Alternative Meats & Sweets

Other than veggie burgers (which are better than you think, depending on the brand) I have found some other products that make going vegetarian/vegan much easier, and tastier. One such product is by Gardein, which makes good veggie burgers and other meaty options. It is their 7 Grain Crispy Tenders, as pictured below, found in the frozen aisle. Their other products are just as yummy.

Other than packaged, pre-made food, a tasty option to keep your tastebuds happy is popsicles. You can either buy some, as pictured below, or make your own if you have a popsicle maker like I do.

Here is my current favorite cereal, with no bad ingredients. I didn't find them on the "Great Wall of Cereal" where you find sugar-packed options like Captain Crunch or aspartame-filled Fiber One (which I was very disappointed by). Y ousho p,re yoush op,re you shop, but at my Meijer I found them facing opposite the Great Wall of Cereal, in the itty bitty healthy section.

Here's a really great oatmeal that's got better ingredients than your average oatmeal. In fact, this one is "raw" oats (no difference in cooking) and it tastes great with maple syrup or agave nectar swirled in. But any steel cut oats are good, too, and Irish Oatmeal can help you fall asleep/stay asleep.

Speaking of sleeping well, a couple tablespoons of almond butter will make you feel like you had a more restful sleep.

Here's a great on-the-go option for those who like applesauce, made with no refined sugar and other pesky ingredients.

This is another great snack option, the Kashi granola bars, also without harmful ingredients like high fructose corn syrup, which is a modified sugar (and when in need of sugar one should turn to raw, unprocessed sugar like raw cane sugar or raw coconut sugar).

Or, you can turn to Stevia for your sugar needs. This is the brand I use, Pyure. Stevia is made from leaves.

You just won't know if you like the alternative options until you go out and try them!