A question for my vegetarian / vegan friends who are former carnivores [View all]

[Miles Archer]

What is the most satisfying dish that you prepare as a former meat eater?

I've never found the "lentil loaf" and "veggie burger" route to be my cup of tea. Of course, that may simply be a result of my only sampling bad lentil loaves and veggie burgers.

I do eat a lot of non-meat dishes. When I prepare my home-made pasta sauce, I'd say I put meat in it 25% of the time. The rest of the time it's mushrooms or something else. I like spinach but you have to steam it, get the moisture out, and add it just long enough to heat it at the end of cooking time or you get watery sauce.

I'm not at the point of becoming either a vegan or vegetarian, but there are times when I do eat meat, and if I don't eat something that tricks my mind into thinking I just had something as good as (or better than) meat, I pretty much want meat.