Homemade Breakfast Sausage Patties - Easy Recipe The Worktop

I think I would be representative of many people - I enjoy a mostly plant-based diet which includes a lot of meat substitutes. I know some people prefer not to eat these, or cook purely with vegetables, but for me personally, the meat substitute is the pizazz, the centrepiece, the best part of the dish, much as meat would be for those that eat it. Example; quorn (I realise the original recipe isn’t vegan, but serves as an obvious example) or similar own-brand vegan mince in a chilli or bolognese sauce, veggie bacon or sausages in a cooked breakfast, chicken pieces or tofu in any sort of curry.
Now, tofu is the exception to this rule, because people do include that in recipes. However, pretty much any recipe I’ve ever seen for something which I would absolutely include fake meat in - such as the above chilli or bolognese examples - never includes that key ingredient, the recipes are vegetables only. I’ll be one of the first to tell you that vegetables are delicious of their own accord, but you still won’t ever catch me forgoing the equivalent meat substitute in any traditional recipe, so I’m not sure why recipes online or in books don’t reflect this.
I can see two potential reasons for this:

1. Recipes don’t want to mention any brand (i.e. Quorn), which I can understand, but there would be nothing to stop them saying “frozen soya mince (from your supermarket’s vegetarian isle)” or similar.
   
2. They’re not including meat substitutes because they’re assuming people will follow the standard meat-eaters’ recipe and simply substitute.
   

Now, I know there are some obvious exceptions to this, such as the Quorn cookbook I own, but that is literally made by the brand itself so it’s hardly surprising. The same phenomenon I’ve described is also strangely true in restaurants, you can find veggie or vegan breakfasts everywhere, yet why do none of them serve veggie bacon rashers with it?

I think I would be representative of many of us here - I enjoy a vegetarian diet which includes a lot of meat substitutes. I know some people prefer not to eat these, or cook purely with vegetables, but for me personally, the meat substitute is the pizazz, the centrepiece, the best part of the dish, much as meat would be for those that eat it. Example; quorn or similar own-brand veggie/vegan mince in a chilli or bolognese sauce, veggie bacon or sausages in a cooked breakfast, chicken pieces or tofu in any sort of curry.
Now, tofu is the exception to this rule, because people do include that in recipes. However, pretty much any recipe I’ve ever seen for something which I would absolutely include fake meat in - such as the above chilli or bolognese examples, never includes anything like that - the recipes are vegetables only. By all means, vegetables are delicious of their own accord, but I never cook like this, I love having my protein equivalent.
I can see two potential reasons for this:

1. Recipes don’t want to mention any brand (i.e. Quorn), which I can understand, but there would be nothing to stop them saying “frozen soya mince (from your supermarket’s vegetarian isle)” or similar.
   
2. They’re not including meat substitutes because they’re assuming people will follow the standard meat-eaters’ recipe and simply substitute.
   

Now, I know there are some obvious exceptions to this, such as the Quorn cookbook I own, but that is literally made by the brand itself so it’s hardly surprising. The same phenomenon I’ve described is also strangely true in restaurants, you can find veggie or vegan breakfasts everywhere, but why do none of them serve veggie bacon with it (which I personally love)?
I’m actually of the opinion that the rise of veganism has done more for plant-based food in a couple years than vegetarianism has in a couple decades. We’re now seeing way more delicious meat substitute products on shelves AND in restaurants, and this is generally advertised as the vegan option, not the vegetarian one.
What are other people’s thoughts on this?

