DisneyPhD said:
I am at a loss for Chistmas foods this year, looking for new ones.
Did you guys know that all but 3 or 4 of these ideas call for cream cheese? Most that don't have sour cream.
I love it. however it is off limits this year because of milk allergies. Any other ideas? I like the meatball and little smokey ones.
So far the best I can do is hummus and pita chips and corn chips and gaucamole (and salsa.)
I found a site that offers substitutes. For cream cheese, it says "Part skim milk ricotta cheese or lowfat cottage cheese beaten until smooth"
And for sour cream, you can use fat free sour cream, or there used to be a product called King Sour that was, granted, chemicals but tasted and worked like sour cream.
Also, is there a Whole Foods Market or a Trader Joe's near you? Maybe they could suggest substitutions so you CAN try some of these delicious-sounding recipes.
eta: Okay, I found another website that might help:
http://vegweb.com/recipes/quick/
You wouldn't necessarily have to use all the vegan ingredients, for example there's a sausage recipe that calls for Tofurkey something, you could use regular sausage instead - and probably you could substitute some form of tofu where the recipes in this thread use cream cheese.
And then there are my two:
VERY thinly-sliced American cheese and slices of either Genoa Salami or similar-sized pepperoni. Roll together one slice cheese and one slice meat, tightly; fasten with toothpick, top with olive.
Or along the lines of a couple of other recipes: Cocktail franks or sliced hot dogs heated in a saucepan of spaghetti sauce.