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Trader Joe’s Aloo Chaat Kati Pockets

February 8, 2020January 19, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Trader Joe’s Aloo Chaat Kati Pockets

Two Kati Pockets come inside the cardboard packaging (one shown here as my appetite beat the camera on this rare occasion…). Each pocket is wrapped separately so you don’t need …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegetarian Tags Indian Food, Trader Joe's Leave a comment

Lightlife Plant Based Ground meat review

February 8, 2020January 14, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Lightlife Plant Based Ground

With Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods seemingly dominating the narrative when it comes to plant based products, you’d think the market starts and stops with these two huge players. You’d …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Refrigerated, Smart Buy, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Lightlife 1 Comment

Simple Truth Meatless Kielbasa review

February 8, 2020January 12, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Simple Truth Meatless Kielbasa

You better hold on tight, 2020 looks like the year that meat free products are really going to start hitting the mainstream in serious volume. Every company under the sun …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Kroger, Simple Truth', Smiths 1 Comment

365 Organic Crinkle Cut Fries review

February 8, 2020January 12, 2020 by Stuart Melling
365 Organic Crinkle Cut Fries

I can’t say I’ve ever met a French fry I didn’t like. Even when a French fry is less than stellar – I’m still going to eat it – and …

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Simple Truth Emerge Plant Based Patties – a surprisingly good burger

May 7, 2021January 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Simple Truth Emerge Plant Based Patties

Let’s get the obvious elephant in the room dealt with first. These burgers from Kroger are made in the spirit of those from Impossible/Beyond, if not a loving homage to …

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Categories Grocery, Refrigerated, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Kroger, Simple Truth', Smiths 10 Comments

Gardein Savory Stuffed Turk’y

February 8, 2020December 5, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Savory Stuffed Turk'y

Just a few days after Thanksgiving and my local Whole Foods was selling these (and other vegan seasonal specials) at half price. I’d always been a little apprehensive at their …

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Review: 365 Breaded Chickenless Nuggets

February 8, 2020October 5, 2019 by Stuart Melling
365 Breaded Chickenless Nuggets

With all the noise around new meat free brands like Beyond Meat and Gardein, it can be easy to overlook some of the store brands like these meat-free chicken nuggets …

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Seapoint Farms Riced Edamame

October 4, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Seapoint Farms Riced Edamame

In today’s more health conscious world of cooking, riced vegetables have started to become something of a superstar side dish. Riced cauliflower usually takes all the headlines and plaudits, often …

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Alexia Organic Yukon Select Fries

April 8, 2020October 4, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Alexia Organic Yukon Select Fries

The search for the perfect home cooked French fry is undoubtedly an endless quest. At the farthest end of the spectrum, the ideal fry requires a deep fat fryer, exacting …

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Whole Foods Vegetable Potstickers

February 8, 2020September 24, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Whole Foods Vegetable Potstickers

Despite a long standing, “well that was far less impressive than I’d hoped for” malaise when it comes to pot stickers – the attractively clean packaging and $3.99 price point …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Whole Foods 3 Comments
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