Former school teacher turned artist. When time prevents my artistic creations, I cook!!! That seems to satisfy my need to create! Vegetarian/Vegan. I love dips and sauces. I used alot of tofu, beans, and pureed veggies to create the base of dips without using cheeses! None. My family members eat animals. I make a wonderful Spinach dip without using cream cheese or sour cream! My guests don't even know the difference or how healthy the dip is! I tried to make some sort of cheese based dip substituting a mix of nutritional yeast and water for the cheese. It tasted ok, but looked really bad. I wouldn't serve to to anyone else!