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VEGAN MEAL PLAN WITH NUTRITION KITCHEN The Buzz: If you’ve been dying to try veganism on for size, but struggle with Hong Kong’s meat-forward food landscape, there’s an easy solution. Local meal delivery service Nutrition Kitchen just launched an entirely plant-based meal plan, promising restaurant-quality, nutritionally balanced meat- and dairy-free dishes that are nutritionally balanced and delivered to your door. We try a week of vegan meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner - to assess whether it’s for us. The Meals: Delivered in compostable boxes labelled with full nutritional breakdowns, our meals arrive promptly each morning. Breakfasts are hearty; we’re impressed by the creative substitutes for egg-based dishes think chickpea huevos rancheros
and Tex-Mex tofu scramble. Lunch and dinner recipes are just as innovative. We’re pleasantly surprised by tantalising mains like mushroom meatballs with orzo salad, curried tempeh on brown rice, and portobello steak with harissa and butter bean mash - not what one expects when they switch to a vegan diet! The Verdict: Top-quality vegan food can be tricky to find in Hong Kong, and when you do, it often comes with a price tag. Nutrition Kitchen does a great job of putting together a convenient and affordable plantbased option, working out to as little as $74 a meal, depending on your needs. We appreciated the generous servings of vegetables included in each meal, and the off-the-charts
creativity! Although chefs work with mock meat (Omnipork mapo tofu, Gardein chicken green curry), it’s not the only tool in their arsenal, and we love discovering all the ingenious whole foods recipes that are better for our bodies, and the planet. One drawback for some might be the protein content, which admittedly isn’t as high as meat-based meals. But it isn’t lacking either, and we’re always left satisfied - it just depends on your personal health and wellness goals. Worth a shot if you’d like to expand your horizons when it comes to living a more plant-based lifestyle! Cost: $1,305 for one week (MondayFriday) of meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner). nutritionkitchenhk.com
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