I dont really like meat, is there a way to substitute for it?!

I dont really like meat, is there a way to substitute for it?

im not vegetarian or anything , im just really picky about meat. basically ill only eat chicken or veal and it has to be like from a retaurant. i know to substitute i can eat peanuts and beans, but is there anything else?

Congratulations for being one of the caring, ethical and loving people who want to make the world better for themselves as well as for the animals, plants and ecology. Dear, as a vegan for many years, I can tell you that there are soooo many substitutes for meat, you will wonder how you even ever ate meat at all! When I first went entirely animal-free, I did a lot of substitution with hard tofu. Instead of the meat, I would marinate the tofu (in blocks or slices) in a vegan fake meat flavoring marinade. I would prepare the marinade by dissolving the vegan "meat" flavoring into a few cups of hot water, adding 1/2 a sliced onion, one clove of garlic and whatever other spices I thought would go great with the meal itself. I would put the tofu in the marinade (make sure the tofu is completely covered by the liquid) and place it in the refrigerator at least 2 hours. I would then fry the tofu in a bit of olive oil until each side was golden brown. Then I would add some of the marinade to make a delicious gravy for the tofu.

With this method you can make just about any recipe and use tofu as a meat substitute. It's fun and you can be creative! Another good substitute we Buddhists use is called seitan. You can make this yourself with vital wheat gluten. You simply add enough water to 1 cup of vital wheat gluten to make a lovely, rubbery ball. Then you boil some vegan fake meat seasoning or bouillion (or otherwise spicy water) to cover the seitan and place cut up "cutlets" of the seitan into the water. (Cut the seitan as you would cutlets of any meat.) Let the water and seitan simmer for 45 minutes. Now, take the seitan out and let it cool. Now you can further cut the seitan into whatever shapes you wish...i.e. cubes for "beef stew" or slices for "lunch meat". This makes a lot of seitan and some can be frozen for use later...make sure you double-wrap and contain it so it doesn't get freezer burn. When you are ready to use the seitan, fry it for 15 minutes in some canola oil that you can season further with spices or vegan bouillions. I often will take slices of my homemade seitan and fry them in vegan barbeque sauce. This makes fantastic vegan "pulled pork" for sandwiches or served with sauerkraut.

I have further recipes on my 360 blog...you will get even more ideas.

Good luck, dear! Happy no-meat and great health life!