Your opinion on Morning Star food

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SerenityRabit
SerenityRabit Posts: 47
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What's your opinion on morning star food?
Are they great? Or something you should only have on occasion? Or maybe even stay away from?

As a pescatarian (yes NOT FULL BLOWN VEGETARIAN, please respect my choices, I have my reasons) who is still in highschool, sometimes I just don't have time to cook, and rely on Morning Star foods every now and then for protein.
I look at the nutrition and like what I see mostly (the sodium could be better), but I look at the ingredient list and question it...
So, anyone have some mind blowing information or opinions on it?

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  • smae1980
    smae1980 Posts: 794 Member
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    I have been vegetarian for over 15 years and I eat Morningstar foods all the time, I really like them.. That said many vegetarian are purists who refuse to eat any processed foods at all. I try to compare the Morningstar foods to their meat counterparts and there is less fat , calories, saturated fat, cholesterol & sodium in the Morningstar foods. I think it's fine to eat these on a semi regular basis and the chick'n nuggets, for example, are much healthier than many frozen actual chicken nuggets and also contain a decent amopunt of protein
  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
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    I absolutely love them! I'm not a fan of the breaded things, but the grillers vegan is my absolute favorite. Yum!
  • artcaro1972
    artcaro1972 Posts: 42
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    I love Morningstar patties. I wouldn't eat them every day since they are pretty processed but a few times a week? Better in most ways than real sausage!
  • esperluette
    esperluette Posts: 20
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    I used to be a vegetarian and I really liked the breakfast sausage patties (found at Costco) for a quick way to get protein for my morning meal. You can use it in breakfast sandwiches, burritos, etc.
  • kittyloo123
    kittyloo123 Posts: 300 Member
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    i eat lots of this stuff. big fan of the yves brand. it's what's available here for me. lemon "chicken" kabobs, ground "turkey", and taco stuffers are my fav. i also like the lunchmeat ones. i use them in my salads for the protien.
  • SerenityRabit
    SerenityRabit Posts: 47
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    Thank you guys!~~
    I'm much more confident that it's okay to have them sometimes :3, I was worried I was making a big mistake, hahaha:D.
  • SerenityRabit
    SerenityRabit Posts: 47
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    i eat lots of this stuff. big fan of the yves brand. it's what's available here for me. lemon "chicken" kabobs, ground "turkey", and taco stuffers are my fav. i also like the lunchmeat ones. i use them in my salads for the protien.
    The lunchmeat made me so sick D:.
    But the 'chicken'kabobs were really good!
  • thatsnumberwang
    thatsnumberwang Posts: 398 Member
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    I'm an omnivore (except for broccoli, yuck) and I've been eating Morningstar foods pretty regularly. Sure they're processed, but as processed food goes I think you could do a whole lot worse.
  • tmarie2715
    tmarie2715 Posts: 1,111 Member
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    Delicious and amazing. I've never had a bad tasting product from these guys. I love the grillers original, spicy black bean, pizza basil burger, soy bacon, and meatless ground.
  • sjtreely
    sjtreely Posts: 1,014 Member
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    Morning Star Spicy Black Bean Burger w/ avocado and salsa on an Arnold's Thin = Yummy

    I can't speak with any authority on their other products because I've not tried anything else they make. But the Spicy Black Bean Burger gets two thumbs up from me.
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,383 Member
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    I'm not even vegetarian but I really like some of their stuff - the veggie burgers, veggie sausage patties (especially the maple flavor), and the veggie not-quite-beef crumbles (good in lasagna). I like the texture of their crumbles better than the Boca brand. DH also enjoys the veggie burgers and doesn't complain when I make lasagna with the crumbles. :-)

    I tried one or two of their 'entrees' and wasn't too impressed with them, though. Tread with caution on the TV dinners. And the texture of the 'chik-n' stuff is a little odd, just depends on how much texture difference you can tolerate.
  • mjsamee
    mjsamee Posts: 215 Member
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    bleck!:sick:
  • HotBodUnderConstruction
    HotBodUnderConstruction Posts: 420
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    I'm not vegetarian but I love the blackbean burger and chik'n patties...especially the latter! It's a great alternative to fast food chicken sandwhich!
  • smae1980
    smae1980 Posts: 794 Member
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    Tread with caution on the TV dinners.

    agreed!!
  • CMmrsfloyd
    CMmrsfloyd Posts: 2,383 Member
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    Tread with caution on the TV dinners.

    agreed!!

    LOL

    I think the first one I tried was an enchilada-something, not impressed at all.
  • kalepowered
    kalepowered Posts: 76 Member
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    As long as you don't always rely on processed foods like these for your nutrients, they're fine to have on occasion. When I was a vegetarian I'd eat the black bean burgers fairly often. I haven't really had any desire to eat any meat alternative-type foods since going vegan, but iirc the products of theirs I liked weren't vegan-friendly anyway, poo.
  • spookystitches
    spookystitches Posts: 37 Member
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    I like them. I don't think it's too horrible to have here and there. Sure it's not fresh food, but when you're in a rush it's a good option. Like someone said, I think you could do much worse. :)

    I have some friends who aren't even vegetarians but love to steal my buffalo wings! lol
  • HealthyisBeauty
    HealthyisBeauty Posts: 16 Member
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    I tried morning star patties the other day for the first time and I thought they tasted horrible :( but Im usually a meat eater so my taste buds probably arent used to it.

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