FOOD DIARY
Household: 2 people
Pets: 1 cat, 1 dog
Average Grocery Spend: $400-600 ($100-150/week, bf and I alternate paying)
Usual grocery store: Whole Foods
Dietary restrictions: 1 pescatarian(me), 1 omnivore
Occupation: Research Associate/Lab Manager
Salary: ~$63,000 between one FT and one PT job
April 20th
7am - I’m going in to work today, so after getting dressed and putting on a minimal amount of makeup, I head downstairs. Breakfast is oatmeal with flax milk, protein powder, and topped with appleswith brown sugar and cinnamon that I sautéed yesterday. Cat gets a scoop, dog gets his scoops. I have some coffee (local beans!) and Health Ade grapefruit kombucha. This is my first time trying the grapefruit flavor and it’s pretty good.
12pm: lunchtime! Meal prepped from this weekend. Baked marinated chili lime tofu (basically TJ chili lime seasoning with some liquid aminos) with black beans, corn, lettuce, and salsa. I buy a Diet Coke to treat myself for having to come in to work today ($1.75). While our lab area is pretty isolated and I’m the only one here, the building is connected to the hospital and it spikes my anxiety having to come in and touch doorknobs, use a public restroom, etc.
3:30pm: I have pre workout (Truth brand - vegan) before I do some yoga and abs outside. I’m starving after my workout!
6:30pm: I make a pre-dinner salad because #health. Romaine, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, red onion, and Italian dressing. BF makes harissa meatballs with Beyond Meat ground “beef”. This has become one of our weekly staple dinners. (He found the recipe on Instagram and now just wings it so I don’t have it lol)
Btw, BF had a BBQ chicken pizza for lunch (yes, that means a whole pizza) and scrambled eggs with mushroom and onion for breakfast.
After we walk the dog, we settle in to watch a movie. I’m still hungry so I snack on some more baked tofu. Later, BF gets a chocolate craving and decides to make us chocolate protein mug cakes. They are...edible. I appreciate the effort.
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April 21st
7:30am: zucchini scrambled eggs, plus strawberries and blackberries for dessert. BF makes a sweet potato banana mash with some leftover baked sweet potatoes. The dog gets to lick the bowl.
This morning we are grocery shopping. Since COVID-19 we have been trying to grocery shop during the weekdays to avoid crowds. We also started going to a grocery store outside of the city which is a little better stocked. We get a big haul and end up with a bill of $180, which includes a few extras like a bottle of wine, a veggie wash refill, and a giant kombucha growler.
9am - Back from the store. I make coffee, then do some work on my laptop.
10:45am: I stop to have a snack. I’m going in to the hospital today to process some samples and probably won’t have time to stop for lunch. I eat my other prepped tofu burrito bowl, even though it feels weird eating “lunch” this early.
2:30pm : Finally finished in the lab! I eat a Luna bar I packed and chug water.
3:30pm: make a snack of avocado toast with Dave’s Killer bread (seriously, killer).
6:45ish: Banza chickpea penne pasta and Gardein meatballs for me, turkey meatballs for BF. I top with some sautéed mushrooms, onions, and pesto, while BF adds a red sauce and mushrooms. Paired with a glass of Schug chardonnay for me (recommended at the store since we can’t go in to browse) and Bakers whiskey for BF. This is a staple low effort dinner in our house. I love the chickpea pasta because it makes pasta slightly more nutritious and > 30g protein!
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April 22nd
7am: Avocado toast with fried egg and egg whites - my regular weekday breakfast. I break my yolk while folding it, so that’s not a great start to the day. Grapefruit kombucha and coffee come upstairs with me to the office. I am notorious for having 2-3 drinks at a time - in the mornings I will have coffee, kombucha, and water with breakfast.
12pm: Smorgasbord lunch! Leftover baked tofu, green and red bell peppers, and half a bagel with cream cheese. It works.
1pm: BF orders a 5lb bag of coffee beans from a local shop, and they drop it off on our porch an hour later! Amazing! We usually pick up a normal-size bag on the weekends as it’s next to our gym.
Dinner: Smoky tempeh tacos with mango salsa - I cook. Discovered this recipe recently and we love it! We try the chocolate mug cake for dessert again - I add stevia this time and some chocolate chips. Better.
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April 23rd
7am: I eat sweet potato banana mash that BF made earlier this week, then head into work.
1pm: My boss orders us lunch from a local Mexican place as a thank you for coming in! It’s pretty good, but unfortunately my favorite place is closed indefinitely.
7pm: BF cooks dinner tonight: barramundi (on sale) with asparagus and air fried gnocchi in a lemon butter sauce. It’s delicious. We normally get salmon for dinner once a week, but I’ve been sick of it lately so we’ve been trying to branch out.
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April 24th
7:30am: I’m not very hungry, so I just have coffee and a banana. I’m working in the lab again this morning so I bring a Luna bar with me.
1pm: finally finished in the lab! Oddly I did not start feeling hungry until we were done. BF picks me up and we stop to pick up brunch from one of our favorite local places! I have a vegan quesadilla and chai pancakes. BF gets his usual breakfast with eggs, sausage, potatoes, and pancakes and a coffee (he paid). I also chug water because I’ve only had ~500ml today since I was in the lab all morning!
Dinner: Tempeh peanut noodles - found this recipe a while ago and it is a regular in our rotation. We only use one serving of ramen noodles and cut it with zoodles to get some more veggies in. Delicious. This is one of the few Asian-inspired recipes that I really like, whereas BF could eat Asian food for every meal, so it’s a crowd pleaser.
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April 25th
8am: Slept in a little today! I have my leftover pancake from yesterday for breakfast and It’s still pretty good. I also have some raspberries and some scrambled eggs that BF makes. B makes breakfast sandwiches with biscuits, Beyond Meat sausage patties, and scrambled eggs. This is his first time trying the sausage patties and they get a stamp of approval.
12:30pm: Leftover Mexican food from lunch the other day, plus some salad, and leftover tempeh from last night’s dinner! Trying to be better about food waste - we’re usually not too bad, but since we’ve been buying more food to eat at home, whenever we eat out everything gets thrown off track.
2pm: Afternoon snack aka bored in the house: some cheese (Gouda, midnight moon) and crackers (Triscuit thins). Also, an apple for health.
4pm: We go to the park to have a social distancing hang with a couple friends. I have 2 Ramona grapefruit wine spritzers that were in the back of our fridge from Mardi Gras. They are very sweet and low alcohol, but refreshing on this beautiful day.
6:30pm: I honestly have a kale Caesar salad (Whole Foods pre-bagged mix - it’s fantastic) and a protein shake for dinner. I am not very hungry, not craving anything, and am so tired of having to decide what’s for dinner.
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April 26th
Up around 7am. Walk the dog, make coffee. Breakfast: half a bagel with vegan cream cheese and everything bagel seasoning. I also have a protein shake: Vega coconut almond powder and flax milk = >30g protein!
Today I meal prep for the week. Marinate tempeh in two different sauces: citrus ginger and smoky maple (from the thug kitchen cookbook). This helps to keep me from getting bored with the same meals for lunch every day. I let the tempeh marinate for about 2-3 hours then bake at 400 for 25 min. I cook quinoa then add kale to the bowls and some shredded carrots. I’ll use leftover marinade as the dressing.
Lunch: Dr. Praeger California veggie burger (I have been eating this for 10 years and it is still my favorite), cheese and crackers
7pm: BF makes tacos with filling made of Quorn grounds with some minced mushrooms, peppers, and onions added in. We usually use TVP but haven’t been able to find it anywhere (at least not for a reasonable price).
8:30pm - we make chocolate chip cookies (store-bought dough) for a snack and watch the final episode of Little Fires Everywhere.
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Hey y’all - tried to get this one in under the wire! Today was a crazy day for me with work. I’ll try to update tomorrow with recipe links (all the tempeh recipes are 🔥) and some notes/reflections.
SO this is very atypical for us compared a normal week outside of isolation. This week I wasn't as good about prepping lunches as normal. Grocery shopping during the week has thrown me off. I'm also so tired of having to decide what to have for every meal every day! We usually eat out for a few meals on weekends and now we are cooking a lot more. We almost always have dinner at home during the week and both meal prep lunches. BF normally cooks but on the days I work from home I find that I typically have a lot more energy and motivation to cook.
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Recipes: sweet potato banana breakfast bowls: https://www.healthy-liv.com/sweet-potato-breakfast-bowl/
smoky tempeh mango tacos: https://www.emilieeats.com/smoky-tempeh-tostadas-mango-cabbage-slaw/
peanut tempeh noodles: https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/peanutty-noodles-with-tempeh-crumbles

