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LONG one today. 😬 Make sure to leave a comment! Let me know what your faves are, as well as any products you've tried and absolutely hated. 😂
Sarah's Vegan i love violife cheeses, quorn mince, cauldron sausages & tofu but the smoky jackfruit burgers i tried smelt & tasted of paraffin. OMG it was disgusting.
Sarah's Vegan the Morningstar crumbles that just became vegan in the past year or so I think are some of the best crumbles. They have plain and chorizo. If you haven’t tried them, give them a taste.
tried the gardin meat crumble this past weekend to make filling for tortillas it was delicious i bought that cuz my grocery store was out of tvp im lookin g forward to make your croissant recipe cuz there isnt any croissant vegan available where i am
my favorites are the quorn meatless chicken nuggets (they taste the same as the kids cuisine nugget dinners), Annie's gluten free vegan mac and cheese, and the Haagen Dazs non dairy mocha chocolate cookie ice cream!!!
Sarah's Vegan put a scoop of so delicious salted caramel cashew on those hot cookies out of the oven.
I just realized how much vegans have helped out people with dairy allergies with the substitutes lol
yes!! i was born being anaphylactic to dairy and it is amazing how many options I have now that have come out in the last few years! thank u vegans lol
It's great that there's so many options including oat, almond, hazelnut, hemp seed, cashew, soya, rice and coconut. Sometimes there's a combination of the above and there's even chocolate flavor vegan plant based drinks.
Yes people like me! I am an ovo vegetarian who is allergic to dairy
Try a raw dairy
A1Bokeh - neither raw dairy nor lactose free dairy worked. I am not lactose intolerant, I am allergic to dairy
The red hair seriously looks so good on you.
Interested in the cream cheese video! 🙋♀️
Same!!
Me too, me too!! 🙌
I can say that simple truth has been doing amazing vegan products, but the cream cheese is so weird in texture.
Good old fashioned the original thats been around almost 30 years
Tofutti!
Impossible meat is available at all Wegman’s now too! I think they might only be on the east coast though
I’ve got 90% of this stuff in my house 🙈 Daiya has improved their stuff so much. That or I’ve been off dairy for so long now, my taste buds don’t notice so much lol
I havent liked their products. I loveeee chao from field roast though.
Sandi Weyl they’ve def changed the flavor! I used to not be able to eat it. I live on the cheddar Daiya slices now lol
Trader Joe’s has a new vegan meat pattie! Definitely need a review Sarah!
Is that a veggieburger or chickun patty or............?
Violife makes THE BEST vegan cream cheese. You have to try it ASAP
M J Just saw this at my grocery store! Have to buy next time :)
@@nicolelynch9952Do it! It will blow your mind how much it tastes like dairy cream cheese
I agree! Very good!
Yes! My favorite!!
violife parmesan is one of the best thing on mother earth
As someone who has recently transitioned into veganism, I LOVEEEED this video. Thanks for the fab recs!
I'm tempted to try Just Egg to make egg drop soup.
Yoplait’s oui coconut yogurt is UNREAL. The consistency is so thick & they put fruit purée at the bottom of the glass jars!! 🤤
Morningstar's corn dog has to be my all-time fave find of 2019. It is soooo bang on and addictive. The price in my neck of the woods is just under 4 bucks, but you only get 4 dogs 😒. Hey, but when you're jonesin' for it, the price can be easily justified.
The gardien mini corn dogs are great too.
@@macrumpton Oooo, haven't heard about those! I'll have look for those next time.
Melt has sticks, but they're so hard to find! They used to sell them at my Walmart but they stopped and I haven't found it again :/
My Sprouts just started selling Van Leewens oatmilk ice cream and HOLY SHIZ it is incredible!!! So expensive but definitely worth it! ANY FLAVOR is amazing. I'm sure they'll start going on sale soon since it's sprouts and I feel like vegan ice cream is always on sale there lmao.
I'm a fan of the Califia barista oatmilk because it's easier to find and more affordable than oatly, especially buying it on Vitacost! As for regular oatmilk, Chobani just started making it and I love it with cereal.
