Plants

CoolAwesomeMartha

Going vegan, any simple receipts without produced food. Only plants now 🙏

cwolfman13

For recipes, pinterest is your friend. A few things though, make sure you're supplementing B12, keep an eye out for symptoms of anemia, supplement Omega 3, and you'll probably have to consume some processed food to get adequate protein (ie tofu, seitan, faux meats, etc). I would also suggest doing a lot of research on proper nutrition as being vegan requires quite a bit more nutritional knowledge to avoid nutritional deficiencies than being omnivorous. You may also want to consider going ovo-lacto vegetarian as a transitional step first.

AnnPT77

This is a good science-based source for vegan nutrition information:

https://veganhealth.org/

There are too many sites on the web that misrepresent vegan nutrition, some even claiming that vegans need not pay attention to nutritional issues because plants are just that good. That's 100% false.

I'm not vegan, but I'm not saying that because I'm a shill for Big Meat. I've been vegetarian for 49+ years. Vegetarians, too, need to pay a bit extra attention in order to get good nutrition.

If you're speaking literally about not wanting to eat processed foods, your best bets for protein will be legumes (beans, peas, etc.), especially soybeans. Some grains have some protein, but the protein to calorie ratio is a little more difficult. Seeds and nuts have some protein, but most are very high in fat, so the protein comes packaged with a lot of calories.

Try to get one major protein source in each meal, but also small amounts of protein from other foods you eat. There are veggies with more protein that others; grains vary in protein content; etc. The small additional amounts add up through the day, and choosing many different sources will help balance amino acids. (Many plant foods are short in one or another of the essential amino acids, but which are short varies from one food to the next. Eating a variety can help to fill in gaps. )

I'd encourage you to consider eating some of the less-processed foods Wolfman mentions. Tofu, tempeh and seitan are technically "processed foods", but they're traditional foods that humans have eaten for centuries and thrived. They are high in protein, plus the tofu and tempeh have complete protein (all the essential amino acids). The protein to calorie ratio is helpful.

Recipes are widely available. Wolfman mentioned Pinterest. A simple web search will turn up lots of specialty sites, and mainstream sources like Allrecipes, Bon Appetit, etc., have vegan recipes in their collections that are easy to locate. (I'm sorry, but I can't give you specific recipe site recommendations. I eat lots of fully plant-based dishes and meals, but I "just cook" - I don't normally use recipes.)

There's a new plant-based eating group getting started here. That would be a good place to join and ask about recipes:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/145477-herbivores-of-mfp