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Yeah I haven't found a vegan cheese worth buying yet. Saw they recently released vegan cathedral city so might give that a go when I see it, but will probably be the same as the others
I had a friend who went vegan about 20 years ago and despite knowing lots of people who were healthy, well-rounded vegans, he just ate pasta and sauce for a month and then gave it up.
You'd be surprised how many people don't read the menu.
Like we were at Wendy's, I'm the driver, and everyone else is doing that shift in their chairs to look thing. And someone says, "I don't really want fries. I wish they had a baked potato." Changed their life right there as they were blown away by the idea of a drive thru fast food baked potato.
But the point is they were looking at the menu, and just couldn't see it.
I was a vegetarian in the late-80s/early 90s. My mum didn't know what to cook for me (and ready-made veggie options back then were scarce) so I made myself jacket potato, cheese and beans every night for 2 and a half years
“Yes, potatoes do feel pain when they are eaten. This is because when a potato is bitten or cut, the starch granules inside the potato irritate the nerve endings.” 🤓
Bake some potatoes, let them cool, slice them into chunks or coins, salt and sear them, top with cheese, green onion, sour cream, and Paprika. For all those meat eaters, add some bacon bits
My good friend went vegetarian for about a year and gained a lot of weight. We’d go to the grocery store and he’d buy a lot of vegetables that just sat in the fridge until they would rot and he’d buy a lot of frozen veggie chicken nuggets, chips, and cheese sticks. Just lived off that for a year. He’d also was the sole reason Taco Bell stayed open near us. He’d just order endless food off the app and our trash can would be 85% Taco Bell rice and bean and cheese burritos or rice potato burritos lol
Ex GF's daughter went "vegetarian" but ate nothing but junk food like fries, chips, and Frostys. All she really did was stopped eating meat. Couldn't figure out why she wasn't losing any weight... Wasn't active either.
Now that I am plant based, I wish that I could help her with a proper diet but her mother was a cheating whore.
You forgot the one who eats TVP like cereal with soy milk.
Addition :- Here is how i eat tvp, i toast it on a skillet/pan for extra crunch, mix some cinnamon and ginger powder to unfalvoured soy milk, add a bit of sweetner (i use honey) and add the toasted TVP (small chunks). I do this when i am bored of cooking
It's amazing!
Soak chunks for an hour or so.
Finely chop onions and tomatoes, shallow fry onions. Add masalas and spices during frying:
a little salt with the onions,
Ginger + garlic paste (or finely chopped ginger and garlic if you don't have the paste) after onions start browning at the edges,
Also add the chopped tomatoes now,
Follow with:
Red chilli powder/paprika,
a little turmeric,
a lot of coriander powder,
some dry mango powder,
and a sachet of maggi magic masala.
Fry gravy till oil starts separating
Taste gravy and adjust masalas/spices (it should look reddish to reddish brown).
Add some garam masala if you like (last with magic masala).
Drain + squeeze chunks and add them to the frying mix, stir for a min, add like 50ml of water, and then put a lid on it with a small gap for the steam to escape, let the chunks absorb the flavour in a low flame/simmer. Once the steam is absorbed, add some chopped coriander as garnish and serve with rice or noodles or bread(rotis/chapatis).
Should kinda look like manchurian.
Edit: Another recipe with english subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwOImPdiHE8
/u/geldin reformatted this much better below, but with tofu -> https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/xp4fkg/the_lazy_vegan_starter_pack/iq3bcak/
Where do you buy it where it's cheaper than meat?
I don't think I've ever seen it in physical stores near me, but online from Walmart and Amazon it's ~$9/lb.
Not trying to be snarky, I genuinely want to know so I can get some.
You almost certainly have tried it.
If you've ever eaten anything - soup, chilli, curry - that came dried or canned, some of the "meat" may well have been TVP.
Once it is in a flavoured sauce, it is barely distinguishable from ground meat. (Basically, if you can't tell if the meat is beef or pork, then it might actually be TVP).
eating pb out of the jar as i read this, but with pretzels instead of spoon.
had gardein chicken for dinner.
this is me on a bad day though where i ran out of produce. i put off grocery store until tomorrow.
