Is anyone else falling in deep like with Gardein products?

Verity1111
Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
edited October 2016 in Food and Nutrition
I just tried their Mandarin Orange Chick'N and omg good! My 2 year old loves their products too. I ate 5 nuggets with sauce, sriracha, baby spinach and arugula for only 173 calories for the full meal. Crazy and delicious! I also love their 7 grain tenders. :love: I wasn't amazed by the chick'n sliders but they're decent too. The "meat"balls are good and my kids eat them for me. I have their beef tips in the fridge all ready to try out next. ^_^ & just in case someone stops by to complain at me "clean eating yada yada yada" I eat vegetables, fruits and all that good stuff too, but I like yummy food. lol
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  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Here's some food porn to make your day. Hidden veggies at a super classy restaurant here. The link is Instagram so I hope you can see it.

    https://instagram.com/p/BLhOWeqF-j1/embed/
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    Yum! Hidden veggies? So what else was in the little spheres?
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    Oh! nevermind just saw Lol Yum. I gave my kids macaroni with butternut squash once actually and they didnt hate it.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    A little deep fry doesn't hurt.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    It does not but it was regular macaroni lol
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    You must be a good cook, then! Good job!
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    Decent. I hide veggies in their grilled cheese, potatoes, etc. Whatever I need to. My son has autism so he has a very picky palate :)
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    I resurrected a home made shepherds pie this week from the depths of the freezer. The mashed "potatoes" are half mashed cauliflower and the beef includes buckwheat grains. It was devoured with hubby none the wiser.
  • littlechiaseed
    littlechiaseed Posts: 489 Member
    They are okay but I prefer beyond meat better.
  • babicak3z
    babicak3z Posts: 79 Member
    I like some of their products I hated the meatballs lol. I mostly just do the chicken nuggets and crumbles and grilles whatever Costco has bc it's overpriced. But I will try more I'm not vegetarian I eat mostly veggies. My daughter likes their chicken nuggets
  • babicak3z
    babicak3z Posts: 79 Member
    littlechiaseed wrote: »
    They are okay but I prefer beyond meat better.

    Where can you find that? Whole foods?
  • littlechiaseed
    littlechiaseed Posts: 489 Member
    babicak3z wrote: »
    littlechiaseed wrote: »
    They are okay but I prefer beyond meat better.

    Where can you find that? Whole foods?

    They have it at target, some walmarts, sprouts, I assume whole foods
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    littlechiaseed wrote: »
    They are okay but I prefer beyond meat better.

    I have their burgers in my freezer but I've been afraid to try them lol
  • takeit1dayatatime
    takeit1dayatatime Posts: 4 Member
    I like most of their products I've tried. The beefless tips are one of my favorites.
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    Gardien is amazing never had a bad thing from them
  • WishfulShrinking331
    WishfulShrinking331 Posts: 244 Member
    Love Gardein, just not something I eat every day!
  • quimbytimmons
    quimbytimmons Posts: 4 Member
    I eat their beef less sliders every night with reduced fat provolone and it's great. I get over 20g of protein from that alone!
  • fishshark
    fishshark Posts: 1,886 Member
    littlechiaseed wrote: »
    They are okay but I prefer beyond meat better.
    i HATE beyond meats chicken. Tastes the way canned dog food smells.
  • kristenmeleniak
    kristenmeleniak Posts: 46 Member
    I love their products! Been veg for about 13 years and this brand really helps me out. My favorite vegetarian brands would have to be Morningstar Farms and Dr.Praegers!
  • Melmo1988
    Melmo1988 Posts: 293 Member
    I LOVE their chik'n sliders and so does my 6 year old. Both my kids also love the nuggets without the sauce. We also love the meatballs. I love the fishless filets, my toddler likes them but my 6 yearold won't touch it because she was always picky about fish so she won't try it lol. I find the beefless tips are too mushy for me and the porkless bites have that layer of "fat" on it that just turns me off, maybe because it's too much like real meat lol
  • Melmo1988
    Melmo1988 Posts: 293 Member
    We eat mostly whole foods now, but I do buy subs every now and then.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    edited October 2016
    I actually dislike Dr.Praegers (tried from White castle), hate beyond meat with a passion (I just tried a burger and wanted to throw up lol) and I'm not a fan of morning star burgers, but I do like their breakfast items. I havent tried the porkless bites yet @Melmo1988 but maybe I should! The Beefless tips still sit in my freezer waiting Lol!
  • renae161
    renae161 Posts: 334 Member
    edited October 2016
    I get their holiday roast for christmas,their fishless "fish" fillets, and I also buy their crabless "crab" cakes. Other than that I mainly eat Quorn products, and morningstar farm products. I still haven't found a good ground crumble yet.
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    renae161 wrote: »
    I get their holiday roast for christmas,their fishless "fish" fillets, and I also buy their crabless "crab" cakes. Other than that I manily eat Quorn products, and morningstar farm products. I still haven't found a good ground crumble yet.

    I like boca crumbles fried and then added to whatever. I love Quorn turkey. Is the Gardein one decent? I don't think I've tried it yet.
  • renae161
    renae161 Posts: 334 Member
    edited October 2016
    Thanks I'll have to give it a try. I get the Boca Burger's when we go out to red robin. The gardien roast is really good. It's sweet and savory. It comes with a cranberry and wild rice stuffing inside the holiday roasts center, and 2 packages of miso gravy. But, I make sure to buy both Quorn's roasted turk'y for thanksgiving and Gardien's holiday roast for Christmas. The only downside is Gardien's holiday roast is seasonal. But, I believe Quron is year round on turk'y roast. Quorn also just launched their chick'n patties in our stores here, so I'm so excited to buy them next week.
  • Duane2013
    Duane2013 Posts: 35 Member
    If anyone has a Yard House restaurant nearby go and try the Gardien Wings. Heaven.
  • renae161
    renae161 Posts: 334 Member
    I used to really like the lightlife honey BBQ wings until they discontinued them. Now they only sell buffalo wings.
  • Duane2013
    Duane2013 Posts: 35 Member
    you mean YH?
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    Duane2013 wrote: »
    you mean YH?

    Lightlife is another brand. But Ill look Yard House up too :)
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
    renae161 wrote: »
    I used to really like the lightlife honey BBQ wings until they discontinued them. Now they only sell buffalo wings.
    It seems to either be a love hate thing, but my near 6 year old and I love their smart dogs ("hot dogs").

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