Gardein chik'n pasta Florentine, garlic toast, and Rainier cherries.
I know the price of those frozen skillet meals is a tiny bit absurd. But I'm doing what I have to do right now, and there are veggies and protein in them, and hey, they're cheaper than a meal out.
This looks like such a great combination! I've heard mixed reviews of the skillet meals, how did you like it? They are pricey but sometimes it is worth the price for convenience.
I liked them fine. They weren't as good as something similar I might make on my own, but that's the case for all sorts of frozen stuff, isn't it? I use things like this for the same category as fast food: If you really can't do it for yourself at a given time, then pull it out of the freezer. If you can, then just cook!
But what I will also say is that they would have helped immensely in my early transitional period, when I was in a state of near-panic at the store and would start to cry because I found milk in something unexpected again. Knowing that an easy, "safe" food is out there is so important sometimes. (I practically lived on Amy's Kitchen vegan freezer meals for a month or so. It helped.)
Thanks for the review! I had a feeling it would be good for what it is but not as good as home made. I have to agree that convenience foods are so helpful for transition and recreating convenience foods has been fun as a more experienced vegan!
Rainier Cherries are my FAVE...but also quite expensive here...sigh...your meal looks AWESOME!
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ReplyDeleteThis looks like such a great combination! I've heard mixed reviews of the skillet meals, how did you like it? They are pricey but sometimes it is worth the price for convenience.
ReplyDeleteI liked them fine. They weren't as good as something similar I might make on my own, but that's the case for all sorts of frozen stuff, isn't it? I use things like this for the same category as fast food: If you really can't do it for yourself at a given time, then pull it out of the freezer. If you can, then just cook!
DeleteBut what I will also say is that they would have helped immensely in my early transitional period, when I was in a state of near-panic at the store and would start to cry because I found milk in something unexpected again. Knowing that an easy, "safe" food is out there is so important sometimes. (I practically lived on Amy's Kitchen vegan freezer meals for a month or so. It helped.)
Thanks for the review! I had a feeling it would be good for what it is but not as good as home made. I have to agree that convenience foods are so helpful for transition and recreating convenience foods has been fun as a more experienced vegan!
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