I can’t remember where I saw it, but I feel like today is a good time to revisit the concept of “Vegan + bacon”.

People often avoid making small positive changes because they get caught up in trying to go all the way. For example, “I could never go vegan. I love bacon too much”.

So then go vegan plus bacon. Or vegetarian plus bacon. Or just switch to oat milk and eat more vegetables. Whatever small change you can make is good

@danirabbit Exactly.

It has taken me a long time to be "mostly" vegetarian.
People change their diet quickly, and then complain and whinge and don't stick to it.

Of course that's going to be hard, unless you've got serious will-power.

First I started eating veggie stuff at work for lunch as it was really nice, but still having "normal" meals at night with my family.

Over the years I ate less and less meat, and found good alternatives (some even my meat-eating other half likes).

I found some good cheese alternatives.
I found a nice tea that doesn't require milk.
I use plant milks for pretty much everything.

I thought i'd never give up bacon, but I don't really miss it. I don't think i've had bacon for more than a year now.
I can smell it when other people are cooking it, but it doesn't really bother me.

I'm still far from being vegan, but i'm getting close....

The last thing I need to cut out is butter and cheese.

Vegan food has come a long way from the 80s and 90s when it was just crappy dry "nut roasts" and things like that.

There's no excuse not to at least eat more vegan stuff. There's so much choice now.

@chewie @danirabbit Learning how to use spices also helps tremendously. I recently discovered lemon ginger rice. Chickpeas take spices a lot like chicken. Curries, tikka masala, vindaloo, North African tagines, and more generally do really well with chickpeas instead of meat.

@bob_zim @danirabbit very true!

I love veggie curries. They don't need to be "hot" spicy, but they taste really nice.
We have a good selection of takeaways and restaurants locally, as we have a relatively large Indian population.

@bob_zim @chewie @danirabbit

True! I’ve been a vegetarian since forever, and I love love love spice mixes they sell for meat, BBQ, curries etc.

So often, I’ll just toss some veggies in a pan, stir fry them, and add some spice mix - ras el hanout, baharat, garam masala etc. Yum!