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Wednesday 5 November 2014

Gardein -- BBQ Pocket Meals -- Pulled Porkless

     I went grocery shopping the other day (first tuesday of the month = 15% off = yay!) & was super excited to find a brand new gardein product!!!!  gardein = the best fake meat product ever.  I had already picked up some crispy tenders & was looking at the other frozen foods, when i spotted the familiar logo.  (oddly this new stuff was in a different location than the other gardein stuff, it was with the pizza pockets)  I found:


     gardein pocket meals!  -- now, there were 2 different types of pocket meals & i chose the pulled porkless.  Unfortunately I don't remember what the other flavour was? & at this time these are not listed on the website?  There was also another type of new gardein product!  It was also a pocket-type thing but they were larger, individually wrapped ones.  There was also 2 different kinds of those, all I remember is that one had kale.  I was not really paying much attention because I was thinking I was going to look these new products up online, ugh.
     Anyway, back to the pulled porkless pocket meals!  Each box contains 4 little pockets!  & they are pretty little, but I found it to be rather filling as a snack or part of a meal.  I should also mention that each one contains 230 calories.


     I cooked mine, as directed, in the toaster oven, for 25min, flipping halfway.  I was not paying too much attention & it kinda exploded a bit!


     But i just shoved the insides back in & ate it up.  The crust was crisp & flaky, pretty tasty.  The BBQ sauce was tangy, with a tiny bit of heat, it was very similar to the BBQ sauce that comes with the sweet & tangy barbecue wings (which are just listed as bbq wings on the canadian site now & have not been available here for a little bit).  The meat pieces were small, but it's supposed to be shredded pork & their texture was good, as to be expected from gardein products!

     Overall it was a tasty bit of food & I plan on giving the other variety a try!  Also I think next time i am going to attempt to just microwave it, though not the top recommended method of preparation, having these in the freezer on hand as just a quick snack/meal that you can zap & go would be super duper convenient!  Yay gardein!~ 

4 comments:

  1. I just tried them for the first time, and I had great luck with microwaving on medium for two minutes. They were delicious. :) I was also perplexed that they are not listed on the Gardein site. Neither are the black bean sliders I just found for the first time from them. They make some amazing vegan convenience foods. Love them. :) Thanks for the great post.

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    1. ugh. it deleted my reply to you. i have never tried the black bean sliders, only the chicken ones. they are yummy! i think i like their chicken products the best! (i also tried their fish for the first time for christmas!) have you tried the pocket with italian sausage, roasted red pepper & spinach? it is yummy! i tried microwaving those & they turned out good, a bit chewy-er. i will do a post on them eventually, but i am so lazy!!! happy new year!!!

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  2. where did you find these? I'm in Chicago and am having no luck at the stores.

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    1. hi! i am in alberta canada & i bought them at save on foods. i know that is no help to you though unfortunately. when i first wrote this post though i could only find them at one specific store & they were not listed on the gardein website. now i can find them at different locations & they do have them listed on the website. i tried to look on the US website & there is a search option where you can search for specific products & i tried entering 'chicago' & then i entered just a random chicago zip code i found online where it said 'enter postal code' but it didnt show anything & the location on the map that showed up was san francisco both times???? maybe you would have better luck, or you can try emailing them? i think it is still a fairly new product, so hopefully they will start being available in more locations soon! chicago is much bigger than edmonton where i live, so i am sure they will be available soon! good luck!

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