10 hot plant-based products this spring and summer
It usually doesn't take much to get me into the kitchen, but lately it's been a bigger challenge than usual since our one-year-old Milo is running around my feet the minute I get home from work. Babies go through a number of mental development phases and when they are in the middle of a phase they tend to demand more of their parents. The funniest thing he knows right now is to play at the beach and digging in the sand. We had a nice time together Saturday morning at the beach at Liljeholmsbadet. In the evening we had a picnic with friends and had summer rolls with peanut sauce and grilled vegetable skewers, bananas with chocolate and marshmallows.
We've got ourselves a nice little popup bbq that we can easily bring to the parks nearby. We'll give you more plant-based bbq inspiration in a later blog post. When the kids are demanding all your attention or you simply want to maximise the time out in the sun, we are grateful to all the good ready-to-eat vegan products you can buy these days. I made a top 10 list with my favourites in Stockholm, Sweden. Please email us (hello(at)filibaba.com) if you want to share a top list with plant-based products in your city!
1. Oatley iMat fraiche
Finally a replacement for cow milk-based creme fraiche/sour cream.
2. Astrid & Apornas Chi-Chi
Bit-size chicken replacement. I marinated the Chi-chi and Chinese soy sauce, vinegar and fresh mint. Then I grilled them on skewers. They turned out very delicious and with a texture that beets the original.
3. Astrid & Apornas Jeezly original
Fake cheese to put on the sandwich to remind you of sweet childhood memories.
4. Anamma's veggie fillets
Fake pork or chicken cutlets out of soy protein etc. Great texture.
5. Astrid & Apornas Mayo Chipotle
Nice and spicy egg-free mayonnaise. Great on an avocado and tomato sandwich.
6. Seitan skewers
An old favourite made from wheat gluten instead of soy protein. If you like asian spices and creamy filling food, you'll love our recipe for Seitan Skewers with Potato Coconut Milk Puree, Red Currant Jelly, Ruccola and Peanut Sauce.
7. Astrid & Aporna's Hot Chörizo
Fake sausages are perfect for a quick dinner now and then. Fry the sausages and serve with bread, ketchup and mustard along with pickled vegetables or cabbage of some sort. If I don't have the latter I just fry up some shredded white cabbage and season with vinegar and sea salt.
8. Alpro unsweetened almond milk
A staple in my pantry. I eat it with muesli, on the porridge, in chocolate drinks, smoothies etc.
Recipe for naturally sweetened chocolate drink:
2 tsp raw cacao powder 2 tsp date syrup 200 ml/1 scant cup almond milk
First mix 2 tsp cacao powder, 2 tsp date syrup and a tiny splash of almond milk, into a smooth mix in a cup. If you use too little or too much almond milk, it'll be impossible to get it properly combined. Training is needed. Fortunately there are worse things to practice... Drink the chocolate hot or cold. It goes very well with the cheese sandwich in 3.
9. Oatley iMat cream
An old favourite in cooking. Neutral taste = goes with everything.
10. Oatley oat milk
Some prefer almond milk and some oat or soy milk. I like variation. It can be so good with a glass of ice cold oat milk a warm summer day. You must also try our naturally sweetened frappucino smoothie with oat milk, bananas and cardamom.
