Why I am a Vegan

[Jade]

I've always advocated vegan sausages as a good transition food, for specifically the reasons you speak - sausages in general are just filler meat product and flavoring, so you might as well just swap that filler out with veggie proteins.

As far as health goes, I do my best when I buy soy (or anything) to buy organic (which means non GMO here). I don't think Tofurky products are organic, but I do buy them sometimes. I think they're mostly wheat gluten (the aforementioned seitan), which also isn't the greatest if not organic. It's about everything in moderation, and as you say, it is still healthier than 99.999% of meat (which is fed GMOs and antibiotics and literal garbage and all that crap) anyway. Plus, no cholesterol - a great benefit when you have a meal without animal products.

Vegan meat/cheese products are getting so good. I can make anything that I crave from "the old life". I love that people are willing to make swaps. I had Field Roast sausages for dinner tonight (not organic either, a little pricier than the Tofurky sausages but I think I like the texture even more). I do like the Tofurky Italian sausages though, chopped up in some pasta marinara. Yum!

I find the veggie ground beef crumbles to be adequate for things like tacos (or burritos, taco salads, nachos, that sort of thing), or also in pasta.

I'll be honest, I feel "healthiest" when not consuming stuff that's highly processed, but the fact is, it's good comfort food and awesome for people transitioning. I eat it with some regularity. I had the Field Roast sausages for dinner and currently have Tofurky lunch meat in my fridge for sandwiches. It's probably one of the things I regularly buy that isn't organic. That and Earth Balance boxed mac and cheese.