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Gardein Sweet And Tangy Barbecue Wings review

June 9, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Sweet And Tangy Barbecue Wings

Of all the relatively contemporary meat free businesses, Gardein has one the most expansive product lines. The lineup has items like the more commonplace burgers and chicken patties, but also …

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Beyond Breakfast Sausage review

June 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Beyond Meat Beyond Breakfast Sausage

These days we get pretty excited when a new product from Beyond Meat is announced. For the longest time their Beyond Burger was our favorite meat free burger on the …

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Buenatural Vegan Tamales review

June 10, 2020June 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Buenatural Vegan Tamales

These are another find from our recent scouring of the shelves at Sprouts. These vegan friendly tamales live over in the freezer aisle where you will find six to a …

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Impossible Burger review – 2021 update

April 24, 2022May 19, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Impossible Burger ground beef

It’s been quite a while since we first tasted and reviewed the Impossible Foods burger. Since then though, what’s changed? I’m happy to report – not much! The brand hasn’t …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Refrigerated, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Impossible Burger, Impossible Foods 4 Comments

Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers

May 18, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Sprouts Spicy Chicken Veggie Burgers

I’ve only very recently become a customer at Sprouts. Mainly spurred on by the Coronavirus pandemic if I’m being honest. As our local grocery stores faltered in their supplies – …

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Trader Joe’s Vegan Tikka Masala review

July 4, 2021May 18, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Trader Joe's Vegan Tikka Masala

Not gonna lie, I was not a fan of this one. As such this is going to be a relatively short review; I didn’t even bother taking a snap of …

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Alexia Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries review

April 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Alexia Crinkle Cut Sweet Potato Fries

I’ll get right to it. This product from Alexia gets our Smart Buy award. That means you should just run out there and buy as many as you can right …

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Gardein Breakfast Saus’age Patties review

April 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Breakfast Saus'age Patties

The first time I tried this product sticks firmly in my memory to this day. The grainy, sand like texture that made me wince in regret the moment I bit …

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Red Robin Seasoned Steak Fries review

March 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Red Robin Seasoned Steak Fries

One of the reasons I secretly love buying my groceries online for delivery – random substitutions. I’ve had all manner of oddball products arrive on my doorstep I’d never normally …

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Trader Joe’s Vegetable Spring Rolls review

March 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Trader Joe's Vegetable Spring Rolls

There aren’t many frozen product caterogies that are almost as universally as disappointing as spring rolls and egg rolls. I’ve lost count of how many end up a soggy, claggy, …

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