You may have seen it (or maybe not) popping up in the media, but lately thereβs been a lot of talk about so-called βultra-processed foodsβ (*). And whenever that term comes up, βfrozen mealsβ are very often mentioned in the same context.
So: a little message as a follow-up! The last thing we want is to judge anyone or anything β we are not the food police. Hey: we definitely enjoy a machine-made treat with little nutritional value every now and then too!
But: the one thing we wanted to let you know is that our frozen meals at Solid Stash are not like that.Β
β’ Our recipes are not meticulously developed in some sterile lab to be as addictive as possible: they are 100% the same nutritious meals we love to serve to our own families and loved ones.Β
β’ Our dishes are not mass-produced by robots in a huge anonymous factory, with the longest shelf life and financial margins in mind: our (fully human!) Brussels kitchen team cooks everything by hand, just like you would at home, and with lots of love too. (Although our pots and pans are *a lot* bigger than yours!).
β’ Our ingredients donβt undergo strange treatments to βoptimizeβ them from an efficiency or cost perspective: we buy exactly the same fresh, high-quality products you would get at your greengrocer or supermarket. Just in much larger quantities: hello 120 kilos of fresh mushrooms when we make our Vol-au-Vegan!)
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We even try to avoid factory-made meat substitutes: instead, we choose lots of vegetables, lentils, beans, nuts, and soy when it comes to adding protein to our meals, or we do our best to opt for more natural, time-honored protein sources like tofu, tempeh, or artisanal seitan when appropriate.
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Just like at home, we want everything to be as tasty as possible, so a typical store-bought, processed ingredient regularly appears in our recipes: ketchup, miso, soy sauce, soy or oat milk, plant-based cream⦠If you ever come across E-numbers in our ingredient lists, we promise you: they will be limited to these!
There you have it. We just wanted to share that and make one thing clear: Solid Stash is artisanal quality, hand-cooked, with the greatest love β for the product, and for you!