Vegan Frozen Meals

I think Amy's makes vegan or at least vegetarian. They are recommended on the No Meat Athlete site for convenience if needed. They are at Target and are pricey but many people say they are very good.

Ilene

I agree with the above comment. Amy's does make vegetarian and vegan meals. They are organic and are really good.

Leah

I beg to differ - I think some of the Sweet Earth frozen meals are good - I have not had the 3 you

Mention here. The burritos are good too. I like Amy’s, Lean Cuisine, EVOL, Kashi- not everything in any line but several of each type. I think that sodium had been cut back but not eliminated as an issue - so I usually only eat one a week - two at the most. You have to try different flavors - and California Kitchen pizza rocks! I don’t eat meat and love the cheese and margarita pizzas.

Penny Foy

Wow, are you saying that $3.50 is a lot for a meal? I will stay away from these based on your taste reviews (thank you), but not because of the price. How inexpensive are these things supposed to be?

Emily

The Smartpoints on these vegetarian frozen dinners are 10 For Korean Japche, 8sp for the Kyoto Stir Fry and 11sp for the Generals Stir Fry. When counting Freestyle 0 point foods you cannot do that with a processed dinner since you have no clue what the zero point foods are mixed with. When you are following an original recipe or making this at home, then you don't have to count any of the 0 point foods because you know exactly what it contains. For frozen meals you must go by the nutrition labels so these are way higher than what you have listed!

Annemarie Kautz

I agree Amy's makes some tasty vegan food. I usually don't buy it unless it has a V on the packaging. There is an app called Is it vegan,which works pretty well.

Marianne

Thanks for the reviews.

As a dietitian, I don't think the sodium in these meals is extremely high. One rule of thumb that I teach to patients is to divide the recommended daily limit of 2400 mg of sodium into 3 meals and 3 snacks. Allow up to 600 mg per meal and 200 per snack. So <600 mg would be the goal at meal time, but if you go lower for breakfast, as I do with my sodium-free oatmeal and banana, you can have a little more sodium later in the day.

In comparison, Healthy Choice meals have no more than 600 mg per meal. If the word "healthy" appears on a food package, the FDA defines this as no more than 600 mg per meal A "healthy" food also must be low fat, i.e., </=3 mg total fat per 100 calories of food.

These meals are small, so you may want to add some low/no sodium sides, such as fruits and veggies.

Joan

Thanks for the review. None of the TV dinners I have tried are any good. I guess that is why I cook most meals at home.

Paula C

Sweet Earth tends to be pretty variable in quality especially with their frozen entrees. I like their wraps and breakfast sandwiches though (some are vegan some aren't). I think Nestle bought them last year so I don't know if that will end up affecting the quality. In the meantime it's great to have another vegan product in frozen food. I quess I don't ever really expect frozen or processed food to be overly healthy so I don't buy it often.

Pat

I would buy the Korean Japche meal, but add a ton of steamed veggies to make 2 meals out of it. Thus keeping the points and sodium down and still get the flavor.

Sue

I also have had several Sweet Earth and Amy’s vegan meals that I do like. The problem I have, and I have never seen anyone discuss it, is that they are pitifully short on protein. I sort of “random average“ adult needs 60 g of protein a day, and these frozen dinners rarely have more than 12 g. If these “dinners“ have so little protein, what in the world we eat the rest of the day to make up for it? Frozen meals for carnivores are typically loaded with protein.

Margaret