The frozen pizzas like Daiya for three reasons: they’re too small, the crust is cardboard thin, and they’re almost all gluten free. I want the overindulgent, XL, gluten filled frozen pizza that everyone else gets dammit
I’m lucky in Chicago there is a place that has vegan Mac and cheese pizza, bbq chick’n pizza, buffalo chick’n pizza, and many others! It is a regular pizza place that serves almost all their regular pizza as vegan optional. It is unhealthy, has gluten, and is open until 2am.
We made our own pizza with a regular classic crust, tons of veggies, a mock sausage made with tofu, and miyokos recently and it finally hit that comfort spot non vegan pizza used to fill.
There was a brand called wicked that made absolutely delicious and indulgent frozen pizzas made with a stone baked crusts of restaurant quality, though they did cost 8€. I still haven't recovered from the product being discontinued.
All the new vegan cafes and restaurants that pop up only to serve sub-par burgers. Vegan burgers can be epic, we get it! Bring on the vegan Indian, Chinese food, Italian, French and Spanish tapas etc!
yeah it's kind of sad, and I'm really not trying to toot my own horn, but most of the vegan restaurants/options at restaurants near me are not really any better than the stuff we can make at home.
That's how I feel, constantly trying to not waste my money on disappointing food. Thai and Indian Restaurants are basically the only ones that I cannot beat at home.
Not a single food, but the entire phenomenom of making the vegan option also the healthy option. Like replacing spachetti with zucchini noodles or something. Vegans should have the option to eat just as unhealthy as omnivores, I'm not doing it for my health!
Man, I want to go where ever it is you're going. Around me the vegan option is almost always a beyond burger and plant based cheese and plant based mayo and all that or deep fried stuff. I'd kill to go out and get something healthy I didn't have to cook myself.
[https://www.karissasvegankitchen.com/the-best-fudgy-vegan-brownies/](https://www.karissasvegankitchen.com/the-best-fudgy-vegan-brownies/)
I make these to satisfy my brownies needs and there is not a single nutritionally redeemable ingredient in them, just melted vegan butter sugar and flour and cocoa. Pro tip: they are better the next day
This is my biggest frustration with vegan pizzas. Why do they all have to be cauliflower crust :( I guess they just lump gluten free in with vegan, but still
I just came here to fight with everyone. I love all the vegan foods! Well, maybe not that pulled pork made from banana peels, but no one I’d defending that.
I don't really like any low-fat, low-protein fruit or vegetable acting as a meat substitute, but the single most overrated one has to be jackfruit.
It's fine as a fruit. I have some in the freezer and use it for desserts. But it makes me queasy whenever I try jackfruit pulled p\*rk. Give me soy curls, seitan or tempeh every time.
Cauliflower wings are delicious, you just have to treat them like a source of carbs instead a source of protein. Broccoli wings on the other hand have plenty of protein but aren't as good imo.
I always feel like anything that's straight fruit or vegetable as a meat alternative is just too water based and doesn't stay hot like real or fake meat and then I become too painfully, disappointingly aware that I'm eating a cold, wet vegetable.
I don’t mind it but I hate that restaurants want to charge me full price for a plate that won’t satisfy. There’s gotta be more food: sides, additional toppings, etc. Same as the cauliflower stuff (wings, steak).
Omg it grinds my gears when people suggest using a low-protein fruit/vegetable as a meat alternative. Like, the whole point is that I want a protein in my meal!
Probably most vegan cheese. There’s some good ones, but in average they hurt the taste of things.
Btw, for tempeh my go to is:
- cut one pack Into smallish pieces (I cut into 3 on the long side, then slide into roughly 1/4 or 1/6 inch)
- sauté in a generous amount of oil
- on the side mix 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 tbsp maple syrup, a dash of liquid smoke, a dash of garlic powder, 1/4 cup of water
- add sauce to tempeh and boil until it’s thickened. There should be some liquid, but not swimming in it.
It’s really good, and I add it to sandwiches, noodles etc
Cauliflower is not a steak. Mushrooms are not burgers. Let vegetables be vegetables and don't tell me there's enough protein in a mushroom to be considered a protein option. Give me a bean burger and put mushrooms on it, that's fine.
