Vevan’s Ched-Shred is what it says to be: vegan cheddar shreds. It performs as advertised! The Ched-Shreds have a sort of chalky texture and when making cheesy eggs, it sort of gets this hard/fried texture rather than super melty. This is fine and tasty. It feels like it has the best cheddar cheese taste and…

I had a taste for fruit popsicles so I picked up Jonny Pops Organic Vegan Popsicles “Summer Surprise” flavor. It doesn’t feel like summer anymore, but these are great! As it says on the box, each color layer of the popsicle is a different flavor. It kind of blends together when licking it, but it’s…

I’ve had Siete’s Fuego flavored chips before and I liked them, and I swore I reviewed them, but I did not…so anyway, here I am reviewing their Chipotle BBQ flavor. I like these more than the Fuego variety. They just have a delicious hot BBQ flavor that is super addictive and that I just love.…

Given how powerful and awesome the Nuts for Cheese Chipotle Cheddar was, I couldn’t resist trying their Smoky Gouda fermented cashew vegan cheese option. And there was also the fact that I love(d) Smoked Gouda. Either way, I was very excited to try this cheese. It didn’t quite live up to the hype I was…

I tried Violife’s Mozzarella Shreds awhile ago and really grew to like them with eggs. So, after seeing it in the store, we picked up Violife Vegan Cheddar shreds—to try another vegan cheese option and to see how it compared with their Mozzarella version. The calories are the same between the two Violife vegan cheese…

We picked this Skinny Butcher vegan chicken up at Costco after trying a sample of it. It is very good. So crispy—it has the perfect texture for fried chicken. It being called ‘Crazy Crispy Chick’n Breasts’ is absolutely on point. Taste is good standalone. We’ve been having it with salads. You can cook it in…

I loved KOS’s Vanilla Protein Powder as a base for a smoothie and I heard Future Kind was good, so I decided to try it. 85 calories and 20g of protein per scoop? Works for me. But it didn’t and I didn’t have a good time. I tried it as a smoothie, and the vanilla…

This is the second Cheeze & Thank You vegan cheese I’ve tried, the first being their mustard seed smoked gouda, which I really enjoyed. This is nothing like that, conceptually, so I was skeptical but had high hopes for it. I think my sentiments/expectation were on point/met. Herbed feta, in general, is not something I…

This is the first product I’ve tried of Nuts for Cheese. It is their Chipotle Cheddar fermented cashew vegan cheese option. It comes in a wedge and is a dark orange hue. It says it slices, shreds, melts, and spreads. We only really tried slicing it and spreading it. As for the flavor…well, this is…

Another Violife product! This time vegan feta. It’s not very feta-like at all, but it still tastes good. It comes as a solid block and it can kind of be chunked/shredded easily. It’s sort of firm but supple. Doesn’t have a strong flavor, but the unctuous texture/experience makes it really work. Definitely wouldn’t be a…

This vegan mozzarella from Violife come as a bag of shreds rather than a full chunk of fake mozzarella like the Miyoko’s Mozzarella from way back. It is made from coconut oil, starches, and some other stuff. Coming as shreds, it is much easier to top pizzas with due to that convenience factor. It didn’t…

Lightlife Smart Dogs are plant based hot dogs. For some reason the mood to have hot dogs struck me, so we picked these up. They were really easy to cook. The instructions gave boil, grill, or microwave options, but we opted to boil them then finished them in the pan. The texture was soft and…

This creamy chive vegan cheese is not the first Miyoko’s cashew milk cheese product I’ve reviewed: I had Miyoko’s Cashew Milk Mozzarella before and thought it was pretty good. This is a very different type of product, though, but also good. It is more of an acquired taste, however, due to its strong chive flavor.…

I picked up a pack of Primal Spirit Vegan Jerky on Amazon after a friend mentioned them. The pack contained six different flavors of vegan jerky from the company, but I’m only reviewing five of them (I am not reviewing the Thai Peanut flavor). They all come in the same tight packaging…which I hated. It…

This is my first foray into the vegan egg world. I have long seen the Just Egg bottle looming on grocery shelves and now I have finally decided to try it out. I just needed to know what it was like. I’m not fully vegan and probably won’t ever be as I love eggs. But…maybe…

