i recently went to london and as a vegetarian it was recommended i order quorn over there. recently i found it at the health food store!! the website says it's a mushroom-like composition (mycoprotein)...

i am on day 1 of phase 2 today...my girlfriend and i had it one night...she couldn't deal with the lack of chicken for 9 days.

it is VERY similar to chicken - we "grilled" it in a pan with some olive oil, garlic, and balsamic vinegar and it was wonderful!!!

any ideas??

I don't have a clue if it's acceptable, though we are allowed to eat many meat substitutes depending on the ingredients.

However, you might want to read this post http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19146 before eating another bite of quorn

I personally love Morningstar Farms Chix (vegetarian) patties.

wow...i had read an article when i came back from london. but i thought i'd try considering i have no food allergies. i didn't think about that before posting it on here...sorry and thanks for the link. i think i'll avoid the risk.

i like morningstar a lot better, but i have a hard time finding any meatless "cutlets" the girlfriend likes. i don't like the morningstar "meal starter chix strips"...

i'll keep looking.

no more quorn for me...i also just read that they barely squeezed by the fda regulations...yikes.

wow! that's crazy.

At this point in Phase 1, (4 days in) I am ready to try anything!!! Thanks for the tip on the MS Chix!

Wow that is scary stuff! I bought it after seeing it in with all the meat substitutes thinking it would be nice to try instead of some of the patties. I haven't had any yet as I'm on phase 1 and wanted to stick to whole foods during this phase, but figured I would add it in phase 2 instead of chicken. Now I'm not so sure!