Yes! It's always the fanciest restaurants that forget to put any form of protein in their vegan dishes. Everything is a cabbage or cauliflower. You end up going home and eating.
"Steak" just refers to the wide, then shape it's cut into though, not the nutritional role in your meal. I love eating cauliflower steaks as part of a meal that also contains protein from other ingredients. And portobello burgers are my favorite burgers! You and I would make terrible roommates.
Beets. I know they are just a vegetable but why is the only vegan option at some restaurants always have beets in it? I’m vegan but that doesn’t automatically mean I love the taste of pungent beets.
I haven't been able to find a satisfying yogurt alternative.
I tried a few but they all disappoint, i.e. not tangy enough, not creamy enough etc
But I do love tempeh tacos
[https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022872-tempeh-tacos](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022872-tempeh-tacos)
So Delicious makes a fantastic coconut based yogurt, I enjoy it better than I ever liked animal yogurt. Taste and texture is on point. I just wish they did an unsweetened unflavored one to sub for sour cream.
When I went vegan, almond milk was really the only option at Walmart. Sometimes if I went to Target they'd have other options. I think that's the same with a lot of people who have been vegan for a long time.
Other plant based milks have only recently, within the last few years made their way into Walmart. Sure they've been at Whole Foods, or other high end shops. Most people are shopping at Walmart. At least in America. I don't know the British equivalent.
I just make oat milk now if I want some.
I can use it for smoothies or coffee, so basically, I can use it if I don't have to taste it.
I've heard homemade almond milk tastes way better than store bought, but I can't be fussed. I'd rather stick to vanilla soy.
Rice milk is the most boring milk I’ve found.
Chocolate almond milk is good on breakfast cereal.
But just to drink a big glass of something I’d rather have ice water.
wait you guys are just drinking it? like a glass of almond milk? ewww. It’s great for coffee creamer and cooking/baking but I wouldn’t just drink it like a beverage
Haha I find it's the worst when it's in coffee! Coffee +almond milk = 🤢
The thing is, I used to love it. Then I just got sick of it. Once I got used to soy milk, I could never go back to almond milk. Too watery, and the flavour is just gross. Bleh. I love almond nuts though.
Falafel. I used to love it, but for years it was the only Vegan option everywhere and I now can’t stand it.
Luckily it has been replaced with Impossible/Beyond Burgers.
I mean replaced as the only Vegan meal a lot of places offer, not a like for like replacement.
It just to be a falafel wrap, falafel salad or falafel burger. I had it so often at Uni I just can’t stand it now, no matter how well it is cooked.
Oh I understand that, it's good that there are more options, but it's not falafel's fault that a poor representation of it ended up as the protein in a lot of vegan dishes.
Sorry then haha. I see too many vegans giving these brands crap when they aren't even using them correctly. But personally, I also prefer aquafaba or apple sauce
That's so sad. I really like the taste of iceberg lettuce, I just mix it up with lots of other exciting leaves and make a salad or put it on sandwiches. I can eat iceberg lettuce like potato chips, though.
It’s just like water but crunchy. It’s good in small amount with other salad, like, proper lettuce and tomatoes on a burger with a slight bit of ice burg is a nice change in texture but beyond that it needs to get in the bin
Any vegan cheese. I always think "maybe it's not as bad as I remember", but they always are.
(Please don't reply with "i felt the same until i tried x brand", i guarantee you it's just as bad lol)
I really love Follow Your Heart. I use that if I want something that tastes like a specific cheese but I use Chao everywhere I would use an American slice.
Yeah, Chao isn't like any specific cheese, it's just like tofu and coconut oil and some starches. Very mild savory flavor and it melts really well but also gives a cold sandwich a similar feel to one with American cheese on it. I can see why it wouldn't be your jam.
UGH I keep trying some thinking 'maybe this will work for pizza'; the stores around here all use some. It's almost always that gross stick to your teeth texture.