Hi all,
I am doing a trash audit and have found that my biggest source of plastic waste is meat alternatives. I have trouble digesting beans (the easiest zero waste, vegetarian protein) if I eat them daily so I buy roughly one each of the following items on a monthly basis to get enough protein in my diet. If you could share no plastic or zero waste recipes for any of the things below, I would be so grateful!

• Gimme Lean breakfast sausage
• Quorn chick'n cutlets
• Tofurky celebration loaf
• Field Roast italian sausage
• Gardein or Quorn meatballs (this is probably the one I buy most!)
• Beyond Burgers (I used them like ground beef to make meatloaf)
• Lightlife Tempeh

A note about making my own meat alternatives:
I have tried making my own seitan. It was tasty! However, the only place I can find bulk vital wheat gluten in my area puts the product in a plastic container in the bulk section (wtf!).

I'm taking a break from the main story right now to talk about what transpired last Thanksgiving. Inspired by lucialg's recent post When you started dating you SO, were there any early signs that your MiL was a NOMiL?. I have two words for you; pumpkin pie.
I love to bake and cook large meals for my friends and family. I'm pescetarian and SO is a vegetarian, and has been since he was 17. It's a big part of his life, and I enjoy finding ways to make traditional meals vegetarian friendly. For example, I make some mean vegetarian "bangers and mash" (sausages and mashed potatoes. We're American but "sausages and mashed potatoes" doesn't really have the same ring to it).
So, SO will have been together for three years in two weeks. Since the dawn of our relationship, I've made enough pumpkin pies every Thanksgiving to feed a very small army. I use this recipe, and please believe me when I say it is the very best pumpkin pie recipe out there. Depending on how I feel, I may actually procure a sugar pumpkin and make it that way, or I'll go to Earth Fare or some shit and buy the fresh puree if I'm feeling lazy. Sometimes I add a teaspoon of Black Seal rum. I make whipped cream from scratch. You bet your sweet ass it's delicious.
I don't make my own crust though, because I just can't get the hang of that cute crimped crust and I don't like ugly pies. It's Thanksgiving. No ugly pies.
So, if you can believe it, the first two years of mine and Cebolla's relationship were perfectly fine. I had no reason to believe she disliked me, and in fact, she always asked about me sweetly, always sent me gifts, and after that first Thanksgiving, always asked for my homemade pumpkin pie.
Last year during Thanksgiving, I had just moved into her and SFIL's home. We had misplaced our mixer in the movie, and Cebolla offered up her mixer wand for me to use. It had dust on it. This thing really was not ideal for mixing anything other than like, tomatoes, if you wanted to make tomato soup from scratch. Maybe dashed hopes and dreams with a pinch of cayenne. Anyway, it wasn't ideal. Now, Cebolla is a very persnickety and odd woman. She rails on about "Frankenfood" and "healthy eats" and "all organic", but... she doesn't cook. Like, at all. Guys, she legit bought some fresh salmon from Kroger one day, and threw it in the MICROWAVE WITH SOME LEMON AND BUTTER AND ATE IT THAT WAY. I have never heard of anything so vile and criminal. What a glorious waste of that delicious salmon!
I have to admit, though, at least she as eating that instead of the pre-sealed salmon bits (like tuna in a can) that she eats right out of the bag with her salad. All the while, she crowed and crooned about how healthy and delicious it was. And this woman never deviates from anything. Every day for dinner, a salad with an avocado, a few slices of swiss, and a martini. Maybe a boiled egg if she's feeling adventurous. Sorry, did I say martini? I mean a tumbler full of vodka with some lemon slices in it. Maybe three or four glasses per dinner. Listen, I like a good cocktail, and I enjoy getting lit from time to time, but damn.
For breakfast, she has a protein shake with coffee added to it. Lunch is, if she's not dining out somewhere eating salad and drinking a few glasses of wine, leftovers from the previous day. And anything "out of place" makes her go nuts. She actually told SO that chairs that were not properly tucked in (and mind you, they were tucked in... just not "good enough" or "close enough" to the table. These chairs were so tucked in by the time she was done with them that they were leaning slightly backward) were a disruption to her environment that made it so she could not properly "work" in her study. The living room. With the TV either on Dr. Oz or Fox News. So I knew that baking pies, to her, sounded good in theory, but would be a proverbial Grenada in practice.
So, you'd think during the holidays, she would cook. She does not. Cooking stresses her out, apparently. She has a beautiful medium sized kitchen that she never uses, and cupboards full of cooking paraphernalia that hasn't been touched since it was pulled from its box. So, because she dislikes cooking and everything related to it, you can't enjoy that activity either. Because of this, I tried to take as many shortcuts as I could with the pie. Pumpkin puree from the store, a small carton of eggs, the tiny pints of whole milk, the works. She didn't have proper mixing bowls, and the MEASURING SPOONS HAD RUST IN THEM. It got messy in spite of myself, because the bowl I did find was so shallow that of COURSE things are going to splatter. But, I did do this while she was out "working" (read: grocery shopping and drinking wine at the local diner when she was done to congratulate herself), and even SFIL commented that that was a pretty slick idea.
The wand mixer does an okay job with the pie ingredients, but the damn thing dies when I'm stupidly trying to make whipped cream. Like, this thing was new in the 70s, I'm sure. It just stopped working. Poor thing just tuckered out. Anyway, I was a little frantic - she'd already had a meltdown of epic proportions on SO over the chairs not being properly tucked in. I call him up and have him buy an ACTUAL mixer that has a wand attachment to it as a replacement, and end up buying premade whipped cream from the store later. Because I was cranky at that point.
Did I mention that Cebolla dearest had specifically asked me if I was making pumpkin pies this year? In the previous year, she had raved about my pumpkin pie, and everyone lived it. All her friends, her MOTHER who told me it reminded me of her grandmother's pie, everyone. She kept saying, "I can't believe that it's being made in my kitchen this year! This is so exciting!". And Cebolla specifically asked me if I would be willing to add fresh lemon zest to one of my pumpkin pies this year (I usually make two), just like her grandmother used to make. Well, sure! Why not?! It's the holidays! So I specifically made fresh lemon zest for one of the fucking pies. Per. Her. Request.
