Lauren's Cheddar

Funny story- so, since Lauren is dairy& egg allergic it is actually sometimes difficult to feed the child. Jeff makes frequent trips to Whole Foods to buy stuff to make "weekend food" for her when I am working the weekend and the two of them are on their own. New Year's weekend he bought the Tofutti (fake/soy cream cheese) and made 7 layer dip for them to eat during football. This last weekend he wanted to make nachos. Most of the "fake" cheese that you find at the store actually contains dairy- so it wont work for Lauren.  Well, Jeff has a plan:
Jeff: I am going to run to Whole Foods and get that Vegan cheese
Me: Well, how do you know it is really dairy-free.
Jeff: the guy who told me about it is a VEGAN.
Me: well, how do you know it tastes good, like cheese
Jeff: the guy said it was really good

Fast forward a couple hours.

Jeff: I got the cheddar for nachos and the mozzarella for pizza, the check-out guy was super excited I was buying vegan cheese.
Me: Why?
Jeff: Cuz he is a vegan and he says it is really good.
Me: really?
Jeff: yeah, he says that it melts just like cheese. He also told me about a pizza place that makes a great vegan pizza- we should try it for Lauren.
Me: Did you tell him you hunt elk and like to eat the meat??
Jeff: no.
Me: would you eat vegan pizza? As in, NO MEAT??
Jeff: Well, no- we would order it meat-lovers.

Just cracks me up-thinking of Jeff at Whole Foods, chatting it up with the Vegan sales guy. You know this guy is excited to see another man so passionate about vegan cheese, when really Jeff just wants his daughter to have a meat-lovers pizza.  The good news? Despite the fact that the "cheese" is bright orange and tastes horrible- Lauren loves it! We made her a chicken quesadilla on whole weat tortilla with "her cheese" and she was loving it. Good call, daddy! You keep up with those Vegans!!