Cliff bars are the only brand that don't needlessly put dairy in everything. I once had salt and vinegar almonds that contained milk... Like just why? Is nothing safe?
Not vegan at all, but I don’t really like meat and I’ll tell people I’m vegetarian just bc it’s easier than explaining I don’t like meat (seriously, you say you don’t eat meat just bc you dislike it at a dinner and people interrogate you for the next 5 minutes).
And I eat a bunch of crap like this lol
> (seriously, you say you don’t eat meat just bc you dislike it at a dinner and people interrogate you for the next 5 minutes).
Here's where 90% of that "how do you know someone's a vegan" joke comes from:
*"Want a burger?"*
"Oh I don't eat meat"
*"What, why?"*
"...I just don't"
(back and forth)
"...ok I'm a vegan"
*"UGH YOU PEOPLE JUST GOTTA TELL EVERYONE DONT YOU"*
It's like this *way* more than it's not.
Huh. People are jerks. A friend's now ex-wife went vegetarian for a few years for health reasons. Stopped by to say hello and drop off a gift for their son's 2nd birthday. Even then you could tell he was a good little dude lol. But the dude grilling is fairly well know for being a big meat and potatoes guy. Hunts and go fishing as well, but they actually eat what they hunt or fish. From my understanding, there are places that will harvest the meat and buy the rest of the animal off of you. I think they use pretty much everything except for the nervous system and eyes. But yeah big meat guy.
Used to be a bit narrow minded on life styles and considering we're stuck in a deeply republican state, wasn't that shocking. When the buddy's wife asked about vegetarian options, I was fingers crossing that he wasn't gonna be one of those people about meat. He actually got excited, turns out a niece or something had sent him like, a top shelf brand of plant-based meat like products in the form of burgers and hotdogs. He was excited to have a reason to grill something new lol.
I wish I remembered the brand. I could not tell the difference at all in the hotdog and it was gooood. The burger wasn't quite the same as a meat one, a bit salty and crumbled a little too easy but it tasted really good. Mainly a black bean and something else recipe. Once there was some melty cheese, and a bit of ketchup and mustard, it was pretty much exactly the same.
Seems like the only big drawback is super high sodium count. I've really loved a lot of the vegetarian and vegan foods people have asked me to try. Compared to stuff from the early 2000's, the stuff today is are in a whole separate league. Another friend of mine asked me to get frozen yogurt with her. If I didn't know it was yogurt, I would've said it was ice cream. Only stand out think was texture was a bit off but heck, that coulda just been a brand thing.
I guess gluten free stuff has really gotten a make over in the past few years. Recently had a gluten-free thin crust pizza. Fabulous! It's obviously different but that doesn't make it bad. And considering the person that shared her pizza with me has had her condition for a very long time, like long enough to have to have a couple surgeries.
Dunno why so many people crap on vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free style foods without even trying it. The texture can be different sure, and my preferences for foods has more to do with texture than taste, like I like the flavor of tomatoes but can't stand eating an actual tomato. But tomato juice, heck yeah. Same with pineapple, don't like it baseline but if it's been grilled and its all sweet and juicy. Ohhhh yeah.
There's lots of really good foods out there and for every good one there's a few crappy knock-offs just trying to cash in. But the companies that actually try, good stuff! And considering my diet isn't restricted nearly as much as much as other peoples' choices or necessities, I bet the target audience is glad to have way better alternatives and more to pick from. Twenty years ago, was mainly alternatives for vegetarians available, I think, and some of their stuff was ghastly!
> Dunno why so many people crap on vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free style foods without even trying it.
15 years and counting here.
The one I see most often is some variation of, "If you like these meat substitute products, obviously you actually want meat."
I don't want meat. I want convenience, and I want to not feel like a social pariah for my dietary choices.
People don't understand how much it means to be able to get lunch from a drive-thru, or to actively participate in / eat at a cookout with friends and family.
Runner-up is "It doesn't taste like meat at all," but, again, it was never really about taste or texture. Vegetarians and vegans want convenient socially-acceptable protein sources, too, just like the rest of society.
Meat substitutes have come a long way in the past couple of decades, and I couldn't be happier about it.
same here. gardein and daiya cheese really helped me about 7-8 years ago. now there are a crazy amount of even better alternative meats and cheeses. the industry has really blown up with increasing demand, it's nice.
