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Favourite Vegetarian food products in the UK
« on: June 30, 2010, 06:51:01 AM »
Hello everyone, My husband and I just took the last leap from pescatarians to veggies but I have to say I am not that adventurous with non-meat meal products in the shop. We picked up Linda Mccarthy sausages but haven't tried them yet. Anyone out there vegetarian and can recommend some things to pick up? Quorn offers so many varieties so if anyone swears by any of those I love to get some insight.
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Re: Favourite Vegetarian food products in the UK
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2010, 06:55:08 AM »
Loads of people love Quorn, but I can't do them because they have egg in them.  I really like Cauldron's veggie sausages.  They do plain tofu, too.  Other than the sausages I don't really do much ready-made veggie stuff.  Probably because it's expensive...
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Re: Favourite Vegetarian food products in the UK
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2010, 07:51:01 AM »
Some Quorn products are really good.  I think their breaded chicken-style and turkey-style products and their pasties are great, but all of those are sort of junk food.  Their other stuff can take a bit getting used to, but I like them, especially their deli slices.  Some of the nut and black bean burgers are pretty good.  I never really got too into prepared products, but used to eat them when I was making Mr A something meaty and didn't want to make an elaborate second meal.  I don't do soy, and I think most of Linda McCarthy's stuff has it in it, so I can't really give an opinion on it or other soy products.

Mushrooms make a good replacement for burgers/meat, and you don't need to buy anything processed.  Making beans/lentils is pretty easy, especially if you have a slow cooker.  There's a pretty good cookbook called "How to Cook Everything Vegetarian".  It's an American book, but I've seen it here quite a bit.  It's a really exhaustive resource, and I recommend at least getting it out of the library to have a good look at it.


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Re: Favourite Vegetarian food products in the UK
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2010, 10:59:55 AM »
Aye I try to stay clear or soy, most of my recipes call for black beans and it's so hard to find them in my area
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Re: Favourite Vegetarian food products in the UK
« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2010, 11:20:56 AM »
I have always been dissapointed with the Linda McCartney products, but the Quorn items are wonderful!! Even my meat eating husband will eat Quorn products.
The chicken nuggets are great and I practically live on the escalopes.  Quorn mince is perfect for spag bol or tacos since it really takes on the flavours of whatever sauce or seasoning your put on it.   
IMO, the chicken fillets are absolutely gross as are the chicken strips (like for fajitas), but the breaded chicken things are lovely! 


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Re: Favourite Vegetarian food products in the UK
« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2010, 05:05:07 PM »
Thanks for the insight :)
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