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Review: MorningStar Farms Veggie Pulled Pork

April 24, 2021April 25, 2018 by Stuart Melling
MorningStar Farms Veggie Pulled Pork

MorningStar Farms Veggie Pulled Pork is relatively new to their lineup, launching around 2017 I believe. Ever a fan of MorningStar Farms products, when I spied this in the freezer …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags MorningStar Farms 2 Comments

Review: House Foods Vermont Curry

April 24, 2021April 21, 2018 by Stuart Melling
House Foods Vermont Curry

I stumbled across the Vermont Curry (affiliate link) while rummaging around Amazon, looking for something to top up my order and ensure free shipping. The curious packaging of this product …

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Review: MorningStar Farms Buffalo Wings

February 25, 2019April 21, 2018 by Stuart Melling
MorningStar Farms Buffalo Wings packaging front

In fairness there’s not much in the MorningStar Farms line up I am not a fan of. These guys have been making meat substitutes long before the current contemporary surge …

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Review: MorningStar Farms Grillers Crumblers

June 25, 2020April 16, 2018 by Stuart Melling
MorningStar Farms Grillers Crumblers 2020 package

With all the modern meat substitute products coming onto the market over the past few years, it’s often easy to overlook some of the stalwarts of meat free lifestyles – …

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Review: Yellowbird Serrano Condiment

May 22, 2018April 12, 2018 by Stuart Melling
Yellowbird Serrano Condiment Sauce on plate

How can you not love that label? One glance at that angry little guy and this bottle was headed straight into my shopping cart. Turns out that was a good …

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Recipe: Quick Basic Guacamole

October 11, 2019April 12, 2018 by Stuart Melling
Guacamole recipe ingredients

It might sound simple, too simple even, a recipe for guacamole? Like anything though, if you spend long enough Googling around you’ll find ever more complex recipes for Guacamole. So …

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Review: Is Fuego Box Worth It?

November 14, 2018April 8, 2018 by Stuart Melling
Fuego Box hot sauce gift box

Knock the socks of the chili lover in your life with this unique, curated hot sauce gift set. Fuego Box was created by a guy who began down a path …

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Review: Chapparo’s Beef Tamales

June 1, 2019April 7, 2018 by Stuart Melling
Chapparo's Beef Tamales package frozen

Since 2000, Utah based Chapparo’s Tamales has been on a mission, in their own words, “to create the best, most distributed tamale in the western United States”. I spied these …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery Tags Chaparro's Tamales 3 Comments

The Beyond Burger review – updated for 2020

June 14, 2020April 5, 2018 by Stuart Melling
Beyond Burger 2020 reformulation

Updated 2020 review In late 2019 Beyond Meat updated their recipe for their popular pea protein based burger. As a result we thought an updated review might be order. You …

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Categories Frozen, Gluten Free, Grocery, Smart Buy, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Beyond Meat 1 Comment

Review: Silva Linguica Portuegese Sausage

September 21, 2019April 3, 2018 by Stuart Melling
Silva Linguica Portugese Sausage

If you’ve never tried Portuguese linguica sausage it isn’t unlike several other European sausages such as Kielbasa. This particular product from California based Silva caught my eye on a recent …

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