Meatless Monday

Veggie Burgers

Beyond Meat Beyond Burger

This is the brand in Burger King’s Impossible Burger. It’s made with peas, beans and brown rice and sold as two fresh patties. If you’ve had the Impossible Burger, you know that it can pass for a real beef burger. It is free of soy, gluten, dairy and GMOs.

Amy’s Sonoma Veggie Burger

While the burger has a good taste, it’s not of beef, but of falafel. It contains garbanzo beans, which are also known as chickpeas, and used to make falafel. The taste was unexpected, but I like falafels so it was tasty for me, but I want to make you aware in case you are expecting a burger taste like Beyond Burger. In addition to the chickpeas, it’s also made with mushrooms, quinoa, oats, walnuts and vegetables. It’s organic, gluten free, dairy free, vegan and soy free.

Amy’s makes great meals. In addition to a variety of meals being gluten and dairy free, many are also vegan. I reviewed them in the following posts:

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/amys-international-meals/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/meat-pies-and-veggie-loaf/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/a-taste-of-thailand/

https://liveglutenanddairyfree.com/amys-bowls-and-wraps/

Dr. Praeger’s Mushroom Risotto Veggie Burgers

The burger is made with a mix of mushrooms, arborio rice, peas, and truffle oil. While it has a nice meaty taste, it is not a burger flavor, but more of a meatloaf flavor, similar to Amy’s Veggie Loaf. It’s gluten free, soy free, vegan and non-GMO.

Not Reviewed

Morningstar Farms Grillers Original Veggie Burger – contains wheat and milk

Gardein Ultimate Beefless Burger – contains wheat and barley

Boca Original Vegan Veggie Burger – contains wheat

Veggie Ground Beef

Gardein Beefless Ground

This cooks like ground beef, has a nice meaty flavor, and is perfect for tacos. Meatless Monday, meet Taco Tuesday. Made with soy protein concentrate, it is gluten free, certified vegan, kosher and dairy free.

Frozen Vegan Meal

Luvo Performance Kitchen Great Karma Coconut Curry

Luvo’s Coconut Curry is a complete meal in a bowl. The ingredients are brown jasmine rice, garbanzos and butternut squash in a mild coconut curry sauce.

The meal contains 1 cup of vegetables which is impressive. The garbanzo beans are crunchy and delicious. And jasmine rice makes it a whole, satisfying meal. I recommend it for the convenience of a bowl, and the generous portions of protein and vegetables. It’s also vegan, non-GMO, and gluten free.

Conclusion

It’s easy to enjoy Meatless Monday when the veggie meat tastes like the real thing and there are so many great meal options. And being gluten and dairy free, too is an added bonus.

In the News

Hidden Valley and Newman’s Own will release dairy free ranch dressings. I look forward to reviewing them.

Fun Food Fact

In 2020, the flexitarian diet, in which a person is primarily vegetarian, but occasionally eats meat (also known as semi-vegetarian) tied for 2^nd place with the DASH diet for best diet.

Did You Know?

Confused about vegan vs. vegetarian? Vegans eat no animal products while vegetarians don’t eat animals, but may eat products that come from them such as dairy and eggs.

Quote

“I began researching natural healing, which is how I came to change my diet. Overnight, I gave up refined sugar, gluten, dairy, anything processed or refined, and meat.

I really focus on natural products, so I love using unrefined products instead of refined ones. I swap white rice for brown rice or quinoa. I use brown rice pasta instead of regular pasta, nut milk or oat milk instead of dairy milk, and coconut yogurt instead of cows’ yogurt, etc.” – Ella Woodward