how can i kick my cheese habit??

I agree about cheese. It is disgusting and wonderful!

I second avocados and hummus. Maybe not together.

This isn't a shot at anybody...but really, just learn to do without. If that is what you really want. Take pleasure in doing without and in doing what you feel is right. I still have cravings for cheese but can't bring myself to eat it.

I also learned to simply love tofu. And even if it has a reputation as a meat substitute it really is more properly a soy cheese like stuff because it is made from soymilk. ;-)

What ever you do don't get Vegan Rella. Unless you like the taste of wax.

I used to love cheese too. Really all you can do is just stop eating it and suffer through the withdrawls. Not that I havn't eaten it in a while the idea of cheese seems disgusting. Now when I see it all I see is a bunch of fat and grease and I remember how I usually felt after I ate it which was mostly a bad feeling. I very rarely use fake cheese. It's just not the same and isn't very good. Why would I want to eat something that isn't very good just because it sort of reminds me of a food I used to be addicted to.
Since I stopped eating cheese I have a new appreciation for other foods, like avocadoes....mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
And if I'm craving a cheezy tasting snack I make what has been dubbed "super awesome toast" just get some bread (I actually like to use Ezikiel bread for this even though I'm not a fan of it usually) Then spread butter (or vegan alternative like earth balance mmmmm)on it. Then sprinkle some garlic powder (or fresh garlic) over it. Put it in the oven on 450 until its almost toasty. Then sprinkle some nutritional yeast over it and let it finish baking. When the bread gets to your desired toastyness remove from oven, enjoy and then send me a letter thanking me.
Also try mikojaks avocado on toast. mmmmmmmm

I have been unsuccessful at weaning my hubby from cheese. The soy stuff just does not cut it for him. I make a cheesy sauce (from The New Farm cookbook)from nutritional yeast that he loves and that is the best that I can do. Replace the need for cheese with spices perhaps. Good Luck.

I've yet to meet a commercial product that is not cheese but is purporting to be cheese-like that is anything short of nasty.

By all means, try that not-cheese recipe book... and tell us about it...

I'll try it too.

try the uncheese book, there are so many amazing fake cheese recipes.

I have to say i have tried several fake cheeses and NOTHING will ever compare to dairy cheese. why? because theres so many additives in cheese that in make its addicting. Its not the taste we crave, its just made to be addicting. They did a study once on a bunch of people going veg, they said the hardest thing to give up was cheese and it was what they missed the most.

You're not the only one Phactorri! I had no problem giving up cheese. I saw Earthlings once and could never eat the stuff again . . . it just looked like death and suffering to me.

That would be my advice - go for the emotional. Watch Earthlings, read literature etc. on the dairy industry. As soon as I discovered the truth, I had no desire for it ever again.

Also, if you would never eat veal, then don't eat cheese. The two industries are directly related. Once a cow has a baby, the females are made into more dairy cows and the males are crated up for veal.

think about why you don't want to eat cheese, when you want it. granted I feel like I'm the only vegan ever who had no issues giving up cheese.

as to brands I don't eat a lot of it, but I liked "vegan Gourmet" okay, only decent one but keep in mind I didn't like cheese as an omni. other brands include "vegan", "soy caas" and "teese vegan cheese". there's probably other ones about...

OK. 4 easy "whatever you do, don't do this way" steps.

1) Start Smoking
2) Become Addicted to Smoking
3) Smoke for 20 years
4) Quit smoking.

I speak from experience, once you've quit smoking, you can quit ANYTHING!

(ok this is in jest. I'm not actually advising one to become a smoker by any means, just having fun!)

oh, well, i was only partially serious. i put forth simple thoughts, sometimes.

maybe i'm quirky because fruits are my comfort food,
haha, because produce isn't as available to me as other things are.

i eat plenty of fruit , veggies, and grains. but that doesnt mean i dont like my comfort foods. i cant kick all the other "crap" to the curb yet, im just not there yet. it took me awhile to become vegetarian, and it will probly take just as long to become vegan. but atleast im trying.