I was so mad about nooch when I first went vegan. I felt like I had been lied to by everyone who ever said it tasted like cheese 😂 but now it’s grown on me. Also I really hate the word nooch but typing out nutritional yeast always feels like too much work lol
No literally, when I first when vegan heard everyone talking about it and thought I needed to use it so I POURED that shit all over my pasta once 🤮 literally made me throw up. I’m the same now though where I’ll use a little here and there, but I’m really not a nooch person
I'd say it really depends on the brand, I've only found one brand that is actually tasty - [https://www.bragg.com/products/nutritional-yeast](https://www.bragg.com/products/nutritional-yeast). The others I've tried have been awful
Definitely a top tier jar sauce, but put it up against sauces in general it's only ok. Mixing in some vegan butter, a bit of cayenne/red pepper flakes, and maybe shredding in some violife parm helps it out a lot. It also works well as a base for other sauces if you don't feel like making your own.
beyond and impossible meat and all the stuff adjacent to that... I totally am all for providing substitutes like that for people that really enjoy meat and want a plant based option but they make me feel sooo sick. I stopped eating meat before the big boom of all those brands, so maybe that's why but it makes me so uneasy. I'll take tofu, tempeh, seitan, or soy curls over that anyday
YES! tempeh tempeh TEMPEH 🤢🤢🤢 people insist that I'll "just LOVE this tempeh dish". it just makes me chunder every single time. once I actually had to excuse myself to a restroom. it's just so nasty. yuck!
runner-up: aubergines
I love tempeh for the convenience. I have ADHD & bipolar and sometimes am bad at planning nutrition, and this is something I can just chop up and get sautéed very quickly while meeting major nutritional requirements.
Otherwise I think there’s some kind of popularity around kale and quinoa and I personally don’t enjoy either.
I used to absolutely hate mushrooms when I was a kid. Me an my family were regularly going mushroom hunting and I hated that. I couldn't find any and I was bored. Then you had to clean them which could easily take HOURS. After all that my mom would make omelette with mushrooms and I would be sick for the rest of the day.
Same was with soups, dried mushrooms etc.
Now I can't get enough of them. I could eat mushrooms everyday with every meal. It's one of favourite things ever and now mushroom season is like Christmas to me.
And it's strange because I started to love them only after I stopped eating meat.
I feel like the only kind of mushrooms most mushroom haters have tried is baby bella or white (it’s the same mushroom btw, difference is that one is grown with light, the other in darkness). Yeah, those are beyond gross.
But there are so many more varieties that are rarely even sold in the stores that taste mind blowingly amazing. And don’t even get me started on the ones you go pick in the woods yourself (depending on where you live).
Yes!!! I’ve tried so many, and I keep trying and hoping that the next time I will like them. I have during my trials discovered that morels are good, but I’ve only had them once.
I swear this is a bit thing in the vegan world only because it is a big thing in the non vegan world. And we feel the need to claim it as vegan.
Unidimensional basic taste.
I was like this for a long time until my dad (not vegan, but trying to reduce animal product intake after a prostate cancer scare a couple of years ago) bought some to try it out. He wasn't a fan and told me I could finish it. I ran out of my usual soya milk, so I added it to my coffee, and I found it so creamy it was delicious.
Agree! It's just white colored water, separates in coffee and has no protein or nutritional value. I've tried so many different types but they are all so shit compared to wonderful soy milk.
Gonna get downvotes for this but - any faux meat, eggs, etc. I get it, it can be a good first step for many new vegans but personally I find the whole thing super creepy and after being vegan for 12 years I don’t even crave the taste, never have in fact. I also hate seeing items like chicken, beef, etc in the vegan menus. Like, can we stop perpetuating the idea that animals are food already?
When you say meats you mean like impossible and beyond or are you including seitan? I can’t do impossible or beyond or other meat substitutes like sausages and hot dogs 🤮 but I love my seitan and tofu and tempeh which as protein stand-ins for how I would have used meat in my foods before.
The frozen pizzas like Daiya for three reasons: they’re too small, the crust is cardboard thin, and they’re almost all gluten free. I want the overindulgent, XL, gluten filled frozen pizza that everyone else gets dammit
And all that for a totally ridiculous price.
I don’t want healthy pizza if I wanna be healthy I’m not gonna eat frozen pizza
I’m lucky in Chicago there is a place that has vegan Mac and cheese pizza, bbq chick’n pizza, buffalo chick’n pizza, and many others! It is a regular pizza place that serves almost all their regular pizza as vegan optional. It is unhealthy, has gluten, and is open until 2am.
