Domino’s Spicy Pizza, Past Steak at Costco, and Extra Vegan Meals Information of the Week

Evidently each week on the planet of vegan meals information is extra thrilling than the final and this week is not any exception. Going vegan this Veganuary has by no means been simpler with new plant-based choices at Domino’s in the UK, Mellow Mushroom in the US, and Past Meat’s new vegan steak at Costco places throughout 5 states. You need ice cream? Salt & Straw’s Veganuary menu is replete with vegan choices, some created to imitate traditional desserts. Learn on for extra. 

1Domino’s Sizzling American vegan pizza

At Domino’s places in its home market in the US, tacky vegan pizza shouldn’t be a factor (but). Nevertheless, jump over to the UK, and the chain has been going all-in on vegan meals for some time with dairy-free cheese, vegan dips, and plant-based pepperoni sprinkled generously throughout its menus. 

For Veganuary this yr, Domino’s UK is hitting the chain’s US followers the place it hurts with its new vegan American Sizzling pizza. The brand new spicy pie options vegan pepperoni by The Vegetarian Butcher, sliced pink onions, spicy inexperienced jalapeños, vegan mozzarella, and traditional tomato sauce slathered over vegan dough. 

Domino’s UK

The brand new vegan pizza is on the market in any respect 1,190 Domino’s places throughout the UK and for supply via its app. 

Along with Domino’s UK, different places abroad have myriad vegan choices, together with in Australia the place the chain added Unimaginable Meals’ plant-based meats to its 700 places final yr. 

Hey Domino’s US, we’ll take a vegan British Sizzling pie—no matter that could be—if we’ve to. Simply give us a good vegan pizza, already. 

2Mellow Mushroom’s DIY pizza

Can’t make it to Domino’s UK for Veganuary? United States-based chain Mellow Mushroom has obtained simply the factor to maintain you effectively fed via January and past. The chain has been notoriously vegan-friendly for years however this month, it’s kicking it up a notch with a brand new DIY possibility. Right here, visitors can construct their very own vegan pizzas utilizing 19 components that vary from tempeh to Comply with Your Coronary heart’s dairy-free cheeses.

Mellow Mushroom

“Mellow Mushroom is delighted to launch our ‘Construct Your Personal Vegan Pizza’ possibility simply in time for Veganuary,” Anne Mejia, VP Model Improvement, Mellow Mushroom, mentioned in an announcement. “At Mellow Mushroom, we take pleasure within the inclusive nature of our menu choices, and our skill to serve scrumptious pies, salads, and munchies that accommodate dietary wants and preferences whereas sustaining nice high quality.” 

This new function joins preconfigured vegan menu gadgets on the Mellow Mushroom menu resembling pretzels, tacky pizzas, tempeh hoagies, and extra. 

Mellow Mushroom

“All of us have the facility to make the world a little bit kinder, greener, and more healthy this new yr,” Wendy Matthews, Veganuary US Director, mentioned in an announcement. “It’s nice to see eating places like Mellow Mushroom embracing this chance and offering planet-friendly vegan choices that showcase how scrumptious, assorted, and satisfying vegan meals might be.” 

The brand new Construct Your Personal Vegan Pizza possibility is on the market at Mellow Mushroom’s greater than 160 places throughout 20 states.  

3Past Steak hits Costco

In the event you’re like us, you is likely to be taking a break from cooking large household meals. When you get again within the temper to host taco Tuesdays for the fam, Past Meat has obtained simply the factor: vegan steak in bulk. 

Past Meat

The vegan firm launched its Past Steak plant-based seared ideas in October at 5,000 shops, together with Walmart and Kroger. This month, Past Meat expanded its first vegan steak providing—obtainable in 28-ounce baggage—into roughly 50 Costco places throughout Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, and Southern California.

And for those who’re a Sam’s Membership member, Past Meat’s vegan popcorn rooster simply launched in any respect places in bulk 30-ounce baggage for all of your occasion snack wants. 

4Vegan cookie dough at 16 Handles

New York Metropolis-based froyo chain16 Handles is dipping its ft additional into plant-based choices. That’s as a result of this week, the franchise proprietor and CEO Neil Hershman acquired DŌ, a vegan cookie dough firm that has gained a star fan base because it was based in 2014 by Kristen Tomlan. 

“I began DŌ in a quest to create a worry-free indulgence that I might selfishly eat, bake, and share with others,” Tomlan mentioned in an announcement. “The mission for this model was at all times about spreading pleasure, which has been and at all times might be my favourite a part of the baking course of.” 

16 Handles

DŌ is a longtime accomplice of 16 Handles and this acquisition will put an unique line of the corporate’s vegan cookie dough in any respect 30 places of the froyo chain. At the moment, the outlets serve DŌ as a topping and inside to-go pints. 

“It’s been a dream come true to collaborate with 16 Handles’ New York Metropolis places over the previous 5 years, so increasing the partnership and rising our manufacturers collectively is thrilling for us each,” Tomlan mentioned. I’m trying ahead to this subsequent chapter and with the ability to proceed to unfold happiness via these two iconic New York desserts.”

As a part of the acquisition, Hershman—who personally operates 12 dessert outlets—will substitute Tomlan as proprietor of DŌ and because the firm’s CEO, whereas Tomlan will stay on the firm as its Chief Model Officer.

“DŌ is considered one of New York Metropolis’s favourite and most unusual desserts, and it’s been so in style promoting alongside our artisanal frozen yogurt at 16 Handles prior to now,” Hershman mentioned. “I’m so excited to take Kristen and my partnership to the subsequent degree as we combine DŌ’s addictive edible cookie dough into the self-serve topping bar and to-go freezer in any respect of our 16 Handles places, particularly as we proceed to increase nationally.” 

Along with DŌ, 16 Handles has a longstanding partnership with Oatly and is presently serving 11 oat milk comfortable serve flavors resembling Chocolate Peppermint, Banana, Caramel Apple Pie, and Cinnamon Bun. 

5Salt & Straw’s 5 new vegan ice cream choices

Each January, artisanal chain Salt & Straw entices Veganuary members—and everybody else—with its expansive vegan ice cream choices throughout its annual Dairy-Free Decadence Collection. From now till February 2, 5 decadent dairy-free choices are becoming a member of Salt & Straw’s everlasting vegan flavors:

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• Bananas Foster: impressed by the old-school dessert, this coconut cream-based (and banana-infused) ice cream is generously swirled with a luscious caramel constituted of banana purée, rum, molasses, and heat spices
• Chocolate Sorbet: a mix of darkish cocoa powders with wealthy chocolate that ends in a velvety ganache spiked with a touch of flaky salt 
• Toasted Oat Milk & Cookies: a tackle milk and cookies, this taste options chewy selfmade chocolate chip cookies combined right into a cinnamon-spiked vanilla oat milk ice cream with ribbons of wealthy ganache folded in
• Peanut Butter Brittle Caramel Fudge: a creamy coconut vanilla ice cream drizzled with a housemade semi-sweet caramel fudge swirl after which flecked with items of crispy brittle studded with peanut butter 
• Crimson Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting: coconut ice cream that’s infused with pink velvet batter and dotted with selfmade pink velvet cake slathered in tangy cream cheese frosting 

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The Dairy-Free Decadence Collection menu—obtainable in scoops outlets and as pints that ship nationwide—is proof that going vegan for Veganuary (and past) is simply really easy this yr.

Anna Starostinetskaya is the Senior Information Editor at VegNews and is at all times keeping track of all issues vegan in her dwelling metropolis of San Francisco, CA and in every single place else.