Karyn's Cooked Is Back And Bringing Us All Of Our Favorite Vegan Comfort Foods For Delivery In Chicago
Karyn’s Cooked is back with all your favorite vegan comfort foods!
We were invited to a private tasting to sample some new items available for pick-up and delivery via your favorite food delivery service. To order, search Karyn’s Cooked or call 773-292-6011.
Karyn has teamed up with Jam chef Johan Orellana, and has launched a new exclusive menu of your favorite comfort foods made vegan. I got to taste a little bit of everything and am sharing my favorites below.
Karyn Calabrese is an incredible pioneer and leader in the raw and vegan wellness arena and is the reason many in the Chicagoland area and beyond have found healing.
I am a client of hers both at her restaurants, as well as her detox classes and holistic wellness spa on Ashland Ave in Chicago. If you have not yet had the honor of learning from Karyn or tasting her delicious meals, I highly recommend you do so!
Let’s talk favorites!
I am sharing my favorites from the new menu below:
Lasagna - Ok! I think the lasagna was my absolute favorite, but with that being said it would be a close tie with the BBQ Jackfruit. I haven’t had Karyn’s lasagna in such a long time, I forgot how much I loved it! It was layer after layer of a warm comforting fall time favorite.
BBQ Jackfruit - I have been on a bbq Jackfruit kick lately, most being shredded on a bun, so I really enjoyed the light simplicity of the BBQ Jackfruit sans bun and not shredded, paired with a delicious bbq sauce and sweet potato fries. It was filling yet I didn’t feel like I was overwhelmed from a bunch of bread. The flavors totally popped on their own.
Baked Mac and Cheese - I think this is served more as a side versus a full meal, with that being said I am going to cheat and say it was my favorite side dish (it was really hard to figure out my top favorite meal between the lasagna, jackfruit and mac and cheese). Vegan mac and cheese is a hard feat to accomplish. Karyn’s is probably scoring as number one in Chicago for me right now! Take my words as a 15 + year vegetarian/vegan as being unfamiliar with a dairy mac and cheese. I didn’t feel this mac and cheese had that kind of weird after taste most vegan mac and cheeses have. It was the perfect blend of creamy and crunchy for a baked mac and cheese.
Award Winning Chili - I often have to be so careful with chili. I have food allergies to corn/canola/onion and chili is basically a melting pot of corn and onion… two things that make it so delicious, I know! From the small sampling I tasted, this stuff lives up to its award winning namesake. It made me want to cuddle up on the sofa in flannel, wrapped in a blankie. It was cozy comfort food that would make the perfect regular delivery rotation during cold fall and winter days in Chicago.
Meatloaf + Mashed Potatoes - I can’t remember the last time I had meatloaf! The trio of meatloaf, mashed potatoes and broccoli, had me reminiscing of my midwest childhood dinners! The mushroom gravy on top was the icing on the proverbial cake!
Karyn’s Cooked X Jam, is so close to SRHQ! I have no doubt this will become a regular delivery for office lunch time. Let me know if you give it a try and what you order!