KeVita's apple cider vinegar tonic in the ginseng mandarin flavor tastes almost like fanta, but not as sickly sweet, I was actually shocked when I fist had it and I've gotten a few of my friends into it lmao.
The Unreal crispy peanut butter cups are also delicious. Love them.
And an accidentally vegan favorite is Reese's shell ice cream topping! AMAZING on oatly vanilla ice cream ;)
Ps. Yes! Can we talk about how Hampton Creek just disappeared and left us with nothing but Just Egg? I miss Just Mayo, ranch, and Chipotle ranch :(
I've never been more ready for a Sarah video that's almost half an hour long
You still need to be careful eating raw cookie dough, even if it doesn't have eggs in it, unless the flour has been heat treated. A higher percentage of people get sick from contaminants in flour than from raw egg. Unless it specifically says you can eat it raw it's not safe to eat raw, as per the CDC guidelines
Sarah you are a amazing!!! Thank you for this, definitely a couple of products I haven’t heard of or seen. 👏🏻👏🏻🙌🙌
This video reminds me of your videos of few years ago. I was newly vegan and enjoyed how relatable you are. Thanks for sharing.
Loved this! Thank you Sarah ❤️❤️
I wish they still had Earth Balance boxed Mac and cheese.. also their sour cream and onion/cheddar chips. Anyone know what happened to them??
So wonderful - thanks for this. It really helps a new vegan (six months now) looking for the right products. You’re a doll 💕
Your hair looks amazing - that color is so flattering!
Loooving the return of the red hair! It looks so pretty with your skin tone.
Miyoko’s plain cream cheese is my favorite! It’s tangy with a really smooth creamy texture. It’s a little intense sometimes so I mix it with the kite hill one. Goes really well with the trader joe’s everything but the bagel seasoning and tomato.
Hi! Also love just eggs for scrambles! Thankfully I can buy it cheaper in Brooklyn. Sarah, please try macadamia butter from MILKADAMIA brand. I went nuts for it. Very delicious. And the Oatly strawberry or coffee ice creams.... yummy
Very informative and I totally trust your opinion on products! Every product I have tried after listening to your reviews are spot on!
Sarah! Have you tried the new Silk Half&Half or Heavy Whipping Cream?! I’m really interested in it and kinda wanna try it out with cooking or baking!
Cami Lawrence, I saw those items last week and today, almost purchased but I had so many other vegan things that I thought I better wait. Very curious about them though. I’ll try soon. I did buy the Silk Mocha drink today so hopefully that’s good, and also bought their yogurt with granola.
Hi Sarah, thanks for sharing this, I'm visiting the States in a few months and I can't wait to try all these amazing vegan foods! I'd love to hear any more suggestions that you have 😊
I also love many of your recommendations! check to see if your Whole Foods (I’ve also seen it at target in the frozen shop section once) carries No Evil Foods - commander cluck. We really love it as a chicken strip substitute. We find it more texturally similar to chicken than Gardein or soy curls and it has good flavor. We usually sauté it then add it to tacos or salads.
Also Chao tomato cayenne slices are a staple.
I tend to like most of the violife products too. I like their slices best.
Daiya pepper jack shreds are good. I would have probably disliked them when I went plant based, but now after a few years I like daiya enough to use it.
We also get the nasoya tofu vegetable dumplings often (they also have a Thai basil one). And nasoya recently made their won ton wrappers vegan.
Tree line garlic herb tree nut cheese is so good. It’s in a little tub and pricy but I like to use it to show others how good a nut based cheese spread can be. Also nuttin ordinary (more local to me in NH) is very good.
The so delicious caramel cashew and the häggen-daz mocha chocolate cookie and their ice cream bars are delicious (and at my hannaford). Then for a fancy brand out of LA, but shippable is Jeni’s - Texas sheet cake is insanely good. Not all of their flavors are vegan.
I really like these sit down and talk videos from you! I tried to french onion dip from that simple truth brand and I really like it so I'll have to try the sour cream soon. I actually haven't tried the impossible burger yet, but the beyond burger isn't my favorite because of that weird pea protein aftertaste that I've found present is so many mock meats. Hopefully I can get around to trying an impossible burger soon, or making my own from their ground meat substitute.
