If you are newly vegan, having these items close at hand will make it simple to prepare some of your favorite main dishes, desserts, and whatever else you may be craving.
Just substitute these ingredients for the dairy, eggs, meat, etc., in recipes and give your standbys a fresh vegan (and much healthier!) twist.
Dairy-Free Milk
Tofu
Veggie Burgers
Faux Chicken
Veggie Burger Crumble
Vegan Cheese
Dairy-Free Ice Cream
Meatless Deli Slices
Veggie Dogs
Vegan Mayo
- Almond milk (Silk and Blue Diamond—be sure to try Silk's Dark Chocolate Almond Milk!)
- Hemp milk
- Rice milk
- Soy milk (Silk or any of the many other brands available)
- Hundreds of brands available
- Varieties include extra-firm (used in stir-fries, for deep frying, etc.), firm, soft, and silken (great for desserts and smoothies!)
- Amy's (All American, Bistro, California, Quarter Pound, Texas)
- Boca (Original Vegan)
- Gardenburger (Veggie Medley, Black Bean Chipotle)
- Boca (Original Chik'n Patties, Spicy Chik'n Patties, Original Chik'n Nuggets)
- Gardein (Chick'n Filets, Herb Dijon Breasts, Chick'n Strips, Tuscan Breasts, Santa Fe Good Stuff, Chipotle Lime Crispy Fingers, Classic Style Buffalo Wings, Marinara Chick'n Good Stuff, Seven Grain Crispy Tenders, Lightly Seasoned Chick'n Scallopini)
- Lightlife Smart Strips (Chick'n Style)
- Boca (Ground Crumbles)
- Lightlife (Smart Ground Taco and Burrito, Gimme Lean Beef)
- Daiya (Mozarella and Cheddar)—this "cheese" contains no soy, gluten, or nuts, for those of you with allergies
- Follow Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet (Cheddar, Mozzarella, Monterey Jack, Nacho Cheese)
- Galaxy Nutritional Foods Vegan Grated Topping (Parmesan Flavor)
- Parma! Vegan Parmesan (Regular, Chipotle Cayenne)
- Teese (Mozzarella, Cheddar)
- Rice Dream (Carob Almond, Cocoa Marble Fudge, Strawberry, Vanilla Swiss Almond)
- Temptation (Green Tea, Peach Cobbler, Dreamsicle, Black Cherry Vanilla)
- Turtle Mountain's Organic So Delicious (Cookies 'N Cream, Neapolitan, Butter Pecan, Dulce de Leche)
- Turtle Mountain's Purely Decadent (Chocolate Obsession, Cookie Dough, Mint Chocolate Chip, Mocha Almond Fudge, Rocky Road)
- Turtle Mountain's Purely Decadent Made With Coconut Milk (Passionate Mango, Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl, Vanilla Bean, Cookie Dough)
- Tofurky (Oven Roast, Peppered, Hickory Smoked, Italian, Cranberry & Stuffing, Philly-Style)
- Field Roast (Lentil Sage, Wild Mushroom, Smoked Tomato)
- Lightlife's Smart Deli (Bologna, Baked Ham, Roast Turkey)
- Lightlife Smart Dogs (Regular, Jumbo)
- Lightlife Tofu Pups
- Tofurky Franks (Regular, Chipotle)
- Tofurky sausage (Beer Brats, Italian, Kielbasa)
- Field Roast sausage (Italian, Mexican Chipotle, Smoked Apple Sage)
- Follow Your Heart's Vegenaise
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