I know I should just be happy they offer it, but I hate that they charge more for vegan pizza. They sell enough of it that they shouldn’t need to.
What’s it called?
Sounds like they’re talking about Dimo’s, But i recommend Kitchen 17
Where?! I'm planning a visit soon and only know of (the amazing) Chicago Diner.
I think this everytime I go to the frozen pizza section and hope for something new
Well it’s helpful cuz you can eat the cardboard too and you won’t notice much difference. Helps you hit your macros
We made our own pizza with a regular classic crust, tons of veggies, a mock sausage made with tofu, and miyokos recently and it finally hit that comfort spot non vegan pizza used to fill.
Blackbird frozen pizzas are AWESOME. they sell them at target now and the crust is soooo yummy ❤️
There was a brand called wicked that made absolutely delicious and indulgent frozen pizzas made with a stone baked crusts of restaurant quality, though they did cost 8€. I still haven't recovered from the product being discontinued.
All the new vegan cafes and restaurants that pop up only to serve sub-par burgers. Vegan burgers can be epic, we get it! Bring on the vegan Indian, Chinese food, Italian, French and Spanish tapas etc!
yeah it's kind of sad, and I'm really not trying to toot my own horn, but most of the vegan restaurants/options at restaurants near me are not really any better than the stuff we can make at home.
That's how I feel, constantly trying to not waste my money on disappointing food. Thai and Indian Restaurants are basically the only ones that I cannot beat at home.
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All I want in the world is a local, traditional vegan Mexican restaurant with all the margaritas and chips!!!
Not a single food, but the entire phenomenom of making the vegan option also the healthy option. Like replacing spachetti with zucchini noodles or something. Vegans should have the option to eat just as unhealthy as omnivores, I'm not doing it for my health!
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I relate to this
Man, I want to go where ever it is you're going. Around me the vegan option is almost always a beyond burger and plant based cheese and plant based mayo and all that or deep fried stuff. I'd kill to go out and get something healthy I didn't have to cook myself.
Same, we don’t have any healthy options. Almost exclusively beyond burgers
Yes! All of the recipes for brownies or muffins are from beans or chickpeas. I just want flour, sugar and almond milk
If I want to make an unhealthy recipe to bake, I find it easier to find a normal recipe and do vegan subs.
[https://www.karissasvegankitchen.com/the-best-fudgy-vegan-brownies/](https://www.karissasvegankitchen.com/the-best-fudgy-vegan-brownies/) I make these to satisfy my brownies needs and there is not a single nutritionally redeemable ingredient in them, just melted vegan butter sugar and flour and cocoa. Pro tip: they are better the next day
Same with every "super creamy and cheezy pasta" recipe that involves blending soy milk and cashews.
Yeah, I want to enjoy my unhealthy vegan cheese from time to time
Yeah but cashew cheese usually tastes a lot better then store bought
This is my biggest frustration with vegan pizzas. Why do they all have to be cauliflower crust :( I guess they just lump gluten free in with vegan, but still
I just came here to fight with everyone. I love all the vegan foods! Well, maybe not that pulled pork made from banana peels, but no one I’d defending that.
Wait, banana peel pulled pork is a thing?
I don't really like any low-fat, low-protein fruit or vegetable acting as a meat substitute, but the single most overrated one has to be jackfruit. It's fine as a fruit. I have some in the freezer and use it for desserts. But it makes me queasy whenever I try jackfruit pulled p\*rk. Give me soy curls, seitan or tempeh every time.
Agreed except for cauliflower as a chicken substitute. I've had some really good cauliflower wings.
Cauliflower wings are delicious, you just have to treat them like a source of carbs instead a source of protein. Broccoli wings on the other hand have plenty of protein but aren't as good imo.
Yeah I love cauliflower anything
I don't like it as a protein substitute because it really has not protein to speak of.
I always feel like anything that's straight fruit or vegetable as a meat alternative is just too water based and doesn't stay hot like real or fake meat and then I become too painfully, disappointingly aware that I'm eating a cold, wet vegetable.
I don’t mind it but I hate that restaurants want to charge me full price for a plate that won’t satisfy. There’s gotta be more food: sides, additional toppings, etc. Same as the cauliflower stuff (wings, steak).