Great video! And yesssssss pleassssse make a video on making cream cheese! 💜🙏🏼
Pretty sure I’ve went through 20 packs of the simple truth plant based chocolate chip cookies, soooo good!
Yesss!! Was going to ask to do a video on this!
I used the JUST egg to make a butternut squash and leek quiche for Christmas morning and it worked AMAZINGLY.
Great video and review of your favourite products. My favourite products are Alpro plant based milk (owned by the same company as Silk), Oatly milk and cream, Quorn Fishless Fingers, the Wicked range & Plant Chef from Tesco and the veggie kitchen in Farmfoods and I also like frozen vegetables from Tesco, Farmfoods and Aldi.
Love Gardein crumbles for chili. It even fooled meat-eaters. Also, Just Egg made plain scrambled style on vegan-buttered toast - perfect! Great video!
Can you please make this a yearly video! I recently started transitioning into a more plant based diet and your channel has been a huge help thank you!
Excellent reviews here. Thank you.
I love how articulate you are! ☺️
I LOVE the little secrets bars too! 🤩
Those nugo dark bars are soooooooooooooo good! I love the mocha one
Thanks for showing Culina in the pot! I remember seeing it briefly at Sprouts but didn’t see it again when I had the money to buy it. Sooo glad to know the company didn’t burn out but just switched to glass! And I agree with you; Culina is tied for top 2 yogurts in my book
Thank you for the great content! Very dope as always.
The Beyond Hot Italian sausage are sooo good! I buy them every week. Low carb for thise doing Keto. I usually put them in a fry pan. Turn every few minutes. You can also take the sauage out of the casing to crumble up.
FYH egg is great for breading and frying! I make italian style “chickn” cutlets and riceballs and it has a great texture for breadcrumbs to stick to! I do water it down more than it calls for.
red hair suits you so well! glad you brought it back :)
Omg I LOVE the red hair! great video!
Starlite Cuisine vegan GF Taquitos in the AIR FRYER...available at Sprouts! Delish! Thanks for the 411... great job as usual!
I love those NuGo bars also! Try the Mocha flavor taste like coffee to me my favorite flavor!
Thanks for your awesome recommendations! Yes, I would love to hear how to make a cashew - based cream cheese.
Oh my gosh, I was just getting ready to mention the Simple Truth cookie dough, and then you started talking about it. I like it with oat milk as well. Very tasty
For the JUST eggs, I sautee onions, peppers and crumbled up Field Roast sausage. Then I pour the JUST egg into muffin tins, add some Ciao cheese and the sauteed mixture and bake to make egg cups. It is SO good.
Hi Sarah! I love the Just Mayo also and can’t find it anywhere. I remember seeing a post that said you can buy just mayo at Walmart.com.. I just checked and they do have it! I’ll have to try the Mayo you are recommending so I don’t have to order online. I bought the simple truth cookies today and the sour cream, already had a cookie today but definitely over cooked it based on the directions they provide. How do you like to use the sour cream ?
The Miyokos Sensational Scallion is hands down the best vegan cream cheese I’ve ever found in the US 🤤
Hey Sarah, here in Australia we get a non-dairy yoghurt called Nudie which tastes just like thick creamy Greek yoghurt. It's made with coconut cream. If you can get your hands on some full-fat coconut cream you can recreate a similar yoghurt easily. I used to make my own yoghurt that tasted pretty similar using full-fat coconut cream, brown sugar and culture (starter or some non-dairy yoghurt).
You need to try Square Organics protein bars if you like the nugo ones! Theyre chocolate coated and sooo good
I LOVE your hair! So pretty. Will you tell me what you use to color your hair? Thanks so much 😸
Have you tried Field Roast products? I love the Italian and Apple-Maple sausages.
As far as a personal recommend to add to your need to try list, the Coolhaus Horchata ice cream sandwiches are amazeballs...I get one every single time I go to Whole Foods 💚
Have you tried "modern table" white cheddar mac and cheese or pure farmland burgers? Both so good. I actually like the burgers better than beyond! Modern table has 3 flavors, but the white cheddar is our favorite.