When she gets home from "work", I inform her of her mixer wand's demise. Funerary arrangements are discussed, a quick prayer of thanks for his selfless service is uttered, and he is ceremoniously chunked. There was no mess in the kitchen, everything was cleaned (especially the rusty measuring spoons..), her new mixer (with a mixer wand attached) was placed in the cupboard. Cebolla insists it isn't a big deal, she only used that thing when she made spanakopita for SFIL. It was old anyway, don't you worry your pretty little head, Incarnata! All was well.
Or so I thought.
Remember how I said that Cebolla doesn't cook? That is apparently a recent development. SO frequently comments that during all the time he knew her, she always cooked. She was big on it. She was also working class. Then she marries SFIL who made six figures, and suddenly, such things are far beneath her. Now she has the money to buy healthy food that is premade, or not cook at all. As previously mentioned, the holidays do not provide even a slight deviation from the norm. No exceptions. She wants to go to the Country Club. We did that nonsense for two years in a row, guys. SO stated that he thinks she just likes being waited on (a complete and utter IRONY if you've been reading my posts), and that it makes her feel fancy and high society.
This is a southern Country Club. Which means that "vegetarian" or "pescetarian" translates into "what d'ya mean ya don't eat meat? Vegetarian? Izzit sum kinna shorthand for a sleeper cell organization?" in southern peach dialect. The green beans have sausage in them, the potatoes have bacon in them (I do like vegetarian bacon and cheese in some mashed potatoes, though), etc. She knows SO is a vegetarian. He has been one since he was 17. Years. YEARS. She is well aware. She insists that we're going to the Country Club, and we'll come home for coffee and pie later.
Knowing this, SO and I planned ahead. We usually go with a Quorn roast, but last year, I found a fucking vegetarian "turkey". Like, they legit made a turkey mold and made a "turk'y".. This thing is a novelty, and it's overpriced. But it's fun! And it's Thanksgiving! You can't quash my holiday spirit! We order it and have it delivered, and Cebolla intercepts the package. The first thing out of her mouth is, "Did she have to get something so big? They have food at the Country Club anyway". Mind you, Cebolla only eats prepackaged anything, so the idea of something bigger than an avocado or a prepackaged salad is a hassle to her. We made our little fake turk'y (spoiler: it wasn't amazing. We're sticking to what we know this year), some vegetarian gravy (SFIL called the Country Club to request bacon free potatoes!), and we head out to the Country Club.
We're sitting at dinner. Cebolla is three glasses of wine in, cavorting with her friends and talking about how this is her favorite Thanksgiving tradition. Isn't this just wonderful? No mess, no fuss. Thanksgiving in a safe environment, too! They don't have to compete with anyone for a table or parking in this place (read: only well to do white people and their families, no working class people in questionable neighborhoods [readread: neighborhoods where there might be someone other than an ambiguous shade of beige living there]). SO and myself have found food we can eat, and we're enjoying our little meal. Suddenly, Cebolla begins to tell everyone about my pumpkin pie ordeal.
Being that she's a few drinks in, she's going on and on about the drama, the fact that I made poor SO go to the store after working all day so close to the holiday to buy another one when I was the one who broke her mixer! And she'd had that thing for so long, too! They just don't make electronics like they used to, but she'll have to make do with the new one she has. Oh well, she quips, taking another gulp of wine, acrylic nails tapping against her glass. Next year, we'll just buy a pie from the store.
I sit there in shock. I must have looked like a deer in headlights. SO puts his hand on my thigh, and gives me a gentle, reassuring squeeze. When I don't respond, and instead put down my napkin and finish my wine, he leans in after a moment to ask, "You wanna get out of here, kitten?" to which I nod quietly. SO informs the table that we are heading home, and that we'll catch them later. We collect our items, and whisk out the door with Cebolla proclaiming that this is awfully sudden, where are we even going? It's Thanksgiving, kids, this holiday is about family!
As SO drives us home, I'm sitting in the car dumbfounded and crying, asking him what the hell her problem is, and why the fuck would she do that? She assured me that it wasn't a problem! I went out of my way to make one of my pies to her requests! She was deliberately shaming me in front of her friends for reasons best known to herself. When we got home, I was ready to go to bed. But SO told me to put on something cute, because we were going to the local pub. We rang up a friend of ours and met there, drinking beer and lamenting that the holidays are often just an excuse for "family" to treat you like excrement underfoot so long as the day looked Hallmark perfect.
Months later, when SO confronted her on this little episode, she burst into tears, asking why on earth he was being so thoughtlessly cruel to her! She, of course, only meant that next year should be worry free! That's why they make premade pies! Well, I hope they'll add lemon zest to your fucking pies from Whole Foods, Cebolla, because not only are you not getting a pie from me this year, but you also won't be seeing us at all. And even if, for some reason, we all make up - you're still gonna have to buy a pie from the fucking store, you pickled old prune.
I ate basically all of the lemony pumpkin pie, not telling her which was which.
Edit: I specifically remember telling SO in the car that I had been so excited at the prospect of having an actual, normal family dynamic with them. No screaming matches during the holidays. None of mom's passive aggressive shit stirring for hours. No "be here by 4pm, dinner will be ready then" only to get there and dinner isn't started yet (she'd tell me that so that I would get there on her schedule so I could "spend time with her". I ended up telling her I'd come in about two hours after whatever time she gave me, and it'd often be so late that she'd have to start cooking on time). No shitty comments and clever barbs. But, I told him, as it turns out, there's just another nasty old bitch here too, so I guess I'll never know what it's like to have a family dynamic that could be construed as happy. I'm no longer upset about this... like I said in a previous installment, SO is more than enough family for me.

