Goats cheese substitute

sammiboo

Good evening all

Just a quickie.....

Before christmas I had a really nice meal out, it was pasta tagiletelle (sp) with pesto, pinenuts, sundried tomatos and goats cheese. mmmmmm

Anyway as I am now starting my healthy eating again I wondered if i could make the same thing (low fat pesto) but instead f goats cheese which is a soft cheese whether cream cheese would be as good (and cheaper )

HariboJunkie

sammiboo wrote: »

Good evening all

Just a quickie.....

Before christmas I had a really nice meal out, it was pasta tagiletelle (sp) with pesto, pinenuts, sundried tomatos and goats cheese. mmmmmm

Anyway as I am now starting my healthy eating again I wondered if i could make the same thing (low fat pesto) but instead f goats cheese which is a soft cheese whether cream cheese would be as good (and cheaper )

I'm sure it would be fine Samiboo but you could also try creme fraiche (half fat) or feta.
By the way....Pine nuts are VERY expensive but Julian graves sell them cheaper in bulk and Aldi have them on offer atm for £1.49.

lainz

There's no substitute for goats cheese! It's about half the fat of normal cheese anyway. If you want the tangyness, use feta (but check the packet as a lot of cheeses in the supermarket use cows milk and not goat's and sheeps cheese) - or you could use this feta if it's all you can get (I can't have cow's milk!) and use a little of that.