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Fast & Simple Week

May 16, 2018 by christine

Happy Wednesday I hope, it’s been a busy, dragging type week here. But we did have a nice Mother’s Day having my mom over for dinner. We chatted on the patio with wine and dogs competing for lap time while hubby prepared a Gardein Holiday Roast with roasted potatoes and brussels sprouts.

The roast was perfect with such a great texture and stuffing and very turkey like which can be a little freaky, but delicious with vegan gravy and very filling. It makes such an easy and fun meal to serve to non-vegan guests.

I’ve been keeping things very easy this week and resorted to an emergency freezer meal for lunch. I picked up the Yellow Jackfruit Curry with Jasmine Rice meal from Trader Joe’s awhile back because it was a hot new vegan offering and forgot about it in the freezer. While it didn’t look exactly like the picture, it was delicious!

I’ve haven’t had a lot of jackfruit dishes I’ve been crazy about, but the texture and flavor in this blend seemed very “meaty” with a daring level of curry spice that paired great with the simple rice. Worth grabbing if Trader Joe’s still has it!

Other eats included a messy salad with blended avocado garlic dressing and sauerkraut.

Simple oil free tamari tofu and veggie stir fry where I used just enough veggie broth to stir fry in. And a curried sweet potato and chickpea saute with leftovers of these dishes for simple work lunches.

Filed Under: Lifestyle, Product Reviews Tagged With: easy meals, gardein, healthy meals, jackfruit, plant-based, simple meals, simple vegan, tofu, trader joes, vegan

Comments

  1. Laura ~ Raise Your Garden says

    May 17, 2018 at 4:02 am

    Your Mother’s Day sounds delightful! What a lovely day. Great that your hubby made dinner ~ amazing! That roast looks great!

    • christine says

      May 17, 2018 at 7:57 pm

      Thanks and yes it was. :-)

  2. Linda @ Veganosity says

    May 17, 2018 at 10:04 am

    I haven’t tried that roast yet. Thanks for the review. Sitting on the patio drinking wine with puppies on my lap sounds like a great idea!

    • christine says

      May 17, 2018 at 7:58 pm

      It’s really good, nice texture and simple. Haha and yes, highly recommend and hope you’re getting good patio weather.

Hello! I'm Christine, an IT Professional in Northern California. I'm also passionate about a healthy, plant based lifestyle, running, fitness, and being eco-friendly. 40 (ack!), married, with furkids. Read More…

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