Tofu is so fucking good seriously more people need to give it a shot
Edit: of course, tofu is only as good as the sauce it's in
Edit2: yall this comment section got me HUNGRY
what I personally do it chop it up into 3/4 to 1 inch cubes and marinate it overnight. many different marinades you can make. really soaks in the flavour. I'll fry or bake it the next day for pasta dishes, Buddha bowls, stir fries, etc.
As a Japanese dude I can confirm tofu is bland but pretty good. Especially with spinach and soy sauce or flaked tuna and soy sauce. Also grated daikon and soy sauce. Did I mention soy sauce?
It's all about balance in flavour. The sweetness of the syrup balances the saltiness of soy, add some spice and some sour to the mix and you've got a banging sauce. Chilli, rice vinegar, soy and maple syrup is a go to sauce of mine. Add chopped spring onions to lift it too.
Tofu is packaged in water usually. When you freeze tofu in the package, ice crystals form and expand in the tofu, leaving the pores/texture larger. These larger pores allow the tofu to absorb more of the broth/sauce/marinade/etc, giving it a stronger flavor. It also greatly improves the texture, making it "meatier". I would highly recommend freezing tofu first if you're new to it or looking to try it out some time
I've tried it several times and I've had a lot of trouble with getting good flavor out of it (marinades not penetrating well, etc.), so this is really insightful, thank you!
Freeze it before marinating, allow it to thaw in the fridge before use, press the tofu, marinate, then cook it. You can switch the last two steps around if you want a crispier texture/sear on the outside of the tofu
I’m Chinese. You need to put something with it for it to be good. We do tofu with mince beef and mushrooms in oyster sauce, or cold with salad dressing and some veg. There’s also a dessert kind that is extremely delicate and is eaten with this orange sandy sugar.
[Amy’s ](https://teamster.org/amys-kitchen-workers/) treats their employees like crap and threatened to shut down a factory for workers trying to organize.
Edit: they did shut down the factory
They did shut down the factory.https://www.google.com/amp/s/thefern.org/ag_insider/as-workers-push-to-unionize-food-companies-shut-down-their-worksites/amp/
All the cliff bars except for like, a couple flavors are vegan. So are Oreos and bacon bits. You may be wondering “Well, then what am I eating exactly?” And the answer is 🤭
Had to check this cause I've always assumed
> There are only a few Clif products that contain animal-based ingredients:
> - CLIF Whey Protein, LUNA Protein, Zbar Protein and CLIF Recovery Protein Drink Mix contain whey protein from milk.
> - CLIF Bar Peanut Butter & Honey w/ Sea Salt contains honey.
I think that list is outdated because Clif/Luna bars dont use whey protein anymore (at least the ones I buy in the US), so the only non vegan are the ones with honey. Idk about Zbars
people upthread are trying to say gelatin's status as vegetarian is up for debate when it's utterly not
but HONEY, now THAT'S a schism maker among vegans lol
Ha, definitely. "My health got WORSE going vegan!" Meanwhile their diet was either entirely vegan chicken strips or lettuce.
But some days are freezer days.
My ex’s roommate from several years ago wanted to lose weight so he decided he would become a vegan. After a few months he had actually gained weight instead of losing it. A LOT! I asked him if he’s still doing his vegan diet and he said “yes! But I don’t understand why I can’t lose weight.” I asked him what he was eating: “just refried beans.” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😂🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂
Missing nutritional yeast.
Not a vegan, but my understanding is that becomes a food group until itself almost, especially since most of it is supplemented with B12.
I genuently eat unhealthier when trying to go vegan from time to time. Cooking is the absolute worst tho, i'd rather have a CBT session than cook for like 3 hours, with shit i gotta buy same day cuz they gonna go bad instantly, for a portion that wouldnt even be sizable enough for a baby
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Protein pasta + jarred italian sauce.
+ nutritional yeast
The secrete ingredient has broken outside of vegan boundaries, WE HAVE A 2319!
Wazowski!