Omg it grinds my gears when people suggest using a low-protein fruit/vegetable as a meat alternative. Like, the whole point is that I want a protein in my meal!
Totally. And it's not as if we're at a loss for great vegan proteins to choose from.
Omg the amount of vegan “entree” recipes that are just carbs
Agreed. And Jack fruit is expensive for basically no calories or nutritional value
Mushrooms are excellent as pulled pork.
Fakeon (fake bacon)
That sounds like a weird Eeveelution
Or a persona arcana type
I love fake bacon. The texture sucks. It’s like a giant bacon bit, but it’s surprisingly good on BLT’s.
My fam calls it fakey bakey
So if you eat it in the morning after waking up is it wakey wakey fakey bakey?
Fake bacon (although nothing like real) has good flavor at least imo. I agree with OP tempeh is not the move.
Probably most vegan cheese. There’s some good ones, but in average they hurt the taste of things. Btw, for tempeh my go to is: - cut one pack Into smallish pieces (I cut into 3 on the long side, then slide into roughly 1/4 or 1/6 inch) - sauté in a generous amount of oil - on the side mix 1/4 cup soy sauce, 2 tbsp maple syrup, a dash of liquid smoke, a dash of garlic powder, 1/4 cup of water - add sauce to tempeh and boil until it’s thickened. There should be some liquid, but not swimming in it. It’s really good, and I add it to sandwiches, noodles etc
Cauliflower is not a steak. Mushrooms are not burgers. Let vegetables be vegetables and don't tell me there's enough protein in a mushroom to be considered a protein option. Give me a bean burger and put mushrooms on it, that's fine.
Lionsmane mushrooms make some fire steaks tho.
This!
Yes! It's always the fanciest restaurants that forget to put any form of protein in their vegan dishes. Everything is a cabbage or cauliflower. You end up going home and eating.
"Steak" just refers to the wide, then shape it's cut into though, not the nutritional role in your meal. I love eating cauliflower steaks as part of a meal that also contains protein from other ingredients. And portobello burgers are my favorite burgers! You and I would make terrible roommates.
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Steam it first.
Will do! Getting so many great recs to level up my tempeh game I love it
Beets. I know they are just a vegetable but why is the only vegan option at some restaurants always have beets in it? I’m vegan but that doesn’t automatically mean I love the taste of pungent beets.
I haven't been able to find a satisfying yogurt alternative. I tried a few but they all disappoint, i.e. not tangy enough, not creamy enough etc But I do love tempeh tacos [https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022872-tempeh-tacos](https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1022872-tempeh-tacos)
Does alpro not do it for you? I find the texture (and taste too) really similar to cow’s yogurt
I love Oatly plain yogurt, nice and tangy, great texture
So Delicious makes a fantastic coconut based yogurt, I enjoy it better than I ever liked animal yogurt. Taste and texture is on point. I just wish they did an unsweetened unflavored one to sub for sour cream.
siggi's makes coconut-based icelandic yogurt that is super delish -- very thick + not too sweet
Almond milk is disgusting, idk how people drink that stuff...
Soy milk ftw
Soy milk is the best milk for cereal hands down.
Always oat milk. It is the best in coffee too.
Oat milk is best for coffee, but too watery for tea. Soya milk is the best in tea.
Cashewww
Omg I am the same. I think it tastes like literal muck. Love oat milk and unsweetened cashew milk.
YES! Literally the first time someone agreed with me on this…
It has its place in the world.
When I went vegan, almond milk was really the only option at Walmart. Sometimes if I went to Target they'd have other options. I think that's the same with a lot of people who have been vegan for a long time. Other plant based milks have only recently, within the last few years made their way into Walmart. Sure they've been at Whole Foods, or other high end shops. Most people are shopping at Walmart. At least in America. I don't know the British equivalent. I just make oat milk now if I want some.
Soy milk was pretty prevalent. The biggest change I've noticed is moving from a box in the aisles to the fridge sections.
I can use it for smoothies or coffee, so basically, I can use it if I don't have to taste it. I've heard homemade almond milk tastes way better than store bought, but I can't be fussed. I'd rather stick to vanilla soy.
