Homemade Vegan Smoked Deli Slices

Do you remember visiting the deli with your parents, to get sliced luncheon meat sliced by the man and his machine? Well now, you can make your own smoked deli slices (and they are vegan too, with this recipe at Full of Plants).

Before cooking, read up on food safety for people and pets (many ingredients are unsafe near animal friends). Bin allium scraps (onion, garlic, leeks, shallots, chives) as acids may harm compost creatures (same with tomato/citrus/rhubarb scraps).

Note this is NOT a beginner recipe, you’ll need to find seitan and tofu (Tofoo makes both in Yorkshire). But if you run a cafe or are an ambitious cook, give it a go! You can then use the sliced to top pizza or put in sandwiches, or mix into pasta dishes. Sure to impress!

People often wonder why vegans make ‘fake meats’. The truth is, that’s the taste that most people like. And in a country of 60 million people, even people who eat meat have to know there is not enough land for everyone to eat free-range.

Even meat-eating chefs like Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall say people have to eat less meat, if you don’t agree with factory farming. Plant foods are also all cholesterol-free!