I attended The Seed on this past rainy Saturday in NYC with my beautiful fiance and a good vegan friend of ours . What an amazing paradise full of vegan food, products, information, yoga and people! I must have been in a vegan-coma-daze because I only took a couple of photos toward the end of the day and both didn’t really turn out well enough to post, sorry! At any rate, we picked up a few things that we’ve been partial to for awhile at the event like Treeline vegan nut cheese; who needs dairy anymore? One Lucky Duck raw chocolate chip cookies that taste heavenly! And some seaweed based caviar-like spread called Caviart. YUM!
One product we came home with was something we tried for the first time; coconut bacon!? I honestly was never a bacon die-hard or anything before I stopped eating animals nearly 8 years ago. Sure, I enjoyed it and I definitely remember what it tastes like, it’s not something you forget. Every once in awhile I’ll get a craving for something smoky and savory which I usually quench by making a BLAT (Tempeh Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Tomato). The thing I like most about this coconut bacon is the very thin and crispy texture it has, unlike tempeh bacon. I also feel better about eating coconut than I do any soy product these days. This product is pretty awesome and versatile and the taste is… SPOT ON! Almost in a freakishly perfected way. I highly recommend this product to people who love that smoky, thin and crispy bacon taste and want to eat a completely plant-based replacement that is soy free and most importantly, ANIMAL free!
I could see myself using this on a baked potato, in a sinful rendition of vegan mac n’ cheese, on a BLAT sandwich, in a salad and MORE! The bag says it can even be used in baking… which strikes me as pretty weird, personally. Although I know the whole bacon dessert thing is in full swing these days with oddities like bacon chocolates, shakes, cupcakes and donuts. As long as you’re not hurting any of my pig friends to appease your peculiar food desires, I say pick up a bag of this awesome coconut bacon and knock yourself out!
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