It's always fun find and try new products.  My searches are target vegetarian/vegan items, of course, but I also try to find products that are non-GMO certified, no artificial sweeteners, less fat, more protein, environmentally friendly, and gluten free.  These five new products offer some or all of these characteristics, and I hope you will give them a test run.  

PigOuts - a high protein, vegan, GF snack that uses less natural resources to product than their meat counterparts.  PigOuts are a vegan version of pork rinds - cool name, eh?

Pan's Mushroom Jerky - LOVE this!  Mushrooms require far let natural resources to produce than meat, and these chewy snacks are packed with nutrients (100% daily requirements of vitamin D3, for example).  The package is plastic, so that's a con, but I guess you can't have everything.  

Amrita protein bars - contain 15 grams of plant protein and have no sugar alcohol, gluten free, non-GMO and vegan.  These bars have raw ingredients, nut free.  Amrita health foods is a family-run business which supports non-profits involved i the autism community.  Multiple flavors for a good variety of tastes.  

VGAN chocolates offer a nice variety of flavors to enjoy without any dairy.  Vegan eaters often have to settle for dark chocolate, but this company make a great "milk" chocolate that I think you'll love.  I picked each flavor offered to get to know them:  dark with chia grapefruit, white chocolate with almonds and salted caramel, dark with hazelnuts and mulberries, dark sugarfree, and "mylk" chocolate.  Stop by for a sample bite.  So far I've only tried the salted caramel - quite tasty.  

Simply gum - is a MUCH more eco-friendly gum to enjoy.  The gum pieces are not wrapped in foil, the packaging is earth friendly, there is no plastic in the gum (they say other gums do - who knew?).  Natural flavors, a nice soft chewing gum.  No aspartame, no synthetics.  Flavors in stock are, spearmint, cinnamon, ginger, and "cleanse" (lime, chili, sea salt).  

I absolutely LOVE the Beyond Burgers, made by Beyond Meat.  Have you tried them yet?  So my new favorite lunch is a big pile of mixed lettuce, chopped onions, garlic paprika dressing by Foods Alive topped with a chopped up Beyond Burger.  So satisfying and filling.  No need for bread.  When I have extra veggies that need to be used up, I'll toss those onto the pile of goodness.   

Unlike the Impossible Burger, Beyond Burgers contain no soy, and no genetically engineered ingredients.  If you need to cut down on the consumption of red meat, but miss holding a nice thick burger - give these a try - in a sandwich or in a salad.  Good stuff.  

Ingredients list:  Water, Pea Protein*, Expeller-Pressed Canola Oil, Refined Coconut Oil, Rice Protein, Natural Flavors, Cocoa Butter, Mung Bean Protein, Methylcellulose, Potato Starch, Apple Extract, Pomegranate Extract, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Vinegar, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Sunflower Lecithin, Beet Juice Extract (for color).

The recipe I use to make vegan corned beef calls for juniper berries, which I happen to have a great supply of at my homestead.  The bushes I harvested them from are what I have always called cedar trees, but it turns out they are actually junipers.  (Here's a great article about the difference if you are interested):  
www.treehugger.com/difference-between-cedars-and-junipers-4165305

These little beauties are drying now, but soon I will pop about four of them in each batch of the "corned beef."  Yes, only four of them.  They do make a slight difference in taste, but it's a nice little difference.  I have yet to use the berries in anything else, and I'd be glad to hear from any of you who use them.  I learned from the article above that they are used to make gin!  :)