Vegan Cultured Cheese Making Class
Learn how to make incredible dairy-free, vegan culturing/fermented nut, and seed cheeses safely and successfully at home. Fermentation is an ancient practice, used to preserve and enrich your food. This workshop will teach aspiring DIY plant-based cheesemakers reliable guidance on what works and what does not.
All recipes are soy-free, dairy-free, grain-free, sugar-free, and mostly raw!
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Are you ready to embark on a journey into the captivating world of fermentation and master the art of culturing your own vegan cheeses? Look no further! In this class, you'll gain the skills and knowledge to confidently work with beneficial probiotic microbes from the comfort of your own home.
From soft and creamy varieties to aged and tangy delights, our expert instructors will guide you through the process of 'culturing' a wide range of vegan cheeses. Say goodbye to store-bought alternatives as you learn the techniques for crafting delicious seed cheeses, cheddars, feta, blue cheeses, and more!
With our comprehensive instruction, you'll understand the essential conditions and probiotics needed for successful fermentation, ensuring both safety and exceptional taste. Bid farewell to uncertainty as we take the guesswork out of the process, empowering you to create delectable vegan cheeses while avoiding any undesirable bacteria.
One of the highlights of our approach is the emphasis on natural, organic, and gut-friendly bacteria. By eliminating soy, grains, and starches from our cheese-making methods, we prioritize the health of your digestive system, offering you a truly nourishing and enjoyable experience.
Online learning doesn't mean you go at it alone.
Skills Include
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Master the Art of Cheese-Making Efficiency: Learn expert techniques to create various types of cheeses without wasting time or resources, ensuring every batch is a success.
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Prevent Common Pitfalls: Gain invaluable insights to avoid the common pitfalls that can cause cultured cheeses to spoil, ensuring your creations are consistently delicious and safe to enjoy.
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Optimal Time and Temperature for Culturing: Understand the precise time and temperature conditions necessary for optimal culturing, ensuring your cheeses develop the perfect flavors and textures.
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Master the Tricks of Flawless Culturing: Acquire the insider tips and tricks that will elevate your culturing game, empowering you to create flawless vegan cheeses with confidence.
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Probiotics, Starters, and Cultures for Gut-Friendly Fermentation: Discover the ideal probiotics, starters, and diverse cultures to use for optimal gut-friendly fermentation, unlocking a world of flavor possibilities.
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Cultured and Quick Cheeses: Learn how to create both cultured and non-cultured quick cheeses, allowing you to enjoy delectable creations on the same day you make them.
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Achieve Melting Perfection: Unlock the secrets to making a quick cheese that melts beautifully in the oven, perfect for topping nachos, pizza, or quesadillas with deliciously gooey goodness.
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Explore Flavors and Textures: Dive into the realm of creativity as you learn to create a variety of flavors and textures using nuts, seeds, and our special vegan culture, expanding your culinary repertoire.
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Equipment Sterilization: Master the art of equipment sterilization to prevent harmful bacteria from ruining your cultures and ensure the highest quality and safety of your cheeses.
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Seasoning and Decoration: Discover the art of seasoning and decorating your cheeses to impress and wow your guests, elevating your creations from delectable to visually stunning.
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Optimal Equipment and Molds: Learn which equipment and molds work best for different cheese styles, allowing you to achieve the desired results and presentation for each unique creation.
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Create Stunning Cheese Boards: Unleash your creativity and learn how to build captivating cheese boards that showcase your artisanal vegan cheeses, perfect for entertaining and delighting guests.
Recipes Include:
- Fermented Coconut Water (Kefir)
- Basic Cultured Cheese Base
- Parmesan Cheese (cultured and non-cultured crumbly topping)
- Zesty Feta Cheese
- Cream Cheese Spread (this has so many uses!)
- Crumbley Blue Cheese
- Smoked, Aged Gouda
- Sliceable Cheddar Cheese
- Aged Truffle Cheese
- Garlic Herbed
- Sundried Tomato Cheese
- BONUS: Sweet Strawberry and Chocolate Cream Cheese
This is no ordinary online cooking class...
