I get where you are coming from, I experienced something similar. It wasn’t so much that I desired meat, because I didn’t really. I was ready to give it up. It was more that I just didn’t know how to replace all the meat I would normally consume. Like, it would be time make dinner and I would just sorta blank out and have no idea what to make because I was so used to basing meals (dinner especially) around meat.
If that describes your situation, then I would suggest a 2 step process:
Go online and try to grab as many interesting vegan recipes that you can find. Even just pictures of vegan food can open up ideas.
Invest time, if you are able, in planning out each of your meals for the week or even just the next couple days. If you have a plan and have all the ingredients set up in advance, I think you’ll find it’s much easier.
An additional tip if you happen to live in a larger city with vegan restaurants… see if they will sell you their “meat” separately. For example, one of my local places will let you buy any of the vegan “meats” they make by the pound, but they don’t advertise it. It’s a great replacement for lunch meat. You could just email them and see if they would do it. I find most vegan restaurants are pretty cool about stuff like that.
I get where you are coming from, I experienced something similar. It wasn’t so much that I desired meat, because I didn’t really. I was ready to give it up. It was more that I just didn’t know how to replace all the meat I would normally consume. Like, it would be time make dinner and I would just sorta blank out and have no idea what to make because I was so used to basing meals (dinner especially) around meat.
If that describes your situation, then I would suggest a 2 step process:
Go online and try to grab as many interesting vegan recipes that you can find. Even just pictures of vegan food can open up ideas.
Invest time, if you are able, in planning out each of your meals for the week or even just the next couple days. If you have a plan and have all the ingredients set up in advance, I think you’ll find it’s much easier.
An additional tip if you happen to live in a larger city with vegan restaurants… see if they will sell you their “meat” separately. For example, one of my local places will let you buy any of the vegan “meats” they make by the pound, but they don’t advertise it. It’s a great replacement for lunch meat. You could just email them and see if they would do it. I find most vegan restaurants are pretty cool about stuff like that.