Back to dairy. (And chick-peas…) It sucks because, cheese aside, I hate dairy. Milk always disgusted me even as a child. My parents got onto me for all the milk I’d waste in my cereal. I’d be like “Are you expecting me to drink that whole bowl of leftover mucus-juice? EEEWWW!”) What do you do when you hate dairy, but don’t know how to moderate soy intake? “Everything in moderation”, I learned. Well, I started out that way…then my self-indulgent Sagittarius nature took over. Every time I like something a lot, I overdo it until it’s too late… Rice milk doesn’t have the same nutrition value, and it’s too sweet. There’s almond milk, but that tastes like ass. I’ve been veg (as in veggie, NOT vegan - ain’t ever gonna happen; can NOT quit the damn cheese) for three and a half years. I have no issues being “vegan” about my cosmetic products and clothing and whatnot, but dietary is another story entirely. I go through periods (my therapist and I refer to them as “self-destructive” phases lol) where I will become a self-indulgent hypocrite and eat a serving or two per week of poultry or fish (no pig or cow, that’s my one rule). When I do that, I try to be a conscientious consumer by buying free-range, hormone-free, blah blah. It helps ease the guilt a bit. That’s what I am doing right now. It’s winter time anyway - I need to put on some pounds. So bless the animals whose flesh I am ravaging and may the universe forgive me, ETCETERA lol… (This is why I was never one of those judgmental militant types who go around harassing every carnivore they see. Because it’s a personal choice and IT IS HARD. I know!)