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I think "plant based egg" sometimes give the wrong idea. I haven't come across any plant based eggs in the way you get "plant based bacon" say, but like other people mentioned aquafaba (chickpea water) is a great substitute in cooking uses (cakes, muffins etc), and scrambled tofu is an awesome replacement for scrambled eggs.
Haven't seen a "vegan fried egg" yet- we can all dream though!
I do dream, it's true. And I'd be the first to line up if it actually happened. But also... I think I'm coming to grips that some of the things I enjoy might be fruit of the poisonous tree (cruelty), and that I should just move forward with new things rather than recapture what I remember.
Losing my cheese goggles was huge. I didn't think I would ever be able to do without a replacement, but it turns out I don't need to put dairy all over everything vegetarian to make it good.
Yeah, I guess I mostly meant "egg substitute" that I can use as an ingredient. Being able to scramble one up (or even make an omelette) would be nice too.
Most "egg substitutes" work well for a particular use case of eggs, and not for others. E.g.
I haven't seen any subsitutes that are a straight drop in for all purposes of eggs, usually you have to use several depending on the recipe.
There's "just egg", it's pretty close to real scrambled eggs.
the main ingredient is mung beans