Food

For a bacon alternative, I'm a fan of tempeh. Cut thin and then fry in oil with some soy sauce and smoked paprika.

Honestly I've found that my meat-eating friends and family members find a well-made seitan superior to the majority of commercial vegan meats! As an example, the best vegan burgers I've ever made used washed-flour seitan simmered in a simple dark/mushroom soy sauce, onion, garlic, pepper, and bay broth for a couple hours before being barbequeued.

The Stella McCartney duck shreds (made of setien, soya and seasonings) are my favourite fake meat. They're delicious, don't need cooking (defrost first tho obv) and you get a good sized bag for a couple of £, which is cheaper than most other fake meat products where I live.

I eat these in wraps with chilli oil, cabbage, cucumber, spring onion and hoisin sauce. Or I chuck a handful on rice and season it with some chilli oil, crushed garlic, mushroom soy sauce and add whatever vegetable I have in the fridge, usually cabbage or a finely diced ripe tomato.

There are vegan brands of worcestershire sauce, such as Annie's

Daring chicken is amazing. They sell a breaded, but the original flavor unbreaded is kind of shocking in the right use. It’s best when sautéed (it browns well), but too much of it in stir-fry or sandwich feels a bit rubbery. It’s so tasty that you might be tempted to use it for something like orange chicken, but again, rubbery.

Also, if you’re interested in making your own alternatives, I love a kneaded seitan. You’ll need a really good stand mixer or a huge amount of stamina, but it’s worth it. Frontier’s no-chicken broth powder is one of my go-to seasonings for everything, but it particularly shines for seitan. https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Broth-Powder-No-Chicken-1lb/dp/B0001M0YT4/ref=asc_df_B0001M0YT4/

I haven't tried a huge amount of plant based meat alternatives (I tried making a burger with Impossible meat and really disliked it), but I recently discovered Butler Soy Curls, and so far have been extremely impressed with them. They're different from TVP since they're minimally processed, and use the entire soy bean so they're a complete protein (TVP is not).

I tried them as directed on the packaging (rehydrate in warm water) and was unimpressed, as they had quite a grain-like cereal taste that was unpleasant.

However, if rehydrated in a concentrated flavorful broth (like double the dose of bullion cubes for a given amount of water) of whatever meat you're trying to imitate, and then the excess liquid squeezed out in a strainer with a spoon, they can then be used as normal in any recipe that calls for meat, and taste fantastic! I made some stuffed peppers with them and had a meat loving friend of mine try it. They couldn't really discern that it wasn't meat, and it had virtually no weird taste. The texture is extremely meat like as well.

Also, I don't know if they always do this, but when I ordered from them directly, they included a package of their soy jerky (gonna be honest it has that dog-food jerky smell, not a big fan), and taco crumble for free, which was pretty swank.

So yeah, highly recommend soy curls!

Lots of great suggestions in this thread already but I just wanted to add that Gardein "Ultimate" chick'n tenders and filets are super tasty and easy. They are thicker and the breading is crunchier than the normal Gardein tenders.

Eggs: I didn't like the product called "Just Egg" at first, made from mung bean, but it grew on me and now I miss it. Try it! I especially liked it on top of toast with peanut butter.

Cheese: haven't found anything tasty. I think that's a long ways off.

I love the other vegan alternatives especially soy burgers and the chiqn products (they've come a long way over the years)! That said, I prefer naturally vegetarian or vegan food that isn't trying to mimic something. Cheaper, healthier, and tastier.