Food Reviews!

I lost a pound already! Also, I reset my weight tracker to start at 235, because even though I've lost 14 lbs. total, I feel like I am really starting over this week.

I start the Insanity program tonight... that should be interesting!

Here are some awesome foods I made this weekend:

Lemon rosemary "chicken" (high protein soy/wheat gluten) with smashed potatoes and gravy (all vegan, of course!)


I was skeptical of Hain's vegan brown gravy mix packets, but my friend Holly loved them so much that I decided to give it a try. I'm SO glad I did, because it's amazing! I haven't been vegan long enough to forget what real gravy tasted like, and this is almost exact... only better because you know it's not made from gross fat drippings! You can get these at Whole Foods.


This was also the first time I've purchased Gardein Chick'n Scallopini, and it's also fantastic. The cutlets are frozen and are SO easy to cook. I also breaded and fried them like chicken parmesan yesterday, but I scarfed it before I thought to get a pic. Oops! Maybe next time. :) Anyhow, it's the closest thing I've had to chicken that's vegan, so yay! I wish I had more thumbs so I could give this more than two thumbs-up!


Field roast "lunchmeat" wedgie with pepper jack Daiya (HOLYCRAP good,) Vegenaise, lettuce and tomato.


I think wedgies might be a Pittsburgh thing, but I'm not sure. It's basically a sandwich on a pizza crust. I used a Kontos Pocketless Pita bread for it, and it turned out SO much better than I expected! The "lunchmeat" was Field Roast Smoked Tomato, which I was happy to see were wheat gluten based instead of soy. Once again, this was a great find at Whole Foods. It's about the same price per oz. as Tofurky (you get fewer thicker slices,) but doesn't have that strange dog foodish aftertaste.


The pepperjack Daiya is by far the best vegan cheese I have had. It tastes more like cheese, and I like how the shreds are wider and flatter for some reason. And, of course, it melts and (sort of) stretches better than any other vegan cheese!


After this shopping trip, we decided that we definitely need to make it a point to shop at Whole at least every other week. It's a pain to get to from our house, but the selection is great and we really need the protein that's in meat replacements like these. Also, our total cost was $106, and that included 10 Go Max Go candy bars @ $2.50 each. They're amazing enough that I still buy them despite the price and their unprofessional and downright nasty responses to critical reviews on candyblog.net. I hope they've improved their attitude and are willing to be a better representation of vegans!


(Excellent photo courtesy of alisacooks.com!)