Ordering Food On-line: 'Vegan Essentials'

Vegan Essentials is a wonderful site for vegan food as well as all kinds of other vegan products. For the vegetarians, there is a wide variety of soy meats and non-rennet cheese/dairy products. For the vegans, there are subsitutes for nearly any non-vegan foods you could want. (Click here to check out the site's food section.)

This is an especially great site for vegans who enjoy baking and cooking. The site contains a lot of substitute ingredients that are nearly impossible to find in Statesboro, such as honey and egg replacements, dairy sauces/spreads substitutes and prepared baking mixes.

My favorite thing about Vegan Essentials is that the site has comment sections below every product they offer. Buyers are encouraged to rate and review products they've bought from Vegan Essentials and compare them to other products. Nearly every product on the site has several comments and reviews. (For an example of the product reviews, click here.)

Below is a list of some of the things that Vegan Essentials offers:

Soy meats: The site offers similar 'meat' dinners and snacks as The Vegetarian Site, but they offer a much larger selection. Some of these products include soy hotdogs, deli 'meat' cuts, prepared quick dinners, "Bac'uns" bacon bits and 'beef' jerky.

Cheese substitutes: They have a nice variety of different kinds of cheese substitutes, including nacho 'cheese' dip, 'Mac and ChReese' quick meals, parmesan 'cheese' and non-dairy creamy dressings and sauces. This is one of the sections where the comments/reviews really help out - there are some really strange cheese substitutes out there, and the buyers on Vegan Essentials will let you know exactly what they did and didn't like about each product.

'Meals in Minutes': This is the section for college students! Although not as cheap as, say, Wal-mart, you can still find veg*an versions of quick, simple meals. Plus, if you shop smart and keep a lookout for sales, you probably won't spend much more than you would have elsewhere anyway. Some of the products in this section include many different kinds of 'chicken' noodle soup, 'Mac and ChReese' (including flavors such as alfredo and cheddar), 'chicken and cheese' enchilada soup mix, 'Rice Express sushi wraps and rice bowl,' sweet basil pesto mix and deli style 'meat' chops.

Some of the other sections on Vegan Essentials include:
- Baking mixes
- Candy
- Cookies, brownies and donuts
- Vegan jello substitutes
- Sauces, dressings and spreads