Double A.

I don't "look like a vegan" I was told because I have some big old tittays.

Nebelneik was a German youtuber who revealed he was vegan fir 2 years and didn't know how to cook and also didn't have time.

Well, all he eat was beans in a can. The most british thing I have ever heard. He did suffer from malnutrition.

But I feel like too many people suffer partly from malnutrition in some way even tho they eat meat.

its possible.

and you can do a technically vegan diet of potato chips and onion rings. or only bread and oil. can get pretty heavy on that.

but like... way harder.

the only way meat stops malnutrition is in a traditional diet that includes organ meats. nobody eats those on purpose nowadays.

Three bean chili, garbanzo fajitas, black bean enchiladas, pinto bean tacos, crunchy airfried peas on veggie wraps, ramen noodles loaded with raw sweet peas, and of course the most important food group:

Oreos

Mushrooms, lentils, tempeh, tofu, and rarely, things like impossible burger "meat." In general, you can straight sub some fungi and tofu for some meats in dishes. But a lot of western dishes do not play nice with these kinds of substitutes, since they're really dialed in for real meat. To go the distance, you must learn cuisine that makes better use of vegetables. This means learning things like Indian and Southeast asian dishes.

Personally I almost always make stuff I can eat for more than 1/2 days. So it's soups, stews, curries, etc. Everything pretty much boils down to protein + sauce + veggies anyway.

So it's lentil soup/curry/chilli with a side of whatever you feel like. (Salad, bread, rice, quinoa, couscous, etc) Or chickpeas or some beans or whatever. Other times it's just rice (think paella or risotto) or pasta.

Lemme know if you want specific recipes

I make a ton of vegan chicken, steak, and jerky nearly every week and use it in all my recipes. You can make a ton at once, and obvi it's much cheaper than flesh / secretion-based products.

After getting really good at them, and swapping out milk for oat milk, I've pretty much had to change nothing about what I want to make / eat.

We eat a lot of extra firm tofu. Freeze it, then thaw it, and then press it. If you’re eating a lot of tofu invest in a press, it makes it so much easier than stacking pans or bricks or whatever on a cookie sheet and hoping is pressed evenly.

Then cook how you like. We toss it with some seasoning and cornstarch and stir fry it crispy and then use it instead of chicken.

My main go to lately has been beans and rice in the instant pot (any pressure cooker is fine). Throw dry rice and black beans in with some sauteed onions and garlic, broth, a can of tomatoes and season with chili pepper, cumin and a few other common spices. That's been a staple for me for a while. Every batch makes a meal plus a few lunches and its really easy to make. Goes great with some tangy hot sauce. Can also be used to fill a burrito or tacos.

They're eating......part of them.

I never think about my diet, mostly eat beans and rice, random stir fries, dhals and burritos and oats . Only supplement b12. In my 30s, perfect levels across the board and am a distance runner. Actually I had to stop supplementing b12 as it was too high for a while (many foods are enriched).

You are spreading misinformation. There's massive amounts of iron, protein, and calcium in random veggies and lentils. Vitamin D you get from being outside like everyone else.

That is often where the stereotype of a "weak vegan" comes from, teenagers just not knowing what to eat while not wanting to partake in animal products. (But don't believe it, many professional weight lifters are vegan, and even Arnold has left out all other animal products except for eggs.)

But let's not pretend it's really anything complex. B12 supplementation is something that is often required, but like dairy is strengthened with vitamin D, many vegan products like vegan milks, breakfast cereals etc are fortified with B12. B12 comes from micro-organisms, it's just very plentiful in meat.

But for instance hemp seeds:

In fact, by weight, hemp seeds provide similar amounts of protein as beef and lamb — 30 grams of hemp seeds, or 2–3 tablespoons, provide about 11 grams of protein (1). They are considered a complete protein source, which means that they provide all the essential amino acids.

Am nott vegan btw. Flexitarian perhaps. Love me some good meat but strongly dislike industrialised meat farming. (game meaf from necessary population control = ethical imo)

So you're coming to meatsplain to a vegan community? Go away. There's plenty of other places for you to talk about eating roasted corpse.

yeah hit me

Hurrdedurr let's go to the vegan community and act like an asshole!

People like this are the reason why we need systematic changes and cannot simply rely on individuals changing their lifestyles.