Not vegan myself but I can say that one of the best pestos I ever had was vegan. Basil, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic, and nutritional yeast. It was unbelievably delicious!
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It doesn´t take much to make good food. Vegan Pesto is super delicious
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Meat alternatives I’ve been enjoying - La Vie Bacon, Refined Meat Bratwurst, What The Cluck chicken pieces, This Isn’t sausages and mince. Quorn sausage patties. KFC Zinger type burgers are getting batter too, Quorns one and Moving Mountains stand out for me. Oh and Vivera Shwarama kebab on Lebanese bread with the full gyro selection of veg and a bit of sriacha sauce hits the spot.
There’s also an Indian takeaway near me that does the most amazing meat free ‘lamb’.
I also tend to buy or make simple Margarita pizzas and add toppings to those, such as anchovies with olives, or the Oumph! Garlic pieces. Drizzled with chipotle infused hot honey and it beats a Domino’s.
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I’m not sure anchovies are allowed on this thread .
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Pescatarian here. I’d been vegetarian before meeting my wife. she loves seafood. She grew up in a coastal city in China, so seafood is an important part of her diet and culture. We compromised there. Not eating meat is a struggle due to Type 1 Diabetes.
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Have you tried Juicy Marbles? They’re not cheap but they are excellent. Game changer for stews/(not) beef bourguignon etc.
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Not even wafer thin anchovies?
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An old boot sole beats a Dominos. Their dough is just weird (plus they’re a complete rip off)
Not done if for a while but I used to make my own dough in the bread maker then make my own pizzas. I’ve got lazy and when I do get one these days it’s from a local takeaway. A third of the price of Domino’s and infinitely better
I haven’t … too expensive
I did try a salmon fillet thing … seemed new … it was just pink mush . The texture was completely wrong
I try new stuff if it’s discounted .
My cousin is in the pizza industry … I’m amazed how cheap the elements are and how much they’re marked up in price … a huge profit per pizza … even a good pizza for £9 has a big profit … dominoes is too expensive .
Very, very, wildly interested in the different kinds of products that are available in the Germany and the EU for fake meat stuffs. Here I can find most everyday grocery store things like burgers, chicken drum sticks, steaks, satan bacon, etc. But the more rare and often deliciously seasoned stuff is everything from, roast tofurkey types, even roast chicken, beef tips, to full rib racks (which is really… really strange to me but whatever).
Not calling fake meat after real meat dishes is kind of hilarious. Like there should be better names anyway, but if it’s shaped and tastes like a rack of ribs… or a little steak… who cares. No one’s eating a rocket popsicle and mistaking it for a ballistic headache.
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I cannot say I’m anywhere near of ending full vegan, but I am starting to see a path.
Mostly cause I have less pleasure to eat animal stuff: I am more and more picky when it comes to food…
And I am usually very disappointed at processed food, which leads me to not consider fake cheese or meat.
I prefer embracing the weird stuff like kilchi and other fermented vegetables: this makes eating vegan way more exciting to me.
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I’m vegan for more than 15 years and vegetarian with a few omni breaks in between since I was 13 or so. It’s been getting really hard for me during the course of the years, because I am allergic to many things that typically are key ingredients in vegan dishes. Nuts and soy among a few other things. I do a lot of sports and need plenty of energy - so I eat every 2-3 hours mostly and the only thing I substitute is vitamin B12.
When I started there were many fake alternatives on my plates. Nowadays there’s always unprocessed fresh vegetables and a lot of seeds. I bake my own bread and have a few wild-fermented goodies in jars in the fridge.
I often hear that it is very time-consuming to live like that. Which, in my experience, is another common myth. I usually don’t spend more than 30 min for cooking per day. Eating takes longer. 
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cooking
Cooking is a pleasure anyway. Meditation, or the right time to listen to an audio book if you’re alone, and a fun activity if you have people. Plus you get more and more efficient with practice.
The right approach, to me, is to leave spaces for cooking, even if the way life/job is organized today doesn’t easily make room for it.
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Although I’m not doing veganuary specifically I have been increasingly reducing the amount of animal products I eat, particularly dairy.
Inspired to post in this thread because I just made a tofu scramble on toast for breakfast (to use some silken tofu up) and it was delicious. I wasn’t trying to recreate eggs particularly- I like tofu as its own thing. Highly recommend to anyone else who is on a similar journey!
My other favourite thing at the moment is Moma oat milk for coffee - It steams like real milk and has a similar mouthfeel, and the least “oaty” taste of any oat milk I’ve tried. Quite expensive compared to some others but it’s phenomenal
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I also got a fermantation starter set for christmas. Really interested in it also. Kimchi on the way.
What about Tofu?
To me it seems well underestimated. Doesn‘t taste anything good if not used properly, but if…its gold.
A Block of firm tofu cut thin with a cheesecutter, olive oil and seasoning in a pan, soy sauce.
Then this goes into flatbread with veggies and a nice sauce. So good.
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Sounds good. Yeah the time thing you here pretty often, its mire an adapt thing. You have to take care about your food, which is funny that we lost that in the first place.
This morning was killer! A nice full corn bread with Vegan Camembert topped with strawberry Jam/chilli oil.
Found Vegan Camembert that is so good.
As Agent Cooper would say: Damn good Camembert Strawberry Cake!
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I do eat fish occasionally and meat maybe once or twice a year on special occasions, but I do mostly eat plant based food nowadays.
I’m German and I do love Döner Kebab, but I haven’t had a “real” one with meat for years. And I’ve got the easiest and most delicious recipe to create your own Döner meat vegan style:
Firm smoked Tofu, sliced into thin strips with a carrot peeler. Fry the slices up with vegetable oil (edit: in a pan). While frying, season with any spice mixture you like, anything with paprika, onion, garlic, and oregano in it is a good fit. Let the Tofu get nice and crispy, and give it a splash of soy sauce at the end. Put it in a wrap or pita bread with tahini, salad, and veggies or however you prefer your Döner. It’s delicious and probably the most simple meat substitute I know.
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Jackfruit is exceptionally great as meat replacer for döner, shawarma, gyros, … and also available in dried granulated forms for sauce bolognese.
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I will add also tempeh as protein and B12 vitamine source. It can be cooked any many ways. Like seitan and tofu, it can be homemade.
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I’m using a granulated mixture of jackfruit and pea protein regularly for bolognese sauce and chili sin carne, but for döner, nothing comes close to smoked tofu for me.
Haven’t gotten into tempeh yet, but I really want to try it out.
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