Not all nuts and seeds are expensive. Some can be but you can buy those in lesser amounts (if you like the taste of a particular expensive one) and buy the cheaper ones in bulk.
There are a lot of plant alternatives to milk, many of them not all that expensive. A little more expensive than milk but we are talking about tens of cents per liter, not euros/dollars more. It's not just soy and almond milk but there's also oat, coconut, rice and cashew milk, among others. You also shouldn't drink too much milk, it's not necessarily all that good for you. Better keep it at a couple of servings per day. 1 liter per day sounds a bit excessive.
I mean, avocado is highly adaptable. You can make a billion different kinds of smoothies and add avocado into any of them without it affecting the end outcome at all (assuming the ratio of avocados vs everything else isn't compltetely lopsided). And who doesn't like smoothies? Add some frozen bananas (also good for energy), strawberries and blueberries, one or two avocados, lentils and some plant-based milk or yoghurt and you've got a decently calorie dense and healthy drinkable thing.
I hope you find something new that you like! Also, just a word of encouragement and advice since you seemed to dislike so many things in that list: the human taste palette/eating habits are highly adaptable (and also changes as you get older, since tastebuds aren't 4ever). If you don't like something on first try, it might just be that you are just offput by an unfamiliar taste/texture or you have still so much tastebuds that you taste some flavor you don't like too strongly (in which case try again a few years later).
Peanut butter is your friend. Try this sauce in a stir fry or for dipping spring- or summer rolls: http://shesimmers.com/2009/03/how-to-make-thai-peanut-sauce-my-moms.html#lightbox/4/
I thought I saw something about it coming to wholefoods in the uk or something, but I could be wrong. The Iceland burger really is good though, had one on saturday. It was totally undercooked despite cooking for the stated time, but still tasted great and had a very mince-like consistency. Might be my new top burger, just a shame Iceland is a pain to get to for me lol.
The Lightlife soy dogs were the ones that actually bubbled when I cooked them.
Things like Beyond Burgers should make it super easy for any restaruant to start offer great vegan burgers. :)
Are you asking for vegan food or vegan meals without those? Because unless you are specifically looking a kale salad/soup recipe, it will not be an ingredient in Asian inspired dishes for example. Avocado is usually a topping versus the focus of a vegan entree, so it can be omitted fairly easily. Nuts are easy to avoid due to labeling requirements and depending on the recipe can be substituted. Almond/cashew milk can be switched out and soy/pea protein instead. I think the biggest issue for nuts would be making homemade vegan cheese.
Welcome welcome.
Sorry, I mean in the foods that are pre-made like if you go to a grocery store and they have vegan meals or proteins (additives) it always seems like cashews and avocado is in everything but then again, it also might just be where I live; This is all especially true for going out to restaurants because what the heck, I know it is all easy enough to omit but I am still getting used to reading past the calories and "may contain" part of labels.
Oh awesome link thank you! I have been trying to find recipes that don't need those fancy specialty items either lol.
Along with the site having a nut filter, Yummly also allows for filtering of other food ingredients when it searches for recipes for you:
Even better if they clearly mark it in the menu, that way one can avoid drawing unwanted attention.
