Recent veg*n junk food discovery.

[flvegan]

Chung's Vegetable Spring Rolls. Completely vegan, utterly delightful.



$2.99 for the box, which is pretty cheap considering. Recent discovery at Publix, no less.

Anyone else found something new/good?

[LeftyMom]

1. Sharon's lemon sorbet

It's OMFG good. I haven't tried the coconut one yet, but I hear it's also amazing.

[Critters2]

2. Edy's lemon sorbet is vegan, too. So is their strawberry.

There is not a word to describe their lemon sorbet.

Sorbet discussion makes me think of my grandmother (also thinking of her because it's the anniversary of her death). When she was diagnosed with heart disease, the doc told her to give up ice cream, and to replace it with sorbet. She'd never heard of sorbet, didn't know what it was. So, she refused to buy it. She was ADAMANT about this--wouldn't touch any food she'd never heard of before. But she complained bitterly about not getting ice cream, either.

So, I took her out for a picnic one day, as we would occasionally do. I took along a cooler with lemon sorbet. She loved lemon cream pie, so I was sure she'd like lemon sorbet--if I could get her to taste it. We got chicken from KFC (this was 20+ years ago, I was still an unenelightened, unrepentant carnivore.) with all the fixin's, a splurge from her heart healthy diet, and enjoyed a beautiful day along the Sangamon River on her farm. Then I broke out the desert. She was really enjoying what I called "lemon ice". On the way back to town, she asked where we could get more. So, we stopped at the IGA, and before we headed into the store, I took the carton out of the cooler, and said "Now, this is what we're looking for. It'll be with the ice cream." She looked for a minute and exclaimed, "God damn! Your grandmother is a stubborn ol' Scot!". I replied, "I know. It's what I love about her."

When she died in her sleep a few months later, I was given all four of the sorbet containers we found in her cooler. The taste of lemon sorbet still makes me think of her. And smile.

Thanks for reading! Have a good night!

[LeftyMom]

3. I don't think I've ever seen that brand, but I'll keep my eye out.

The Sharon's is at Trader Joes.

[Critters2]

4. It's full name is "Edy's Grand". Maybe it's just a Midwestern brand. nt

[Chan790]

5. We have it here in New England too. n/m

[Beaverhausen]

11. On the west coast Edy's is Dreyers

[Ignis]

6. Crumblz!

Think vegan Butterfingers. OMFG they're good!



Buy them here:
http://store.foodfightgrocery.com/crumblz.html

Or buy them in bulk from the manufacturer:
http://fairhavencandy.com/

Do yourself a favor and try these things.

[treblemaker]

8. Ricemellow Creme Fluff...

Vegan Marshmallow Fluff. No lie!

Food Fight's got this stuff too, as do many co-ops... nummy.

[Ignis]

10. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

My girlfriend made vegan brownies the other night. That, in and of itself, was great. But then we found a tub of Ricemellow in the pantry and spread it ALL over the brownies.

I'm not going near a scale for a while....

[flamingyouth]

12. OMG, that sounds so good.

It also makes great s'mores. Or you can just eat it out of the container. (Wow, that's the second time I've mentioned doing that in this thread. :blush:)

[Ignis]

13. Bonus: Macadamia nuts in the brownies! (nt)

[flamingyouth]

7. Luna & Larry's Coconut Bliss Ice Cream

Do not - I repeat - do not read calorie info while snarfing entire container. OMG it's so good.

http://www.coconutbliss.com/

[WillParkinson]

9. If you live in/near or visit Milwaukee...

You MUST stop at Palomino restaurant. They've got an item on the menu called Toffalo wings that are, without a doubt, the most sinfully delicious things I've ever had. I have it without the habanero sauce or any of the other sauce options. We can't get enough of them. Sadly, they're deep fried but they're SOOOOO good.

[Summer93]

14. Non-dairy

I like ice cream but it doesn't like me so I buy Toffuti which is a soy frozen dessert that is surprisingly like ice cream in a vanilla with chocolate covered almonds flavor.

[Ignis]

15. Have you tried Tofutti Cuties?

They're mini soy ice cream sandwiches--cute as a button, but far more tasty. They come in chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, peanut butter, mint chocolate chip, etc.

[LeftyMom]

16. Those things are GOOOOD.

I've only found them at Safeway so far.