Vegan butter v. veggie shortening

[lifevnews]

I can't find any non-hydrogenated shortening where I live and wonder if I can use vegan butter in a recipe that calls shortening.
I could use hydrogenated shortening, but I am just too grossed out by the thought of it.

Also, is there a substitute for vegan parmesan?

Comments

[supercarrot]

like kraft parmesan in the green canister? yeah, i am a fan of galaxy's parmesan. but there's also parma and some others, or you can make your own with nutritional yeast and sesame seeds and like walnuts or something.

[owlsie]

yeah i just use nut. yeast by itself, i think it tastes a lot like parmesan.

OP you can use coconut oil in place of shortening. It will of course give you a slightly coconutty taste.

[lifevnews]

Specialty items are very hard to get where I live. Things like coconut oil would necessitate a special trip.
I'll have to get some nutritional yeast.

[the_leh]

Coconut oil and nutritional yeast can both be bought online. Mountainroseherbs.com sells coconut oil, I'm sure lots of other places do as well. I know for a fact that Frontiercoop.com sells nutritional yeast, and again, with a little googling, you could probably find other retailers.

[larkie]

Maybe you don't live there anymore, but that is def the Milwaukee art museum in your icon and your location says milwaukee on your profile, and coconut oil and nutritional yeast are all over Milwaukee. I worked at Beans and Barley for years and we always have those.