The field of Vegan food options has expanded and become so much more sophisticated. Here are a few products I love to cook with now. Keep 'em on hand and when the mood strikes, branch out!
First, SoyRizo. It's a product with authentic chorizo spices that mixs with any taco, tamale or scramble. Not only for Mexican-inspired meals though! I always have a SoyRizo package in the freezer to add to dishes calling for a deeper, spicier note. It defrosts almost immediately. Keep some always on hand along with some fermented black beans and silken tofu to whip up a batch of soul satisfying Mapo Tofu!
There's a company out of Seattle, Washington called Field Roast Grain Meat Company. Their hot and spicey Mexican Chipotle sausages are grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! It's not a crumbly product like the SoyRizo so you can cube or slice and it will not lose its integrity in a soup or casserole. I used it twice this last weekend. I made grilled sausage sandwiches this weekend. They Blew Harrison's MIND!
Field Roast Grain also makes a product called Celebration Roast: their answer to Tofurkey. I cooked up a little Celebration Roast for Christmas Day and was entirely pleased with it. Note: best to carve very-thin to razor-thin slices.
Finally, there's Gardenburger with their good tasting, good looking and very useful BBQ Riblets. I used them recently in a batch of steamed buns. oh goddess they were good!
Oh, and by the way, Marilyn says "go vegan. why not?" 
