Vegetarian, Vegan and Animal Rights

Cheese, cheese everywhere in American cuisine. Butter is routinely served and put in everything. We are dairy addicts. I figure all I can do is not eat what I can see, at least. Like no cream sauces.

And just try to find a dessert on a restaurant menu that doesn't have some sort of dairy in it. It is either cheesecake, something topped with ice cream, or something like creme brulee.

They could make something out of almond milk that would be quite tasty. But no.

What I have done is ask the server if they have any desserts without dairy in them--because there are regular people who are lactose intolerant. One offered a bowl of mixed berries with a sugar glaze, and I took it.

You can go to a Mexican restaurant and get a burrito without cheese, or a vegetable fajita, hold the sour cream. Indian and Asian restaurants have a lot of options usually. Our favorite Chinese take out has a vegetable tofu dish that I've ordered many times.

Going vegan 15 months ago, after being a person who had given up red meat before that was not as hard as I thought. After three weeks I didn't miss any of it. And this from someone who formerly ate ice cream every day.

I do it for my health. Giving up all that saturated animal fat has improved my cholesterol and my blood glucose levels.