The difference in price at our local Trader Joe’s is negligible. I guess we’re lucky. Mostly though, we’ve stayed away from the Morningstar products because many of them contain eggs. We wouldn’t have even picked these up to look at the ingredient list, except that the name is “grillers vegan.”

If you don’t have a TJs near you, then I’d say get them for special occasions. After Memorial Day, we’ll blog about how they went over with our omni’s.

I have no problem with tofu, it is the processed stuff that freaks me out. I try to stick with a Japanese diet. Miso and tofu in moderation. Okay, except miso soup which is almost like beer in Japan. They dont eat processed soy there and they live to be as old as the hills.

Hi Christina,
Jane keeps intending to try your burgers. She’s been to that recipe a number of times. But so far she hasn’t gotten around to it yet.

Hi Sugar,
Glad to hear your red-meat-eating dad loves them. As I mentioned, we’re going to have a bunch of omni’s over. We’re really hopeful that they’ll like these. We’re feeling a little pressure representing the vegan way of eating. What if they don’t like the foods we serve? We’re acting as ambassadors to vegan foods. Oh, the pressure!

Hi Gary,
Eventually, we’ll get around to trying them from scratch. Right now Jane looks upon them as a convenience food, so it’s more convenient to buy them pre-made. Most of the food we eat isn’t processed, but it’s nice to have easy alternatives too!

Hi Tracy,
With all this hype, I hope they live up to your expectations when you finally do try them!

Hi Autumn,
Yes, I’ve seen McDougalls info. First, I’m always a little leery of people who sell their own products and then say other products aren’t as good/healthy. You could argue that they’re motivated to create a better product, or they could be marketing geniuses.
My other point is that there is so much conflicting information on soy product out there. I’ve even read somewhere that any tofu processed in the US is toxic as it is processed for expediency sake, which creates some kind of toxic build up. That may be true, but there are plenty of other people saying “eat tofu.” Our doctor has suggested that eating soy in moderation is perfectly safe. Of course, who knows if he has all the facts. (see
this post).

http://www.drmcdougall.com/medical_hottopics.html

I am always on the look out for something other than Boca vegan burgers- though yummy it would be nice to try something else. I always shy away from Morning Star as it really does seem they don’t have any vegan products so this is really good to know. Thank you! I’ll be on the look out for these.