Snacks are priced individually and include sweet and savory munchies such as mushroom jerky, vegan chocolate and peanut butter truffles. Lunch meal kits are two servings and clock in at $9 per serving while breakfast kits, like tropical coconut pancakes with fresh fruit are under $5 per serving but come in four serving portions only. In addition to the weekly meal kits, Purple Carrot has breakfast and lunch meal kits as well as snacks you can add to your delivery a la carte. Meal add-ons: Breakfast, lunch and snacks The Purple Carrot produce was some of the freshest of any meal kit service I've yet tried and portions were substantial. I was a little surprised that they don't allow you to add some of those aforementioned plant-based alternative meats but, alas, it is not their style. Purple Carrot doesn't allow swaps or upgrades but there's not much that you really could swap anyways. While some meal kit companies play it safe with familiar flavors, Purple Carrot takes some big swings with flavorful curries, sauces and spice mixes to add some pop to the vegetarian recipes. There's often a plant-based taco recipe or sandwich option as well. There are also generally a couple of delicious-looking vegan pasta dishes on a given week's menu like lemon zucchini pasta with cashew cream sauce and artichoke hearts. You'll find some tofu-based proteins like tempeh and tofu but not a lot of the newfangled lab-produced imitators.Įxpect lots of hearty bowls with grains, nuts and veggies from Purple Carrot, as well as filling lentil soups and rib-sticking stews such as vegan chili or West African peanut stew. That might sound like a given, but I've noticed that many meal kit companies have incorporated plant-based meat alternatives like Impossible Beef and Beyond Meat into their vegan and vegetarian recipes.
Most are centered on whole foods and vegetables with no meat, dairy or animal products of any sort. Purple Carrot meals are 100% vegan and healthy, although not necessarily low-carb or low calorie. If you're interested in trying vegan meal kits either to pack a few more servings of veggies into your weekly diet or give the old industrial animal-farming complex a day or two off per week, read on for my firsthand review of Purple Carrot plant-based meal kits. Read more: The healthiest meal kits and meal delivery: Sun Basket, Home Chef, Freshly and more And as a meat eater who also loves vegetarian food, I consider myself quite well qualified to do so, thank you very much. It's one of the reasons Purple Carrot has become a popular meal kit option in the past few years, but questions about Purple Carrot loom large: Will these plant-based meal kits satisfy a carnivore like me - or is the food better suited for small woodland creatures? I wanted to see how Purple Carrot's recipes stood up in a real-life taste test so I cooked my way through a week's worth of its vegan meals to find out. A vegetarian meal kit can help with both, providing veggie-based recipe ideas along with all the know-how and correct ingredients to execute vegan and vegetarian dinners that taste great without the help of lab-produced imitation meats.
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The biggest hurdle I had when introducing more plant-based meals into my diet was finding interesting recipes to make but also learning how to make them well. With many of us looking for ways to eat healthier in the new year - or all year round, for that matter - eating vegetarian cuisine even a few nights a week has become a popular way to do it but for seasoned meat eaters, eating and cooking plant-based food has its challenges.
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