Tofurky Plant Based Holiday Feast review

So… I forgot to take pictures of our Tofurky Plant-Based Holiday Feast. The rendering on the box is pretty accurate, so I guess that’ll have to do.

And now, PREPARE YOURSELF! A complete and total lack of enthusiasm follows. (Which probably explains why I didn’t think to take pictures.)

When it comes to prep, MAKE SURE YOU READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ASAP. If you didn’t notice the defrost time or cooking from frozen estimate, I guarantee you that you’ll be ordering out instead of having this for dinner.

There’s also some marinate instructions, but I just used olive oil. Seemed to work fine, just be sure to get the entire roast, including the bottom.

Once you get the roast in the oven, it’s time to play the waiting game…

I defrosted the gravy in a bowl of hot water and then heated it up in the microwave for 2 minutes, stirring once in between. The brownie is just… Ready. Once it’s at room temperature, it’s good to go.

But how does this feast taste? Well…

It’s fine. It’s… Totally fine.

If you’ve ever had a Tofurky product, then the roast tastes exactly how you’d expect it to – it’s very reminiscent of their deli slices. Maybe the oven roasted?

The stuffing is… Not what I would call a traditional stuffing. It is, again, fine. Doesn’t hold together very well, but that’s not really a priority.

The real star of the show is the gravy. Smothering the roast and stuffing with gravy is the way to go and the portion they supply is more than ample. So, the gravy is… Above average… That sounds about right.

The brownie, while a nice bonus, is… Totally adequate. It is neither the best nor worst brownie you’ve ever had – it is merely a pedestrian offering, and that’s all.

Twenty years ago, the Tofurky Plant-Based Holiday Feast round have been a revelation, but in today’s age of Beyond and similar products, it’s what baseball people refer to as replacement level – a solid option while your Star outfielder takes a two week injury list recovery trip to the minors. So while I can’t recommend serving this to your red hat wearing carnivore uncle on Thanksgiving, I think Gen X vegans will be heard to remark: