When I lived at home, my mom was a huge support for me when it came to my vegan diet. Not only did she continue to cook meals for me, she always made sure I had a balanced diet with enough veg, carbs and protein. Mom was always coming home with a new meat replacement for me to try and even after I moved she was giving me new stuff to try including a immitation chicken breast called “Chick’n Good Stuffs”.
Chick’n Good Stuffs is a soy chicken breast stuffed with corn and black beans and it also comes with a tomato sauce to be eaten with the thing. The box makes it look amazing and I wish I had taken a photo of this thing when you take it out because it’s literally a beige hockey puck with a vacuum sealed sauce compartment. It was a little humorous poking holes through the plastic, preparing it for the microwave.
Now the taste somewhat surprised me. I’m not sure if I’m the only vegan around who’s picky about meat replacements. I usually find that they are not so great. Either the texture is off or there’s a weird after taste. But this didn’t had a strange texture or taste, despite being microwaved (I usually find that fake meat tastes best bbq’d or in an oven). It was pretty mild tasting and with the corn/bean stuffing and sauce it provided it with enough flavor to be tasty. It’s nothing compared to my holy grail fake chicken nuggets (which I will discuss at a later date) but still decent!
I honestly don’t know the price of these thangs but I’ll check it out at safeway. I can’t imagine them being a hell of a lot more than every other fake chicken out there, somewhere between 4-6 dollars, and they come two to a pack so divide that for a serving price.
The company, Gardein has a pretty comprehensive/user friendly website that vegans should investigate. It shows you where you can buy their stuff (almost every large supermarket chain) and all the nutritional info.
www.gardein.com
Those look good, but I’m really wary of any microwaveable meals. The box looks appetizing, but by your post I’m not quite sure how a beige hockey puck would turn into that.