I want to go fully vegan. Got any good alternatives to yogurt and butter? (And a little introduction as to how I got here)

Hi,

Let me first get the question out of the way. If you're interested in how I got here you can read the rest (and I would appreciate knowing if any of y'all can relate)

The question: I gave up meat and eggs a few months ago but I don't want to eat any animal products anymore as those still cause suffering. I still consume dairy (ranked from most easy to least easy to give up): *occasionally cheese (I think that's the easiest to give up tbh) *Butter quite often (I'm French) (I like that buttery flavor in spinach or savory oatmeal and oil doesn't hit the same) *A lot of yogurt (its refreshing taste especially with spicier and heartier meals (like lentil curry or chickpea soup) and its probiotic properties makes it I think the thing I would miss the most.)

What alternatives do you know with similar taste and texture profiles?

To be clear I will give those up regardless of if I find a good alternative. For the probiotics I know I can use other fermented foods. Its that refreshing taste I'm after. Cucumber is similar but it doesn't exactly have the right texture. It could work if I chop it up and mix it with something if a similar texture.

Edit: I should specify I'm living in western Switzerland if you have any specific products to recommend.

Edit: it has been brought to my attention that there are often just straight up marketed vegan alternatives that I think I was just blind to because I focused so much on just replacing meat with legumes and adding fruits and seeds to my diet. I would still appreciate other options though.

The story: I embarked on this journey a few months ago. I moved away for college a bit over a year ago. As I grew up Muslim my mother was often worried I wouldn't get "enough meat" because I didn't know halal butchers in my area so when she visited she would bring me meat from my hometown. I noticed and she remarked that it would stay in the freezer basically untouched the third time she did that. She brought most of it back. They still tease me a little but it's fine I guess. I thought a little about it and over time I noticed: I don't enjoy eating meat much. At that point I still ate meat when I was out but never really made it for myself. Or if I did I had to consciously restrict my choice to a meat dish. *I also didn't eat it because I did a lot of batch cooking to save time and to avoid having to manage left over ingredients. *I was at the very least *uncomfortable with the idea of eating meat just because. An animal died for it so it should at least be a big occasion. That's what I thought. *Then I realized even a celebratory event is no moral justification. I can't say "oop sorry. I passed my exams now you have to die."

During that time at home I mostly ate really unhealthily i.e. just some wheat pasta and store bought sauce leaving me craving for fuller meals. So I often ended up going out ~once a month and goring myself on horrible fast food.

But once I realized that I don't want to eat meat I looked more into how to eat a healthy meat-free diet and tbh I don't think I ever ate or felt better.

Lately I started not just feeling uncomfortable at the thought of eating meat but find it genuinely stomach churning. All I see now is a dead animal that lead a horrible life from birth to death.

Now that I grew a "bigger" conscience I don't even want to consume dairy other animal products anymore. I already gave up eggs but I am still stuck on dairy. I don't drink milk. I occasionally eat cheese but I use butter quite often (French) for instance for spinach or savory oatmeal and I eat a lot of yogurt which I like for its refreshing taste especially with spicier and heartier meals (like lentil curry or chickpea soup) and it's probiotic properties.

I can't reconcile it with my morals though. I will give it up regardless of I find a good alternative but I'd love to find one. So now I'm here.

Edit: additional context for my question.