The first day of no soy consisted of a trip to the grocery store to find replacements for my typical vegan staples. I replaced my soy milk that I use mostly for coffee with almond milk, which I am not a big fan of. There’s something about that little bite it has that I don’t like and the watery consistency does not sit well with me. I’ll need to try a different milk or maybe a brand other than Almond Breeze. We picked up Soy-Free Earth Balance to use for baking, that shouldn’t be a big change I found that so many things, as I expected, contained soy in some form. While I didn’t plan on being able to remove every minute bit of soy from my diet I think I did a pretty good job of it. Buying stuff at Trader Joe’s might be a task though as most of their items have soy protein or soybean oil somewhere in the list of ingredients. Most items at Trader Joe’s are processed in some way and it seems soybean oil must be a necessary additive when doing so.
I managed to find veggie burgers without soy, Sunshine Burgers list just four ingredients and soy is not one. Amy’s California Burgers are also soy-free but I am not big on their flavor as they have far too much of a dirty mushroom taste. I like mushrooms but I would rather just eat a big portaboello than have my veggie burger lend the flavor.
Day one, no change noticed, but it is only one day. Do I really expect any change? Probably none other than grumpiness due to the fact that I can’t have my usual goodies.