Continued from the following thread:
http://www.reddit.com/keto/comments/o4j91/lets_put_together_an_official_tell_me_what_to_eat/
I omitted some of the suggestions involving things like flax seed muffins to avoid scaring off beginning keto dieters with what they might see as outlandish recipes since it's not easy to find those ingredients depending on where you live.
If anyone has any more simple ideas not listed here please reply, otherwise I'll see if there's a good place to tuck this into the FAQ!
Breakfast:

• Bacon
• Fried eggs with butter, salt, and pepper
• Coffee with heavy whipping cream and no-carb sweeteners
• Breakfast sausage links (be sure it isn't too sweet by checking carb count on package)
• Smoked salmon and cream cheese
• Bacon and cheese omelette
• Scrambled eggs (melt butter in pan, add 2-3 eggs mixed with a dash of cream)
• Lengthwise halved cucumber filled with cream cheese and topped with ham, salami, smoked salmon or similar
• Scrambled eggs with spinach (and meat) - throw some fat in a pan, (heat or fry meat), sauté fresh spinach, add eggs
• Breakfast burger; cook eggs and bacon, roll into a beef patty with cheese, then cook until yummy
• Cheesecake pancakes!

Lunch:

• Slice of roast beef, tomato, lettuce, melted provolone, and mayo wrapped into the shape of a taquito.
• Keto sandwich: Take a few slices of a leafy green lettuce head and wrap a sandwich into it. Safe options include most meats, mayo, salt, pepper, cheese, and small amounts of tomato or onions.
• Sauteed chicken or fish over mixed green salad with side of creamy dressing
• Taco salad: Crunchy lettuce, green peppers, avocado, salsa, sour cream, and choice of meat (add spice if you like, don't use taco seasoning packets!)
• BLT salad (bacon, grated cheese, spring onion, a couple of cherry tomatoes, lettuce and guacamole)
• Mini crustless quiches
• Half a chicken breast panfried in butter topped with avocado slices and cheese
• Flaxseed wrap with whatever cold meat and salad you like
• Portabello mushroom tuna melt
• Vegetables, avocado, and fish wrapped in Nori sheets
• Tuna or chicken salad; Tuna, Mayo, Celery, Onion (small amount), pickle, tomato (small amount) wrapped in lettuce

Dinner:

