Looking for vegan food options that aren't soy substitutes.?

Alright, due to medical recommendations, I'm removing animal products from my diet. I'm not going the unhealthy meat substitute route where you eat a bunch of gross processed mock-meat foods. I've been eating mostly fruit and veggies (variety of deep leafy greens, etc), making sure to get in B12, taking a vitamin supplement and tofu for protein. What cookbooks and recipes would you recommend for a vegan? Also, any opinions on raw foods?Looking for vegan food options that aren't soy substitutes.?
Congratulations on your healthy new diet! Don't worry. You will have endless options for wonderful meals without needing to rely on overly-processed foods and fake meats. Often if you wish to make something similar to a burger, hot dog, meatloaf, or meatball - it can be made out of beans, chickpeas, lentils, walnuts, etc.



Also, for B-12, you might want to check out nutritional yeast flakes that you sprinkle on top of your food. It tastes a little like cheese, and you will notice it in numerous recipes for vegans. Red Star is probably the most common brand. You can get it in the bulk food bins at Whole Foods or order it online.



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Raw foods are great! I would definitely look into a raw cookbook. Other than that, try to incorporate beans, lentils, peas, seeds, and nuts into your diet for protein. These will be much better for you than the processed substitutes. You can eat them with rice or quinoa with a little olive oil and soy sauce, or you can wrap it all up in a tortilla. You could also make green smoothies. Just throw kale, spinach, apple, banana, berries, or whatever vegetable/fruit combination you want into the blender. Good luck!
Sounds like you're doing really well so far. The healthiest diet consists of a wide variety of fruits, veggies, greens, grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. Make sure you're eating lots of different beans, not just tofu. For recipes, this is a good site http://fatfreevegan.com/



The more raw foods you eat, the healthier you will be. That doesn't necessarily mean you have to be 100% raw, but you should eat lots of raw fruits, veggies, greens, nuts and seeds everyday, in addition to some cooked veggies, legumes and grains. Green smoothies are a great way to get lots of raw fruits and veggies in your diet. Raw recipes are easy to find through google, and are almost guaranteed to be healthy - just watch the oil and don't overdo it with nuts and seeds (raw vegans tend to rely a lot on nuts, especially cashews).



I also recommend using nutritional yeast, if you don't already. Good luck!Looking for vegan food options that aren't soy substitutes.?
In addition to fruits and vegetables, you will need to eat a variety of whole grains, seeds, nuts and legumes for protein. Tofu is fine in moderation, but it is a soy product which you said you wanted to avoid.



Leah Leneman's book, Vegan Cooking for One, is a great resource.
Good for you in not eating a lot of soy.



Here are a couple of links to people who are/have been raw foodist. You might just take time and read what they have to say:



http://www.beyondveg.com/cat/frank-talk/鈥?/a>



http://rawfoodsos.com/category/about/Looking for vegan food options that aren't soy substitutes.?
Everything else beside animal derived products. And soy is very healthful for people. Do you think people just live off meat?
green vegetables,soup,milk,eggs.
Gummy Bears.
Tofu itself isn't bad for you, but I hear all the additives they put in those mock meats are what makes it bad for you. You can eat tofu every once in a while, it won't hurt. Personally, it sounds like you got a good idea of what you're eating for a healthy diet. Veggies, fruits, beans, lentils, peanuts, almonds, cashew, seeds, etc. Flax seeds are really good for Omega 3s.



Make a veggie stock using a variety of fresh vegetables, sea salt, basil, oregano, and black pepper for flavoring. The longer you let your vegetables cook for your stock, the more it takes on flavor. You can use your stock to make for many dishes. I like to let it get cold in the fridge and use it as a liquid base for green juice. It's really healthy.



Of course, making green juices and fruit smoothies are really good for you in the summer. Freshly made salads with almonds and flax seeds are really good.



Use coconut milk, fruit, and flax meal to make smoothies. You can do a twist and make a vegetable/fruit smoothie. Put dark leafy greens, some carrots, cucumbers, strawberries, and bananas to blend together to make the smoothie. Orange juice or some other all natural fruit juice can be used as a base for your smoothie. I know a lot of people probably think putting vegetables and fruits together in one smoothie will taste like ****, but it actually doesn't. The sweetness of the fruits overtakes the tastes of vegetables, which is actually good if you don't like the taste of vegetables.