Vegan Cuts: March 2014

Here is the Vegan Cuts box I got for March! It came just in time - I was about to make a run to the corner store for snacks, and lo and behold, my doorstep was holding a box filled with yummy snacks.

Review:

The OCHO Mini Coconut Candy Bar was definitely the favorite of the box - so sad to only have one bite each for Mr. Coconut and me. But, oh, what a bite it was! Basically a vegan Mounds Bar. Yum!

We also enjoyed the Salt and Vinegar flavored Tortatos -- a corn/potato hybrid chip. The texture was really interesting - hard like a tortilla chip, but had some softness like a potato chip. Yum!

Vigilant Eats cereal was delicious and made for a really great, filling hot breakfast at work.

Explore Asian Soybean noodle soup sounded promising, but Mr. Coconut did not care for it at all. I thought the noodles themselves were pretty good, specially for being gluten-free. I didn't care for the broth too much, but would not be opposed to trying a different variety.

LOCA Diet Root Beer from oogave was actually pretty great for a diet soda.

Earnest Eats Granola Bar was pretty tasty - soft, sweet, and was a filling small snack.

This morning I tried the Raw Protein Powder from Garden of Life -- I put a handful of strawberries & 8-12 ounces (so... 230-340ml) of coconut water and the packet of the protein powder. It was fine, definitely filled me up and kept me from being hungry until lunchtime - a good 4-5 hours.

I have not tried the Roots Superfood Powder yet, but when I do, I'll post a review!

I also got a gift card for Vega -- I wound up getting one single packet each of: Chocolate, French Vanilla, Vanilla Chai, and a Vega Sport electrolyte booster. So far, I've tried the chocolate - just some ricemilk blended with the powder. It was tasty and pretty filling, not chalky like some powders can be. I will also review the other flavors after I tasted them.

Here is a photo of the Vega gifts I received:

Mango Parsley Raspberry Smoothie [Vegan Mofo]

Smooooooth sailin' into the last 2 weeks of Vegan Month of Food!

I made this on a whim, because why not? I am running low on food supplies, and it's been interesting to see what I can come up with. The other morning I was trying to figure out what to make and fell into a black internet hole of reading about green smoothies and staring at all the delicious recipes...could I make one?

I had a ton of frozen fruits and a ton of rice milk, and my parsley needed to be used STAT. So....Voila! Mango-Raspberry-Parsley smoothie. It was...interesting. Not great, not bad. I think it could have benefited from a more creamy non-dairy milk with more fat: coconut milk, almond milk, even soy. It would also be better with some mint and/or other greens. All the same, I think I want to see what other smoothie-flavors I can make so I can use up all the frozen fruit I have.