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Beyond Meatballs – a top quality plant-based option

July 4, 2021May 11, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Beyond Meatballs

Beyond Meat have been remarkably restrained in their product launches, at least when compared to the frenzy that it is other brands in the plant based space right now. The …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Refrigerated, Smart Buy, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Beyond Meat Leave a comment

Royal Asia Vegetable Spring Rolls review

July 30, 2021April 27, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Royal Asia Vegetable Spring Rolls

We found these in the freezer aisle at Costco, drawn in by the mammoth box. Inside the cardboard packaging you’ll find a literal sack with fifty medium sized spring rolls. …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegetarian Tags Royal Asia 14 Comments

Boca Original Spicy Chick’N Veggie Patties review

March 15, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Boca Original Spicy Chick’N Veggie Patties

Boca are one of the original names in the meat free world; and you imagine a brand with a much bigger challenge on their hands now – given the recent …

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Rajbhog Foods Matter Paneer

March 14, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Rajbhog Foods Matter Paneer

Stuart MellingHi, I’m Stuart, nice to meet you!  I’m the founder, writer and wrangler at Gastronomic SLC – Utah’s biggest and oldest online food magazine; I’m also a former restaurant …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegetarian Tags Indian Food, Rajbhog Foods Leave a comment

Simple Truth Plant Based Ham Style Deli Slices review

March 15, 2021March 13, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Simple Truth Plant Based Ham Style Deli Slices

I find Kroger’s Simple Truth lineup frustratingly erratic in terms of quality. I suspect it’s something to do with the depth and breadth of the product line which features just …

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Birds Eye Crispy Green Beans review

March 15, 2021December 10, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Birds Eye Crispy Green Beans

One noticeable trend I’ve seen in the freezer aisles of late is an attempt to translate trendy restaurant dishes into quick-serve dishes for the home; I guess it’s not all …

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The Alpha Burger Crispy Chik’N review

March 15, 2021December 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
The Alpha Burger Crispy Chik'N

I ran into the Alpha Foods brand for the first time at Sprouts, and I am glad I did. I hadn’t heard of them prior, and I’m always on the …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Alpha, Alpha Foods 2 Comments

Simple Truth Emerge Plant Based Chik’N Grind review

November 13, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Simple Truth Emerge Plant Based Chik'N Grind

The first time I came across Kroger’s Emerge line of plant-based foods, was back in January of this year; I reviewed the meat free patties here, and as I recall …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Emerge, Kroger, Simple Truth 5 Comments

Incogmeato Chik’N Nuggets – some of the best around

July 6, 2021October 6, 2020 by Stuart Melling
MorningStar Farms Incogmeato Chik'N Nuggets

I didn’t go into this one with much excitement nor huge expectations. I recently sampled the Incogmeato Burger and in totally honesty I wasn’t particularly blown away. The burger was …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Incogmeato, MorningStar Farms 4 Comments

Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based Burger review

September 24, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based Burger

Gardein aren’t holding back with this name, “Ultimate!”. The moment I saw that name a couple months back, I’ve been trying hard to secure a box pf these meat free …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Gardein 2 Comments
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