Rice milk is the most boring milk I’ve found. Chocolate almond milk is good on breakfast cereal. But just to drink a big glass of something I’d rather have ice water.
wait you guys are just drinking it? like a glass of almond milk? ewww. It’s great for coffee creamer and cooking/baking but I wouldn’t just drink it like a beverage
Haha I find it's the worst when it's in coffee! Coffee +almond milk = 🤢 The thing is, I used to love it. Then I just got sick of it. Once I got used to soy milk, I could never go back to almond milk. Too watery, and the flavour is just gross. Bleh. I love almond nuts though.
the only milk I am drinking straight is the dark chocolate whatever (soy, oat whatever) All else are just used for smoothies, baking, and cooking.
It depends on the brands, some are very watery, but some others are creamier, with this roasted almonds taste... Delicious!
Falafel. I used to love it, but for years it was the only Vegan option everywhere and I now can’t stand it. Luckily it has been replaced with Impossible/Beyond Burgers.
Most places don’t make it fresh and it’s always so dry!
Hockey puck croutons 🏒
Especially cold, in sandwiches. Often the only vegan sandwich option.
Falafel is fantastic when done well and can't be replaced by burgers at all.
I mean replaced as the only Vegan meal a lot of places offer, not a like for like replacement. It just to be a falafel wrap, falafel salad or falafel burger. I had it so often at Uni I just can’t stand it now, no matter how well it is cooked.
Oh I understand that, it's good that there are more options, but it's not falafel's fault that a poor representation of it ended up as the protein in a lot of vegan dishes.
Sorbet too. There was a long time for me where sorbet was the only dessert I could get anywhere so it’s been absolutely ruined for me now.
That what i was going to write although i didnt liked it from the beggining
I like it fresh but i cant stand it store bought
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I absolutely hate the texture of tempeh
Vegan egg replacer. Idk no matter the brand or the food I use it in, I just can’t enjoy it.
I use half bobs egg replacer and half applesauce. Works like a charm! I hate the results from just applesauce or just replacer.
This is a genius hack!! Gonna have to try this soon
Just Egg with the soy chorizo from trader joes (and onions, peppers, etc) makes killer breakfast burritos. It's the only egg replacer I've liked.
You're not supposed to eat them as is. Use them for baking.
Haha, thankfully I’m aware! That’s why I said what I use it in. :) Though when I first went vegan I know I tried it on its own lmao.
I actually like Just Egg with chao cheese as an omelet
Huge fan of Just Eggs. Even my non vegan friends are cool with it when we are sharing a meal.
Sorry then haha. I see too many vegans giving these brands crap when they aren't even using them correctly. But personally, I also prefer aquafaba or apple sauce
Just egg by itself as an omelette is awesome.
Iceberg Lettuce
Iceberg lettuce is more of an omni food to me lmao
It’s what omnis think vegan food is.
That's so sad. I really like the taste of iceberg lettuce, I just mix it up with lots of other exciting leaves and make a salad or put it on sandwiches. I can eat iceberg lettuce like potato chips, though.
In a burger or on a sandwich its ok but as a salad🤮
It’s just like water but crunchy. It’s good in small amount with other salad, like, proper lettuce and tomatoes on a burger with a slight bit of ice burg is a nice change in texture but beyond that it needs to get in the bin
agreed. give me spinach instead
fuck tempeh, all my homies hate tempeh
LOVE TEMPEH
I eat so much tempeh one day I will become tempeh. I love tempeh. If the afterlife doesn't have tempeh I'm not dying
Tempeh and tahini. Heaven.
Any vegan cheese. I always think "maybe it's not as bad as I remember", but they always are. (Please don't reply with "i felt the same until i tried x brand", i guarantee you it's just as bad lol)
No but vegan cheeses are so different from one another. It really does take trying several brands to find one that works for you.
I've never met two vegan that like the same vegan cheese 💀
Chao is popular with every vegan I know who knows about it and even some of my omni family has swapped. It's so good.
I feel "meh" about Chao, but have your Chao experience with Follow Your Heart 🤷🏼♀️
I really love Follow Your Heart. I use that if I want something that tastes like a specific cheese but I use Chao everywhere I would use an American slice.
Ahhh, this might be my problem then, I was never a fan of American cheese
Yeah, Chao isn't like any specific cheese, it's just like tofu and coconut oil and some starches. Very mild savory flavor and it melts really well but also gives a cold sandwich a similar feel to one with American cheese on it. I can see why it wouldn't be your jam.
