Wednesday, November 25, 2015

MidWeek Munchies: Dollar Tree Edition

It's MidWeek Munchies Time!  Everyone is invited to link up below thru Tuesday, December 1st, to any vegan post that has to do with grocery store hauls, garden or farmers market finds, munchies that you created in your kitchen, online purchases, or products that you have come across otherwise that happen to also be vegan!

Today I would like to share with you my haul from my local Dollar Tree!  Because I went with my hubby who isn't vegan/vegetarian I will say that together we spent $41 and bought over 41 items with that $41!!!!  Here's a look at some of MY stuff...


Frozen items!  Including frozen spinach!  YAY!  I also found Tater Rounds and Pepper Stir Fry (as you can see the blend also includes onions)!

I looked at these items over and over again and couldn't find any ingredient that wasn't on the safe list of vegan finds!  I think I scored pretty good this past weekend!

There were additional canned items and frozen items that I didn't include in these photos but they were pretty plane-jane items like canned beans, for example...and frozen and canned corn, too!


Eventho these are labeled 100% vegetarian...they seem to also be vegan!  I'm always excited to find 'breaded' items that are made WITHOUT egg!  So I had to scoop them up!

I also saw these veggie burgers that I never tried before this last trip to the store!  I have tried one already and the flavor is tasty but I have to work on the texture.  I did them with grapeseed oil in a frying pan and they were still a little mushy...I will certainly work on that SOON.  The important thing is that the taste was good, eh!?


Next up and from the same company are Vegetable Empanadas and Vegetable Samosas.  The Empanadas are Black Bean based and take well to my small toaster oven.  The Samosa's are yummers and I have pan fried them.  They have whole seed spices within that pack that lovely punch, too!

I enjoy coming up with different vegan sauces to pair with these and I am sure to do more in the near future.  I ended up getting TWO of each of these as well as the Beans and Burgers you see above, too!

And FINALLY...Jennifer Garden Vegetable Spring Rolls!  Again, no egg!  YAY!  I had these as a part of my hubby's family's Thanksgiving Dinner this past weekend and made a dipping sauce for them which consisted of soy sauce, peanut butter, maple syrup, lemon juice, garlic powder, etc.  It turned out pretty good!  I LOVE these because they are so small and cute!  I also pan fried them.  I think they would be mushy if microwaved.

YOUR TURN!!!!



22 comments:

  1. Woah those are some amazing finds! :D

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  2. Love your post! I'm going to have to check my Dollar Tree for those Samosas! : )

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  3. Great finds, I never think to check out Dollar Tree but should!

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    1. I miss our old Big Lots! They had some really interesting International Food Finds that were vegan, too!

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  4. Dollar Tree sounds like my kind of shop! Some good finds and I love spring rolls.

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  5. That's my kind of haul! I recently watched someone review some of those vegan finds at Dollar Tree on YouTube. Who would ever think you would find vegan samosas at the Dollar Tree! Amazing!

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    1. Oh! That's cool that they did a YouTube Video on them! I will have to look for that video! Thanks!

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  6. Nice finds! I can't believe you can get all that for $1 each. So cool.

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    1. It certainly was a nice surprise to find them at that price!

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  7. Great finds! Mmm, samosas and empanadas!

    I've finally participated in Midweek Munchies - I realised a while ago that I mostly just buy 'staple' ingredients rather than exciting, newsworthy items. I was a bit more exciting with my shopping this week!

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    1. Can't wait to visit yours to see your post! Thanks for linking up! Staples are always welcome, too!!!

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  8. I saw someone else blog about these $1 vegan finds. Which seem amazing!

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    1. Glad I'm not the only one who found these deals!!!!

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  9. Vegan tater tots from a dollar store?? Score!
    And the samosas look really good too - I love those things.
    The sauce you made for the veggie spring rolls sounds great.

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    1. I couldn't find anything in them that was a no-no!!! Samosas I could probably eat everyday no matter who makes ;em....LOVE those things! LOL

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  10. I am always amazed at what I can find at the dollar store! The one near my house is actually like a little grocery store. Great finds!

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    1. I'm so glad I found them! I will certainly be grabbing these items often to get me thru the winter months!

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  11. Wow you hit the jackpot! After reading this I will be checking out our local Dollar Tree this week!!

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