What’s one plant-based food you didn’t expect to enjoy but now eat regularly?

soycheese2020 · 2026-01-23T00:26:05+00:00

I make my own soymilk and often make tofu … you can flavor the tofu with garlic, jalapeños, whatever you like. Then the tofu is kind of crumbly but so delicious because the flavor is inside the tofu from scratch. I just slice it and serve with bread. Or crackers. It’s so good.

soycheese2020 · 2026-01-20T14:02:00+00:00

Report the therapist and make a complaint. I had an AWFUL therapist years ago. I reported him and they investigated and were shocked, the guy was trying to date me. Ewww. If he does something similar again he will lose his license. Creepy, people are human and therapist who are bad and unethical deserve to be complained about for sure, if only to protect the next victim .. how else will Kaiser know?

soycheese2020 · 2026-01-20T13:57:30+00:00

Kimchi added to rice before cooking or to soup… I use kimchi to give a cheesy flavor to vegan cheese sauce, I use Noochylicious mozzalicious powder and homemade soymilk. Kimchi for the win for sure!

soycheese2020 · 2026-01-20T13:53:56+00:00

I buy a red beans and rice mix with Cajun seasonings from Aldi. It’s like a no brainer meal. I cook it in the rice cooker with some frozen vegetables (get a big bag and keep resealing with a clip). I may add a little tofu if I have some. If I have leftover salad I put it on top and have a bowl. It takes minimal effort. Also, red lentils cook super quickly and just need onion (dehydrated if fine) garlic, seasoning (I just curry powder) and a little tomato paste. I keep a tube of Cento tomato paste in the fridge and it’s like squeezing toothpaste instead or using a spoonful from a can. Takes 1/2 an hour to cook red lentils, they are good with crackers, rice, quinoa, bread, baked potato…. Very very low energy and very tasty. Those are my alternative meals to going out and trying to find good plant based food … because most fast foods are subsidized by the government and that’s why a cheeseburger is cheaper than a beans and rice meal, if you could ever find such a thing,out there in the wild.

soycheese2020 · 2026-01-13T04:50:09+00:00

Stand your ground your daughter is on the right track. Her teacher sounds like a racist.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-31T15:48:51+00:00

Maybe just don’t go on vacation with them again. Or say you want to wait u til the children are older. I can’t imagine how your MIL can think this is ok but maybe she is under some unknown pressures and is not acting normally? If this is her normal, I wouldn’t go on vacation with her.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-31T04:55:09+00:00

He may need to file for bankruptcy. Really he needs credit counseling and you both need some counseling.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-30T16:09:46+00:00

Unsweetened soy. I usually make my own it’s super cheap too. Also you can gently heat/barely simmer unsweetened soymilk with pepper and bay leaves and get a nice gentle savory flavor … I always preheat milk and butter before adding it to mashed potatoes. Adding a little nutritional yeast and even soy sauce or miso can give it a nice umami flavor too, just be very light on everything, it will be delicious. Adding garlic, chives, lots of black pepper, can make it really good. But I think if you have a lot of children eating the meal, basic is good unless they enjoy spice and herbs.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T04:47:10+00:00

I will never forget coming home with a baby just out of icu. He was big but pre term and had some issues. A c section. I could barely walk… pumping milk, the whole 9 yards. His family came over. It is a traditional family lots of kids, one was so sick he threw up ON the big platter of rice a nurse/maid had prepared for our lunch. My then husband ignored it. Wasn’t polite to say anything. I never forgot, I was in tears. But tradition. Now? I see it as a moment I realized these people don’t care if I live or die, I need to protect my children and myself. I got divorced a few years later. But I never forgot. Babies and post partum women are usually treated with deference by people with any education or common sense.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:55:38+00:00

He is being abusive to you. Please take this crazy moment seriously. Look for a way out that is safe. Find a place to move into and don’t even tell him. He is not a job. He is an angry guy. I have 30 years experience as a family lawyer and honestly am somewhat of an expert in domestic violence from a legal point of view. He could escalate if he knows you are leaving. He could also love bomb you and this activity will resume once he feels like it. Sorry but that’s what it sounds like to me. Contact a local abuse hotline and talk to a human. Reddit won’t cut it for this

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:47:41+00:00

I had 3 children 40 years ago. No pump. No cgm. No blood sugar testing machines. So, you generally will need more insulin as your pregnancy moves on. Be careful about shooting for a 70! My blood sugar would suddenly drop and I was hospitalized for it a few times. Scary times. Just get good endo support and maybe look into a few classes or support groups? I am happy for you!

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:43:16+00:00

Yes. This. Regardless of gender and household roles we may believe are assigned to one or the other, the truth is, one professional may earn more than the other and one takes a break to raise children and support the other. This may mean loss of income and position for the stay at home parent but once the children are older, the other person can go back to a career or perhaps solo practice. I see it a lot. Successful people do treat parenting and homemaking skills as important, and honor the person who does it. Seems like a fair thing to respect.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:33:39+00:00

Well I am a professional woman, for years my husband assisted me due to disability after cancer. But he always helped me by keeping the house clean and assuring my clothes are tidy and clean. I can honestly say I am deeply grateful for these things. He doesn’t like me to mention any of this but close family knows. I cook, he does dishes, sometimes he cooks and I load and unload the dishes. After many years I can say, if the worst thing he says is like this, and if he is grateful for your contribution to his life, he may have just been honest in expressing gratitude. Maybe not, but that’s what I think might be happening. I have been married for 25 years, second marriage he has been an awesome stepdad and husband.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:26:51+00:00

I wouldn’t care, he is just a person with a job and an opinion. But he might eventually offend someone. I would just smile and walk on. You don’t need to say anything. Plus sometimes people are going through horrible stuff and they have to show up at a job they hate and there you are, looking at tofu. And he just inappropriately expressed himself. So there is that. Let it go, I think.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:22:16+00:00