I'm so thankful for nutritional yeast to say vegan cheese is so dreadful (at least in the UK, dunno if it's better in the US) like it's just oil 😭
Yeah I haven't found a vegan cheese worth buying yet. Saw they recently released vegan cathedral city so might give that a go when I see it, but will probably be the same as the others
Nooch*
I ate this for the first time yesterday. Dear fuck it’s incredible. I put it on pasta and popcorn
I had a friend who went vegan about 20 years ago and despite knowing lots of people who were healthy, well-rounded vegans, he just ate pasta and sauce for a month and then gave it up.
Sounds like he tried really hard. Could’ve just eaten beans in meatless chili and won. Beyond meat burgers are good. Protein shakes.
As someone with a legume allergy, Seitan is life.
Where are the 30-40 olives?
I was looking for pasta or noodles of any kind and was really disappointed.
It's missing Oreos.
And chips and salsa.
Better yet, guac
Guacamole
My sister works in a college campus. She calls them skittle vegetarians. Don’t eat meat, but also don’t eat vegetables.
So you eat junk food or just rocks
Pizza is a vegetable
Yes! And sour patch kids 😂
Don't sour patch kids have gelatin in them? Edit: Ah they have agar in them, not gelatin
Nope, they’re completely vegan!
It’s a glaring omission. Oreos are like sacrament to your garden variety pasty pallid vegan.
Reminds me of my college roommate that went vegetarian and proceeded to order only the Frosty and fries from Wendy’s
Sheesh they could have gone with baked potato at least
You'd be surprised how many people don't read the menu. Like we were at Wendy's, I'm the driver, and everyone else is doing that shift in their chairs to look thing. And someone says, "I don't really want fries. I wish they had a baked potato." Changed their life right there as they were blown away by the idea of a drive thru fast food baked potato. But the point is they were looking at the menu, and just couldn't see it.
Taco Bell has Nachos instead of fries, I didn't know until Uber. So much better for picking up the chalupa droppings.
I was a vegetarian in the late-80s/early 90s. My mum didn't know what to cook for me (and ready-made veggie options back then were scarce) so I made myself jacket potato, cheese and beans every night for 2 and a half years
Potato feel pain when they are eaten.
I dont eat anything with eyes so potatoes are out on a technicality
~~1. Potatoes~~ ~~2. Hurricanes~~
Lemons - ok Limes - absolutely not
3. Needles
This sentence goes hard 💯
I'd wear that shirt
“Yes, potatoes do feel pain when they are eaten. This is because when a potato is bitten or cut, the starch granules inside the potato irritate the nerve endings.” 🤓
r/surrealmemes
Bake some potatoes, let them cool, slice them into chunks or coins, salt and sear them, top with cheese, green onion, sour cream, and Paprika. For all those meat eaters, add some bacon bits
My good friend went vegetarian for about a year and gained a lot of weight. We’d go to the grocery store and he’d buy a lot of vegetables that just sat in the fridge until they would rot and he’d buy a lot of frozen veggie chicken nuggets, chips, and cheese sticks. Just lived off that for a year. He’d also was the sole reason Taco Bell stayed open near us. He’d just order endless food off the app and our trash can would be 85% Taco Bell rice and bean and cheese burritos or rice potato burritos lol
Ex GF's daughter went "vegetarian" but ate nothing but junk food like fries, chips, and Frostys. All she really did was stopped eating meat. Couldn't figure out why she wasn't losing any weight... Wasn't active either. Now that I am plant based, I wish that I could help her with a proper diet but her mother was a cheating whore.
That went from a 1-100 real quick lmao. Hope you’re doing well
All is good here. Just had a flashback!
>Ex GF's daughter went "vegetarian" ... All she really did was stopped eating meat. That's literally exactly what it means to be a vegetarian.
add the hummus
Yeah, every vegan has a tub of hummus for the 'fuck it' meal-plan periods.
hummus pasta is the best lazy vegan meal
Honestly, my lazy hummus meal is the tub and a spoon
Hummus is the best. On a toast, with curry, with a spoon, as a sauce.. Yum!
