Meat Free options for Meat Free Mondays

 OK, So I am trying out Meat Free Monday to help save the planet.  Basically I do not eat meat on a Monday.  This will cut my meat intake by 1/7th, or 14.2%.  If we all did this then this would help reduce the carbon emissions from the meat industry.

There are a lot of options out there for meat free or meat replacement meals.  Here are some I have tried.


TESCO Stonebaked Thin Mixed Vegetable Pizza
Taste:  Excellent.  Enough variety for you not to notice there is no meat.  
Texture: Just like a Pizza.
Rating: *****





Like Meat Like Schnitzel
Taste:  Like fried something, but no real flavour.  Not unpleasant.
Texture:  Bread crumbed meat of some sort, but not Chicken.
Rating: ***
BirdsEye Green Cuisine Meat Free Sausage Rolls
Taste: Nice, almost the same as Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll
Texture:  Just like a Sausage Roll
Rating: *****
Like Meat Like Smoked Sausage
Taste:  Half a second of Smoked something, then mushy Peas
Texture: No real substance.
Rating:*
TESCO Meat Free Bolognese
Taste: Tomato sort of Bolognese-ish, but not quite
Texture: Slop with bits in, nothing like a real Bolognese
Rating:***






Quorn Vegetarian Bacon Slices
Taste: Very Bacon Flavoured
Texture:  thin slices with no real substance.  Like thin luncheon meat.
Rating: ****








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*Ratings are my opinions, others may differ.

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