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Vegan Meat Substitutes?


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Hi all I recently switched from being a vegetarian to a vegan.. except I am having difficulty finding faux meat products similar to Stripples, or Boca Veggie Sausages or Quorn etc that don't contain eggs. I'm so sick of only eating tofu for protein! (I go to a boarding school, and the options are rather limited unless I bring my own food) Any ideas?
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Sorry, I cant think of any either.  All the meat substitutes seem to have egg whites.  Hopefully someone else will come along and give you some better ideas!

What about legumes, beans, quinoa?
off the top of my head....boca vegan burgers, boca chk'n nuggets, boca spicy chk'n patties, gimme lean ground "beef" or "sausage", comes in tubes. i love the sausage it's spicy spicy and i buy it once a month or so to add to pasta sauce for the spicy factor or make vegan mcmuffins with it. you can make tacos with TVP spiced with chili powder, cumin, onion salt...

you might wanna try and limit fake meats, they're mostly overly processed and not really all that healthy.

make friends with mushrooms and add them to salads, or 1/2 and 1/2 with tofu in a tofu scramble!!
veganlady's right, the processed fake meats are really not very good for you, they're generally full of sodium and deficient in fiber.  It would be much healthier to eat more beans, pulses and fresh vegetables -- vegan chili is fantastic! -- and get away from the meat substitutes.  I know it's tough when you're at school and can't really cook for yourself.  I would just encourage you to eat as many fresh / self-prepared foods as possible because the prepackaged stuff just isn't very healthy, vegan or not.
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