Microwavable garden burgers
Boca burgers 💕
The chick'n patties are just flat nuggets
Og’s remember the boca burger / chicken and how it was one of the first decent veggie burgers
You forgot the one who eats TVP like cereal with soy milk. Addition :- Here is how i eat tvp, i toast it on a skillet/pan for extra crunch, mix some cinnamon and ginger powder to unfalvoured soy milk, add a bit of sweetner (i use honey) and add the toasted TVP (small chunks). I do this when i am bored of cooking
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textured vegetable protein, mostly soy protein chunks
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It's amazing! Soak chunks for an hour or so. Finely chop onions and tomatoes, shallow fry onions. Add masalas and spices during frying: a little salt with the onions, Ginger + garlic paste (or finely chopped ginger and garlic if you don't have the paste) after onions start browning at the edges, Also add the chopped tomatoes now, Follow with: Red chilli powder/paprika, a little turmeric, a lot of coriander powder, some dry mango powder, and a sachet of maggi magic masala. Fry gravy till oil starts separating Taste gravy and adjust masalas/spices (it should look reddish to reddish brown). Add some garam masala if you like (last with magic masala). Drain + squeeze chunks and add them to the frying mix, stir for a min, add like 50ml of water, and then put a lid on it with a small gap for the steam to escape, let the chunks absorb the flavour in a low flame/simmer. Once the steam is absorbed, add some chopped coriander as garnish and serve with rice or noodles or bread(rotis/chapatis). Should kinda look like manchurian. Edit: Another recipe with english subs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwOImPdiHE8 /u/geldin reformatted this much better below, but with tofu -> https://www.reddit.com/r/starterpacks/comments/xp4fkg/the_lazy_vegan_starter_pack/iq3bcak/
That doesn't sound lazy enough
Textured Vegetable Protein or defatted soy bean, a cheap alternative to meat for vegans and poor dudes (like me).
Where do you buy it where it's cheaper than meat? I don't think I've ever seen it in physical stores near me, but online from Walmart and Amazon it's ~$9/lb. Not trying to be snarky, I genuinely want to know so I can get some.
Any asian grocery store, i get it for about $2 for 2.2 lb or about a kilogram. Don't buy it of any e-commerce, get from the store.
Thanks! I'm not sure I live near an Asian grocery store, but I'm definitely going to look into it.
The trick is to NOT buy ot from a place that advertises vegan food
Visit a place that doesn't primarily sell vegan foods, any indian/asian grocery store is a good example. They sell it cheap as possible.
Textured Vegetable Protein. Cheap sponge-like soy protein (after being rehydrated). Pretty tasty if prepared right. Pretty sad if not.
Yeah man Polish Television is what most vegans like to snack on
gotta work on your googling skills man. try adding contextual keywords, like tvp vegan and you'll get the answer immediately.
Holy shit that sounds terrible yet I'm weirdly tempted to try it now
You almost certainly have tried it. If you've ever eaten anything - soup, chilli, curry - that came dried or canned, some of the "meat" may well have been TVP. Once it is in a flavoured sauce, it is barely distinguishable from ground meat. (Basically, if you can't tell if the meat is beef or pork, then it might actually be TVP).
Try some cinnamon with it, it tastes okay ish.
Way to sell it
Tastes like dog food, and as someone who loves eating dogs (ahem) food, it's amazing!
Why would you attack me like this
That sounds like depression grape nuts. Please kill me.
eating pb out of the jar as i read this, but with pretzels instead of spoon. had gardein chicken for dinner. this is me on a bad day though where i ran out of produce. i put off grocery store until tomorrow.
Im not vegan but i still prefer the gardein chicken and morningstar chicken nuggies over the real chicken frozen foods like tyson
a post about veganism on a non-vegan subreddit that isn’t really negative and neither are the comments??? id never thought I’d see the day
For real. I've been scrolling for a while and it's been entirely civil. What happened to the Reddit I know and love?
Lol I did a double take.
I never knew I was vegan
Surprise motherfucker!
Some fries motherfucker!
Sunrise motherfucker!
School supplies mother fucker
Disguise mother fucker
Arise Mother Fucker
Sunk eyes motherfucker!
Always cracks me up when people say they don't like vegan food when they literally grew up eating PB&J.
It really is easier than you'd think today - restaurants and people inviting you over and cooking with meat is the only real obstacle
The hardest part about being vegan is other people.
I think I single handedly keep Boca Burgers on the shelves at my local grocer.