• Steak seasoned with salt and pepper
• Chicken broiled after seasoning with salt, pepper, or most chicken rubs (check the label for potential carbs, nothing sweet)
• Asian stir-fry with beef, pork, or chicken and non-starchy vegetables (with shirataki noodles, if you like)
• Rotisserie chicken with side of vegetable
• Sauteed mushrooms and onions with a splash of cream and chicken stock, served over chicken (or other)
• Crustless bacon and cheddar quiche
• Baked tilapia with vegetables
• Baked (or pan fried salmon)
• Tacos using microwaved cheese shells or large leaves of lettuce
• Stuffed mushrooms
• Home made Pho with shirataki noodles (avoid restaurants, they add rock sugar to their recipes)
• Coconut-Ginger Soup
• Quorn burger with veggies and cheese on lettuce
• Baked or Fried Salmon with asparagus, green beans, or brussel sprouts
• Taco Stuffed Zucchini
• Peanut sauce- great with chicken and beef- use thinly sliced cabbage as noodles.
• Lasagna
• Caesar's salad with chicken, pork, beef or shrimps
• Broccoli in hollandaise sauce or bernaise with any kind of meat or salmon
• Leaf spinach sautéed in olive oil with lemon zest and juice with any kind of fish or chicken and mashed cauliflower (puréed with cream cheese, butter and nutmeg)
• Green asparagus tossed in olive oil and garlic baked in the oven till browned with any kind of fish or meat and mashed cauliflower
• Shepard's pie with mashed cauliflower
• Cauliflower pizza

Snacks:

• Blue Diamond roasted and salted almonds
• Buffalo style chicken wings with small amount of ranch or blue cheese dressing
• 1-2 oz of your favorite cheese, with pickles and olives if you like
• Cup of tea with cream
• Cheese sticks
• Salami slices
• Fried mushrooms in butter
• Macadamias, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts
• Laughing cow cheese wedges
• Beef jerky
• Hard boiled eggs
• Devilled eggs
• Pork rinds
• Flavored Seaweed
• Toasted Flax Seeds
• Eggplant Hummus on cheese or cucumber slices
• "Chips"; take a round slice of cheddar or provolone cheese, microwave for two minutes, enjoy

Desserts:

• Frozen berries with whipped heavy cream
• Small piece of 85% dark chocolate
• Whipping cream blended with peanut butter and cocoa powder
• Sugar free jello with whipped cream

Miscellaneous Tips:

• Thin courgette (zucchini) strips (ideally using a julienne peeler) quickly fried in butter are a great pasta-replacement
• Oopsy rolls make a decent replacement for bread for your sandwich needs
• Onions in small amounts are fine for cooking, but avoid piling them on your meals
• Common foods to avoid: Cookies, bread, chips, buns on hamburgers (ask burger joints to wrap them in lettuce for you), dough of any kind, etc.
• If you can't read the nutrition label and it isn't meat, it's probably not keto-friendly

Hey, I've seen a lot of people looking around for meal plan ideas. I'm kind of obsessed with trying new recipes and managing my macros, so I figured I could share what I ate during my first month of keto! I calculated the numbers on MFP and they're based on the brands I buy, so you may want to recalculate based on what you purchase. I'll link the recipes below. Enjoy!
My Macro Goals: 1805 kcals/145 g fat/30 g carb/96 g protein (Yes, I broke the rule and started at 30 g carb/day. I was in ketosis by the 3rd day, so this happened to work for me. I'm pretty lucky! I'm lowering the count for the second month, though.)

4 Week Veggie Keto Meal Plan

Week One

Breakfast: 2 cups of coffee w/ 1 T. of heavy cream in each; 1 scrambled egg cooked in 1 T butter; 2 Morning Star sausage patties cooked in 1 T. butter (551 kcals/44 g fat/5 g carb/28 g protein)
Snack: 2 cups of vegetable broth (20 kcals/0 g fat/2 g carb/0 g protein)
Lunch: Broccoli Bite with a Qu'orn turkey burger, topped with 1 T. Vegenaise and cooked in 1 T. butter (392 kcals/30 g fat/6.4 g carb/21 g protein)
Snack: 1/2 avocado, baked and topped with 2 T. shredded Parmesan (203 kcals/18 g fat/2 g carb/6 g protein)
Dinner: 2 c. steamed spinach topped with 1 oz. crumbled feta; 5 spears asparagus topped with 2 T. shredded cheddar; 1 Tofurkey Italian sausage (499 kcal/29 g fat/10 g carb/45 g protein)
Week One Totals: 1665 kcals/117 g fat/25.4 g carb/98 g protein

Week Two

Breakfast: 2 c. black coffee; 1 serving Keto Granola in 1 c. almond milk (376 kcals/32 g fat/5 g carbs/12 g protein)
Snack: 1 c. 4% cottage cheese + 20 toasted almonds (359 kcals/21 g fat/8 g carb/31 g protein)
Lunch: Big ol’ salad (1 c. shredded red-leaf romaine lettuce, 1 c. spinach, 1 green onion, 1/3 c. shredded cheddar cheese, 1 hard boiled egg, ½ of an avocado, and ¼ of a cucumber) + 2 oz. cucumber dressing (583 kcals, 46 g fat, 5.75 g carbs, 16 g protein)
Snack: 2 cups broth (20 kcals/0 g fat/2 g carbs/0 g protein)
Dinner: Morning Star Grillers Prime, cooked in 1 T. butter on a Coconut Flour Bun, topped with a slice of cheddar cheese, a slice of onion, 3 baby pickles, 1 T Veganaise + 1/2 serving pan-roasted radishes (527 kcals, 43 g fat, 8 carbs, 24 protein)
Week Two Totals: 1865 calories/142 g fat/28.75 g carbs/83 g protein

