Wednesday 5 August 2020

Midweek Munchies

Time for some random things that I ate.

I bought this vegetarian soya chicken for a reason that I then didn't follow through with. I ended up using it as a chicken-style seitan sub in a stew I made. You can see it sliced here as well. It was pretty tasty in the stew, and browned up nicely, but had a definite soy flavour to it.

Vegetarian Chicken


Vegetarian Chicken


Nature's Kitchen is one of the in-house vegan brands at Coles. New things pop up every now and then, including this Five Grain Ciabatta Loaf with a buttery garlic and parsley spread. It comes from the fridge section, and you just pop it in the oven to heat up. It is really nice.

Nature's Kitchen Garlic Ciabatta Bread


Nature's Kitchen Garlic Ciabatta Bread


Nature's Kitchen Garlic Ciabatta Bread


Here is a lovely snack plate I made for lunch one day, featuring Miyoko's Aged Black Ash. Also on the plate were some water crackers, some carrot and pepita crackers, grape tomatoes, celery, cucumber, beetroot hummus, and some golden kiwi fruit. The cheese is really nice, but that black ash gets over everything!

Snack Plate starring Miyoko's Black Ash Chevre with beetroot hummus and Flats as well


I found these vegan cookies sitting near the counter when I was at my local Drake's (formerly Drake's SupaIGA) a while ago. Of course I bought them. And they were really nice! I very rarely go to Drake's, but I will look out for them next time I am there.

IGA Vegan Cookies


This is a mug of delicious Mork's Dark Hot Chocolate, which is so rich and a little bitter and so good. I topped it with some mini pumpkin Dandies that I had got on super sale from The Green Edge. Huge mistake. Turns out I hate pumpkin Dandies. I fished these out of my hot chocolate, and my dad ate the rest of the bag.

Mork dark hot chocolate with mini pumpkin Dandies


Another little snacky lunch I made, using some fancy stuff. This Fine Cultures Smokey Cheddar from The Green Edge is coconut oil free and very nice. Also a little tub of beetroot and onion relish from Bruny Island Cheese Co. The relish tasted nice, but needs draining before you use it. I served these together with some leftover cream cheese on some water crackers.

Fine Cultures Smokey Cheddar Cheese and Bruny Island Beetroot Onion Relish


Water crackers with cream cheese, Fine Cultures Smokey Cheddar Cheese and Bruny Island Beetroot Onion Relish


Cute Kitty Photo of the Post

Dim Sim


The look of judgement!

6 comments:

  1. I love all the snacky things! It's too bad about the pumpkin Dandies. Do you think it was that they are bad in general, or that they don't go in hot cocoa?

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    1. Bad in general. I just hated the flavour. It was a really fake sweet artificial taste. Yuck yuck yuck,

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  2. Yes! I love a good snacky plate dinner!! And I love fun tofu-based vegan meat subs from the Asian market!

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    1. I love near a lot of Asian markets, and one of our supermarkets also has some fun options as well. I love exploring all the fake meat goodies available.

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  3. The garlic ciabatta sounds really nice!
    Dim Sim looks quite displeased! Is that the look you get when you get up from cuddles?

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    1. She was waiting for me to get into bed!

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