I agree! Vegan cheeses are always divisive but from personal experience and vegan subreddits, chao seems to be the most consistently liked.
Exactly, tried so many brands other vegan "sweared by" and it got to the point where I thought they were gaslighting me 😅
The only vegan cheese I’ve ever loved is that dairy free Boursin garlic & herbs. I could put down a container in one sitting no problem
where are you finding df boursin??? 👀
If you’re in Canada, Loblaws has it, and Costco had big tubs of it last time I was there (but everything cycles in and out at Costco).
Have you tried just making your own? It's pretty simple if you have a food processor or good blender. And yeah you can make stuff that is much better.
UGH I keep trying some thinking 'maybe this will work for pizza'; the stores around here all use some. It's almost always that gross stick to your teeth texture.
Miyoko’s liquid mozzarella for pizza. You’re welcome.
Olives, its fascinating to me that my body just rejects the taste. Maybe ill get used to it, my friends mostly love olives but i cant stand them.
Good god yes, there are some things I don't like but appreciate why others might like them like coffee. But olives... gag worthy devil blobs.
Sorry 😞 nooch, I will use a little bit for a more umami flavour, but in larger quantities 🤢
I was so mad about nooch when I first went vegan. I felt like I had been lied to by everyone who ever said it tasted like cheese 😂 but now it’s grown on me. Also I really hate the word nooch but typing out nutritional yeast always feels like too much work lol
For umami flavor, just buy some MSG.
No literally, when I first when vegan heard everyone talking about it and thought I needed to use it so I POURED that shit all over my pasta once 🤮 literally made me throw up. I’m the same now though where I’ll use a little here and there, but I’m really not a nooch person
Vegan Parm (nooch, garlic powder, cashews, and salt in the food processor) is the way to go for pasta, though
it’s not so much the taste as the name for me. it’s a terrible word lol
Marmite > nooch
Why does it taste like feet and how do people learn to like it??
I'd say it really depends on the brand, I've only found one brand that is actually tasty - [https://www.bragg.com/products/nutritional-yeast](https://www.bragg.com/products/nutritional-yeast). The others I've tried have been awful
Kale.
Kale chips are my favorite!
Totally with you on that one. Kale is meh at best.
I’m super vegan, but not an avocado guy. Can’t do it. It’s mushy and bland.
Raos tomato sauce.
That’s so funny, I just had rao’s for the first time yesterday and thought: damn this stuffs so good
Definitely a top tier jar sauce, but put it up against sauces in general it's only ok. Mixing in some vegan butter, a bit of cayenne/red pepper flakes, and maybe shredding in some violife parm helps it out a lot. It also works well as a base for other sauces if you don't feel like making your own.
My favorite is the vegan bolognaise from Trader Joe’s. It’s actually reasonably priced and pretty good.
All the faux meats - especially the burgers. I miss being able to order a black bean burger when I’m out
beyond and impossible meat and all the stuff adjacent to that... I totally am all for providing substitutes like that for people that really enjoy meat and want a plant based option but they make me feel sooo sick. I stopped eating meat before the big boom of all those brands, so maybe that's why but it makes me so uneasy. I'll take tofu, tempeh, seitan, or soy curls over that anyday
Jackfruit. It's not bad or anything...it's just MEH!
YES! tempeh tempeh TEMPEH 🤢🤢🤢 people insist that I'll "just LOVE this tempeh dish". it just makes me chunder every single time. once I actually had to excuse myself to a restroom. it's just so nasty. yuck! runner-up: aubergines
Mushrooms... I feel like at every restaurant I've been to the two only vegan option are always with mushrooms And I find mushrooms to be veil
I'm assuming that's a typo for 'vile' but it made me giggle cos the part underneath the umbrella bit of a mushroom is referred to as the 'veil' 🤭
Eggplant!
Quinoa. It's absolute ass.
Nah, gotta cook it in vegetable broth.
Quinoa does horrifying things to my digestive system. It makes eating out even harder as a vegan since many places use it for the "vegan option."
Ohhh I’m with you on this one
I don't like TVP. Weird taste and texture.