Completely agree on the lightlife sausage. I could not eat them, but my husband took one for the team and ate them. Because we also hate to waste food and money. He saturated them with hot sauce and mustard! haha
Also, I am interested in the protein powder. All powders I have used had a weird taste and were grainy. Is this one better on those factors? Thanks
The red hair really suits you! Also can't believe I haven't tried the violife cheese yet!!
We've been able to get the Impossible ground beef from grocery stores in upstate New York for a while now 😎 hopefully you guys get it by you soon!
The VioLife cream cheese is PERFECT
Just found an 8 pack of Beyond Burger at Costco for 14.99! And I add a few drops of ACV to any vegan cream cheese I buy for a little more tangy flavor. Just mix it in really well.
SO helpful, thank you! I'm super picky and often downright scared of trying new things, so videos like this really, really help me out. Especially as my husband was raised eating lots of meat, so he kind of needs the meat substitutes.
I have found unsweetened Ripple pea kind milk really good for cocoa, rice pudding, and various other culinary applications. I don't like it just plain, though.
Thanks for making the video. I have found that many people prefer impossible to beyond, but for some reason, I like beyond way more. Hopefully, they both stay on the market and become more available everywhere.
I wish violife was sold in my area. Looks delicious!
I’ve been loving simple truth lately too. The Alfredo is really good. Kinda plain in a good way like there isn’t a crazy strong taste but you can add a little salt pepper and creole seasoning with broccoli it’s so good. And the bolognese is good too
I love Violife too, I love their cream cheese even more than Kite Hill. How do you store the parmesan? I love it but it was hard to get the parmesan smell out of my Stasher bags.
Mar S I would try a glass container with the sealed lid!
Yogurts: I actually really like the Silk plain soy and Nancy's plain oat! Definitely not Greek style, but I love them. :)
I’m from the UK, my fav milk is either Cashew or Rice and I use vitalight dairy free margarine ♥️
I always hated the Daiya cream cheese but I recently gave it a try and they must have reformulated it cause it’s amazing 😍
Have you tried VioLife cream cheese? It’s phenomenal!
Sarah you HAVE to try the meat substitute brand 'This'. They have chicken pieces that are so chicken-like, I literally freaked out. So crazy. Would love to watch you try it because I was honestly astounded, the texture was uncanny. X
Saw Just Egg at Aldi like 2 weeks ago- I think it was $6.99 (likely a special buy)
Also recently had Good Foods Queso dip...very good...its Cauliflower based (Target & Costco)
thank you for this! i’ve been on the search for new oat milk cause i can’t keep buying oatly no matter how much i love it 😭 its just waayy too pricey and i finish it in days LOL def gonna get the hagen daaz bars! they were my fave as a kid and now theres a vegan option im going all in
Planet Oat to me is delicious and cheaper than Oatly. It's my go-to! Especially if you like the low-fat Oatly.
Thanks for sharing! I like a lot of the products you mentioned, too. I didn't know that Daiya had reformulated their recipes. Good to know. You mentioned being obsessed with the Kroger plant-based cookies. I can't have them in my house! I love to eat them with some So Delicious mousse flavors. I lose all self-control with that combination!
Where do you buy those from ? I live in Southern California
Hi Sarah. Been off UA-cam a while but just watched new vegan faves. Thank you for recommendations. VioLife my love too but yah so pricy. You look gorgeous btw. Love the hair too.👍☺️
Loved this video! Thanks!
I agree, Daiya's new formula is bomb. I hated their original shreds but their Cutting Board Collection is my absolute favourite vegan cheese on the market rn
Recently went vegan a few months back, this video was so helpful.
The peanut butter nugo dark is the best!! Choc pretzel is food too but if you haven’t tried the chocolate peanut butter you have to!
I've been making my own vegan yogurt lately: just start with some storebought yogurt, bring whatever plant milk you're going to use to 90C/190F, let it cool to
Melt makes sticks of butter. It's my favorite for baking.