Week Three

Breakfast: 1/5 batch of Cinnamon Radishes Chips in 6 oz. Carbmaster vanilla yogurt + 1 egg, scrambled in ½ T. butter; 2 cups of coffee with 1 T. of heavy cream in each (337 kcals/27 g fat/7 g carb/16 g protein)
Snack: 1/2 avocado, baked as fries (1/2 T. butter for greasing the pan) (306 kcals/26 g fat/2 g carb/12 g protein)
Lunch: 3 Baked Asparagus, Leek, and Goat Cheese Bites, with 1 cup steamed spinach and a Quorn Chik'n cutlet baked in 1 T. EVOO (367 kcals/28 g fat/5 g carb/19 g protein)
Snack: 2 cups vegetable broth (20 kcals/0 g fat/2 g carb/0 g protein)
Dinner: 1 Morning Star Grillers Prime (prepared in a pan with 1 T. butter) on a Coconut Flour Bun w/ 1 slice of cheddar cheese, a slice of onion, 3 baby pickles, and 1 T Veganaise (505 kcals/40 g fat/6 g carbs/22 g protein)
Dessert: Cream Cheese PB Crunch Bomb (185 kcals/18 g fat/1.5 g carbs/4 g protein)
Week Three Totals: 1771 kcals/145 g fat/23.5 g carb/73 g protein

Week Four

Breakfast: Vegan bulletproof coffee (20 oz coffee + 1 T. coconut oil + 1/3 c. almond milk); 2 Morning Star Sausage Patties + 1 egg cooked in 1 T. coconut oil total (497 kcals/40 g fat/4 g carb/26 g protein)
Snack: 1/2 avocado, oven-baked and topped with 1/3 c. cheddar cheese (311 kcals/23 g fat/2 g carbs/10 g protein)
Lunch: 1 serving Stir-Fried Green Beans + 2 Morning Star Sausage Links + 2 c. steamed spinach (273 kcals/15 g fat/9.75 g carb/16 g protein)
Snack: Cream Cheese PB Crunch Bomb (185 kcals/18 g fat/1.5 g carb/4 g protein)
Dinner: Broccoli Rabe with Roasted Red Peppers over Shirataki Tofu noodles w/ fried egg (cooked in 1 T. coconut oil) + 1 Qu’orn Cutlet (488 kcals/40 g fat/11 g carb/21 g protein)
Week Four Totals: 1757 kcals/137 g fat/28.25 g carbs/77 g protein

Recipes

Broccoli Cheese Bites: Omit breadcrumbs, replace with Parmesan. Baked Avocado Instructions: Just basic instructions for those who need them. Coconut Flour Buns: A bit crumbly and small, but great for "sliders" when sliced in half. You should refrigerate these, or else they get a bit of a smell. Also, the recipe requires you to fluff egg whites, which might be a hassle if you're doing it by hand. Grain-less Keto Granola: I omitted the Stevia and shredded coconut, so my macro count doesn't include those. This also requires stiff egg whites, just an FYI. Cucumber Salad Dressing: Recipe in the bottom-most post, by user Susieque333. Watery, but workable. ½ to ¾ of a cucumber might work better for the amount of mayo listed. Add plenty of spices to this! Pan-Roasted Radishes: I would have a half of a serving of these with dinner, so the listed recipe actually makes four servings, not two. Cinnamon Sugar Radish Chips: This is kind of confusing, but I will try to be clear. I omitted the sugar completely from this recipe and just added 1 T. cinnamon. I replaced the honey with coconut oil. The recipe says it makes 2-3 servings, but I divided it into five servings because of the carb count. I hope that makes sense! Also, these didn't really crisp up like the recipe said, so a dehydrator might work better. Can't say I truly recommend these. Baked Avocado Fries: Again, replacing breadcrumbs with Parmesan. SO FRIGGIN' GOOD. Baked Asparagus, Leek, and Goat Cheese Bites: ALSO SO FRIGGIN' GOOD. Green Bean Stir-Fry: Substitute an equal amount of almonds for the pine nuts, increase EVOO to 2 T., and increase Parmesan to 3 T. total. Broccoli Rabe with Roasted Red Peppers: I doubled the serving size to get my macros, so each recipe makes three servings :3
Cream Cheese PB Crunch Bomb (Makes ~14 bombs) 8 oz cream cheese, room temp 1 stick unsalted butter, room temp 5 T. nut butter 1/2 c. nuts of your choosing, chopped (I used a mix of almonds and pecans)
Mix em all up. Roll em into evenly-sized balls (a rounded tablespoon-ish). Freeze for at least 30 minutes before enjoying. Keep in the freezer. Try not to eat them all.
Hope you guys can get some use out of this! And sorry if my formatting turns out crazy, I'm pretty new to reddit. I'll try and fix it all up.
Edit: formatting