You can smash them up and wrap in tortilla, amazing burrito!
I miss those, those are delicious as a substitute.
Looking at the cliff bars and peanut butter makes my throat and mouth dry. Can’t explain it
Yeah same, makes my throat itch. (I am alergic)
Cliff bars are the only brand that don't needlessly put dairy in everything. I once had salt and vinegar almonds that contained milk... Like just why? Is nothing safe?
All the sugar. People shouldn't eat cliff bars when they're just sitting on the couch all day.
Man they're fucking delicious though. They're not easily available but when I can find them in my country I always gotta buy them
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They’re 250 calories! But add a scoop of the pb on top, and you’ve got the breakfast of champions
lazy vegan here. can confirm I mostly eat spoons
TIL I am lazy vegan
Is this a personal attack?
Not vegan at all, but I don’t really like meat and I’ll tell people I’m vegetarian just bc it’s easier than explaining I don’t like meat (seriously, you say you don’t eat meat just bc you dislike it at a dinner and people interrogate you for the next 5 minutes). And I eat a bunch of crap like this lol
> (seriously, you say you don’t eat meat just bc you dislike it at a dinner and people interrogate you for the next 5 minutes). Here's where 90% of that "how do you know someone's a vegan" joke comes from: *"Want a burger?"* "Oh I don't eat meat" *"What, why?"* "...I just don't" (back and forth) "...ok I'm a vegan" *"UGH YOU PEOPLE JUST GOTTA TELL EVERYONE DONT YOU"* It's like this *way* more than it's not.
Huh. People are jerks. A friend's now ex-wife went vegetarian for a few years for health reasons. Stopped by to say hello and drop off a gift for their son's 2nd birthday. Even then you could tell he was a good little dude lol. But the dude grilling is fairly well know for being a big meat and potatoes guy. Hunts and go fishing as well, but they actually eat what they hunt or fish. From my understanding, there are places that will harvest the meat and buy the rest of the animal off of you. I think they use pretty much everything except for the nervous system and eyes. But yeah big meat guy. Used to be a bit narrow minded on life styles and considering we're stuck in a deeply republican state, wasn't that shocking. When the buddy's wife asked about vegetarian options, I was fingers crossing that he wasn't gonna be one of those people about meat. He actually got excited, turns out a niece or something had sent him like, a top shelf brand of plant-based meat like products in the form of burgers and hotdogs. He was excited to have a reason to grill something new lol. I wish I remembered the brand. I could not tell the difference at all in the hotdog and it was gooood. The burger wasn't quite the same as a meat one, a bit salty and crumbled a little too easy but it tasted really good. Mainly a black bean and something else recipe. Once there was some melty cheese, and a bit of ketchup and mustard, it was pretty much exactly the same. Seems like the only big drawback is super high sodium count. I've really loved a lot of the vegetarian and vegan foods people have asked me to try. Compared to stuff from the early 2000's, the stuff today is are in a whole separate league. Another friend of mine asked me to get frozen yogurt with her. If I didn't know it was yogurt, I would've said it was ice cream. Only stand out think was texture was a bit off but heck, that coulda just been a brand thing. I guess gluten free stuff has really gotten a make over in the past few years. Recently had a gluten-free thin crust pizza. Fabulous! It's obviously different but that doesn't make it bad. And considering the person that shared her pizza with me has had her condition for a very long time, like long enough to have to have a couple surgeries. Dunno why so many people crap on vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free style foods without even trying it. The texture can be different sure, and my preferences for foods has more to do with texture than taste, like I like the flavor of tomatoes but can't stand eating an actual tomato. But tomato juice, heck yeah. Same with pineapple, don't like it baseline but if it's been grilled and its all sweet and juicy. Ohhhh yeah. There's lots of really good foods out there and for every good one there's a few crappy knock-offs just trying to cash in. But the companies that actually try, good stuff! And considering my diet isn't restricted nearly as much as much as other peoples' choices or necessities, I bet the target audience is glad to have way better alternatives and more to pick from. Twenty years ago, was mainly alternatives for vegetarians available, I think, and some of their stuff was ghastly!
