It was kind of shocking how easy it was to just switch to meat substitutes. I don’t feel like I’ve lost anything. Dairy is a little bit harder, but I’ve also been pleasantly surprised by how versatile soy is. There’s lots of resources online and so many recipes. People seem to think a vegan diet is limiting, but I’ve been trying so much more new stuff now, and it’s almost all been great. I can’t recommend it enough from a selfish standpoint.
dairy products is my main thing. I found a good yogurt substitute, but it's only at one grocery store that is really far away, so I haven't been able to get it in a while.
the cheese.... well I'm still working on finding a decent substitute. they all suck as far as i can tell so far...
I’ve been liking the Tofutti brand for cream cheese and sour cream. It gets the texture right and if you combine it with other things, the slightly off flavor doesn’t come through. But regular cheese? That’s a puzzler. I got some shredded “mozzarella” made with potato starch. It at least sort of melted, so that’s progress. But really, I just try to avoid cheese wherever possible.
vegan 'ricotta' is easy to make and is pretty tasty, id recommend looking into that as well. but honestly, as yummy as cheese can be we also kinda dump it on all our food, and the way i gave it up was asking myself "does this dish need cheese to taste good? "
It’s crazy to me how often I didn’t even taste the cheese. Like when there was an option to add cheese to a sandwich or a rice bowl, I wouldn’t even be aware of it. Easy to cut it out.
Pizza has been a little harder to adapt, though I’ve had some good no-cheese pizzas.
pizza is one of those times I bust out the almond ricotta (flatbread with that and some lemon and zucchini and tomato, for example, is incredibly good) but i don't have a "real pizza" recipe that's vegan friendly
get yourself a yoghurt machine thingy (basically an insulated container you put hot water and your soy milk pot in), you can make more soy yoghurt with soy milk and some leftover soy yoghurt
It was kind of shocking how easy it was to just switch to meat substitutes. I don’t feel like I’ve lost anything. Dairy is a little bit harder, but I’ve also been pleasantly surprised by how versatile soy is. There’s lots of resources online and so many recipes. People seem to think a vegan diet is limiting, but I’ve been trying so much more new stuff now, and it’s almost all been great. I can’t recommend it enough from a selfish standpoint.
dairy products is my main thing. I found a good yogurt substitute, but it's only at one grocery store that is really far away, so I haven't been able to get it in a while.
the cheese.... well I'm still working on finding a decent substitute. they all suck as far as i can tell so far...
I’ve been liking the Tofutti brand for cream cheese and sour cream. It gets the texture right and if you combine it with other things, the slightly off flavor doesn’t come through. But regular cheese? That’s a puzzler. I got some shredded “mozzarella” made with potato starch. It at least sort of melted, so that’s progress. But really, I just try to avoid cheese wherever possible.
yeah I've basically been avoiding cheese... my friend said that they make some almond feta? sounds interesting so i'm willing to try it.
vegan 'ricotta' is easy to make and is pretty tasty, id recommend looking into that as well. but honestly, as yummy as cheese can be we also kinda dump it on all our food, and the way i gave it up was asking myself "does this dish need cheese to taste good? "
It’s crazy to me how often I didn’t even taste the cheese. Like when there was an option to add cheese to a sandwich or a rice bowl, I wouldn’t even be aware of it. Easy to cut it out.
Pizza has been a little harder to adapt, though I’ve had some good no-cheese pizzas.
pizza is one of those times I bust out the almond ricotta (flatbread with that and some lemon and zucchini and tomato, for example, is incredibly good) but i don't have a "real pizza" recipe that's vegan friendly
my quesadilla game suffers.
My town got flooded with a lot of vegan cheeses that are actually good over the last couple years. That was one of my harder things to drop as well.
get yourself a yoghurt machine thingy (basically an insulated container you put hot water and your soy milk pot in), you can make more soy yoghurt with soy milk and some leftover soy yoghurt