Vegan im Sinne von 3/4 aller Grundnahrungsmittel oder vegan im Sinne von chemisch-linksgrünversiffte Ersatzprodukte?

/s aber auch ernst gemeint, also Produkte, die vegan deklariert sind oder wirklich alles vegane inkl. Gemüse, Hülsenfrüchte, Nudeln etc. ?

Was soll denn ein “ausschließlich” veganes Produkt sein.

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There are lots of wholesalers who do business almost exclusively with restaurants and other places that buy in larger quantities than the average person. A ketchup factory isn't interested in selling you one bottle of ketchup, or even 100 bottles. The wholesaler can buy 100,000 bottles from them for relatively cheap and then sell cases of ketchup to a bunch of businesses though.

Some of them, like Sysco sell almost everything a restaurant would need. Canned goods, take out containers, meat, plates/cutlery, produce, dairy, kitchen tools, aprons, etc. They have a wide variety of products, but usually less choice when it comes to luxury foods. On the plus side, it's easy to get everything you need for the week in one delivery.

Other wholesalers specialize in a specific type of food and can often get higher quality or less common items. A fine dining restaurant might use different suppliers for meat, produce, silverware, and seafood because the big wholesalers don't carry high quality versions of the things they're looking for.

Depends on the type of place, how large, do they do lots of things from scratch and fresh, or heat and eat. Smaller places may just buy off the local economy and places like Costco (They also have Business Costcos) and Sams.

The more you use, then you buy from wholesalers or specifically restaurant supply companies. You might have an all-in-one type supplier, like Sysco, or a place for Produce, one for meats, one for general stuff.

Almost all will have accounts with food distributors. The larger chains use SYSCO a lot.

There are restaurant supply companies like Sysco, US Foods; specialty purveyors for certain types of ingredients, eg. seafood, specialty flours; warehouse stores like Restaurant Depot

Lentils

Look at frozen or even canned veggies instead of fresh. They are often cheaper and are still pretty good most of the time. And since they last longer than fresh, you can stock up big time when one is on sale and get discounts from buying in bulk sizes.

Ahh I’m not sure on pricing there but here’s from broke uk uni student:

• pasta, goes with literally anything and fills u up quick
• maybe get wraps and you can have burritos with your rice and beans?
• curry- you could blend potato’s and have lunch all week (also goes with rice)
• fry potato’s
• stir fry’s
• soup
• it says you live near chinease supermarket, is tofu cheap there?

Will add more when can think of stuff

I’ve been making this a lot. Sub the quinoa for rice and fresh broccoli for frozen to make it cheaper. I also freeze all my chilis so they don’t go bad. https://www.purplecarrot.com/plant-based-recipes/general-tso-s-tofu-with-quinoa-steamed-broccoli-d44d2ae1-8eae-4f4a-ba9c-13b969f0d209

Are you aware of https://www.reddit.com/r/Assistance/ ?

Not a permanent solution, but someone DEFINITELY would buy your groceries there at least once.

Most of my favorite recipe sources have a mix of more complex and more simple recipes. I do think that stocking in some pantry basics will make a lot of recipes seem more simple to you (mostly I'm thinking of commonly used spices, legumes, vinegar - stuff like that).

If you have some idea of what kind of simple meals you'd like to eat, you could ask here for specific recipes. I imagine that just hunting for the recipes makes the whole thing seem more complicated.

Also, keep in mind that most of the easiest meals aren't going to end up in recipe books or blogs because they're just not as interesting to write about. I'll try to add some 'recipes' for a few below this comment.

Meanwhile, here are a few of my favorite straight forward recipes:

Chickpea Couscous Bowls -IMO tahini is worth getting just for this versatile sauce, even if you don't make hummus or other stuff.

Roasted Veggie Quinoa Harvest Bowls - (more tahini sauce!) - if you're not into quinoa, swap in another grain of choice like couscous or brown rice

10 Minute TVP Tacos

Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce & Pasta

Simple Black Bean Burger - a good one to freeze

Easy Lentil Soup - also freezes and reheats well

Fasolakia Greek stewed geen beans - add a can of chickpeas for a more robust meal

One Pot Spanish Rice & Beans

Rosemary White Bean Soup

See what you think about Budget Bytes. The site is focused on recipes and meal plans with cost at their center -- but this also means fairly basic ingredients. They have various recipe options, including vegan.

I just purchased a 4-week meal plan to check it out. Comes with recipes, grocery lists, and freezing instructions for the dishes. I think it was $12 with the current promo code.

I've wanted to do a little more forward meal prep for a while and am not so organized with my recipes - so I thought that I would give it a try. I'm very satisfied so far. Tonight's dinner was Tofu Bowl with Spicy Peanut Sauce. There are a number of ingredients but most are staples that I already keep at home. I think this only required tofu, green onions, and sriracha.

It’s funny that you’re asking this. I’ve been vegan for a few months and I was just making a list like this for myself!

Please share yours when you make it!

Mine so far is: Oatmeal; Mac + Cheeze (made with canned white beans, it’s awesome); Veggie Curry (curry paste + veggies + coconut milk + bean); Chili; and Fake meat (homemade or store bought) and BROL (barley, rye berries, oat groats, and lentils).

That’s all I have so far!

CheapLazyVegan on YT has some good recipes.

Thug Kitchen? The books have problematic cultural appropriation, but the recipes might fit your needs.

Buy stuff at your local Asian market. Rice and tofu are much cheaper there than at traditional grocery stores in my experience

The trick is to buy in bulk. Find somewhere in your town that sells 20kg bags of rice, kidney beans, lentils and rolled oats. Buy a bag of each.

Get yourself some basic spices (salt, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, cumin), and some canola oil.

Add some cheap veggies. Whatever you can find locally cheap.