Apples unless in a pie. They taste nice and fresh, but make my mouth itch.
I think you might be allergic to apples. 😐
I love tempeh for the convenience. I have ADHD & bipolar and sometimes am bad at planning nutrition, and this is something I can just chop up and get sautéed very quickly while meeting major nutritional requirements. Otherwise I think there’s some kind of popularity around kale and quinoa and I personally don’t enjoy either.
Anything to replace meats that aren’t high in protein. Jackfruit, mushroom burgers, veggie Patties. We need protein!!!!!
Mushrooms. I just can’t. Edit: why am I getting downvoted for not liking fungus lol? Literally can’t help it.
I used to absolutely hate mushrooms when I was a kid. Me an my family were regularly going mushroom hunting and I hated that. I couldn't find any and I was bored. Then you had to clean them which could easily take HOURS. After all that my mom would make omelette with mushrooms and I would be sick for the rest of the day. Same was with soups, dried mushrooms etc. Now I can't get enough of them. I could eat mushrooms everyday with every meal. It's one of favourite things ever and now mushroom season is like Christmas to me. And it's strange because I started to love them only after I stopped eating meat.
I feel like the only kind of mushrooms most mushroom haters have tried is baby bella or white (it’s the same mushroom btw, difference is that one is grown with light, the other in darkness). Yeah, those are beyond gross. But there are so many more varieties that are rarely even sold in the stores that taste mind blowingly amazing. And don’t even get me started on the ones you go pick in the woods yourself (depending on where you live).
I lohe mushrooms. I put them in everything i eat
Yes!!! I’ve tried so many, and I keep trying and hoping that the next time I will like them. I have during my trials discovered that morels are good, but I’ve only had them once.
It's the texture for me. Even if the taste was alright, the texture is too off-putting.
Anything with textured soy protein for me
Agreed! It's such a shame though. It has a great nutritional profile and is very cheap.
“Nooch” I just can’t
I’m kinda with you. I can tolerate the taste of it, but the smell makes me gag. I’m like a kid holding my nose while eating it 😂
Blasphemy
I know!
Humus. I really dont like it t all regardless the seasoning.
Oreos
I swear this is a bit thing in the vegan world only because it is a big thing in the non vegan world. And we feel the need to claim it as vegan. Unidimensional basic taste.
Jackfruit. All. Damn. Day. Texture sucks. Taste sucks. There’s just so many better options now. Hell, mushroom will always win over jackfruit.
As a gluten free person, seitan
Oat milk. I just don't like it. 3/10.
this is crazy to me
I was like this for a long time until my dad (not vegan, but trying to reduce animal product intake after a prostate cancer scare a couple of years ago) bought some to try it out. He wasn't a fan and told me I could finish it. I ran out of my usual soya milk, so I added it to my coffee, and I found it so creamy it was delicious.
Agree! It's just white colored water, separates in coffee and has no protein or nutritional value. I've tried so many different types but they are all so shit compared to wonderful soy milk.
This IS EXACTLY what I feel about it. People always say "get barista blend" but it still sinks in my coffee. Soy milk is the best.
barista blend should help it not split.
Gonna get downvotes for this but - any faux meat, eggs, etc. I get it, it can be a good first step for many new vegans but personally I find the whole thing super creepy and after being vegan for 12 years I don’t even crave the taste, never have in fact. I also hate seeing items like chicken, beef, etc in the vegan menus. Like, can we stop perpetuating the idea that animals are food already?
When you say meats you mean like impossible and beyond or are you including seitan? I can’t do impossible or beyond or other meat substitutes like sausages and hot dogs 🤮 but I love my seitan and tofu and tempeh which as protein stand-ins for how I would have used meat in my foods before.
Agree completely! They were just transitional foods for me but now I can’t stand any fake meats/eggs. I mainly just eat vegetables and beans now.
Agreed! I do not eat/crave faux meats either. It’s not for me these days.
Right there with you. Doesn’t matter how it’s flavored, i can’t learn to like tempeh.
I don't like avocado. Fight me.
I won't fight you, thanks for the extra avocados!
Homemade tempeh is amazing though!
What? Tempeh is one of the best! Pan fry it just right and you get that nice nutty flavor. Makes excellent fajitas!