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The vegetarian marketplace has exploded over the past 10 years, with major grocery stores carrying a fantastic variety of animal-friendly products. As you reduce the amount of animal products in your weekly menu, you don't have to give up the tastes you've enjoyed—just substitute vegetarian versions!
Meat-Free "Meat"
Bacon: Yves' Canadian Veggie Bacon and Lightlife's Smart Bacon and Fakin' Bacon
Chicken: White Wave's Chicken-Style Seitan and Chicken-Style Wheat Meat
Chicken Nuggets and Strips: Morningstar Farms’ Meal Starters Chick’n Strips, Nate’s Chicken-Style Meatless Nuggets, Lightlife’s Chick’n Strips, and Health Is Wealth’s Chicken-Free Fingers and Buffalo Wings
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Dining Out
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The National Restaurant Association** reports that 8 out of 10 restaurants—from fast food to gourmet—are responding to the growing demand for animal-friendly fare by serving vegetarian entrées.
**"Tableservice Restaurant Trends, 2001," www.restaurant.org/dineout/nutrition.cfm. | |
Chicken Patties: Soy Boy's Okara Courage Burger and Gardenburger's Flame-Grilled Chick'n and BBQ Chik'n
Cold Cuts: Lightlife's Smart Deli (Country Ham, Old World Bologna, and Three Peppercorn Pastrami), Yves' The Good Deli (Veggie Bologna, Veggie Ham, Veggie Salami, and Veggie Turkey), and Turtle Island Foods' Tofurky
Ground Beef: Boca's Ground Burger, Morningstar Farms' Ground Meatless Crumbles, Yves' Ground Round, and Lightlife's Smart Ground and Smart Menu Crumbles
Hamburgers: Boca's Vegan Original, Gardenburger's GardenVegan, Whole Foods Market's 365 Organic Vegan Veggie Burger, and Amy's California Veggie Burger and Texas Burger
Hot Dogs: Lightlife's Smart Dogs and Tofu Pups and Yves' Veggie Dogs, Tofu Dogs, and Hot 'n' Spicy Chili Dogs
Sausage: Turtle Island Foods' Tofurky gourmet sausages, beer brats, and kielbasa; Lightlife's Gimme Lean; Gardenburger's Meatless Breakfast Sausage; and Yves' Veggie Breakfast Patties and Links
Dairy-Free "Dairy"
Butter: Shedd's Willow Run Soybean Margarine and Earth Balance's Soy Garden and Earth Balance Natural Margarine
Cheese: Follow Your Heart's Vegan Gourmet and Tofutti's Soy-Cheese Slices
Cream Cheese: Tofutti's Better Than Cream Cheese
Eggs: Ener-G's Egg Replacer and Fantastic Foods' Tofu Scrambler
Ice Cream: Turtle Mountain's Soy Delicious product line, Tofutti's ice cream product line, and Whole Soy's Frozen Cultured Soy product line
Mayonnaise: Follow Your Heart's Vegenaise and Nasoya's Nayonaise
Sour Cream: Tofutti's Sour Supreme
Yogurt: Whole Soy's Creamy Cultured Soy, Silk's Cultured Soy, and Stonyfield Farm's O'Soy
*All company, product line, and product names are trademarks (registered or unregistered) of their respective corporations.
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