@Zayne
@Zayne There's loads of great alternatives when it comes to Vegan food, any supermarket in the UK has some great alternatives to meat products. Here's a few that I like, I buy all these from tesco but it's p much the same selection in any supermarket.
Animal product alternatives:
Violife cheese (grated, slices, blocks... works great w/ pasta and melts & tastes just like cheese)
Birdseye green burgers
Beyond Burgers (£5 for two, kinda pricey but taste just like meat)
Tesco mayo
Swedish Glace ice cream
Tesco Plant Chef selection (pizzas, oven meals,etc)
Naked Glory mince (great for lasagna, spagbol etc PS: Tesco free from mince is awful)
Tesco free from chocolate
Linda Mccartney selection (sausage rolls, burgers, sausages)
Vegan veggie burgers (spicy bean etc)
Tesco vegan chicken nuggets
Birds eye meat free sausages
Calfia Farms, almond breeze, alpro almond milks
Most Quorn products are p good, including fishless fingers, chicken nuggets, burgers, etc
Food heaven whipped cream
Ben and jerrys PB&cookies ice cream
Magnum vegan ice cream
Cornetto vegan
Cauldron foods tofu
Cauldron foods fallafel
Hummus
Birds eye meatballs
Tesco free from garlic & herb spread
Like meat soya nuggets
Like meat kebabs
Regular products that are vegan:
Heinz Beans Regular (and other heinz products)
Most tomato sauces
Most bread (Warburtons, tortillas etc)
Starbursts, frys chocolate, skittles, most energy drinks/soda
Pringles
Weetabix
Harvest Morn porridge
Coco pops
Shreddies choco
Whole foods:
Split red lentils
Chickpeas
Soya beans
Any fruit and veg
Flax Seeds
Sunpat protein+ peanut butter
Any nuts and seeds
Avacados
Takeaways:
Burger king impossible whopper
Papa johns (
@D3V) vegan range (includes vegan cheese pizzas)
Pizza hut vegan range (includes vegan cheese pizzas)
Subway vegan subs
Local takeways sometimes have great options, they do in Leeds at least
Mcdonalds bringing out vegan range early NY
Dominos bringing out vegan pizza NY
Zizis vegan pizza
Greggs vegan sausage roll (they're also bringing more stuff out soon)
My dad is veggie and shops at Morrisons, he constantly brings back Morrisons own brand vegan pies and other vegan friendly alternatives. Fast food chains are bringing out more and more vegan options, supermarkets and big brands are jumping on the vegan trends. Now is a great time to eat plant-based foods, and if you shop about you will 100% find lots of products that you like. Some of the bigger brands are taking advantage of the vegan hype this year, but prices are dropping. I personally cook my own food, and there's plenty of places to find recipes like:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF-ACPYNN0oXD4ihS5mbbmw - Avantgardevegan, his Vegan 100 book is also a great buy
reddit.com
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4CpQoAPJNGGUPG92Fbwxqw - Madeline Olivia
From brownies, rocky roads, crumbles and pancakes to veggie-packed soups, stir-fries and salads, these vegan recipes are vibrant, delicious and filling
www.bbcgoodfood.com
There's so many recipes, and so many reasons to go Vegan. I hope you'll at least try, and so you don't have to worry about what nutrients you need to focus on getting, just go ahead and take a multivitamin (you're likely missing important nutrients as a meat eater anyway, plus they're super cheap).
Other info:
Since 2014, Veganuary has inspired and supported millions of people all over the world to go vegan for January - and beyond!
uk.veganuary.com
r/vegan
r/veganuk
www.ilovevegan.com
For more ethical, health based and enviromental reasons to go vegan:
Game changers doc (focuses on athletic gains and science behind veganism)
Dominon (animal cruelty and common practices, co-produced by Joaquin Phoenix)
Land of hope and glory (same as dominon, just in the UK)
Vegan 2019
Every argument against veganism (earthing ed, a really really great vegan activist, check out his street debates too)
That's probably enough stuff to get you started, I really would suggest anybody to watch
Dominon as a starting point as it highlights the clear and disgusting abuse of animals throughout the world. It's what made me switch, I've found it incredibly easy to maintain a Vegan diet and don't miss meat in the slightest.