Tips on Substituting Meat

*First Posted 10/12/12

It is true that being vegetarian is hard.

It is hard specially when you are conditioned to the taste and texture of meat.

Now this condition is very common for us Filipinos since our country has a lot of festivities and celebration. Majority of the food served are meat based.

But what if there will be a substitute for meat? Still the same with the taste and texture of a real meat.

It will be a perfect chance for those who wanted to try giving up meat.

You can still enjoy the taste of meat without eating the real meat.

There are manufacturers of vegetarian meat substitutes here in Manila where you can buy them.

I made a list of Meat Substitutes that I recommend for vegetarian starters:

• TOFU – you can use tofu as replacement for chicken. By just deep frying it the way you do to chickens you can achieve a tofu that tastes almost like chicken.

Vegetarian Chicken Nugget

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Vegetarian Meat is being used to retain the taste and texture of meat.

Not really a meat because it is made from soy wheat. Non difference with the taste depends on how it was cooked.

In Bodhi stores, one of the best fake meat is Vegetarian Chicken Nugget.

Once you taste it you will not say that it's fake because the taste and texture is the same with real chicken nuggets.

This is one way of conditioning one's tongue in giving up meat. I hope can also help those who are having hard time giving up meat thru this guidelines if you want to give up eating meat: