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Barbecue side dishes + Herbivorous Butcher

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Text: Herbivorous Butcher + vegan BBQ side dishes. Seitan ribs, potato salad, and collard greens on plate.

Today’s post covers everything you need for a successful grilling season. Just add charcoal! With the Herbivorous Butcher summer grill pack + recipes for barbecue side dishes, cookout season is off to an enticing start.

Seitan ribs from Herbivorous Butcher plus potato salad and collard greens.

Thank you to Herbivorous Butcher for sponsoring today’s post! The contents, photos, and opinions expressed are fully my own.

We are sliding into the season of potlucks, picnics, and cookouts. It’s time to make sure everything is working on that barbecue grill, so that nothing stands in the way of three-day weekends with vegan ribs, seitan steaks, and brats…

And of course, some barbecue side dishes to round out the meal.

Remember those sad, gray days when the vegan grill option was a Portobello mushroom cap? Can we all have a moment of silence for that please? Because now, there’s just no reason for an “after-thought” option like that.

Herbivorous Butcher + barbecue side dishes

Just in time for warm weather barbecues, I partnered up again with the Herbivorous Butcher. Herbivorous Butcher is based out of Minneapolis. They make a wide array of 100% vegan meats & cheeses.

You may remember that back in the early winter, I shared their Valentine’s Day pack, as well as a recipe for vegan risotto. (The risotto can also be repurposed into vegan arancini!)

Now I’m excited to share their grill pack, as well as offer up a list of vegan cookout side dishes to serve alongside them. (Get all of the ordering details at the bottom of this post!)

Mango & habanero ribs

Herbivorous Butcher mango habanero ribs with potato salad and collard greens.

Nothing says summer grilling season like sticky sweet ribs! These mango and habanero ribs have a balance of sweetness & spice. They get a wonderful crust on the outside, delicious to crack through on the way to the dense interior.

Save the fork for your side dishes, and grab on with both hands.

Pile of barbecue side dish, collard greens, on plate by mango habanero seitan ribs.

Serve with any of these summer side dishes:

  • Vegan potato salad dotted with pickles and onions
  • Easy collard greens that fall apart in your mouth
  • Spinach salad with strawberries and a balsamic vinaigrette

Ribeye steak

Overhead slices of seitan ribeye steak, baked potato, and red wine mushrooms.

Take your cookout to the next level with ribeye steak.

What I love about Herbivorous Butcher vegan meats in general but especially their steak, is that you don’t have to worry about overcooking. The steak is thickly cut, which means you can put it on a super hot grill and get some char on the outside without worrying the inside will get too dry.

The grill pack comes with one steak, but you can definitely cut it down to feed a group. We get four meals out of one steak.

Red wine mushrooms with barbecue side dishes - air fryer baked potato and seitan steak.

Serve with any of these barbecue side dishes:

  • Red wine mushrooms sautéed with plenty of garlic
  • Air fryer baked potato loaded with your favorite toppings
  • Buffalo grilled corn on the cob drizzled with vegan blue cheese
  • Avocado caprese salad – because avocado improves any dish
  • Or add it your veggie fajitas along with a dollop of guacamole

Beer brats

Overhead vegan beer brat with spinach salad.

If you love the hoppy flavor of a cold brew, you are going to adore these beer brats. The boozy flavor can totally stand up to a slathering of stoneground mustard and generous helping of sauerkraut.

Serve with any of these veggie side dishes:

  • Easy spinach salad and a simple balsamic dressing
  • Easy roasted cauliflower cooked in the air fryer or oven
  • Crispy cabbage that’s buttery soft on the inside

Jalapeño cheddar brats

Jalapeno cheddar dog on bun with coleslaw.

The jalapeño cheddar brats have the flavor of jalapeño, but without being overly spicy hot. What really stands out is that buttery cheddar flavor. It gets a bit of creamy gooey-ness around the edges.

Serve with these cookout side dishes:

  • Vegan coleslaw that’s ready in minutes
  • A slathering of 3 bean chili on top 
  • Loaded potato slices dotted with cashew cream & seitan bacon

What’s included & how to order

Vegan beer brat covered in sauerkraut with spinach salad as a barbecue side dish.

The grill pack includes:

  • Beer Brats (13 ounces/4 links)
  • Jalapeño Cheddar Brats (13 ounces/4 links)
  • Ribeye Steak (14 ounces)
  • Smoked Mango & Habanero Ribs (12 ounces)

The Herbivorous Butcher grill pack is $85, and that includes shipping. Herbivorous Butcher ships to all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Update: The grill pack is no longer on sale. However, you can order a la carte Herbivorous Butcher products on their website – theherbivorousbutcher.com.

This is a sponsored post with a brand that I use in my own home. Posts like these help me keep fresh recipes coming your way!

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Posted On: April 29, 2019
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About Cadry

Cadry Nelson is the writer, photographer, and recipe creator behind Cadry’s Kitchen, a vegan food & lifestyle blog started in 2009. Through approachable recipes, vegan travel guides, and down-to-earth discussions on the social aspects of being vegan, Cadry shows that living a vegan lifestyle is deliciously uncomplicated. Cadry has been featured on NBC News, Mashable, Today, Reader's Digest, Yahoo, Delish, Shape, and Huffington Post.

Comments

  1. Becky Striepe says

    April 29, 2019 at 8:31 am

    Ooh, I loved their Valentine’s Day meal so much, I think we need to invest in this grill pack over the summer!

    Reply
    • Cadry says

      April 30, 2019 at 11:19 am

      You absolutely should! It really highlights some of the very best things Herbivorous Butcher has to offer. I wish I could travel back in time to give myself their seitan ribs when I was just thinking about going vegetarian. I’d throw one on a plate with some potato salad & greens and say, “You’ll be fiiiiiiiiiine.”

      Reply
  2. Tracey says

    April 29, 2019 at 9:34 am

    Such food porn!!!!!

    Reply
    • Cadry says

      April 30, 2019 at 11:20 am

      You know it!

      Reply
  3. dianne says

    April 29, 2019 at 11:46 am

    Oh my gawd! This kit looks so incredible! I bought the Valentine’s Day kit after reading your post, and I’ll definitely be buying this next!

    Reply
    • Cadry says

      April 30, 2019 at 11:23 am

      You are going to love it! I had a hard time deciding which type of seitan in the pack I liked the best, because they are all so good.

      Reply
  4. Shell says

    April 29, 2019 at 1:05 pm

    This post has me dreaming of summer!

    Reply
    • Cadry says

      April 30, 2019 at 11:24 am

      Same! For some of the video shoot, I was standing outside grilling in a winter coat. Haha! But true grilling weather isn’t far away now!

      Reply
  5. Susan says

    April 29, 2019 at 10:14 pm

    Looks amazing! One day I hope I get to try some of their products.

    Reply
    • Cadry says

      April 30, 2019 at 11:25 am

      I hope so too! They sell Herbivorous Butcher products at Vegan Haven in Seattle now. So the next time you make a trip back to your favorite city, you can pick some up!

      Reply
  6. Sarah De la Cruz says

    May 6, 2019 at 12:33 pm

    This post is making me so hungry! I love Herbivorous Butcher products! I think I had their Korean BBQ ribs last year? I think I need to make a trip to Vegan Haven to stock up for grilling season. Love all of your side dish suggestions too—thank you!!! That brat with sauerkraut looks sooo good!

    Reply
    • Cadry says

      May 7, 2019 at 1:41 pm

      Yes, a trip to Vegan Haven is definitely in order for grilling season! So nice that you can support two vegan companies at once!

      Reply

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