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by ozzyman700 2690 days ago
I switched to meal replacement shakes for this reason. Right now I am drinking bottle soylent but I enjoyed powdered joylent for a while.

Meat provides such easily prepareable calories, I can't say the same of vegan dishes that I know of, generally a lot more of a thing has to be eaten and multiple things. I enjoy spending 20-30 minutes total consuming food a day and not needing to spend time preparing food, cooking, and cleaning.
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leesec 2690 days ago
No idea why you seem to think meat is some how more easily prepared than vegan food. Both meat and vegan have easily prepared dishes and more time-intensive ones.
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ozzyman700 2690 days ago
Entirely based upon instagram pictures of vegan food, which I am sure skew to the more visually interesting and intensive recipes. A lot of things seem like a lot of vegetables mixed together. I don't like to eat a lot of different things at once, I much prefer a single thing at once. I dislike the feeling of food in my mouth. For these reasons meal replacement shakes have been absolutely wonderful, without them I would constantly lose weight.
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leesec 2690 days ago
How bout eating a carrot. Or a banana. That is vegan food.
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ArrayList 2690 days ago
> Meat provides such easily prepareable calories

Ever hear of tofu? A tofu scramble takes maybe 15 mins to make, and it's actually good for you [0] rather than causing cancer. [1]

0. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=111

1. https://www.who.int/features/qa/cancer-red-meat/en/

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ozzyman700 2690 days ago
I have, I don't really like the lack of fibrous texture that meat has.

I have had an Impossible Burger that would be a drop in meat replacement for me if it ever becomes available to buy uncooked.

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bootlooped 2690 days ago
IMO the Beyond Burger is a better modern vegan burger patty. They have them in refrigerated 2-packs at Whole Foods. Sadly, they are not cheap.
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astura 2690 days ago
Impossible Burger 2.0 (which just debuted) will be sold in "select US grocery stores"

https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/07/impossible-foods-will-sel...

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ArrayList 2690 days ago
If you bread and bake tofu you can get it to be pretty damn close. Impossible Burger is great, and should be available soon - Beyond Burger should already be widely available.
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