First off *hug*. Not Vegan or even Vegetarian myself (though I've been slowly cutting meat out of my diet) but I will happily do research for ya. :)
Skimming through I see someone else has mentioned the B12 thing. A supplement may be the best bet. I'm not a doctor - you may want to ask one.
Milk substitutes: I'm partial to almond milk over soy - haven't tried baking with it yet but for cereal and drinking straight up, that's definitely my preference. A couple brands are a little gritty, so something to check. You can also make your own. I do occasionally drink unsweetened soy milk in tea but I keep running into articles about thyroid problems with too much soy - something else to ask a doctor about. Though everything seems to have soy-based emulsifiers in it these days. Rice milk tends to be too sweet for me, though I've worked it into smoothies. Have yet to try Oat or Hemp milk.
Tried Quinoa recently - yum! Good non-dairy source of calcium (and a whole bunch of other stuff). Other Non-dairy sources: http://www.ellenskitchen.com/faqs/calcium.html
Do you like Indian food? I know a lot of vegan Indian recipes. My favorite veggie burgers can be made with vegan mayo, lemme see if I can dig that up...
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/ <= I've made some of the desserts from that site and they've all been pretty good.
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Skimming through I see someone else has mentioned the B12 thing. A supplement may be the best bet. I'm not a doctor - you may want to ask one.
Milk substitutes: I'm partial to almond milk over soy - haven't tried baking with it yet but for cereal and drinking straight up, that's definitely my preference. A couple brands are a little gritty, so something to check. You can also make your own. I do occasionally drink unsweetened soy milk in tea but I keep running into articles about thyroid problems with too much soy - something else to ask a doctor about. Though everything seems to have soy-based emulsifiers in it these days. Rice milk tends to be too sweet for me, though I've worked it into smoothies. Have yet to try Oat or Hemp milk.
Tried Quinoa recently - yum! Good non-dairy source of calcium (and a whole bunch of other stuff).
Other Non-dairy sources:
http://www.ellenskitchen.com/faqs/calcium.html
Do you like Indian food? I know a lot of vegan Indian recipes. My favorite veggie burgers can be made with vegan mayo, lemme see if I can dig that up...
http://www.theppk.com/recipes/ <= I've made some of the desserts from that site and they've all been pretty good.