Veggie more healthy?

I've been having a think lately about the number of calories in things, it's ridiculous! I've started looking at the calories on everything in the supermarket, even if I don't want them! I've rarely had red meat since I've started this healthy eating, it's just so much more calorific than any white meat, even the lean stuff. I think I've had beef once and that's it! I was in Tesco this lunch time and had a look at the veggie alternatives and they're a lot lower in calories, a lot lower! I ended up buying some meat free meat style balls, sausages, mince. Thought I'd compare them to their meaty cousins.

Meat free meat style balls.... per 100g... 150 calories, 17.1g protein, 6.7g fat (1.4g sat. fat)
Tesco Beef Meatballs... per 100g... 305 calories, 26.9g protein, 18.9g fat (8.2g sat. fat)

Quorn cumberland sausages... 60 calories, 6.2g protein, 2.4g fat (0.3g sat. fat)
Butchers Choice sausages... 128 calories, 6.4g protein, 9.1g fat (3.4g sat. fat)
Light Choices sausage... 73 calories, 9.1g protein, 1.8g fat (0.7g sat. fat)

Quorn mince... per 100g... 71 calories, 10.9g protein, 1.5g fat (0.4g sat. fat)
Light choices... per 100g... 148 calories, 20.4g protein, 7.4g fat (3.5g sat. fat)

So... the verdict is, as a whole the veggie alternatives are a lot better! In terms of sausages its not much difference though, so I'll see how the veggie ones taste. The meat balls is a HUGE difference though. And the mince is a pretty big difference too. Red meat just seems so high in fat. So, I think my decision is that I'm going to use these meat free alternatives a lot more. I won't use them every day, I'd never turn veggie completely! But it'll be nice to break up the turkey and chicken! I think I'm going to start tonight by making a veggie chilli con carne!