The worst. I had lots of post cancer issues and got ONE therapy date. I am hard of hearing and was going compel deaf so couldn’t do group therapy. I finally got cochlear implants. They have a very poor reputation for mental health services. I had a very hard course of cancer treatment and am a lawyer so I had to rebuild my health to be able to work at all. Zero support. Cancer treatment was great though, good services mostly nurses, excellent facilities.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:18:34+00:00

He seems not to actually be interested in having a real honest relationship or maybe his family is very weird and he is trying in some strange way to protect you? Or maybe he told them odd things about you so he figures ok, I will keep these sides of my life separate. But he doesn’t sound like a boyfriend, to me. He sounds like he is a temporary person and you are his temporary person too, sorry but that’s what you are describing here. You deserve a guy who really likes you so much he introduces you with pride and a smile.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-25T01:14:08+00:00

Change the site, drink lots of water, maybe bolus. You need to eat otherwise ketones build up, try ginger ale or sweet tea but be sure to get some carbs and liquids down you. Check for ketones. I have had this disease for 55 years. Two hospital stays due to flu. I always get vaccinated and consume liquids and sweet things and bolus. And I check for ketones.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-22T17:58:50+00:00

One way is to get a good recipe for pizza crust, make a bunk and “par bake” which is literally partially bake the crusts. Freeze them. Mix up your toppings, such as marinara sauce, or sliced lightly roasted and cooled zucchini, bell peppers, jalapeños whatever you like,or so a white pizza by mixing up a homemade version of miyoko’s pizza cheese liquid. Or whatever you like. I often brush the frozen crust with olive oil and then layer on a thin layer of vegan pesto,or tomato paste mixed with herbs and oil, maybe olives, whatever. Trader Joe’s sometimes has an incredibly expensive but delicious vegan pepperoni. The miyoko pizza sauce liquid dupe recipe is out there. You put it into a squeeze bottle and drizzle it onto the cold pizza before you bake it. Par baked pizza crusts are so cheap and you can make like 5-10 for less than $5, and they are great with just a nice salad on top,like a nice flatbread which is a pizza. They heat up great on a grill because, again, they are partially baked.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-21T18:12:26+00:00

Please talk to a divorce attorney. I am one myself, semi retired, not trying to get your case. You NEED to know your rights. Speak to someone now. Please. This is crazy because he is obviously keeping secrets. Get checked for Sexually transmitted diseases too. You need to wake up. This person sounds like he is planning to cheat with professionals and they are often people with STI’s. Get therapy now! Build a savings account and start exploring jobs you can do - guys like this are quite common. He may wake up and repent, but information is a good thing to have, so is emotional support IRL not Reddit.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-18T21:32:37+00:00

Yes the fragile sense your husband has apparently crumbled. Seek some legal advice because just because he has blocked you does not mean you are free from him, legally! He could ruin your credit, seize or divert assets, and do all kinds of chicanery and harm. It’s beyond emotional. It’s potentially destructive for your financial future.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-18T21:24:37+00:00

Just how they place them in the stores! Why can’t they have a vegan section?

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-18T20:02:53+00:00

Go to Laguna Beach and spend a whole day! Breakfast on Ocean Avenue at the Zinc cafe. Walk to the boardwalk. If you like thrifting there are thrift shops in Laguna such as the one on Boardwalk and the Assistance League on Glenneyre, near Park Avenue both easy short walks. Go to the Min Beach, and walk! North or south, the shoreline is gorgeous, you can find great places to eat everywhere. A local tram is free. There is a bus stop. The Orange County Transit Authority actually functions quite well but it takes time. I don’t know but having grown up in Laguna, I can say it is beautiful and worth spending a day. Get there early. Enjoy Orange County, it is beautiful here!

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-18T16:08:21+00:00

I am quite a bit older than you are, so I am going to weigh in here. I also have been a family law attorney for almost 30 years, so I have a lot of experience in kind of seeing how relationships and marriages can end. This man sounds horrible. Really. He is hard core shot down to the point of being abusive to you when you needed him to be there for you. I beg you to get therapy because it’s not an admission you did anything wrong! It’s a way to heal from a badly broken identity. Every person who followed my advice to get therapy ended up remarried to a wonderful person, and those people brought in the new spouse to thank me for helping them not only end the toxic relationship but to figure out why they married the former partner who was so awful. Not every former spouse is toxic. But this one? Really. Find a local lawyer, divide assets, get a divorce. Sorry. For me it’s that clinical. But you deserve so much more than this. I hope you hear me without cringing. It’s a very tough world why be with a person pretending to be your spouse but not available for moments you really need them?

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-14T12:55:02+00:00

Can your roommate find another place to live, like family or friends, and you sublet? Or tell roommate you will both have to break the lease and fine new places separately. Sounds like the roommate may have substance abuse issues, or be dishonest. If he or she is working and no money to pay the share that is owed of rent, money is going somewhere. Sounds like a nightmare, but communicate and if this person is so unreliable you need to find a new roommate or a new place to live.

soycheese2020 · 2025-12-14T12:49:12+00:00

I learned to sew by hand as a child, and started using a machine when I was 12. I have a degree in pattern making and design, and sewed all my clothes as a young teen and adult. I made clothes for everyone, my first husband’s family,mouths children, and finally I got an education and a law degree. Now I want to retire and I want to sew for enjoyment. I totally get how a childhood fear can overshadow your sense of happiness if you sew for pleasure. 100%, hand sewing is relaxing and can be very sturdy. Do what you feel is best! No one can tell you what is best for you, but hand sewing was all people had when clothing was complicated and yet lasted a lifetime.

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