Let's put together a giant list of appropriate meal items so first-time ketoers can take a look and decide what they want to eat from the list and plan their meals accordingly.
This is the hardest part of starting the diet and it would be awesome to just have a big list. It might also encourage people on the fence how awesome this lifestyle is by seeing all the yummy things they can eat.
Please use the following format and feel free to add as many items as you want under each meal category.
Breakfast:

• Bacon
• Fried eggs with butter, salt, and pepper
• Coffee with heavy whipping cream and no-carb sweeteners
• Breakfast sausage links (be sure it isn't too sweet by checking carb count on package)
• Smoked salmon and cream cheese
• Bacon and cheese omelette
• Scrambled eggs (melt butter in pan, add 2-3 eggs mixed with a dash of cream)
• Lengthwise halved cucumber filled with cream cheese and topped with ham, salami, smoked salmon or similar
• Scrambled eggs with spinach (and meat) - throw some fat in a pan, (heat or fry meat), sauté fresh spinach, add eggs

Lunch:

• Slice of roast beef, tomato, lettuce, melted provolone, and mayo wrapped into the shape of a taquito.
• Keto sandwich: Take a few slices of a leafy green lettuce head and wrap a sandwich into it. Safe options include most meats, mayo, salt, pepper, cheese, and small amounts of tomato or onions.
• Sauteed chicken or fish over mixed green salad with side of creamy dressing
• Taco salad: Crunchy lettuce, green peppers, avocado, salsa, sour cream, and choice of meat (add spice if you like, don't use taco seasoning packets!)
• BLT salad (bacon, grated cheese, spring onion, a couple of cherry tomatoes, lettuce and guacamole)
• Mini crustless quiches
• Half a chicken breast panfried in butter topped with avocado slices and cheese
• Flaxseed focaccia made into a sandwich
• Flaxseed wrap with whatever cold meat and salad you like
• Portabello mushroom tuna melt
• Vegetables, avocado, and fish wrapped in Nori sheets

Dinner:

• Steak seasoned with salt and pepper
• Chicken broiled after seasoning with salt, pepper, or most chicken rubs (check the label for potential carbs, nothing sweet)
• Asian stir-fry with beef, pork, or chicken and non-starchy vegetables (with shirataki noodles, if you like)
• Rotisserie chicken with side of vegetable
• Sauteed mushrooms and onions with a splash of cream and chicken stock, served over chicken (or other)
• Crustless bacon and cheddar quiche
• Baked tilapia with vegetables
• Baked (or pan fried salmon)
• Tacos using microwaved cheese shells or large leaves of lettuce
• Stuffed mushrooms
• Home made Pho with shirataki noodles (avoid restaurants, they add rock sugar to their recipes)
• Coconut-Ginger Soup
• Quorn burger with veggies and cheese on lettuce
• Baked or Fried Salmon with asparagus, green beans, or brussel sprouts
• Taco Stuffed Zucchini
• Peanut sauce- great with chicken and beef- use thinly sliced cabbage as noodles.
• Lasagna
• Caesar's salad with chicken, pork, beef or shrimps
• Broccoli in hollandaise sauce or bernaise with any kind of meat or salmon
• Leaf spinach sautéed in olive oil with lemon zest and juice with any kind of fish or chicken and mashed cauliflower (puréed with cream cheese, butter and nutmeg)
• Green asparagus tossed in olive oil and garlic baked in the oven till browned with any kind of fish or meat and mashed cauliflower
• Shepard's pie with mashed cauliflower

Snacks:

• Blue Diamond roasted and salted almonds
• Buffalo style chicken wings with small amount of ranch or blue cheese dressing
• 1-2 oz of your favorite cheese, with pickles and olives if you like
• Cup of tea with cream
• Cheese sticks
• Salami slices
• Fried mushrooms in butter
• Macadamias, walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts
• Laughing cow cheese wedges
• Beef jerky
• Hard boiled eggs
• Devilled eggs
• Pork rinds
• Flavored Seaweed
• Toasted Flax Seeds
• Eggplant Hummus on cheese or cucumber slices

Desserts:

• Frozen berries with whipped heavy cream
• Small piece of 85% dark chocolate
• Whipping cream blended with peanut butter and cocoa powder
• Sugar free jello with whipped cream

Miscellaneous Tips:

• Thin courgette (zucchini) strips (ideally using a julienne peeler) quickly fried in butter are a great pasta-replacement
• Oopsy rolls make a decent replacement for bread for your sandwich needs
• Onions in small amounts are fine for cooking, but avoid piling them on your meals
• Common foods to avoid: Cookies, bread, chips, buns on hamburgers (ask burger joints to wrap them in lettuce for you), dough of any kind, etc. (please edit this if you have common foods worth adding)

EDIT: I'll try and keep the main post updated with all the entries.

I'll be spending a few days in London, saying near Archway tube stop. I don't know London, I'm Irish, but don't live in UK or Ireland. And by God I want a fried breakfast. Ireland had Irish Breakfast, which is basically the same as an English Breakfast. And that's what I want.
So, can anyone recommend somewhere to get a traditional Full English Fried Breakfast near Archway tube stop? Im looking for a greasy spoon, a caf. I don't want some new hippy modern take on an English Breakfast with quorn sausages or something, I want tasty grease. Fancy hippy new cafés can be nice, since they can use high quality ingredients and can care about food, just so long as they don't change the recipe! Or a greasy spoon could work.
Any suggestions to solve my fried needs?