Need help from Vegans

Daiya is the best vegan cheese. just an FYI.

My daughter used to be vegan, and I found lots of good recipes on www.hellyeahitsvegan.com

I still use some of their recipes, especially for the zucchini bread with chocolate chips!!! (So Moist!!)

One of my favorite vegan snacks is mashed up avocado on wheat toast (the nuttiest bread I can find) sprinkled with a tiny bit of garlic salt, and sriracha.

You can make a lot of low-cal yet rich salad dressings with almond milk & light veganaise. Also QUINOA. and mexican/bean& rice bowls. and burritos. Cook up anything with hasbrowns or chopped peeled potatoes in the morning. Brussel sprouts with potatoes onions, black beans and salsa. One EASY but savory lunch I like to make is I take a medium or small tortilla (doesnt really matter corn or flour) and spread it with tomato sauce (easy squeeze pizza sauce works and is fairly cheap) or hummus, and veggies (any kind really) and bake it at 375 for like 15 minutes (I'm at a higher altitude so it might not take that long for you). Voila! Super easy personal-size pizza.

Daiya vegan cheeze is the best but it's expensive and it's kind of an aquired taste, and you are supposed to use the whole bag within 7 days of opening it or it can get moldy so I only use it if I"m making something like veggie lasagna or something really special.

Oh I recommend www.****yeahvegantacos.tumblr.com for many endless vegan taco ideas. try not to overdo the soy. It increases estrogen and overloading soy can also be uncomfortable on your digestive system. Fake meats are awesome when you're in a hurry or you just want to eat some vegan "junk-food", so I don't think there is anything wrong with eating it once in awhile, but it's typically expensive.

Here's my new list
Pita Pockets, Whole Wheat, Fat Free
Flatbread Wraps, Garden Spinach
Blueberries
Extra Large Mangos
Tomatoes On-The-Vine
Strawberries
50/50 Blend Baby Spring Mix & Baby Spinach
Baby-Cut Carrots
Cleaned & Cut Sliced Baby Bella Mushrooms
Mixed Peppers, Club Pack
Organic Banana
Small Celery
Organic Quinoa, Whole Grain
Chia Seed
Vegenaise Dressing & Sandwich Spread, Original
Soy Nuts, Zesty Barbeque
Silk Soymilk, Original
Organic Tofu, Extra-Firm
Simply Organic Cayenne
Hummus, Roasted Red Pepper
Soy Sauce, Reduced Sodium
Pasta Sauce, Tomato Basil
Honey, Clover
Old Fashioned
Raisins, Seedless
Minute Brown Rice, Instant, Whole Grain
Red Quinoa
Seasoning, Original All-Purpose, Salt Free
Vanilla Extract, Imitation, Premium
Sun-Dry Sun-Dried Julienne Cut Tomatoes, with Herbs
Garbanzo Beans
Boca Meatless Burgers, Original Vegan
Burrito, Organic, Soy Chorizo & Potato

That looks better, but like I said above, you really should try lentils. I had never tried them before, but they are a great source of protein. I eat a plant-based vegan diet with very limited processed foods, and am able to get all the protein I need from what I eat. I'd be wary about what's in the bread products- ie, soybean oil, or some time of dairy or animal derivative. Also, try to make your own hummus sometime- MUCH cheaper than store-bought, and tasty! Otherwise, your list looks great. You should consider taking a vegan multi-vitamin or eating nutritional yeast for B12 though.

Daiya is the best vegan cheese. just an FYI.

+1 for Daiya cheese! Love that stuff! I think the mozzarella is my favorite.

Honey isn't vegan. http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm

Your new list is great! I'd just add some nuts and seeds.

Honey isn't vegan - so if you are doing this for cruelty-free purposes, look for agave as an alternate sweetener. Also, if you choose to include sugar in your diet and cruelty-free is an issue, look for vegan sugar. Most commercial sugar is processed through bone char to get the white color. Vegan sugar eliminates that step.

Also look for The Vegan Zombie and EcoVegan Gal on Youtube. Some good stuff there.

Welcome to the club!

I am a vegetarian.
Your food choices look good to me.

I get the Morning Star Farms Soy Chicken, not sure where all of these comments are coming from.
I also eat my Soy Bacon from Morning Star Farms.

Being a vegetarian, I have lost 11 pounds in 30 days.
It works even with the Soy Chicken and Bacon.

I usually every morning have Oatmeal and Natural Peanut butter.

If you get on the Whole Foods website they have recipes for a bunch of vegan stuff that they sell in their deli. It's way cheaper to make their stuff than buy it at 7.99/lb. Some great ones are the California Quinoa Salad, mushroom-barley soup, corn-arugula salad. I struggle with enjoying salads except veggie taco salad - I eat that alot. I just use salsa as dressing and beans instead of meat.
I agree on the lentils - I personally only make soup with them but I'd like to experiment more with lentils. I recommend a crock pot. You can make a lot and freeze stuff so when you are short on time or stressed out you have a backup plan of something to eat so you don't get stuck eating carrot sticks with hummus for the millionth time.

Veggie taco casserole is fun. You can just layer sliced zuchinni instead of pasta to lower the carbs (or layer lowcarb torllas, and use beans and canned tomatoes, cilantro, green chiles and green enchilada sauce.

Oh yes get your self some nutritional yeast, gurl!

Try to eventually start to use less of the processed "Amy" meals and make your own.
You will save money, have less sodium and better nutrients from fresher foods.

Check out some of the vegan recipes online and create a list for shopping based on real foods you
want to have that week. Then, pick a day, and make several meals at once keeping them in the fridge,
or freezer in the appropriate portions until you need them.

I know taking the time to cook is not always convenient when you are a student, but it does help!

Good luck to you

PS Daiya cheese is amazing !!! (Avoid the rest of the vegan cheese - it's horrible!)