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Gardein Plant-Based Chili review

May 9, 2022 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Plant-Based Chili

This plant-based chili from Gardein comes in two versions, one with beans and one without. Pictured below, and reviewed here, the No Bean version. The product relies on Gardein’s Be’f …

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Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based Jerky

November 29, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based Jerky

There was a time I would purchase a Gardein product with more than a little caution. The brand’s approach to rapid product release and development meant the overall line was, …

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Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based Chick’N Filet reviewed

August 30, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based Chick'N Filet

Hot on the heels of Gardein’s Ultimate Tenders is this similarly packaged product – now in fried chicken patty format. Like the tenders, they come in a rather attractive black …

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Thai yellow curry with veggie chicken

August 29, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Thai yellow curry with Royal Asia spring roll and Gardein seven grain tender

.This is a riff on the basic yellow curry I put together all year around. You can find the core of the recipe here. It takes about 20-25 minutes to …

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Gardein Ultimate Chick’N Tenders – the best yet?

July 4, 2021May 23, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Ultimate Plant-Based Chick'N Tenders

I wasn’t overly impressed by the the last product from Gardein that sported the Ultimate moniker; their Ultimate Burger was all promise and no follow through. I typically find that …

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Categories Frozen, Grocery, Smart Buy, Vegan, Vegetarian Tags Gardein 4 Comments

Gardein Crispy Golden Chick’N Nuggets – average at best

July 4, 2021May 15, 2021 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Crispy Golden Chick'n Nuggets

Gardein are perhaps the quickest expanding line of plant-based products out there. It seems like there’s something new every other week. Canned soups, frozen meals, individual faux meat products. With …

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Marie Callender’s Meatless Gardein Be’f Pot Pie review

November 7, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Marie Callender's Meatless Gardein Be'f Pot Pie

As plant-based products continue to debut all over the grocery store, we’re starting to see link ups between existing big name brands; this particular one sees the classic Marie Callender’s …

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Gardein expand out of the freezer aisle with new soup

September 25, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Gardein Plant-Based chick'n noodl' soup

I have to admit I didn’t see this one coming. The popular plant-based company Gardein have now released a series of…soups! Until now you would only find Gardein product in …

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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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Asian salad with soy sauce fried Gardein tenders

September 23, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Asian salad with soy sauce fried Gardein tenders

This one is super quick. Grab your favorite store brand Asian salad and while you’re at it some of the Gardein Seven Grain Tenders. We find this is the best …

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