>A company called Soyco makes a dairy free/casein free cream cheese
>alternative...
        Makes great dip too!  (Toffuti also makes a plain, french onion and
herb version of soy cream cheese that can also be used this way).  All I do
is add a little rice milk or soy milk and stir--until it gets to the right
consistency.  NOTE:  shelf life can be a problem on these products though.
I've been periodically using either of these products on and off over the
past two years without incidence until just recently.  Bought a new
container of cream cheese to make dip for New Years (I know soy sour cream
is available too, but for some reason the health-food & grocery stores in my
area rarely stock it).  Opened the container and it was FULL of mold.  Very
unappetizing--glad to see recipes to make it for myself where I KNOW what is
going into it. :-) :-) :-)