There are lots of vegetarian substitutes for lunch meat. SmartLife and Yves
are two companies that make some pretty good fake turkey lunchmeat. (I have
the fake ham but haven't tried it yet). Whole Foods will definitely have
these, and some local grocery stores will, too -- depends on where you live.
In Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa (at least), HyVee has a great Health Market
section with lots of frozen and refrigerated vegetarian "fake meats." Almost
always, if you can find a regular grocery store with a good health food
section, it will be cheaper than Whole Foods.
I usually bring salads, soup, and frozen meals to work for lunch. Lean
Cuisine, SmartOnes (Weight Watchers brand), and Healthy Choice all have
options without meat. My favorite is Healthy Choice's tomato basil mozarella
panini sandwich. (But the SmartOnes cheese pizza has gelatin in it). Healthy
Choice has a great vegetarian vegetable soup (canned soup). One of my
favorite things to make to take to work is mock tuna salad -- there are a
couple of different recipes for it in this group's file -- mine uses
chickpeas (garbanzo beans) instead of meat.
Amy's Kitchen is a brand of frozen foods that is all vegetarian (and a lot
of the choices are vegan). They run about $4 for single serving meal, but
they're really good -- and so much better for you than fast food! They're
great calorie- and fat-wise, too. Amy's makes good frozen pizzas,
too. Health food stores carry Amy's, and some grocery stores will carry a
limited selection.
Boca now makes a fake chicken patty on a bun with cheese that you can
microwave. Morningstar Farms stuff is good, but it can be kind of high in
sodium and/or calories.
My personal favorite "fake chicken" is Quorn's naked chik'n cutlets. They're
in an orange box, found in the health food freezer section. There are four
pieces, and the box runs around $5.50. Sounds kind of high, but not when you
compare it to meat. I like the fake chicken because I can put it in
casseroles instead of chicken -- I can make the food I grew up on, meatless!
By the way -- welcome to the group! I was looking for a good meatless hot
dog (had tried 3 or 4) and found one -- these people know good food! :) (the
best hot dogs are Worthington, which come in a red can -- I know, hot dogs
from a can, sounds weird, but they're good!)
Audrey
On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:08 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
> I am new to the group and am interested in becoming a vegetarian. I keep
> telling myself I am going to stop eating meat, but I don't know where to
> start.
> I can do salads for lunch, but what do you make sandwiches out of as far as
>
> meat substitutes....I have never seen a vegetarian substitution for lunch
> meat.
> Barbra
>
>
>
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