I have so many vegan products that I’m in love with...but impossible and beyond meat sausages are the ones I purchase the most. And when it comes to Vegan cheese I love the chao brand, so good with sandwiches and grilled cheese 🤤 Oh and the gardein meat you shared that makes the best lumpia filling-SOOO GOOD!!! Love your video!! 😊
Impossible and beyond test on rats. So it is plant based but not vegan. The main concept of veganism is the animal rights. If you're not purchasing only cruelty free you're plant based not vegan
Kite Hill came out with a french onion dip recently - it is spot on! Salty though. I like to eat it on unsalted chips and it evens it out nicely. Like you said, it's pricey. On a couple of occasions, I've been able to scoop it up for $2 when they are a week or less from expiration. But since it's fairly small and super good, I never have to worry about reaching the expiration date.
Oh man, I love the Good Karma onion dip and sour cream so much!
You are absolutely correct about Diaya. I used to avoid it at all costs, thought it ruined anything it touched because of that distinct funky flavor. The new formula is actually good and the easiest to find so I now buy it often.
Kite Hill cream cheese is the best, but man it’s over priced. I couldn’t believe how bad Miyoko cream cheese is (tastes like plastic) because I love their butter.
Also, making Just Egg breakfast burritos on the weekends these days. It’s expensive when compared to groceries, but still cheaper than going to a restaurant. Love videos like this. I’ll be following your IG account.
Oh man! I have a pack of the Lightlife Italian Sausages and now I’m terrified to make them now!!! 😩 I also have 12 packs of the beyound hot Italian. Thems are soooo good!!!! Great list! I just ordered the Nugo* protein bars to see. I love chocolate and pretzel together. Thanks!!!
Yahaira Perez The nugo chocolate pretzel bar is amazing!!! Tastes just like pretzels!
I live in South Africa and my favourite brand is Quorn.
I live in Sweden and here quorn contains egg
@@Sally-hc5bz they have vegan and vegetarian options here
Have you tried the Modern Table vegan mac? The white cheddar is bomb and the classic cheddar is good too. It's gluten free and they sell it at King Soopers and Whole Foods
Nicole Crotty my fav Mac n chz 🧡
I would love to see a video on how to make the cultured cashew cream cheese!
have u tried to do tempura batter with just egg? i am trying that soon! i tried with the vegan egg and it came out to be a really fluffy, pillowy batter. not crunchy at all!
Yessss. Gardein mandarin orange chicken is the shit. It’s been a favorite of mine for a few years.
Love all of these!! One thing I tried that I simply could NOT get behind was the beyond meat grilled chicken strips. Tasted like a car tire and I became ELATED when I found out they were going to redevelop it 😂😂One thing I love is the Coyo yogurt! Best vegan yogurt taste wise but I cant eat a full container. I have been trying to get my hands on Culina for a while now but I cant seem to find it! Also a big fan of the kite hill greek yogurt for the protein. Both are good with strawberries and cinnamon :)
Gardein makes really good Breakfast and Dinner Bowls. Kinda pricey, but are under $4 at Walmart.
I never understood why people hated Earth Balance butter so much but as you described it, I remembered that I ALWAYS liked margarine more than real butter before I was vegan (over a decade ago). And it works so well for my cookies (the country crock didn't stay cold enough long enough to make fluffy thick cookies) .
Edit: I think the Just company got rid of the Mayo as it was totally wiped out months ago but I found a vegan version of Best Foods/Hellman's and I like it A LOT more than the just Mayo-- coming from a woman obsessed with sauces and dips. I've only found it in a couple Kroger stores though.
I love your hair Sarah!
I haven’t ever seen that Culina yogurt, but there’s a new (I think) non-dairy one by Oui, in little glass jars that is SO good. Thick, coconut based, fruit on the bottom. It’s like a little dessert.
I have yet to find a cream cheese that I like. Kite Hill scallion is pretty good, but I really want a good plain one.
amyelr yes! Love those too. I just noticed the Culina for the first time at Whole Foods last week. I tried the blueberry lavender and it was very nice and thick like she said. But for the price I think the Ouí are quite nice 👍🏼
Would love to see the egg drop soup!!💛