In this blog, we aim show you some products for the replacement of meat and egg in your daily cuisine. Let’s explore this together.

The good news is that it’s easy to find plant-based ingredient—even the exotic or rare ones in the market, thanks to the efforts of pioneers who’ve advocated for plant-based diet over the past few decades. While in France in 2017, I could barely find vegan products in the supermarket. In 2019, when I first came to Prague, there were only a few vegan brands of ice cream available. Today, however, I can hardly count all the vegan ice creams on offer. Moreover, more people (such as Bill Gates) have invested in vegan product research and production, because of potential business opportunities. Thus the range of vegan food options is widening each year.

I am grateful for the wave of dietary civilization sweeping across the entire world.

This article focuses on 3 components:

A) How to choose vegan products to replace meat and eggs

B) How to enhance the taste and flavor of vegan dishes

C) How to replace eggs in baking

A) PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION

Our previous article stated that the main elements in meat and eggs are saturated fats and proteins. Logically, we can find various replacements.

1.- Raw (or relatively original) and whole-food products

For common usage, tofu and many kinds of both dry and fresh mushrooms can be used as replacements for meat, due of their protein quantity and flavor. Roasting tofu and mushroom adds a pleasant ‘burnt’ flavor to a variety of dishes.

For more advanced cooking, use protein-rich products such as soya, soy-protein, tempeh and smoked tofu. If you are allergic to soy, you can replace protein with products made from wheat, pea, peanuts and chickpeas. Another recommendation is using products similar in taste to meat or fish. Konjac, for example—a kind of magical vegan “meat,” is both natural and healthy. There are many fantastic ingredients from different regions waiting for us to explore, such as peach gum.