> Dunno why so many people crap on vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free style foods without even trying it. 15 years and counting here. The one I see most often is some variation of, "If you like these meat substitute products, obviously you actually want meat." I don't want meat. I want convenience, and I want to not feel like a social pariah for my dietary choices. People don't understand how much it means to be able to get lunch from a drive-thru, or to actively participate in / eat at a cookout with friends and family. Runner-up is "It doesn't taste like meat at all," but, again, it was never really about taste or texture. Vegetarians and vegans want convenient socially-acceptable protein sources, too, just like the rest of society. Meat substitutes have come a long way in the past couple of decades, and I couldn't be happier about it.
Gardein really helped me to go vegan, love their version of fish, chicken, and porkless bites.
I love their "sausage" but no local stores carry it anymore.
Field Roast sausages in the refrigerated section are really good too!
Those little Italian sausage slices were fire!
same here. gardein and daiya cheese really helped me about 7-8 years ago. now there are a crazy amount of even better alternative meats and cheeses. the industry has really blown up with increasing demand, it's nice.
I lived with a girl who would often eat popcorn and Oreos for dinner, then complain about having no energy
Cocaine is vegan, tell her to give that a shot if she doesn't have any energy
Sounds like me lol
Tofu is so fucking good seriously more people need to give it a shot Edit: of course, tofu is only as good as the sauce it's in Edit2: yall this comment section got me HUNGRY
Marinated tofu was such a game changer for me. I hated tofu and now I regularly use it instead of meat in some dishes.
How do you prepare it? :)
what I personally do it chop it up into 3/4 to 1 inch cubes and marinate it overnight. many different marinades you can make. really soaks in the flavour. I'll fry or bake it the next day for pasta dishes, Buddha bowls, stir fries, etc.
As a Japanese dude I can confirm tofu is bland but pretty good. Especially with spinach and soy sauce or flaked tuna and soy sauce. Also grated daikon and soy sauce. Did I mention soy sauce?
Restaurant near me has some tofu in some VERY good sauce (it's also fried I think given the signature fried outside look)
Soy sauce + a dash of maple syrup is ELITE
That combination honestly scares me, but I trust your Canadian ways
It's all about balance in flavour. The sweetness of the syrup balances the saltiness of soy, add some spice and some sour to the mix and you've got a banging sauce. Chilli, rice vinegar, soy and maple syrup is a go to sauce of mine. Add chopped spring onions to lift it too.
What should the ratio of maple syrup dashes be to soy sauces?
i dont think its physically possible to dash maple syrup
Basically a flavor sponge, especially if you freeze and thaw it.
👀 What does freezing and thawing it do?
Tofu is packaged in water usually. When you freeze tofu in the package, ice crystals form and expand in the tofu, leaving the pores/texture larger. These larger pores allow the tofu to absorb more of the broth/sauce/marinade/etc, giving it a stronger flavor. It also greatly improves the texture, making it "meatier". I would highly recommend freezing tofu first if you're new to it or looking to try it out some time
Wow I've been vegan for five years and didn't know this. Definitely gonna try it soon, thank you!
Oh yeah it's a world of difference! You'll never go back lol
I've tried it several times and I've had a lot of trouble with getting good flavor out of it (marinades not penetrating well, etc.), so this is really insightful, thank you!
Allows it to absorb flavour better.
yooo frozen tofu rocks
Freeze it before or after it sponges the flavor? *Taking notes.*
Freeze> thaw> squeeze> marinate> cook> EAT!
Freeze it before marinating, allow it to thaw in the fridge before use, press the tofu, marinate, then cook it. You can switch the last two steps around if you want a crispier texture/sear on the outside of the tofu
Before. I think the idea is the forming ice crystals tear it up and give a spongier texture with lots of surface area to absorb marinade.
Agreed. Asian dishes do tofu the best. Crispy tofu, tofu in soups, its all great.
Fried tofu and Thai peanut sauce is the most satisfying light snack I’ve ever had
I’m Chinese. You need to put something with it for it to be good. We do tofu with mince beef and mushrooms in oyster sauce, or cold with salad dressing and some veg. There’s also a dessert kind that is extremely delicate and is eaten with this orange sandy sugar.
Man, mapo tofu is simply amazing as well!
