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e.greenleaf said #2 Feb 1, 2010 at 2:59pm

These are the dinners that are coming:

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Potato knish with a side of steamed vegetables.

Gourmet bean burger with mango salsa and a side of french fries.

Kung Pao chicken.

Cheese, vegetable and sausage pizza.

Classic spaghetti and meatballs.

Gnocchi in light tomato basil sauce.

Sesame tofu and vegetables. Served with brown rice.

BONUS: Half a dozen decadent chocolate chip cookies."

Can't wait! Soooo excited!

e.greenleaf said #4 Feb 4, 2010 at 5:03pm

The food came today!

It was nicely packed in a sturdy box with tons of dry-ice. The food itself is wrapped in sealed shrink-wrap and each is labeled with heating instructions. Since the UPS guy was late bringing it (not until 730pm!), we ate something else for dinner..

BUT! i did try the vegan chocolate chip cookies. Instructions say to heat them until warm and soft, so I popped them into the already-warm oven for about 5 minutes.. and WOW. DELICIOUS!!! They taste like the very best homemade cookies. No one would ever know they're vegan.

More updates to come! I think we're going to eat the "sausage" "cheese" and vegetable pizza tomorrow night. The personal pizzas are gigantic, btw. We'll definitely have leftovers for lunch.

e.greenleaf said #6 Feb 6, 2010 at 5:54pm

tonight was the kung pao "chicken"

since it's saturday and i had some spare time, i made some brown rice and bok choy to go along with it.

let's just say that it went so fast, i didn't have time to take a picture! here is the picture from gobblegreen's website:
http://www.gobblegreen.com/images/kung-pao-chicken-web.jpg

this stuff was absolutely hands-down delicious. the seitan "chicken" had a perfect texture. the sauce was a little sweet and a little spicy, but not too much of either, and the crunchiness of the peanuts mixed in made it sooo good.

while the pizza was good, the kung pao chicken dish is definitely a winner.

tomorrow night: not sure yet! maybe the potato knish?

e.greenleaf said #8 Feb 7, 2010 at 5:16pm

tonight we ate the gnocchi with light tomato basil sauce.

this is advertised as a low fat meal.
here it is from gobblegreen's website:
http://www.gobblegreen.com/images/ggfoods319gnocchi-weblarge.jpg

and here's the nutrition info: http://www.gobblegreen.com/labels/Nutrition-Label-Gnocchi.jpg

verdict: it was good, but not great.

my main criticism is the lack of sauce. they put such a tiny amount of sauce that most of the gnocchi was left uncovered, even after trying to thoroughly mix the gnocchi and sauce in the bowl.

the sauce itself was tasty; it had a nice basil flavor, but they could definitely give A LOT more of it! it looked like they only plopped a tablespoon of sauce on top.

so i ended up adding some melted earth balance and garlic powder to salvage the meal, which i'm sure rendered it no longer "low fat." but hey, as much as i like gnocchi, i don't like eating it PLAIN! but the gnocchi was good; not mushy and it was definitely homemade.

we also had a large salad along with the gnocchi.

one other complaint: we ordered 3 gnocchi servings, and one of them was grossly out of proportion with the others.. it almost looked twice as big! i noticed the same thing last night with the kung pao chicken. i'm not sure if they were trying to be nice by giving us extra in 1 of the servings, or if they're just sloppy in how they serve out the food. if it's the former.. that's nice of them.. but if it's the latter, they need to invest in a food scale. if the portions aren't uniform, their nutrition info isn't useful.

nic said #10 Feb 14, 2010 at 7:01am

I got a gift certificate from them for my dad and his wife for Christmas, but I don't think they've used it yet. Glad to know the food is so good!