Learn to cook some basic dishes with these ingredients. Youtube is a great resource for this.

Make overnight oats every day - a cup of rolled oats, a bit of cinnamon, some frozen fruit, some chia seeds, top up with your favourite milk. You have an amazing breakfast that cost under 50c.

I second baked potatoes. I top them with salad or fill them with veggies.

Overnight oats topped with fruit.

Rice and any kind of beans.

Pasta and any kind of beans.

Tofu scramble.

Tofu + veggie stir-fry.

Making stews from dried beans and pairing with rice, there's infinite variations on that simple concept, plenty of them are about as cheap as it gets! Pick a couple with similar ingredients to keep a rotation going without needing to stock a whole kitchen.

I also want to clarify that there’s no chicken flavoring in it (like chicken fat) it’s just chicken flavored. Also you can buy at Whole Foods or amazon in case you are interested.

These are so good. The hot and sour soup is my favorite. I keep them in my desk drawer at work for lunch emergencies.

I'm not sure if this is the same brand that I once bought but if it is then it's a horrible value. Most ramen costs a fraction of that price and the cup has a very small amount of noodles; less than half of the volume of the cup sitting at the bottom. I was horribly disappointed with this.

Info shows 290mg of sodium. Not great, but not super terrible either. I'll have to try some.

Trader Joes has good vegan ramen. I haven't tried the McDougall's

Tempura broccoli kicks absolute ass - I dont know if you're counting the oil into the price, but you can do a shallow frying by cutting the florets to be fairly slender. Otherwise all you need is a head of broccoli, some flour, water, and salt and pepper to taste. I like making sushi with it!

Unfamiliar with what items one can expect to find in a corner store, but if they have dried pulses, the soft-boiling varieties such as red lentils or pigeon peas (if you can find split ones, even better) are cheap and if you pick up a can of diced tomatoes you can turn them into countless varieties of dal, provided you have some basic spices at home (:

Boil them in water until they're mashable, fry ginger and garlic + spices, add tomatoes and keep frying/boiling for a couple more minutes, then add to the lentils (adjust thickness by draining lentils/adding more water). Or, you know, find any of the thousand recipes on youtube (:

Ten quid is a lot of off brand beans and hot sauce. You'll be eating like a [monarch] for weeks.

Walking tacos. Fritos, can of black beans, can of enchilada sauce, any other fun odds and ends you can find. I have absolutely done this before lol.

Carrots, potatoes, onions, parsnips, other root veggies, miso (miso is a powerful friend), and you've got a nice stew.

A can of refried beans, some tortillas, and sprouts/onions/tomatoes/etc. and you have burritos.

Do what numbersplusword said and pick up some tortillas with the rest of your ingredients. One night it's walking tacos. The next night you wrap the black beans up in the tortillas and drizzle the sauce on it and you have enchiladas. Traditionally done in an oven but if you have a lid for your skillet you can do this on the stovetop.

Or you can go simple and do [insert thing] and rice. (Rice is cheap here, not sure about there.) Black beans, onions, and carrots stewed together and poured over rice is super nice.

And that's the fun thing about all the suggestions I've seen: Good ingredients play nicely with good ingredients. A tenner today sets you up for a meal and leaves you with other ingredients you can combine with your next tenner worth of ingredients.

I’ve been a fan of theirs for absolutely years! Great fresh high quality options. I order maybe 2-3 times a year so i place larger orders. The hemp seeds, nutritional yeast and peanut flour are a few on my usual list

I've ordered from https://www.mageesnuts.com/ -- local mom and pop company here in SoCal and they have REALLY good fresh nuts (esp. cashews). I have also tried some walnut farms--I really like walnuts--and had pretty good luck with https://www.derbywalnuts.com/

Love to hear any other suggestions!

Yes! I use them along with Bob's Red Mill for lots of bulk staples (I prefer employee-owned companies and co-ops and fair-trade whenever possible so I use BRM for some stuff).

Great company. I always buy the gluten free cornbread mix to bake cornbread for our Thanksgiving stuffing.

I’ve had some good orders from them, never a complaint. Terrasoul and “food to live” are also good

Annie’s chili in a can is vegan. I like that on my baked potatoes. You could even microwave some frozen broccoli.

Recently I've been making pasta with meatballs, takes like 10-15 minutes and it's pasta so it's great.

You can get fairly cheap vegan meatballs in the UK, at most major shops, im pretty sure, and pasta comes cheap anyway.

Not sure if that helped, but that's my current comfort meal

Yams and sweet ones I eat them as they are as they are sweet. Some people eat them as desert with bananas. Check on youtube, there are so many talented vegans and so many channels to choose from. Some meals are very simple that even I can do.

On the potatoes I add onion powder and garlic powder, but again sky is the limit, season as you wish and experiment.

I am on an oil free, low fat whole foods plant based diet, but you can also add oil in the mix.

The thing with potatoes is that they have a very high satiety index so they keep you going for a long time.

Other most simple meals and so good are oats with fruits. Overnight oats, microwaved oats with frozen fruits and bananas, are the best. Again oats very high satiety, after potatoes.

Rice, beans, roasted veggies with a vinegrette on top. Or sub tofu for beans.

Ramen Noodles 🍜🌱

Baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams. Everything where the over does the entire job by itself. Season and serve.

When I'm depressed, my favorite meal is a can of beans. Seriously. Refried black beans or jalapeno pinto beans are my favorite, but anything will do

It's the absolute minimal amount of effort, it's filling, it's nutritious, and everything tastes the same anyway so I'm not cooking for flavor (but really, beans are always delicious anyway)

Then I can get fancy if I want. Or not. Hot sauce, an avocado, Fritos, shredded cheeze. Whatever I'm feeling, or not feeling!