vegan cheese: i have been meat free for quite a while now and have been doing plenty of research on the cruelty of animals for meat and such. but i have discovered that they are treated like crap in the dairy industry and i feel so guilty because i have been eating products that contain dairy, but i DO NOT eat eggs. but milk and cheese are in a lot of what i eat. so my concern is how much are the vegan cheeses/dairy substitutes and also i live among meat eaters -____- so going out to eat is so hard, what do you do when it comes down to going out to a restarant? thank you so much,|||I'm not sure what a dairy substitute is. Soy milk can be bought for a dollar at any dollar store. GOod quality soy milk is more expensive. Soy cheese and almond/walnut sesame cheese can be made, or bought any decent shop. I don't buy cheese, I've made my own soy cheese from soy beans, it's not too pricey and cheese from cows has always been a shock to me, how much it costs, it's easier to make your own nut cheese. I made almond once but didn't do it right, it tastes lovley though. If you miss cheese, definitely make your own, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk64kkETk鈥?/a> PS, you have to get out of that mindset eating out is hard- that is basically saying my diet is not as important as yours. They're the ones who haven't thought as much about the whole factory brainwashing thing, you have. So if they're supportive and halfway interesting people, they'll be excited about trying new things. I mean, what- do they only go out to Dairy Queen and Bob's BBQ shack? That's a little boring. Ask them to try viet, indian, chinese places that are good for non animal styles. http://drbenkim.com/raw-dairy-free-chees鈥?/a> This one is from Ani Phyo- she makes a lot of different types of cheese. http://getskinnygovegan.blogspot.com/201鈥?/a>|||Almond milk is pretty much just as cheap as normal milk. Same with vegan butter spread, its about the same price as normal butter. And I really hate going to restaurants, if I really must go to one, Ill look through the entire menu, most likely there wont be anything for vegans, and Ill just order french fries, a salad, and ill eat the bread. Honestly, the bread or french fries might contain/be cooked in some animal ingredient. But I don't bother asking, the waiters/chefs probably dont even know, and Id honestly rather just remain ignorant on the subject. I mean, I barely EVER go to restaurants anyway.|||You can get 1/2 gallon of almond milk for the price of a gallon of regular milk. Of course almond milk doesn't have an "acceptable amount of puss" (according to the FDA) that cow milk does. Whatever that means... Mmmm pimple and skin puss in your food. Thanks dairy industry!|||When I go to a restaurant(which I go to very rarely) I order vegan food. Vegan food is available in large varieties here in India in all restaurants.|||You can get soymilk for pretty cheap, I get Silk's almond milk and it's not too expensive. $2.50?|||There are several non-milk substitutes. The most popular one is soy....you do know that most of the soy products sold in the supermarket are from genetically modified soy? The price will vary from your location to mine. So you'll just have to go to your supermarket and compare or perhaps your supermarket has a website? Almond milk is more expensive, of course. Rice milk is not very good....though taste is individual. Coconut milk is again pretty expensive. Remember, though that none of these naturally contain calcium. The manufacturers put calcium in them to replace the calcium naturally found in cow's milk. That calcium is not as well absorbed by your body as the natural calcium found in cow's milk. So you need to drink a lot more "milk" than normal if you switch to a manufactured milk. At your age, you need a lot of calcium to grow the bones and teeth that you'll be living with for the rest of your life. If you don't get enough, you'll have a long life to regret it.