makes me angry that companies hide the milk ingredients and call it "trivial" and they ain't all that good to begin with. 

Personally I must say that what "Amy's" are making seem to be very good, I don't know what kind of vegan cheese they use but their pizza are excellent, and I have a burrito in the freezer that I'm going to cook today... There are many things I wanted to try like the rice ice cream, the brand available where I go have a lot of calories, so the only advantage is that it's vegan... The most popular brand of "vegan" meat here is "St Yves", they make very good sausage and decent "meat" slices to make sandwich...