I need more Ideas for substituting meat?

Question

I have a 14 yaer old daughter who can't eat meat. As soon as she eat even a small amount of any meat, she get terible headaches. I tried tofu, but I don't find it very satisfying. And, by the way, we live in the middle of Cattle country. There is not much varriety in Stores. The next bigger town is a good hour away. So, I am open for input.

Answer 1

A meat analogue, also called a meat substitute, mock meat, faux meat, imitation meat, or soymeat, approximates the aesthetic qualities (primarily texture, flavor, and appearance) and/or chemical characteristics of certain types of meat.

Generally, meat analogue is understood to mean a food made from non-meats, sometimes without dairy products. The market for meat-less foods includes vegetarians, vegans, non-vegetarians seeking to reduce their meat consumption for health or ethical reasons, non-vegetarians who enjoy the taste of certain meat analogues, and people following rules of Kashrut. Buddhist cuisine features the oldest known use of meat analogues.

Meat analogue may also refer to a meat-based, healthier and/or less-expensive alternative to a particular meat product, such as surimi.

[edit] Vegetarian meat, dairy, and egg analogues

Some vegetarian meat analogues are based on centuries-old recipes for seitan (wheat gluten), rice, mushrooms, legumes, tempeh, or pressed-tofu, with flavoring added to make the finished product taste like chicken, beef, lamb, ham, sausage, seafood, etc. Some more recent meat analogues include textured vegetable protein (TVP), which is a dry bulk commodity derived from soy, soy concentrate, mycoprotein-based Quorn, and modified defatted peanut flour. In most Western nations, TVP is produced more than any other meat analogue.

Dairy analogues may be composed of processed rice, soy (tofu, soymilk, soy protein isolate), almond, cashew, gluten (such as with the first non-dairy creamers), nutritional yeast, or a combination of these, as well as flavoring to make it taste like milk, cheeses, yogurt, mayonnaise, ice cream, cream cheese, sour cream, whipped cream, buttermilk, rarebit, or butter. Many dairy analogues contain casein, which is extracted dried milk proteins, making them unsuitable for vegans.

Egg substitutes may be composed tofu, tapioca starch, or similar products that recreate the leavening and binding effects of eggs in baked goods. Many people use fruit products such as banana paste and applesauce as egg analogues in baking.

[edit] Surimi and similar meat-based meat analogues

Surimi, a processed hash of fish plus flavorings, is used to make products such as imitation crab meat. In some regions, "surimi" refers only to products made from fish, but elsewhere may refer to other products (e.g., turkey dogs produced from turkey in North America), which are then also called "surimi".

Examples of surimi include:

Surimi from fish, such as imitation crab, imitation shrimp, or imitation lobster

Surimi from turkey, such as hot dogs, brats, sausage, salami, lunch meats, loafs, burgers, bacon, ham, or ground

Other processed poultry products, such as emu, in the same forms described above for turkey.

Surimi products are often marketed as "imitation" meats (e.g., "imitation crab meat", "imitation shrimp").

Answer 2

hummus and or falafel (chickpeas/garbanzo beans) with bread (the two together form protein).

Spinach and dairy are good sources of protein and iron.  Just getting lots of veggies in her diet is a good thing.  

Have you tried fish or shellfish?

Pasta is a good thing (whole wheat for nutritional value)

Answer 3

Try morning star or Boca.. Morning star products taste like the real thing.. they have everything from chicken nuggets to sausage. Can she eat fish at all or seafoods????

*Boca is okay.. but if your not used to it it does taste funny

also try using soy or bean burgers.. you can always scramble those up or try and mix them in what ever you are cooking.. Black bean burger is a really good sub :)

Answer 4

You could try TVP, Textured Vegetable Protein which is made from soybeans, not to be confused with hydrolyzed vegetable protein which is a flavor enhancer. It's a trademarked product from Archer-Daniels-Midland and is an excellent meat substitute. If you've eaten soy dogs or veggie chili, you've eaten TVP. You could look in the "Health Food" section of your local grocer.

Answer 5

You can make homemade mock meats.  Search on the internet for some recipes that use nuts, beans and flours to create "meat loafs" and "meat" balls.  I think canned beans are your best bets for preparing quick meals.