I had previously reviewed Miyoko’s Cultured Vegan Butter made with cashew and coconut oil. It was really good and we’ve gotten more of it since trying it. Then we recently tried Miyoko’s Oat Milk vegan butter alternative. It comes in a tub instead of a block and is less expensive for more butter. The texture…

This is my first vegan bacon product and my first from Hooray Foods. This vegan bacon product is soy free and gluten free. I was interested to see how this vegan bacon would turn out. As a kid, I really liked bacon. I was intrigued to see how the texture and taste would come across…

This is not a product I would normally buy. However, I was on antibiotics so I wanted to get something probiotic. Then when looking at Imperfect Foods I see this vegan, cashewmilk yogurt from Forager and…was intrigued and also it fit the bill. Not real dairy but with probiotics. Worked for me. But…did it work…

I picked up this vegan fake turkey deli meat option from the Simple Truth brand to use with sandwiches. Shocking, I know. I had it primarily with Daiya cheddar cheese slices, lettuce, tomato, and honey mustard on rye bread. The vegan cheddar (plus the mustard) brought the flavor and it brought the body to make…

Cheeze & Thank You is a Chicago based artisanal vegan cheese shop. We picked up a wedge of their vegan Mustard Seed Smoked Gouda as an experiment from a local Whole Foods. When I ate real cheese, gouda was a big favorite of mine…so I was intrigued. It did not disappoint at all! Cheeze &…

Due to strange appetite circumstances, I picked up Miyoko’s Creamery Vegan Butter. This is my first vegan butter review but not the first product from Miyoko’s I’ve reviewed. I wasn’t ever that much of a butter person, but I really wanted some in my strange appetite state. The idea of it on potatoes and bread…

After trying the OWYN Chocolate powder, and hearing good things about the KOS brand from a friend, I decided to try KOS’s vegan vanilla flavored protein powder. Two scoops of it has 20g of protein for 160 calories. A great ratio. But how does it taste? With OWYN, I liked it just with room temp…

These Spark Organics Fruit Chews are square, chewy, and fruity candies. They remind me of Starbursts. This is the superfruit blend which has in it three different flavors: Pomegranate, Raspberry, and Blueberry. I tried each flavor, but they all sort of blended together in my mind and none of them really stood out per-se. But…

I didn’t actually get this Cucina & Amore Artichoke Bruschetta jar by choice…it showed up accidentally in my Imperfect Foods delivery. This type of product isn’t something I’d usually buy, but it wasn’t something that we were opposed to eating, either. In fact, we picked up a baguette to have special with it. And I…

I picked up the Sonoma Gourmet Heirloom Tomato Pizza Sauce along with Miyoko’s cashew milk mozzarella to make pizza. Shocking, I know, given that this sauce advertises its purpose exactly as that. It’s filled with tomatoes and other goodness that one associates with pizza. It smells really nice. And goodness it is on pizza. We…

Miyoko’s vegan mozzarella, made with organic cashew milk, comes in a circular puck. It seems like real mozzarella, but the visuals are easy to nail. But the texture and taste? Texturally definitely it seems like mozzarella. Taste…honestly, I don’t remember the exact flavor of mozzarella beside it being sort of milky and sometimes tangy and…

OWYN (only what you need) protein powder is vegan and packed with nutrients and protein (as one expects from such a product). Two scoops of it are 140 calories, which feels like a bargain for 20g of protein. Vukoo bars are twice that many calories for the same protein amount. But this is protein powder.…

This vegan chorizo is the first El Zapatista product that I’ve tried. I picked up it to get some vegan meat for pseudo-fajitas we cooked Easter weekend. I’ve had fake chorizo before, once I think, but it was not at all like this. The El Zapatista vegan chorizo comes in this really nice rectangular box…

I think this is the first Gardein product I’ve had. Or that I’m aware of, anyway. This is a plant-based jerky product that is more akin to real meat jerky than to the Louisville Vegan Jerky Co. products. It comes in the form of flat strips and chunks. Texturally, the Gardein jerky is sort of…

I reviewed YumEarth’s Halloween pops pack around a month ago and tremendously enjoyed them. I couldn’t stay away, so I picked up their normal ‘Favorites’ pack of organic vegan lollipops. Half of the flavors are the same as the YumEarth Halloween pack, so I won’t re-review those. The new flavors…however… Googly Graple – It’s grape.…

