Veggie Fail!

So tonight, we had our Big Lebowski party. Just 8 of us, but with varying diets. So when I went shopping, I purchased what I had "assumed" to be faux cheese. Dairy free cheese. Vegan cheese.

The title of it was "GoVeggie" cheese. Assuming that veggie meant, I dunno, veggie, I just grabbed the pack of provolone cheese and headed home.

Proud of myself for selecting a vegan cheese for my husband (I also made portobello mushrooms, onion, and bell peppers for the "cheesesteak), I left it out on the counter for any to enjoy. I even produced it with a slight hint of suggestion, "Hey this cheese is vegan, but if you want to try it, go ahead!"

The sister looked at the ingredients: "FILTERED WATER, CASEIN* (MILK PROTEIN),"

If you can't tell, that was copied and pasted from their website. I mean come-on! This is the package!

 Okay granted it does say "Lactose Free" on the package. But I was in a rush and all I saw was the "Go Veggie". Which I once again ASSUMED was veggie!

This is not the first of my mistakes. My roommate also suggested trying some Almond Butter she purchased from the store. We had attempted some al natural peanut butter, but it was such a pain mixing the dry peanut paste with the oil. So I figured one morning I would attempt the "Almond Butter". This is the jar...

Do you see the issue here? I took a bite and exclaimed, "OMG! This tastes like buttercream frosting! This is amazing!" Then the brain finally clicked into place and figured something was wrong. This was not Almond Butter, this was HONEY with ALMOND FLAVORING. Not even almond, almond flavoring. Ugh.

You can clearly see that these bottles are labeled correctly. However when your in a rush, or just excited to find something new, make sure you ALWAYS turn over the packaging and read the ingredients.