Note: I wrote this post at the airport on Friday morning, but was unable to post it until now since Delta lost my gate-checked bag…which had my computer charger in it (Check back later this week for that story).
The people at Gardein were kind enough to send me coupons last week for a few of their new products. I picked up the BBQ Pulled Shreds and one other product, which I will review when I try it
In the mix:
- Gardein BBQ Shreds
- Humamole
- Spinach + Mustard Greens
- Crumbled tortilla chips
I loved the taste and texture of the Gardein ‘meat!’ It was tender and flavorful, and had a very similar texture to meat. The BBQ sauce was the perfect balance of sweet and spicy. It was maybe a little more chewy than ‘real’ BBQ shreds would be, but other than that, they were great!
While I usually prefer to get my protein from sources like beans, Greek yogurt, and quinoa, I think Gardein will be perfect for those times I am in the mood for a meat substitute.
In other news, in the spirit of trying new vegetables, this salad was the first time I’d ever tried mustard greens.
Have to say, I was not a fan. At all. They are very peppery and almost spicy; my throat and nose were burning after a few bites! Honestly, I ate around the last few leaves in my salad bowl because I just couldn’t take another bite. I still have most of what I bought at the grocery store to use up, so I’m hoping I like them better cooked! If you have any recipe suggestions for mustard greens, I’d love to see them!
I wrote this post at the airport, and will be taking a blogging/emailing/Tweeting hiatus until Monday. I only have 48 hours with Dan, and I’m going to make the most of them! See you all next week!
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Hope you are enjoying your Valentine’s Day with Dan
Where did you find the Gardein products – I want to try some because they don’t have egg whites like so many fake meat products seem to.
Hope you’re having a good time!!
That’s so funny, I was just thinking there really isn’t a way to make veggie pulled pork. This is great, I’ll have to keep an eye out for them. Your salad looks perfect!
I’ve never heard of Gardein! Gonna give ‘em a try!
Hi Julie,
I don’t know about Ecto, but you can do a quick fix by logging into wordpress – To rotate your pictures go to your Media Library (click Media from the left hand menu), find the picture you want to edit and click on it. When it loads, right underneath the picture will be the option to “edit image” – click on that. Now you’ll have a page with five icons above your image – you want the one second to the left (rotate counter-clockwise). Click it, press save, and voila, you should be set!
By the way – your humamole is totally on my list of things to make in the next month or so. Hope you’re enjoying your weekend with Dan!
ive looked at this product the last 1384319847 times ive been at the store – pulled bbq is one of my most FAVORITE FOODS and may or may not be one of the main reasons i havent gone completely vegetarian yet. since you have given this the thumbs up, i may have to break down and try them myself….
I am shocked at how much that looks like actual pork bbq! I am with you on mustard greens – they almost taste bitter to me!
OMG…i have those sitting in my fridge waiting to be eaten!
i found a plethora of gardein products at the hyvee on east wash. seriously, the chicken fingers tasted exactly like chicken fingers. i don’t know how they do it.
also, oikos greek is 5/$5 at whole foods.
hope you had a good weekend girl – see you wednesday