This week on the show, we talk about fishless tacos and eat plant based salmon from Vegan Zeastar!
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The taste and texture of salmon is one of the few things that I have missed since going vegan. Let's talk about what we ate this week, including the vegan salmon sashimi from Vegan Zeastar.
We called a listener!
Before we got to the Zeastar goodness, we called a listener. It was great to chat with Bill! Here are the main takeaways from our conversation:
- He is newly obsessed with oro blanco, which is a hybrid grapefruit that tastes amazing.
- We all need to savor our fizzy drinks more. Dave does this by adding a ton of ice, which forces him to sip slowly and enjoy each sip.
Talkin' to-news
This week's news item was about Pamela Anderson! Did you know that she's vegan? Me either!
But she is, and she recently got married. VegNews reported that her wedding "included a decadent vegan, two-tier triple coconut cake topped with a glass deer ornament, white carnation, and a glittery heart."
They don't go into detail about what made it a "triple coconut" cake. Rather than look that up, we guessed that it was coconut cake with coconut frosting coated in shredded coconut.
Fishless tacos
You'd think that we used the Vegan Zeastar salmon to make these tacos, but no! We had these earlier in the week, before the salmon arrived.
This was our usual fishless tacos:
- Gardein Fishless Filets, cooked in the air fryer (10 minutes at 400° F for 10-12 minutes)
- sliced avocado
- jalapeno slaw
What made these tacos notable was that the tortillas were enormous! We normally get street taco tortillas, which are adorably small. These were so big that I could fit two tacos's worth of filling into one mega taco.
Honestly, I missed the smaller tortillas, and we will be going back to them as soon as we eat all of these.
Poke bowls with Vegan Zeastar salmon sashimi
Y'all, I first saw this vegan salmon on Instagram, and I set out to get some immediately.
It comes from a company called Vegan Zeastar, who makes all kinds of vegan seafood including:
- salmon sashimi
- tuna sashimi
- calamari
- shrimp
Right now, it's not available in stores, but you can order it from GTFO It's Vegan, which is where I got mine. A pack of the salmon was $11.99. They also make a tuna, which I didn't order, but I will do ASAP!
In addition to the salmon, I ordered their calamari, which comes breaded. We haven't eaten that yet, but I'll report back when we do!
When the salmon arrived, I knew that I wanted to use it to make poke bowls. A poke bowl is basically like a sushi bowl. Here's how I made mine:
- a batch of vegan sushi rice
- roasted broccoli
- sliced avocado
- carrots
- pickled ginger
- green onion
- cilantro
- chili sauce
- sliced Vegan Zeastar salmon sashimi
Y'all. Dave and I were blown away! The flavor and texture of this salmon were spot on.
I created an Instagram reel showing the salmon. Here it is:
I can't wait to order more and to get the tuna, so I can make sushi with them!
The products themselves aren't that expensive, when you compare them to what you'd pay for that amount of sashimi-grade salmon or tuna.
But do be prepared to pay a lot for shipping. Because these are cold, they have to be overnighted with a lot of heavy ice packs. My package cost $25 to ship.
GTFO It's Vegan also has a $40 minimum order. They have tons of great vegan options, though, so meeting the minimum wasn't hard at all.
Other things we mentioned
These are random items we talked about:
- The Gorillaz album Song Machine has music videos for every track on YouTube, and we are obsessed. The song that features Elton John is "Pink Phantom".
- The yoga challenge I am doing is Breath, and it's on Yoga with Adrienne's channel.
- Dave made cayenne Chex Mix again, and it was amazing, again.
- When we get burrito wrappers, I'm going to try that TikTok tortilla trend.
- The Gorillaz album Song Machine has music videos for every track on YouTube, and we are obsessed. The song that features Elton John is "Pink Phantom".
- The yoga challenge I am doing is Breath, and it's on Yoga with Adrienne's channel.
- Dave made cayenne Chex Mix again, and it was amazing, again.
- When we get burrito wrappers, I'm going to try that TikTok tortilla trend.
- The vegan fried egg we mentioned is from Be Leaf.
- The Ratatouille ripoff is called Ratatoin.
Have a question? Tried this recipe? Share your thoughts!