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About Me:: i'm not a giant fan of 'about me boxes' but the profile wizard must be pleased... let's go old school style and do likes and dislikes:

i'm a fan of giggling, blackberries (the fruit), my wonderful fam, my crazy awesome friends, disco balls, thoughtful rap, painted toes, dancing my tosh off, neurophysiology, the plant my neighbour gave me (a tiger tail - grrr), yogurt (and by yogurt i mean yoga), the rain

i'm not so much a fan of... i can be inpatient, i'm not a fan of that. oh! i also dislike matching socks

Where do you live? (city, state, country): toronto, ontario, canada

Relationship Status:: Single

Favorite Quote:: god is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. ~voltaire

Favorite Book:: toss up: godel escher bach by hofstadter or becoming human by vanier

What's your personal mission statement?: distribute the tricky love

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At 10:22pm on July 8, 2008, Anastasia said…: Hey chickie,
Where ya been? Wanted to give you a cheese update. I tried, tried, tried my best ......I bought vegan cheese made of tofu that was supposed to taste like cheddar. I have to tell you ....I found it might odious. I kinda felt sick trying to eat it so I gave up and had to chuck it. And I do eat tofu and tempeh but this was just not right. Meantime....I have been bad.....putting blue cheese and feta cheese in my summer salads. What about you?

At 5:01pm on June 29, 2008, Red said…: Hi kta! How are you?

Marney

At 9:32pm on June 17, 2008, Anastasia said…: Here's a cheese update:
Went to whole foods today...the cheese guy was plyyyying me with different scrumptious cheese samples (yes I was bad) ...but I still went and bought some thing called vegan cheese. It comes in a monterey jack and cheddar flavor and seems to have tofu and yeast in it. I will let you know the verdict.
Meantime, I did see Almond cheese there ...but when I checked the ingredients it said it had milk casein in ti which sort of defeats the purpose right? Not strictly vegan. But the good news is it seems you might be able to make your own "cheese" with an almond base and some other ingredients.
The tough thing for me is that most of these "vegan" cheeses (there was rice cheese too) seem to come in 3 basic flavors....cheddar, mozzerella, monterey jack. I love complex cheeses .....brie, blue, manchengo, goudas, jarlsberg......especially in the summer with some fresh fruit and a little wine. Is there anything that can really take the place of that for me?
I have never eaten alot of processed junk foods ...my weakness have always been cheese, pasta, bread (whole grain always though), and maybe desserts (love anything made from scratch with cheese or chocolate). I can get over dessert better than the cheese though!
It doesn't help when the guy at whole foods is feeding me samples of fresh ricotta with warm fresh granola drizzled with honey or aged cheddar with watermelon on a toasty cracker. Yikes.
Well, I hope my escapade to WF gave you a little helpful info on the vegan cheese issue. I definitely think this is going to be a long process for me. :)

At 1:42pm on June 16, 2008, Anastasia said…: Yo grrl,
you know I never have tried the soy yogurt. I have had soy everything else due to my lactose issues (which doesn't seem to include hard cheese.....lucky me :))....I was always more concerned with milk and ice cream substitutes rather than yogurt. Plus I was always bigger on cottage cheese (esp with fruit) for some reason. Now how do you replace that!!?
That is a bummer for you about the nuts since it seems the nuts are used in the vegan cheese making. I haven't seen if you could do it with almonds. If find something I will definitely let you know. Have you tried any of those rice cheeses in the health store?
It's ok for processed cheese but I haven't seen anything that compares to having something like feta or blue.
The thing is you could let yourself slightly off the hook given your nut issues and do the more "raw" thing vs. the "vegan" thing. Like Bav had mentioned...any raw milk goat cheese like the Alta Denta are a good compromise. I haven't tried this yet but am going to look for it next time I go shopping.
Baby steps......
:)stasia

At 4:41pm on June 13, 2008, Anastasia said…: kta,
was wondering if you would like to be "cheesy" friends? Would love to share experiences and any finds or recipes to try to get off the cheese wagon.:)
I am going to go slow as bav had mentioned....try to reduce down to just maybe the organic raw goat cheese and occasional raw blue/organic cheese. These are more expensive so that will be a further impetus to limit the amount I consume. While doing that....I will try out my hand at a nut cheese.hee.
'stasia

At 12:16pm on June 12, 2008, Just call me Implants Barbie Gail said…: I have been here only a few weeks, myself. But this site has given me back my life. I have made wonderful supportive, loving friends who have challenged and pushed me in ways I never imagined. I wouldn't be anywhere near where I am right now. I thought I had to fight this battle alone, and then I read the book.....That was all it took.

xoGailxo

At 7:28pm on June 11, 2008, Just call me Implants Barbie Gail said…: Welcome to our wonderful loving caring space. It's nice to have you here.....

xoGailxo

At 6:28pm on June 11, 2008, Sundari said…: Welcome to CSL, kta:) As you begin exploring the site, remember the search tool in the upper right corner in case you are looking for specific info. Let me know if you have any questions! Its also helpful to read the town rules, which are listed in the left hand column of our Main page.
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