Food

Vegan Ideas 

1. Muffins
2. Overnight Oats – 2:1 water to steel cut oats, bring to a boil for 30 seconds, then remove from heat and keep covered overnight. Serve with fresh or dried fruit, raisins, seeds, protein powder, or peanut butter
3. Plant-based Sausages – pre-cook and then heat them up
4. Protein Powder Shakes 
5. Toast – serve with baked beans or avocado

Vegetarian Ideas 

1. Breakfast Burrito – tortillas, free-range eggs or tofu scramble (so good), salsa, black beans, peppers, mushrooms, avocado
2. French Toast – bread soaked in whisked free-range eggs and fried. Serve with fruit, cinnamon, honey
3. Granola – served with organic yogurt and a banana
4. Pancakes – pancake mix. Add berries or bananas
5. Scrambled Egg Bowl – free-range eggs (chickens have access to the outdoors, unlike cage-free eggs), frozen shredded hash browns, salsa, avocado

Vegan Meal Ideas 

1. Asian Noodles – quick-cook rice noodles, sautéd mixed vegetables, pre-marinated tofu, sesame seeds, peanut garnish, soy sauce
2. Chickpea Salad Wrap – tortillas, canned chickpeas, lettuce, shredded carrots, vegan mayo, mustard, and spices
3. Coconut Curry Rice – instant rice, canned coconut milk, curry paste, canned veggies
4. Falafel Kebab – tortilla wraps, lettuce, tomato, hummus, pan-fried chickpea falafel
5. Indian Curry – pita bread, canned chickpeas, sauté mixed vegetables, curry sauce
6. PB&J
7. Ramen – instant ramen, pre-cooked tofu, dried veggies, chili or nori flakes, sesame oil, soy sauce
8. Pasta salad – pre-cooked pasta, olives, cherry tomatoes, Italian dressing
9. Pita Pocket – whole wheat pitas, hummus, cucumber, bell peppers, falafel
10. Salad – spinach, pre-made quinoa, canned chickpeas, canned corn, carrots, apples, salad dressing
11. Soup & Chili – enjoy with toast, toasted tortillas, or burger buns
12. Spaghetti  – pasta, Pomodoro sauce
13. Veggie Burger – whole wheat buns, plant-based patties, lettuce, tomatoes, condiments
14. Veggie Hot Dog – hot dog buns, plant-based sausages, sautéed onions, condiments
15. Veggie Sandwich – bread, tomatoes, avocado, cucumber, red pepper, lettuce, hummus, pesto, etc

Vegetarian Meal Ideas 

1. “Camp-Fire” Nachos – multigrain chips, grated cheddar. Place in a pan with a tinfoil lid covering it, and cook on low until melted. Serve with black beans, salsa, avocado, chopped tomatoes
2. Grilled Cheese & Tomato Sandwich – serve with a side salad & vinaigrette
3. Pesto Pasta – noodles, a jar of pesto
4. Quesadillas – tortillas, refried beans, salsa, onion, pepper, spices, salsa
5. Veggie Frittada  – whisked eggs, peppers, onions, mushrooms, frozen hash browns. Serve with bread
6. Veggie Frozen Pizza – Heat on a portable stove or campfire using a skillet with a lid, or wrap the pizza in foil and grill it

🥨 Chips, pretzels, crackers. Serve with hummus, salsa, refried beans

🍫 Energy bars, protein bars

🍓 Fruit (dried and fresh)

🥜 Trail mix

🥦 Veggies

Dairy Alternatives

🥛 Milk → Oat milk, almond milk, soy milk, coconut milk, cashew milk

🧈 Butter → Margarine, coconut oil, avocado, vegan butter

🧀 Cheese → Nutritional yeast, cashew cheese, almond cheese, tofu-based cheese

🥛 Heavy cream → Coconut cream, cashew cream, blended silken tofu

🥛 Yogurt → Coconut yogurt, almond yogurt, soy yogurt`

Meat Alternatives

🥩 Ground beef → Lentils, mushrooms, textured vegetable protein (TVP), Beyond/Impossible crumbles

🍗 Chicken → Jackfruit, tofu, tempeh, seitan, soy curls

🥓 Bacon → Tempeh bacon, coconut bacon, mushroom bacon

🐟 Fish → Hearts of palm, banana blossoms, tofu with seaweed flakes

🍔 Burger patty → Black bean patty, lentil patty, Beyond/Impossible burger

Egg Replacements

🥚 Scrambled eggs → Tofu scramble, chickpea flour scramble

🥚 Egg for baking → Flax egg (1 tbsp flaxseed + 3 tbsp water), chia egg, applesauce, mashed banana

🥚 Mayo → Vegan mayo (made from aquafaba or soy milk)

Sweeteners

🍯 Honey → Maple syrup, agave syrup, date syrup

Other Swaps

🥄 Gelatin → Agar-agar, pectin, carrageenan

🥩 Broth (chicken/beef) → Vegetable broth, miso broth

🍝 Pasta (egg-based) → Chickpea pasta, lentil pasta, rice noodles

• Blackfish – Released in 2013, Blackfish remains a thorn in SeaWorld’s reputation and ticket sales. Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite, the film examines the ethics and dangers of keeping cetaceans in captivity by following the life of Tilikum, an orca who was captured off the coast of Iceland before spending the majority of his life in SeaWorld marine parks. Orcas have never killed human beings in the wild, but the stress of captivity likely led Tilikum to kill three people, two of whom were his trainers.

• Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret – Released in 2014, Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret, is still changing lives today. The film, which was directed by Kip Anderson and produced by Keegan Kuhn, examines the real impact that animal agriculture is having on the environment, from deforestation to greenhouse gas pollution to ocean dead zones. It also pulls back the curtain on industry denial, as researchers, authors, speakers, activists, and animal advocates take viewers on a deep dive into the ugly truth: the meat we consume as a society is devastating the natural world.

• Eating Our Way to Extinction – Directed by Otto and Ludo Brockway and narrated by actor Kate Winslet, 2021’s Eating Our Way to Extinction is exactly what the title says it’s going to be. Accompanied by awe-inspiring cinematography, the film intends to be an eye-opening warning of what will happen to us and the planet if nothing changes with the food system soon. It features leading environmental experts, scientists, and global figures alongside powerful appearances and first-hand accounts from indigenous people.

• Seaspiracy – Produced by Anderson and directed by Ali Tabrizi, 2021’s Seaspiracy takes a deep and sobering look at the state of the fishing industry. It not only examines environmental issues like plastic pollution (a significant percentage of which comes from things like nets and lines) but also the human cost of industrial fishing. But, of course, it also explores the solutions to these issues, one of which is, perhaps unsurprisingly, taking seafood off our plates.

• The End of Meat – If you’re looking for a little bit of hope, check out German filmmaker Marc Pierschel’s The End of Meat. Released in 2017, the documentary features interviews with innovators and leaders in both the vegan food and animal rights spheres and takes a look at what a cruelty-free future might look like. “Instead of focusing on the negative consequences of consuming meat, I wanted to show the hugely beneficial possibilities of a post-meat world and what that might look like for humans, animals, and the planet,” Pierschel said in a statement at the time of release.