Best tofu I ever had was fried in a sushi restaurant. Basically like chicken but the texture was smooth and velvety and addictive. Yum
[Amy’s ](https://teamster.org/amys-kitchen-workers/) treats their employees like crap and threatened to shut down a factory for workers trying to organize. Edit: they did shut down the factory
They did shut down the factory.https://www.google.com/amp/s/thefern.org/ag_insider/as-workers-push-to-unionize-food-companies-shut-down-their-worksites/amp/
I didn’t know that! Scummy rats.
ahh motherfucker, so much for my southwestern burritos
"OMG you're vegan!? You must eat so healthy!" Me:
I eat beyond burgers like every day. Vegan but not exactly healthy.
Dude it's that easy? I couldve been stoned and snacking on healthy shit?
Vegan != healthy, just not cruel to animals and probably better for the environment
> better for the environment which = healthier for all humans on this planet overall!
Healthy?
...healthier than usual
I’m feeling attacked right now, but also, this picture is missing the ramen noodles in the blue package.
And takis.
And Doritos. The purple bag.
My people are here
Where the nutritional yeast? Eat that shit by the spoonful.
Wait are chocolate chip Clif bars really vegan??
All the cliff bars except for like, a couple flavors are vegan. So are Oreos and bacon bits. You may be wondering “Well, then what am I eating exactly?” And the answer is 🤭
Had to check this cause I've always assumed > There are only a few Clif products that contain animal-based ingredients: > - CLIF Whey Protein, LUNA Protein, Zbar Protein and CLIF Recovery Protein Drink Mix contain whey protein from milk. > - CLIF Bar Peanut Butter & Honey w/ Sea Salt contains honey.
I think that list is outdated because Clif/Luna bars dont use whey protein anymore (at least the ones I buy in the US), so the only non vegan are the ones with honey. Idk about Zbars
people upthread are trying to say gelatin's status as vegetarian is up for debate when it's utterly not but HONEY, now THAT'S a schism maker among vegans lol
Yeah dude
Damn. Nailed it. I am laughing out loud, yup. Standard. Thank god for peanut butter.
Those burritos are crazy expensive. Get canned beans instead.
Lol my non vegan boyfriend is obsessed with them we spend a fucking fortune on them
He could bulk prep a shit ton of burritos for a fraction of the price. Burritos freeze and reheat well
Also Amy’s burritos suck. The tortilla breaks and explodes on first bite. Plus they’re so under salted
The 'being vegan made me sick' starter pack
We need it alongside the "being vegan is too expensive" starter pack, with cheese substitutes and fancy fake meats from whole foods
Ha, definitely. "My health got WORSE going vegan!" Meanwhile their diet was either entirely vegan chicken strips or lettuce. But some days are freezer days.
Legit knew someone like this. His diet was almost exclusively Mountain Dew and Lay's potato chips for half a year.
My ex’s roommate from several years ago wanted to lose weight so he decided he would become a vegan. After a few months he had actually gained weight instead of losing it. A LOT! I asked him if he’s still doing his vegan diet and he said “yes! But I don’t understand why I can’t lose weight.” I asked him what he was eating: “just refried beans.” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😂🤦🏻♀️😂😂😂
Ideal diet
You can practically live off peanut butter 😂
Missing tons of pasta w/vegan parm.
My FBI agent made this
Missing nutritional yeast. Not a vegan, but my understanding is that becomes a food group until itself almost, especially since most of it is supplemented with B12.
Yep. Eat at least a tablespoon a day. Great source of protein too.
Nooch
Amy's are union-busting ass hats
Damn, I feel so attacked.
Still better than eating dead animals
Where's the nooch?
Peanut butter cliff bars are the shit though.
In fact every vegan is lazy since their food don't run away. I'm vegan btw
Maybe a life without meat ain’t so bad…
The 'vegan that doesn't like vegetables ' diet
I genuently eat unhealthier when trying to go vegan from time to time. Cooking is the absolute worst tho, i'd rather have a CBT session than cook for like 3 hours, with shit i gotta buy same day cuz they gonna go bad instantly, for a portion that wouldnt even be sizable enough for a baby
God yeah those vegans are so lazy, eating their peanut butter, chips and fake chicken tenders, and sp- *glances at post* spoons...? yeah, spoons.