There are lots of misconceptions about veganism, one being that it is hard or there isn't much to eat, but the truth is, a lot of every grocery store is vegan. I like to think of it as 4 groups. You have the produce section, the base ingredients, the packaged/pre-made foods that are "accidentally vegan" (meaning they weren't made to be vegan but happen to be anyway), and the packaged/pre-made foods that are purposefully vegan. I'll give some examples below, but by no means is this all. Then you have meals that are vegan, like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, pasta marinara, salads, fruit salads etc. and other meals you can make vegan. Here I have a list of literally thousands of vegan recipes that I collected in less than a year, and there are endless amounts more than that out therehttp://kristinnirvana.blogspot.com/2014/07/huge-vegan-recipes-list.html
1.) The produce section. This includes all (of which there are many types each) of vegetables (including leafy veggies/greens), fruits, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes, fresh herbs etc. There are thousands of edible plants. There are also sections for canned or dried or frozen fruit, vegetables, beans, nuts, grains etc.
2.) The base ingredients. A lot of things we cook with are vegan. This includes things such as flour, baking soda, baking powder, corn starch, corn syrup, non-bone char sugar, yeast, salt, all herbs/spices/seasonings (other than a few specialty mixes that may contain something like cheese, but endless amounts are vegan, of course because they are basically ground and dried plants), cocoa powder, oils (vegetable, olive, canola, coconut, peanut, sesame etc. and also others or extracts like rosemary, banana, peppermint, vanilla, cinnamon, flax etc. etc.), vinegars (balsamic, red wine, white, distilled, apple cider etc.), vegetable broth/stock/bullion, maple syrup, agave nectar, pasta etc.
3.) Accidentally vegan packaged foods. There's a whole bunch of these. Chips (tortilla and potato (other than things like cheese flavored)), some cereals and breads and bagels and oats and granola and oatmeal and crackers and cookies, pretzels, soda, juice, other drinks, even some microwaveable popcorn, dressings, ketchup, mustard, pickles, relish, nut butters, jams, some canned or packaged soups or rice or ramen, some tv dinners or other ready made meals, some pancake mixes, some cake mixes and frostings, some pastries or biscuits or cans like cinnamon rolls or croissants or pie crusts, tomato sauces and certain other sauces etc. etc. there's too much to type but this video shows a lot (though there's actually much more than that too) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnWRCHKBuLA
4.) Purposefully vegan foods. There's a vegan version of everything. Cheese, yogurt, mayonnaise, milk, ice cream, butter, meats, marshmallows, meals etc. etc. Here are just a few brands and types...
Milk: (too many to name but here's some): Silk, So Delicious, Dream (things like Almond Dream, Rice Dream, Soy Dream, coconut Dream etc.), Blue Diamond's Almond Breeze
Creamer: Silk, So Delicious
Cheese (too many to name but here's some): More standard ones: Field Roast's Chao Cheese, Heidi Ho, Tofutti, Daiya, Follow Your Heart, Go Veggie (purple package) Artisan ones: Avellana, Kite Hill, Treeline, Vtopian, Dr. Cow, Door 86, Miyoko's Kitchen, Midas, Virgin cheeses, Vegan Sun/Sunrawise, Vromage, Dairy Tree, Sprout & Kernel, Punk Rawk Labs, Parmella, Matthew Kenney/M.A.K.E., Peace cheese, St. Martaen
Cream Cheese: Tofutti, Follow Your Heart, Go Veggie, Daiya
-Parmesan: Go Veggie (purple), Parma, Avellana
Butter and Margarine: Earth Balance, Blue Bonnet's Light Margarine
Sour Cream: Tofutti, Follow Your Heart,
Yogurt: Silk, So Delicious, Almond Dream
Mayonaise: Follow Your Heart's Vegenaise, Hampton Creek's Just Mayo, Earth Balance's Mindful Mayo, Nasoya's Nayonaise, Trader Joe's reduced fat mayonnaise, Specrtum's eggless vegan light canola mayo, Whole Foods's 365 Organic line vegan mayo
Whipped Cream (can and tub): Soyatoo, So Delicious
Ice Cream (tubs, sandwiches, bars, cones, bites, and other novelties): Tofutti, So Delicious, Purely Decadent, Coconut Bliss, Almond Dream, Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Mr. Dewie's, Stella's Best,
Marshmallows and marshmallow cream: Dandies, Sweet and Sarah, Suzanne's Ricemellow Creme
Cookie Dough: Eat Pastry, Hampton Creek
Egg Nog (seasonal): Silk, So Delicous
Mac and cheese: Earth Balance, Upton's Naturals
Pre-packaged meals: Amy's has a lot of them. There are tons of others but I can't remember names off the top of my head right now
Cheese its: Earth Balance
Cheese puffs: Earth Balance
Cheese Popcorn: Earth Balance
Cheddar and sour cream and onion potato chips: Earth Balance
Veggie Burgers: Gardenburger, Morningstar Farms, Boca, Trader Joe's
Vegan Meats: Beyond Meat, Gardein, Field Roast, Tofurky, Upton's Naturals, Gardenburger, Morningstar Farms, Boca, Target
Dressings: Follow your heart (including ranch, caesar, blue cheese, thousand island, and honey mustard)
1.) The produce section. This includes all (of which there are many types each) of vegetables (including leafy veggies/greens), fruits, nuts, seeds, grains, legumes, fresh herbs etc. There are thousands of edible plants. There are also sections for canned or dried or frozen fruit, vegetables, beans, nuts, grains etc.
