Crunchy Crispy Vegan Snack Reviews

I bought a few snacks from Abe's Market $2 trial. The best being the World Peas Texas Barbeque Fava Crisps. I bought them mostly for Matthew but I feel in love with not only the tangy taste but the crisp light cracker like consistency of the fava beans. We are going to buy a case of these - for the house and for Matt to take to work. We have had the Beanfield Nacho chips before - they are hit!

On a barbeque kick we bought The Good Bean chickpeas in BBQ at Target. Both of us did not like these and will not buy them again. The flavor was lacking big time. The Late July Bacon Habanero chips are really good though: great crunch and they pack a lot of flavor! Yay vegan bacon! We will buy these at Whole Foods again!

[Vegan Mofo] Snack On This - Chips & Salsa

 

Nothing beats some fresh salsa and salty chips - bring in a cocktail (something minty or fruity for me!) or a beer (if you are like Matt) and party time has started! Every Friday is nacho night here and our go to brand is the Simply Balanced chips. We like the white corn chips and go for those every time! The new rolled flax are really good with a nutty hint from the chia seeds but the shape does not work for nachos, they need a hummus or guac option.

In school kids got picked on for the generic brands/in store brands that parents packed in their lunch boxes. That should be a thing of the past with Target rolling out organic options at a great price. The prices and quality are hard to beat! Chips this week are on sale 2 for $5 - yup I bought a few bags for lunches and nacho night!

 

We are pretty lucky that our neighbor cans her own garden fresh salsa and hooks us up. If we happen to run out and want a fresh option Casa Sanchez is really good. The ingredients are fresh and simple, no weird things that require an app to translate. Based in Northern CA the salsa tastes fresh and is great in nachos and I love it for chili!  

Grab a tub of salsa and a bag of chips and have a party tonight even if you are just lounging on the couch!

Recent Foods Eats - Kitchen & East Bay

I bought The Oh She Glows cookbook right away. Since I am a fan of the blog and the recipes I know the book would make me happy and our bellies happy. I have tried a few recipes and our fave is the balsamic tempeh. It smells so good in the oven and once out of oven, the flavors are simple but magical.

I tossed the tempeh on a salad with roasted chickpeas, hummus, dressing and greens. A slice off leftover bread toasted rounded out the meal. I am making the tempeh again tonight, another salad combo but with a few twists, like a different dressing. I used to buy dressing all the time - now I have my mini mason jars and love combining oils, vinegars and spices to create my own.

We spent last weekend in San Francisco and Berkeley. I bought some kitchen and lunch essentials at Republic of V.  The chips are tasty, light cheeze flavor, not super oily like other chips and have a strong crunch factor without cutting into one's gums.

We ate at Flaco's twice over the weekend. Both times I got the huarache plate with black beans! The extra thick corn tortillia is so good! The huarache is my go to as well as stealing bites off Matt's taquito plate.

Speaking of picking off Matt's plate...He ordered the savory brunch on Sunday at Timeless. I have a headache and lack of sleep had the genius idea to have more caffiene and a bear claw...I picked off his plate of french toast delight....Then ordered myself more sugar and coffee to go!

On Monday to keep it simple and clean up all the fried food and caffeine in my system it was gluten free pizza night and a simple salad tossed with red wine vinaigrette and topped with hummus.

Matt's Chip Pick

 

I bought Chili Lime PopChips over the weekend to go with lunch. I go for weird flavors but Matt is the one that totally dug these! I can tell when Matt really likes something when I am walking away and the convo has ended and he is still talking about them. Vegan, gluten free and 21 chips is 120 calories! Also unlike some accidentally vegan chips on the market bursting with flavor these contain no MSG if you watch out for it!