Stopped eating animals and animal products 8 years ago. Took a little adjusting, but couldn’t be happier not to contribute to factory farms anymore. There are so many plant proteins available now. You can be super healthy with a true whole food plant based diet or be less healthy and enjoy the meat, egg, butter and cheese substitutes but in both cases no longer support the cruelty.

Some of my favorite brands:

Impossible Burger
Miyoko ‘butter’
Follow Your Heart grated Parmesan and sliced provolone
Gardein ‘Chicken’ Cutlets
Trader Joe’s Vanilla ‘ice cream’
Trader Joe’s individual ‘cheese’ cakes in frozen case
Coco Whip (like cool whip)

So, so many choices these days