Any dish has its veg counterpart and can taste just as delicious as your favorite. Regardless of your dietary preferences, being open-minded to plant-based ingredients is good both for you and the planet, as well as, of course, the animals.
Whoever says that plant-based food has no taste has obviously not tried it giving it a fair chance. For more on how to try a plant-based diet, check out “How to try vegan food”
Here are some replacements to transform meat dishes into vegan ones:
- All cream ingredients
- canned coconut milk (as long as the ingredients contain only coconut and water)
- Rice, soy, almond, cashew, or any nut-based cream
- Milk
- Store-bought plant-based milk (for more on how to choose plant-based milk, read…)
- Homemade almond milk is the tastiest and is actually very easy to make.
- Check out this recipe by Wellness Mama.
- And with the leftover almond meal, make these cookies by Detoxonista.
- Butter
- Cold-pressed coconut oil (or coconut butter for a sweeter taste)
- Vegan butter–always check ingredients
- Eggs (for cooking)
- Chickpea flour mixed with water (and spices as desired)
- Eggs (for baking)
- Flax seed mixed with water or applesauce
- Mincemeat
- Soy crumbles
- Tempeh (only organic soy although try to limit soy)
- Mushroom bits
- Meat recipes
- Large mushrooms
- Jackfruit
- Banana blossom
- Sliced aubergine/eggplant
- Sliced cauliflower “steak,”
- Veggie burgers, seitan, and tofu are also options
- Cheese
- Homemade or store-bought
