From A to Vegan

Review: Vegetarian Plus Vegan Pepper Steaks and Spareribs

  Vegan Black Pepper Steaks Before I begin my review, have you read my recent post “To Vegan Meat or Not Vegan Meat?” In case you didn’t know, and I didn’t, VegeUSA has a line of food products called Vegetarian Plus, with over 20 items, 13 of them vegan. They were nice enough to send me a couple of coupons so we could try some of their vegan products. Unfortunately,... Read More

Review: Soyummi Pudding

Last year I got a couple of coupons for free Soyummi puddings. I was so excited because I had seen them at my local grocery/health food store, but when I went to buy them they didn’t carry them any more I searched all my local stores for months and they’re finally back on the shelves (in the refrigerated aisle). I got two flavors, the Soyummi dark chocolate and rice puddings.... Read More

Review: Artisan Exchange – West Chester, PA

A couple weeks back I contributed to Vance Lemkuhl’s article “Vegan dining in the Philly ‘burbs” on Philly.com and I really wanted to try the Rawsome fudge listed. I visited Artisan Exchange‘s website to see if there were any other vegan vendors and I saw that a couple other favorites listed. Since we were headed out that way one Saturday anyway, I decided to give... Read More

Review: Om Nom Nom Cookies

The lovely folks at Om Nom Nom Cookies were sweet enough to send me a few samples of their, well, appropriately named cookies to sample and review. The name says it all for sure! I sampled five flavors: orange zested chocolate chip, chocolate snickerdoodle, spicy Mexican snickerdoodle, chocolate chip, and ultimate peanut butter. I actually managed to contain myself to sample them... Read More

Review: Parmela

When I first became a vegan the hardest thing to get over was cheese. I didn’t care about milk or ice cream, we had long converted to almond milk and coconut ice cream and preferred them over the dairy versions. But cheese, that was something hard to replace, both for flavor and texture. It’s actually the #1 culprit that keeps most vegetarians from going vegan and it’s... Read More

Review: Nasoya Super Firm Tofu

A few months ago we received some coupons from Nasoya to try out a few of their new products. We loooove trying new vegan food items. Unfortunately, finding the said new products at our local markets here in PA burbs isn’t always the easiest task. Lucky for me they had this package of intriguing “Super firm” tofu. Extra firm is usually hard to find to find around... Read More

Product Reviews: Parma, Nasoya, Edward & Sons

Last month, we were fortunate to have some great sponsors for our Farm Sanctuary event. There were several products I had previously never tried—like Parma and Edward & Sons rice snax crackers—and some I use regularly, like Nasoya tofu. We had fun this month trying out some recipes with these new products. My family can’t seem to get enough of the Edward & Sons rice... Read More

Review: WayFare Food’s Vegan Cheese and Puddings

As all vegans know, good cheese substitutes are one of the most difficult things to find. There are a number of options out there, some terrible, most of them disappointing, and a few that are actually good. We recently received some small samples from Wayfare Foods‘ vegan cheeses and puddings to try out and review. We were anxious to see what we would find… and we were... Read More

Review: FreshaPeel Hummus

Who doesn’t like hummus, raise your hands. That’s what I thought. Everyone loves hummus, especially if it’s fresh and homemade, or tastes like homemade. We first heard about FreshaPeel Hummus back in August, at Whole Foods Devon 18th anniversary event. Fran Costigan, our idol, walked off with the last container of chocolate hummus (and we’re still dying... Read More

Vegan Pão de Mel – Brazilian Honee Cake

Pão de mel is a Brazilian treat that makes my mouth water just from hearing the words being uttered. They were one of my biggest downfalls when I lived in Brazil and every time I went back to visit. They are mildly spiced with cinnamon, ground cloves, nutmeg and the sweet gooeyness of honey, baked into a scrumptious cake, cut into squares, then cut in half and filled with doce... Read More