What Do Vegans Eat?

Oh I DO think a picture speaks a thousand words sometimes...

GET IN THERE!!


Mmmmm!! Vegan Goodies!!

However, I do have to interrupt. What do vegans eat? As you can see, it isn't all about salads and vegetables if you don't want it to be.

Everyday Vegan Supermarket Products:

These products below are found in most supermarkets and health food shops.

Some Vegan Ice Cream Products

Some Other Vegan Dairy Products









Some Meat Replacement Products







The products pictured below are what I call "specialist meat replacement products". You can get them from vegetarian chinese restaurants. Most deliver. Now I have to be honest here and tell you that some of these products are better than others. But, find the ones you like and you can make all sorts of "meaty" vegan meals such as curries, stews and roasts. Shred them up and add them to pasta and rice dishes too.

Some Specialist Vegan Meat Replacemnt Products

My favourite vegan "meat" product is the specialist leg (or is it a wing? I can't tell) of "chicken". This stuff is brilliant. When you get it, you will see that it comes wrapped tightly in plastic and is quite greasy when you take it out of the packet. It also doesn't look very appetizing. But, shred it up thickly and fry in some olive oil for a few minutes and it is very similar to chicken. Some vegans don't like this product as it is a bit too similar for their liking. Please note that some of these meat replacement products that you can buy from chinese restaurants are not vegan. Check first.

This is what it looks like uncooked:

This is what it looks like when it's cooked:

Vegans can eat almost anything a non vegan eats. They just veganise the recipe. Twenty or so years ago it was much harder to be a vegan because the food choices were so limited - but not any more.

Obviously most of these foods must be eaten in moderation and I will be talking about healthier vegan options on other pages, but I wanted to show that vegans do not have to go without if they fancy a little treat now and again.

There are many more vegan foods similar to the ones pictured here, but if I listed them all, this page would be about five yards long.

So when somebody asks you "what do vegans eat"? you can surprise them with your answer.

Take me Home

Leave What Do Vegans Eat and go to Becoming a Vegan

Leave What Do Vegans Eat and go to the Vegan Food Pyramid