[Betony]

Okay, so I decided to give soy milk a try again -- the last time I tried it was several years ago, and I gagged on the taste. Honestly, I thought it was awful.

Well, I picked up Silk Very Vanilla and a small bottle of Silk Chocolate to give them a try again, and....yay! They were actually pretty good! The Very Vanilla was...well, very vanilla-sweet, but I was afraid to try regular because I knew I didn't like it before, and I figured I like vanilla flavor, so it might be tolerable.

I was very pleasantly surprised that this is as good as it is when I remember really not liking it before, and I'm thinking it might be easier than I suspected to cut down on lacto-products if I can get used to changes like this.

(I'm currently cutting out flesh completely, still lacto-ovo, but planning on phasing those out significantly as well).

[Fat Chick B Gone]

Mmmm I love soy milk and did years before going vegan but I'd agree that our taste buds do change over time.
What are you having trouble giving up otherwise? There are a few good cheese subs out there but I'd honestly recommend just giving up cheese for a few weeks w/o any subs and then see if you are really even craving it. Tofu Scramble is an excellant remake of scrambed eggs and replacing eggs in baking is easy peasy.
If you're ready to make that step just ask questions, there are many vegetarians and vegans on here that can help you with the sometimes more tricky areas.

Good luck!

[Thin4Good]

I seem to remember hating plain soy milk when I last tried it (years ago) but I actually like the plain Silk I bought this week. I got the Very Vanilla for my kids to try. My son (7) thought it was too sweet to drink but my daughter (2) liked it quite a bit! I don't think I'll be getting that kind again though since it has so much sugar.

[Robot]

My taste buds have definitely changed over the years. Foods I once loved are now way too salty. My family picks on me and tells me that I'm salt sensitive and they don't think it's normal. Riiight, I think eating foods with insane amounts of sodium isn't normal.

[Mrs Snark]

You might also like Almond Milk, I like that even better than Soy....

[Me Too]

I love Silk Soy Original., I also like Rice Dream. Haven't tried the Almond one yet.
My taste buds have certainly changed over the past year, and i am very glad they have. Things i used to love, like chips and sugary stuff, i don't like anymore, and that's a good thing.
These days I cook foods like quinoa, blugar, couscous, collard greens, spinach, and such, and my friends think i am weird. Needless to say, not many friends want to come to my house for dinne, just more good foods for me.

[shananigans]

As others have mentioned there are several alternatives to soy milk, but I'm glad it's growing on you! Chocolate almond milk is amazing. I love hemp milk (a little spendy though, I stock up when it's on sale at my co-op), there's also oat milk, hazelnut milk and probably others I've never heard of.

[Betony]

I'll probably try rice and almond milk as well, but the soy was a good start.

I'm currently going through the Vegetarian Times cookbook I picked up at the library and finding a TON of tasty-sounding recipes.