Ok, so my first day of going sugar free may have got ever so slightly sabotaged by this lovely box appear on my doorstep on Monday. However, I did want to wait a whole month before getting this post out, so I sat and had a quick naughty nibble of everything.
As usual, when you open the box the first thing you come to is the leaflet with all the details about the products, the guest recipe provider (this time Sharon from Bit if the Good Stuff), and the charity they are support. The charity is One Kind, a Scotland based charity that works to end cruelty to animals in Scotland and they get 10p per box.
I really like the look of these Bit of the Good Stuff Summer Rolls. They look something similar to the sushi like rolls I do, but I've never tried rice paper and I'm very keen on the peanut sauce - looks like I have a few ingredients to add to my shopping list this weekend.
I've been on a savoury kick recently so it wasn't surprising that the Hippeas Pepper Power was the first thing I decided to try. I love that they are made out of chickpeas and I especially like how satisfyingly crunchy these are. One thing I will say is the pepper is very strong.
I always get a little excited when I see chewy sweets I can actually eat and the Candy Kittens Sweet Pineapple Vegan Sweets didn't disappoint. They had the satisfying chewy texture, but, while I did get some pineapple flavour, they tasted more like lemons then pineapple to me. Not that I'm disappointed about that, I love the taste of lemons. I'm going sugar free at the moment, but this would be great to satisfy your sugar tooth if you're not.
I would pick this up on the name alone. I would say the Squirrel Sisters Coconut Raw Energy Bar is perfect for people who like protein bars or are doing something active, like trekking, and need a small but energy packed snack. The flavour was also pretty good, I just wasn't too keen on the texture.
I really liked these Landgarten Organic Dark Choco Balls. They were just the right amount of bitterness and sweetness and I love dark chocolate. So does my partner, it turns out, who scoffed the rest of the packet.
I was definitely interested in these Follow Your Heart Vegan Egg as I am actually searching for an alternative to eggs at the moment. I do love the packaging, so old school egg box, but I don't love the actual product. I tired making the scrambled egg recipe they had on the box and, while it did smell like eggs, the texture and taste weren't like eggs or particularly nice. It's not something I would go for in the future, but I think would work if you were needing to replace an egg in the recipe where it is not the main item or for binding. I will try it in these ways and see. Looking at their website I have noticed that they have vegan cheese so I am intrigued.
The Vegan Kind always do great no food items in their box. So far I've used and loved everyone of them, so I'm very hopeful about this Native Unearthed Deodorant as I've been having difficulty finding a more natural deodorant. Firstly I have sensitive skin so anything with bicarb or corn starch in feels like I've been going at my skin with sandpaper and this doesn't contain either. I also sweat a lot and finding a natural product just sweats off my body, so it'll be interesting to see how this does. So am looking forward to giving it a go, once I've used up my other deodorants, and will report back.
The last items was a coupon code for Friction Free Shaving, which is basically a subscription that sends you a new razor every week to help stop you overusing yours and damaging your skin. I'm not suing razors for hair removal at the moment, but my partner still shaves regularly, on old blades, and his face really shows it sometimes. I might see if I can tempt him with this.
I think this may be the last The Vegan Kind Box I get, not because I don't like this subscription box as I think that it's a great way of seeing what vegan food you can eat, but because I want to eat less processed food in general. If you're starting off as a vegan and you want to see what food (and other products) you can use then this is a great way of doing it.
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