Seeds of Change Vegetarian Chicken Teriyaki

June 30, 2006 | Reviewer: Abi

Seeds of Change Vegetarian Chicken Teriyaki
Price: $3.99
Serving: 1 tray, 10 oz.
Calories: 200
Fat: 5%, 3.5g
Sodium: 32%, 770mg
Protein: 19g
Carbs: 16%, 47g
Fiber: 16%, 4g

Seeds of Change says: Our friends in the islands, devoted organic gardeners all, tell us the secret to great teriyaki is pineapple juice. Organic pineapples lend their sweet juice to this teriyaki sauce of brown sugar, ginger, garlic and tamari. Chunks of soy chick’n join a medley of green beans, bell pepper, carrots and onion, liberally bathed in teriyaki and laid on a bed of flat noodles. Onolicious.

Abi says: If not for the random dried milk in here, this meal could be consumed by vegans. Too bad for you vegans, because this is a pretty good frozen meal. Sure, it is lacking zip and zing, but I added some myself in the form of crushed red pepper flakes and a sprinkling of garlic salt.

I was going to write something funny, but then Kate and I started having a discussion about ranking the best meat-free frozen meals. I think this meal would go on my top ten list. It would look something like this:

Amy’s Kitchen Pesto Tortellini Bowl
Morningstar Mini Corndogs
Trader Joe’s Jaipur Vegetables and Garlic Naan
note: must have toaster oven for full awesomeness
Green Guru Paneer Tikka Masala
Amy’s Kitchen Cheese Enchilada Meal
Seeds of Change Vegetarian Chicken Teriyaki
Green Guru Vegetable Pad Thai (with tofu)

Yes, there are only seven items in that list. I guess I will have to try more items so that I can add to my list of the best of the best.

Does the organic pineapple juice make a difference? Maybe, maybe not. Upon reading the ingredient label, I noticed that there is more apple juice than pineapple juice in this product. Man, apple juice is being slighted by Seeds of Change. They’re all about pineapple promotion, from the pull quote to the huge picture of a pineapple on the back of the box. Fortunately, I adore teriyaki sauce regardless of which fruit carries the load. Problems? I wish that they made this meal with real chicken. Soy chick’n is ok, but I don’t enjoy apostrophes quite as much as I enjoy real meat. Yes, I like to eat animals. There, I’ve said it. Er, wrote it.

What I mean to say is that the fake meat in this meal isn’t doing the job texture-wise. It was alternately hard or really mushy. I don’t accept that level of randomness in the texture of an actual animal, so why should I accept it in the form of a soy product made by humans. Hmmmm?

Overall, this was a good choice. The Seeds of Change brand is a little spendy, but it is also Organic, (plus 5 points) so I feel good about eating the meal. Also, the box and tray are made of biodegradable paper (plus 5 more points!). My karma points are pretty high. Except that I like eating animals. Minus 10 points. I think that puts me at even.

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3 Responses to “Seeds of Change Vegetarian Chicken Teriyaki”

Heather on June 30th, 2006

Abi, there is truly a place for you in heaven. It’ll be a heaven replete with all the frolicking animals you’ve spared by eating gross soy meat-like things in the name of humanity and your vegetarian readers. Karma points indeed!
tg on June 30th, 2006

“box and tray are made of biodegradable paper” - totally rings my bell.

i might have enjoyed your “funny” take on this, but i’m grateful for the info-packed entry you made instead. (incl. the xlent top-7 list. most top-10 lists have “filler” anyway)
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