Veestro is a solid prepared meal service for the busy vegan

…and not so bad for anyone else either.

I have been experimenting with meal services lately in an attempt to facilitate a healthy lifestyle change.  Over the years, I’ve used Blue Apron, Hello Fresh, Green Chef, Sun Basket… and most recently, Daily Harvest.  I decided to give the prepared ones a try since I prefer to cook dinner separately or order something out.  My meal service meals are great for a quick, healthy lunch. 

Veestro intrigued me because I am interested in eating more vegetables and less meat, and the food looked tasty.  I ordered the Chef’s Choice, Customer Favorite’s with 10 meals.


I have to say, overall I was impressed with the taste, quality and portions.  It was the perfect amount of food, flavors were generally great, and you often forgot you were eating vegan. 

First, I tried the Breakfast Burrito.  This was actually quite good.  One thing I noticed is that usually the microwave instructions were a little short on the timing.  I would add 1-2 minutes to however long it tells you to heat the food. 

The Country Fried Chick’n was just alright.  While the “Chick’n” did have the consistency of a breaded cutlet, the sides were not very good.  I would say, in general, my least favorite part of Veestro were the side vegetables they included.  Usually, these are brussels, cauliflower, or broccoli.  While these vegetables are great fresh, they typically tasted quite chewy and similar to a Steam Fresh bag when you heat them in the microwave.  Consistency may have been better if you heated it in the oven.

The Pasta Bolognese was absolutely delicious.  It tasted like something you would get at a five star restaurant.  Definitely recommended.  If you are worried about these dishes tasting like TV dinners, you don’t need to worry.  They are all pretty flavor packed and good quality.

Pasta Bolognese

Several of the dishes carried an Asian influence and they were all delicious.  I really liked the Soba Noodles in Peanut Sauce and the Red Curry with Tofu.  Like I mentioned previously, you didn’t really miss the meat.  These were all superb and very tasty. The sauce was absolutely delicious.  The Thai Chick'n Stew was flavorful and the Chick'n strips were much better and more palatable than the fried ones.


Thai Chick'n Stew

The Baked Mac and Cheez and the Chick’n Quesadilla were just alright.  I feel like the filling struggled to give the Quesadilla enough body to be satisfying.  It wasn't bad... just wasn't anything I would go out of my way to order again.  The Baked Mac and Cheese lacked flavor. 

Chick'n Quesadilla

Overall, I was pleased with the service.  I would give it 3.5 stars out of 5 for the average Joe looking for a quick and easy, relatively healthy meal service.  I would give it 5 out of 5 stars for a vegan with a busy lifestyle.  There are few prepared vegan meal services out there, and this one is delicious.  Keep in mind, there is another option for Weight Loss that I didn’t try.

Favorites:

·       Pasta Bolognese

·       Soba Noodles in Peanut Sauce

·       Breakfast Burrito

·       Red Curry with Tofu

Pass On

·       Baked Mac & Cheez Dinner

·       Country Fried Chick’n


Recommended for

·       Vegans, Vegetarians

·       Those looking for healthy, prepared meals

Not recommended for

·       Meat lovers (obviously)

·       Those concerned primarily with cost


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Angels

Angels We were born with our genetics, and our bodies, and our brains And we were conditioned to shame and compare and beat one another for the superficial conditions of our existence. The little ways we survived in the world, and we grew accustomed to numbing the pain, or living out a story, or abusing others for our own relief. We could believe that we are the victims of circumstance and we are caught in an endless cycle of cause and effect. We could believe we are the endless drum of a world that keeps on marching, a runaway thought that never ceases. There is some comfort in the way it all seems, and the predictability, the inevitability, the infallable nature of all of it. And there is tremendous difficulty in pulling apart the layers of the ego, assembling the pieces together, seeing a whole complex person. It takes months, or years, or a lifetime, and some of us will never succeed. You could argue if it is a worthwhile effort. If you are lucky, you will encounter a mirror, a s
Read more

Shell of a man

 You could hold hands, with a shell of a man The shell of a man who didn't know what a shell was. A man who knew only what he feared,  not what he wanted, or would work for, or try for. And now he's perched on a comfortable cliff, a familiar precipice, a landing for the times. And he has it all, the things one should have. Your face is but a distant cloud, floating above  miles and miles of cactus filled land. Hunting endlessly for the spark of electric from your fingertips, and like fireworks we ascend the plains. We could skydive somewhere new,  falling gently, parachuting down from the Earth. I've been watching here, from this precipice. Because all that rises must fall, all that begins  with euphoria, surely must arrive at despair. I could shoot your pool, darling, exasperated. Wherever I land, there may be conversation  about starting, ending, tales and stories.   It's all so incompatible with experience.   For I might jump from this place,  with dusty wings and ru
Read more

Kindred Spirits

Image
this was originally written June 7 2021 We danced in the living room, you and my two left feet. I opened the door smiling, breaking up my work day. Always with something in hand. The hot nights of 2021 so filled with sweets and gifts. A card saying "it would be okay", I still open the back door and hope  to see you there. The sun ravaged us while we connected deeply under the summer sun. Like a hurricane that swept me up each time, I could feel your heart beating, from a few steps away. You'd tell me I was beautiful,  and I'd always look away.   We'd take walks across campus, only joined by the crickets and the leaves. When I couldn't find words, you always knew what to say,  I kept thinking you were sent from somewhere far away. I always choked before I had a chance to say that I care for you deeply. I even painted you a picture,  I'm  embarrassed to say.   my life is quite confusing, much to my dismay. The seasons always change, but how I hoped you would
Read more