Vegan sausages, recommendations please.

Hithere

My comment does not apply to silverbrooks - it could help the OP

Thanks.

It’s just how I am and partly why I stopped eating meat over 50 years ago. Ethical concerns helped by the fact that I find the smell and look of meat repulsive, especially raw meat. Meat burning on BBQs is something else I cannot tolerate. I’ve heard vegetarians say they find the smell of frying bacon hard to resist. I don’t experience that so it must be a sensory thing for me.

It’s not the same for everyone hence why plant-based substitutes made to look like meat are popular.

I enjoy a roasted spud (cooked in oil not meat fat) and am quite happy with those and some veg as a roast dinner. People find it odd that I don't want a "main" item on the plate.

Meat-substitutes can be expensive for what they often are so I didn’t want OP to waste her money on something that the two guests wouldn’t want to eat - but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

You are right about Quorn. I have tried it once and it made me ill. GI issues with Quorn are widely reported in medical journals. It's mycoprotein, which is produced by a mould and can be highly dangerous. I'm not good with mushrooms either which are often an ingredient of meat-substitute dishes, so that makes sense. Chestnuts similar - not themselves a mould; however, they are highly perishable and do develop mould.

I don’t like quorn, if my veggie family come home I tend to use tofu in curries or roasted with veg. But at Xmas they all like a roast dinner and then I have to find plant based options but luckily there are a wide variety available now, not just quorn or Linda McCartney.

We're vegan. We happily eat sides, extra salad and bread. Nobody need worry how we fill our plates - perhaps ask preferences?

Sainsbury’s do a plant based vegan Cumberland sausage which is ok, though I avoid ultra processed foods so I don’t buy them any more. Roast cauliflower with hazelnuts is a nice combo and is easy to do with roast dinners.

why not do finely chopped mushrooms and olives with pepper, and roll them in a green leaf..

It’s chemicals in a sausage shape.
Don’t do it!

I make beetroot falafel and shape the same mixture into burgers or sausages if required.

Works every time and tastes delicious.

last Christmas Tesco were selling IT'S NOT TURKEY..it had stuffing along with it, I got it for my daughter who is vegan, and she said it was the best she had tasted,,

Not to eat pigs? Ok to eat lambs and cows

I can’t stand Linda mccartneys stuff personally but I do like Quorn sausages
They don’t have lots of fat but do have plenty of protein
I only use Quorn stuff Most of the non meat bacon is horrid

A nut roast is a lovely alternative

Grannylynj, perhaps because of the particularly cruel way pigs are killed. Not going into detail in this forum.
We used to enjoy vegan sausages and mash, but came to realise that the product is too ultra processed, and although 'kind' is not healthy.
Wish we could find another version. Will keep reading this thread.

V3ra

Tesco have vegan sausages and bacon from Richmond on their website.

I wouldn't buy vegan stuff from Richmond as they're only jumping on the vegan bandwagon!
Quorn are good however.☺

We all like Cauldron veggie sausages (especially the Lincolnshire ones and the Cumberland) but I'm not certain they're vegan

Sorry. No, forget that. Cauldron sausages have egg white in them

I think Richmond are the best. My husband was a meat eater. I'm sure he would never have guessed that these do not contain meat.

keepingquiet

I agree with above. Why make food seem like meat if you don't eat meat?

There must be so many simple and quick vegan meals out there which are really tasty.

I'm not vegan but if I had a guest who was one I would just cook a great vegan meal we could all enjoy.

Cooking a chicken roast seems a bit insulting to the guest to me.

Cooking a chicken roast seems a bit insulting to the guest to me.

So if you have ten guests for dinner and one is vegan, equally would it be insulting to cook vegan foo for all?

Enjoy your traditional roast chicken and I hope the person who is vegan enjoys their meal too, whatever you decide to cook &shysal^.

I probably wouldn't bother with fake meat alternatives, just find a good, easy vegan recipe. Mary Berry cooked something with put lentils on TV this evening which looked tasty and very easy.

Excuse typos, I'm tired.

Cauldron taste the best
Tivall do the best tasting frankfurter type.

I'm a vegetarian and don't need to buy fake meats as I cook from scratch but I have definitely eaten lots of sausages elsewhere - some are truly disgusting!

Sorry. Cauldron are vegetarian- not vegan

Oh dear. Just looked up Tivall - they are vegetarian too!
Just ignore everything I said!!!
Sorry.

Grannylynge, it's ethical not to eat the flesh of pigs, sheep, lambs or cows, salmon ,or hens unless the animals have been welfare checked to the highest standards . Welfare standards include no long distance transports to slaughter, or making baby calves anaemic to produce white veal.

Pigs are as intelligent as dogs and so are a special case . If you have seen a brood sow literally gone mad with the conditions of her life you would not eat pig either.

It's better to eat a little animal flesh than eat it every day. It's not necessary for human health to eat flesh every day.

Once I invited several people for a meal including meat eaters and two vegetarians. Everyone chose the nut roast and there was not enough for everyone.

If I had to cook for mixed vegetarians and flesh eaters I'd make all vegetarian food with some slices of Cheddar and other cheeses as a side dish.

I’m coeliac so if I cook for veggies or vegans everyone eats the same meal, gluten and meat free, even if there are meat eaters included.

There’s never a problem.

I like the Waitrose own vegan sausages.

I get around the issues with burgers and sausages by batch making the mixes like beetroot falafel, spicy beans, leek and cheese etc., and then shaping them so I can use them straight from the freezer.

One of my best purchases was a cheapo burger press and wax discs. Veggie burgers are so much tastier than meat ones.