>>Interesting. A friend of my daughters will be staying with us for 3 weeks and she is a vegan. What type of meat substitute works best with burritos?
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>It depends if she likes meat, but doesn't eat it for health/political reasons (me) or she doesn't like meat (my wife).
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>If she likes the taste of meat, Veggie ground round is very authentic http://www.yvesveggie.com/products_family.php?family_id=12&page=1&pIdName=Ground%20Round
>otherwise I would just use beans.

Once at thanksgiving, my brother doled out the ice cream after the meal, and I started eating it. After 2 unfortunate spoonsful, I looked up at him and said, "This isn't ice cream. What the hell is it?"

He had to admit it was frozen yoghurt. He was so convinced that it tasted the same as ice cream that he figured I'd never know and he could snicker at me later.

It's like that with the veggie meat facsimiles. Vegetarians convince themselves that it tastes like meat, but believe me, it doesn't. I've tried a lot of different ones, and the only ones that ever even come anywhere close (but not too close) are the ones that are so full of grease that they aren't worth eating.

>The veggie burgers fall into that category too. The Good Burger, Veggie Authentic and Chicken Burger are reasonable imitations of animal flesh, but the Savory Veggie is full of vegetables, but good in its own way. http://www.yvesveggie.com/products_family.php?family_id=10&page=1&pIdName=Veggie%20Burgers
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>Veggie dogs are similar with the "Tofu Dog" being the most realistic.
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>Vegan, that is a tough lifestyle and very hard to do in health way. Your daughters friend may even be really serious and not eat honey.
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>My wife and I have always eaten dairy and eggs, but in the last few years have added fish to keep us healthy as we age. Our 2 year on daughter eats everything, and she can choose to be vegetarian or not when she is older.

My sister is a vegetarian. For her it's because she doesn't feel animals should be killed. While I find it hard to argue with that, I do kid her about eating bread. After all, yeast is not a vegetable.