I originally reviewed the Louisville Vegan Jerky Co.’s Maple Bacon flavor….and my takeaway was that I enjoyed the product, but not the specific flavor. So here I am, trying a flavor that is more my speed: smoked black pepper! Yes, smoked black pepper…despite me saying the maple bacon was too smoky, I chose this flavor…

Miyoko’s Creamery Pepper Jack Vegan Cheese Shreds are a really good imitation of the real thing from first gaze. They really do look like pepper jack shredded cheese: milky white with sprinkled red accents…that’s pepper jack. But do they taste like pepper jack? They get the point across well enough. The shreds are flakier than…

Lightlife is another plant-based food producer. They have a wide-range of plant-based meat substitutes. The substitute reviewed today is their Mexican Smart Ground product. I think it is supposed to mimic ground beef. Well, whatever it was meant for, we used it as the ‘meat’ in tacos. The texture was light, fluffy, and had a…

I am no stranger to Field Roast products, but I was a stranger to their vegan apple maple breakfast sausage. And to, I think, vegan breakfast sausage in general. I can’t think of another product I’ve tried like this. I remember real breakfast sausage fondly, so I was intrigued to try these out. Admittedly, the…

These YumEarth Organic Halloween Lollipops are stripped down, vegan suckers. They are super fruity, simple, and made without ingredients that are common allergens. They are individually wrapped and designed for Halloween giving. I didn’t buy them for that or really care about that aspect—I just wanted to try a vegan/’healthy’ lollipop. And I’m glad I…

The SmartSweets Sweet Fish are another vegan gummy fish product. They are branded more for their lack of sugar than anything else. The caloric bang is crazy—100 Calories for the entire bag of fish! But, regardless of how great the calories are, do we even want to eat them? Hmm… maybe. They grew on me…

The Louisville Vegan Jerky Co.’s Maple Bacon flavored jerky is, I think, the first vegan jerky that I’ve had. For some reason, I decided on the Maple Bacon flavor. They had a good variety of options, but I went with the maple bacon… not sure why. It spoke to me, despite me not being that…

Gummy fish are a staple of the candy aisle. These Wholesome Organic DelishFish are a bit of a unique vegan take on the concept. These DelishFish are soft and delicate gummies. Not chewy as you’d might expect or want. You can bite into them effortlessly and pull away a chunk. The edges will have these…

The first true licorice review on Selective Elective is that of RJ’s Original Soft Eating Licorice (no, the Askinosie does not count)! Black licorice is a favorite of my family’s, so we had high expectations going in for this licorice. At first impression, it does not disappoint. Once the bag is open, you can smell…

PopCorners‘ Flex protein crisps are basically low calorie, protein packed, chips. The ones I am reviewing are their barbecue flavored version. They also have a buffalo variety, which I’ve had, but I’m just reviewing the barbecue one. Why? Because they are delicious and I am addicted to them and so I have to shout out…

I recently reviewed Kite Hill’s Plain Cream ‘Cheese’. I liked it, but I wasn’t intending to get anymore anytime soon as I generally preferred Tofutti. A few things happened after that review that changed that… We discovered that Kite Hill’s cream cheese has horrible shelf life compared to Tofutti. It went moldy quite quickly. That…

Kite Hill Cream Cheese is another brand of vegan alternative cream cheese, like my previously reviewed Tofutti cream cheese. The base for Kite Hill’s vegan cream ‘cheese’ is almond milk rather than tofu as with Tofutti. Almond milk is light—in calories and body. This almond milk based cream cheese is no exception to that. This…

Tofutti Imitation Cream Cheese is a tofu based replacement to cream cheese. Vegan! It’s low in calorie, but acts very much like real cream cheese and tastes about the same (if not better). I use it as my preferred cream cheese replacement and I love it. The Tofutti Cream Cheese spreads very well on a…

Daiya is a maker of vegan cheeses and other vegan items, such as cream ‘cheeze’, which, if I recall correctly, was how I was introduced to the Daiya brand in the first place. Their cream cheese is a review for another day, but suffice it to say—I liked it and was interested to try more…

As I’ve said in my about area, I’m not a meat eater. I’m a vegetarian. Not because I love animals, want to really save the environment, or whatever, it’s all just for reasons related to my persnickety digestion. Towards the time when I switched to fully abstaining from meat and seafood, I didn’t eat much…