In addition to the full instructional and professional recipe videos, we provide tools to accommodate the different ways people like to learn, so you will acquire and retain the information easily!
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What to Expect
Recipe eBook
Get our detailed, professional Recipe eBook with over 10+ cultured nut and seed cheese recipes. All recipes are plant-based, gluten-free, tofu-free, grain-free, and sugar-free. The ebook will be sent out a few days before class starts so you have plenty of time to prepare.
This recipe eBook will be your go-to cultured cheese manual for years to come!
Virtual Classroom
Ask questions, anytime, to your instructors and fellow chefs - during class and after with our interactive online course platform and private Facebook support group.
We recommend coming to class on the 17th to watch and observe only - make your cheeses after class, on your own time.
Interact, learn, and ask questions, anytime
Join other healthy cheese-making enthusiasts and get your questions answered, live in the class or after the class is over! You will learn about ingredients used, equipment, tools, and techniques - and tips and tricks to upgrade your culturing skills
How to Shop (and get the best deals)
What are the best ingredients and where to shop for them? Learn how to outfit your kitchen like a pro with the top-rated culinary tools and ingredients. You will gain access to our favorite brands and ingredients so you can feel confident you will get the best out of your recipes.
Ongoing Support and Networking in our Private Facebook Support Community
We pride ourselves on our support system pre and post-class. We want you to succeed in your health goals long after your coursework is done! Plus, you will receive bonus recipes by staying active in the group. Sometimes we post a surprise recipe video even after the course is over.
Elaina Love
Elaina Love is a leading authority on nutrition and health. She's an author of 3 plant-based recipe books, a speaker, and an internationally renowned chef with over 20 years of experience. Elaina Love is the founder and director of Pure Joy Culinary Academy, a cutting-edge plant-based culinary arts and nutrition school. The Academy is designed to teach students how to prepare the best meals on the planet while healing and nourishing their bodies.
Over the last 20 years, Elaina’s low glycemic, grain-free, full-flavored holistic recipes, and gourmet dishes have shaped the vegan food industry. She has coached and inspired hundreds of aspiring chefs and individuals who want to change their life, both in person and through her online programs.
Through whole, and mostly plant-based foods, cleansing, and fasting, Elaina has healed herself from a serious case of systemic candida, chronic fatigue, hormone imbalances during menopause and cleared up her severe skin problems. She is the creator and producer of the first-ever nut milk bag, The Amazing Nut Milk Bag, and continues to create new recipes and content for online courses and retreats.
Katelyn Louise
Meet Katelyn (aka Kate), your expert guide on the vegan cheese-making journey.
With a specialization in healing autoimmune conditions through low-glycemic, gluten-free, plant-based foods, Kate brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table. Her deep passion for detoxification and nourishing the body has been instrumental in her personal health transformation, and she is dedicated to sharing these invaluable insights with others.
For years, Kate has been a trusted educator, teaching and facilitating plant-based chef trainings, detox retreats, and transformative workshops worldwide. As a private chef, she has worked closely with clients to guide them through the transition to a healthier gluten and grain-free diet, offering delicious alternatives that make the journey enjoyable.
Kate's expertise extends beyond vegan cheese-making. She is well-versed in the realm of superfoods, empowering you to make informed choices about the top superfoods and where to begin incorporating them into your diet. She will guide you in creating healing medicinal elixirs using herbal medicine and tonic teas, and she will unravel the mysteries of medicinal mushrooms and adaptogens, showing you why they are essential for gut health and immune support.
Join Kate in the Vegan Cheese Class, and let her passion and expertise ignite your own culinary journey. Discover the art of vegan cheese-making while gaining a deeper understanding of how plant-based nutrition can heal and nourish your body.
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Unlock the Secrets of Vegan Cheese-Making
Join our Vegan Cultured Cheese Making Class and unlock the secrets to crafting exceptional vegan cheeses that will amaze and inspire. Enroll now to embark on a transformative culinary journey and become a true master of vegan cheese-making.