Fresh, organic raw vegetable salads are always part of my daily vegan menu.
Vegans are often asked, “What Do Vegans Eat?”
Many people are not familiar with the vegan diet, and they are quite surprised when they learn
the wide variety of foods vegans do eat.
Often friends and family think vegans have to give up eating great tasting food, but that notion
is totally incorrect!
Vegans enjoy eating a lot of incredibly, delicious food–including amazing desserts–as long as it is
free of animal products.
Sink your teeth into this delcious vegan meal!
Curried vegetable stew with curried rice and steamed greens with a spicy green sauce. Yum!
Both dietary and ethical vegans eat only a plant-based diet.
This diet consists mainly of vegetables, beans, fruits, grains, legumes, soy and nuts–in all of
their gloriously delicious and nutritious forms.
The joy of vegan dinng! This sushi platter of carrot, avocado, pickeled vegetable,
brown rice and seaweed rolls is one of my favorite vegan meals.
Unlike vegetarians, vegans do not eat any animal or dairy products, including milk, yogurt,
cheese and eggs.
But as many of you know, there are manydelectable substitutes for meat and dairy products.
Still curious about what vegans eat?
Thinking about eating vegan but not sure how to plan tasty, balanced meals?
Want to see what a vegan might eat during a week?
Sometimes a picture is the best way to illustrate a point, as the menugraphic below will prove.
From Sunday through Saturday, this week of sample 2000 calorie vegan menus includes
something for every palate.
You can use these ideas to plan, shop for and create your own vegan meals.
What do you think of these sample vegan menus? What would you add, change or eliminate?
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This is a great visual, thanks for sharing it, Deborah! I was pescetarian for 8 yrs, but when I discovered all my allergies (I’m allergic to wheat/gluten, most fresh fruits and vegetables and nuts), my allergist strongly suggested I include some more variety, and now on occasion we eat a bit of poultry, but I try to find as many other options as possible. I’ve also recently joined the Meatless Monday movement and plan to share vegan recipes for it so some of these ideas are really helpful 🙂
Hi Danielle,
Thanks for hopping by. I am so glad you joined the Meatless Monday movement and plan to share vegan recipes. What fun it is to add variety to our diets! Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me. I appreciate your support!
Wow, great visual. I just interviewed my first vegan restaurant for my blog. It is called MIllenium in San Francisco. I should have it up in another week. I was so impressed with the combinations of vegetables and herbs the chef used to get so much flavor into his vegan cooking. I am looking forward to reading more about vegan cooking on your site.
Hi Sandi,
I am so glad you visited my blog and enjoyed this post. I really enjoyed exploring your blog and I love your valuable gluten free recipes, dining information, interviews and restaurant database. What an wonderful service you are providing. I subscribed and followed you on social media to keep up with your posts. Thank you so much for sharing your comments with me. I appreciate it.
Thanks for the pictures. I dont eat meat and people think all I eat is veggies. They are surprised when they see the yummy food I eat
Hey gorgeous girl – thanks so much for stopping by via #ctww this week! I LOVE your blog!
I have a question for you – I would love to eat more vegan food but cannot eat seeds, hemp, coconut or nuts. I’m also a real light-weight and struggle to maintain my weight. I eat avocados daily in a morning smoothie – yum and will snack on chickpeas readily. Do you have any suggestions for someone like me?
I was vegetarian for 20 years, but suddenly had cravings for salmon and chicken and feel SO much better now I’m eating them, but I’m still open to tweaking things to have a couple vegan days a week…
Hi Rachelle,
I adore your “Little green blog”! Thanks for connecting with me about vegan foods.I eat a lot of beans and bean soups. However, proteins are found in surprising places such as greens and many other vegetables. I know what you mean about cravings. I thought you might find this post of interest regarding vegan sources of protein. See what you think? “Where do you get your protein plus vegan foods rich in protein infographic”
https://urbannaturale.com/where-do-you-get-your-protein-plus-vegan-foods-rich-in-protein-iron-infographic/
Thanks so much for stopping by my blog so I could discover yours. You have a great site, and this post in particularly is fantastic – not just to let non-vegan eaters know what veganism can look like, but as a handy guide to balanced vegan eating!
I love how easy this is to read & see! Makes it looks so easy (which it is) to eat health vegan meals!!! 🙂
Hi Sandy,
Thanks for hopping by and sharing your thoughts with me on UrbanNaturale. I appreciate it! I have subscribed and followed your blog to stay in touch.
Do you have the recipe for the curried stew. It look amazing!
Hi Najiyah,
That curried vegetable stew was from a delectable meal I had at Manna’s Vegetarian Restaurant on Amsterdam Avenue in New York City. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I appreciate it.
I am researching for my daughter who is vegan but on the light side. I think to make things not as daunting for newbies to vegan diet would be a complete menu plan (as above) with the recipes & shopping list of whats needed for the week:)
Happy health all
cindy