Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Question about soy cheeses, and meat substitutes.

Okey-dokey, this is what I've found for substitutes that taste the best to me. Cheeses and meats are in here as well as a whole lot of other stuff.

"Dairy" products:
Blue Diamond Almond Milk (Chocolate milk can be heated on the stove and makes an excellent hot chocolate)
8th Continent Soy Milk
Silk Soy Milk
Tofutti (Check out http://tofutti.com/) Tofutti has a ton of products (alternatives for almost everything dairy) and reps from Tofutti have told me that stores on the east coast (USA) carry many more selections than on the west coast. Many small health food stores will special order products if you ask them. Just take a UPC or know the exact brand and item name.

Cheese:
Veggie slices and shreds
Soy-Sation cheese blocks and slices (actually melts like cheese)

Yogurt & Sour Cream:
Tofutti Supreme Sour Cream

Sauces, Soups and Ready Meals:
Del Monte spaghetti sauce (no HFCS)
Imagine Soups (tomato, mushroom, butternut squash)
Amy's no-cheese pizza (I put soy cheese on it)

Meat/Meat Subs/Fish/Tofu:
The entire Yves line for meat alts (the pepperoni is so tasty)
Gardenburger soy burgers
Boca soy burgers, sausage, ground round
Seafood: Catfish, White Ruffy, Shrimp, Tilapia, Salmon (baked, steamed, broiled, grilled)
Turkey slices (low-fat, white meat from the deli, the pre-packaged stuff is gross to me)

Drinks:
Trader Joe's Mango Nectar
Country Time Lemonade mix
Tropicana no-pulp, low-acid orange juice.

Teas:
Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice (no caffeine, has a very strong cinnamon flavor)

Frozen Yogurt/Ice Cream/Sorbet:
Tofutti Cuties and Ice Cream
Soy Dream (Vanilla and Mango Vanilla especially)

Bars, Candy, Cookies and Chips:
Trader Joe's Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Tostitos
Trader Joe's dried fruit (banana chips and unsulfered sweetened mango slices)
Snyder's of Hanover Pretzels (sticks and snaps and garlic nibblers are great) (some of their flavors have lactose in them)

Breakfast Cereal:
Kellogg's Corn Pops
Cheerios
Cream of Wheat (good with some banana slices)

Restaurant dishes:
Subway Sandwiches

Miscellaneous:
Trader Joe's Organic-free range-veggie fed-chicken Eggs (I can tolerate yolks)
Trader Joe's Bird Nests (in the frozen section)
Trader Joe's Stir-fried vegetable Egg Rolls (in the frozen section)
Green Giant tender asparagus spears (canned)
Any brand Canola oil cooking spray (as long as it is only canola oil and a propellant in the can)

Bread/Pasta/Noodles/Rice:
Trader Joe's Bagels (plain and onion-yum!)
Mission Tortillas (I usually use tortillas in place of bread, buns, rolls, etc for almost everything that would need one of those.
Golden Grain Mission pastas (that's what is in my cupboard right now but I've never had trouble with any pasta)
Rice a Roni (chicken, mushroom, chicken with broccoli, use a small amount of canola oil in place of butter)

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