[Jennifer 3FC]

Thanks for the feedback! I haven't tried the coconut milk yogurt yet, but would like to. It's so expensive, and I'm afraid I'll love it.

[JulieJ08]

I haven't tried coconut milk yogurt, but I had the coconut milk ice cream. You may be right to be afraid to try it

[nelie]

I saw the coconut milk yogurt at a decent price at Whole Foods but I went to Safeway the other day and it was 2.50 per small container! yikes!

[JulieJ08]

I have a Trader Joe real close, but Wholefoods is unfortunately almost 15 miles away. There is another health foods store I should check out though.

[Michelle125]

I found the Coconut yogurt at my WF for $1.99 per container. I know it's totally expensive, but I figure I'll pay extra to get live cultures without hormones (or soy)! And I'm addicted to their Coconut milk and ice creams! The So Delicious line is amazing!

[phojo]

A few must haves for me is agave nectar and hazelnut milk.

[britticus]

Hey Gals,
I have just gotten through day #1 of trying to be vegan! I had So Good soy icecream (probably not my best diet choice, but i watered it down with soy milk!) I had two veggie burgers for dinner and some Organic rasin bran for breakfast!

My big issue is that the weekend is right around the corner and I LOVE BACON & CHEESE on everything! I've certainly cut back on both....but I was wondering if there were any good faux meat/dairy substitutes? (I really do not like tofu!) i know I have to stick to my promise though! I signed a 30 day Veggie thing on go veg dot com

Thanks

[nelie]

My advice would be to avoid the vegan cheese substitutes. I think they are ok if you haven't had cheese in a long time, but if you had cheese recently, I think you'd be fairly disappointed.

Lightlife has a bacon like product called Smart Bacon which is pretty good. You could also try to make 'tempeh bacon' which has a texture nothing like bacon but you flavor it and it is pretty good.

[sunshine]

What do you all think about the soy controversy? I've been reading internet articles about it being toxic, anti-nutrient and shouldn't be eaten unless fermented - as in tempeh. I was eating soy burgers and tofu pretty regularly but I think I'll stick to more unprocessed foods from now on.

Have any of you read these articles?

[nelie]

sunshine - there are always 2 sides to every argument. It is odd because a lot of the anti-soy sentiment initiated from pro-dairy sources. Of course the dairy/farming industry heavily relies on soy itself to feed cattle and other farm animals.

Soy is actually a good thing, edamame, tofu, tempeh, etc, etc and there are a lot of benefits to soy. One thing I'd say though is that you should diversify your diet. I eat tempeh and tofu a couple times per week but I rarely eat soy burgers.

[phojo]

I like earth balance vegan butter & follow your heart veganaise. I tried some vegan cheese on a pizza today and it was actually pretty good...so we'll see if it makes it to my list of yummy.