2.) The base ingredients. A lot of things we cook with are vegan. This includes things such as flour, baking soda, baking powder, corn starch, corn syrup, non-bone char sugar, yeast, salt, all herbs/spices/seasonings (other than a few specialty mixes that may contain something like cheese, but endless amounts are vegan, of course because they are basically ground and dried plants), cocoa powder, oils (vegetable, olive, canola, coconut, peanut, sesame etc. and also others or extracts like rosemary, banana, peppermint, vanilla, cinnamon, flax etc. etc.), vinegars (balsamic, red wine, white, distilled, apple cider etc.), vegetable broth/stock/bullion, maple syrup, agave nectar, pasta etc.
3.) Accidentally vegan packaged foods. There's a whole bunch of these. Chips (tortilla and potato (other than things like cheese flavored)), some cereals and breads and bagels and oats and granola and oatmeal and crackers and cookies, pretzels, soda, juice, other drinks, even some microwaveable popcorn, dressings, ketchup, mustard, pickles, relish, nut butters, jams, some canned or packaged soups or rice or ramen, some tv dinners or other ready made meals, some pancake mixes, some cake mixes and frostings, some pastries or biscuits or cans like cinnamon rolls or croissants or pie crusts, tomato sauces and certain other sauces etc. etc. there's too much to type but this video shows a lot (though there's actually much more than that too) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnWRCHKBuLA
4.) Purposefully vegan foods. There's a vegan version of everything. Cheese, yogurt, mayonnaise, milk, ice cream, butter, meats, marshmallows, meals etc. etc. Here are just a few brands and types...
Milk: (too many to name but here's some): Silk, So Delicious, Dream (things like Almond Dream, Rice Dream, Soy Dream, coconut Dream etc.), Blue Diamond's Almond Breeze
Creamer: Silk, So Delicious
Cheese (too many to name but here's some): More standard ones: Field Roast's Chao Cheese, Heidi Ho, Tofutti, Daiya, Follow Your Heart, Go Veggie (purple package) Artisan ones: Avellana, Kite Hill, Treeline, Vtopian, Dr. Cow, Door 86, Miyoko's Kitchen, Midas, Virgin cheeses, Vegan Sun/Sunrawise, Vromage, Dairy Tree, Sprout & Kernel, Punk Rawk Labs, Parmella, Matthew Kenney/M.A.K.E., Peace cheese, St. Martaen
Cream Cheese: Tofutti, Follow Your Heart, Go Veggie, Daiya
-Parmesan: Go Veggie (purple), Parma, Avellana
Butter and Margarine: Earth Balance, Blue Bonnet's Light Margarine
Sour Cream: Tofutti, Follow Your Heart,
Yogurt: Silk, So Delicious, Almond Dream
Mayonaise: Follow Your Heart's Vegenaise, Hampton Creek's Just Mayo, Earth Balance's Mindful Mayo, Nasoya's Nayonaise, Trader Joe's reduced fat mayonnaise, Specrtum's eggless vegan light canola mayo, Whole Foods's 365 Organic line vegan mayo
Whipped Cream (can and tub): Soyatoo, So Delicious
Ice Cream (tubs, sandwiches, bars, cones, bites, and other novelties): Tofutti, So Delicious, Purely Decadent, Coconut Bliss, Almond Dream, Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Mr. Dewie's, Stella's Best,
Marshmallows and marshmallow cream: Dandies, Sweet and Sarah, Suzanne's Ricemellow Creme
Cookie Dough: Eat Pastry, Hampton Creek
Egg Nog (seasonal): Silk, So Delicous
Mac and cheese: Earth Balance, Upton's Naturals
Pre-packaged meals: Amy's has a lot of them. There are tons of others but I can't remember names off the top of my head right now
Cheese its: Earth Balance
Cheese puffs: Earth Balance
Cheese Popcorn: Earth Balance
Cheddar and sour cream and onion potato chips: Earth Balance
Veggie Burgers: Gardenburger, Morningstar Farms, Boca, Trader Joe's
Vegan Meats: Beyond Meat, Gardein, Field Roast, Tofurky, Upton's Naturals, Gardenburger, Morningstar Farms, Boca, Target
Dressings: Follow your heart (including ranch, caesar, blue cheese, thousand island, and honey mustard)
