For Christmas, Picard offers many vegan dishes, to democratize plant-based food

In France, Picard is almost synonymous with frozen products. And for good reason, the company founded in 1906 has established itself as an industry leader in France, controlling almost 20% of the market in 2014, according to The echoes. As always for the end of year celebrations, the cold giant puts the dishes in the big ones. This year, on the other hand, the novelty is remarkable, given that it also offers just enough to easily create a vegan menu.

What’s on Picard’s vegan menu for the holiday season?

In fact, Picard is now offering festive dishes without animal ingredients. For the aperitif, 8 brown aperitif gifts and tangerine jelly will please lovers of sweet and savoury. To begin with, the vegetable delight, cashews, mushrooms will make you forget the controversial foie gras. As main courses, the sweet potato gnocchi with butternut squash sauce will delight the palate. Another choice of accompaniment, the fried potato, mushrooms, jackdaw, chestnut will be the equivalent of a walk in the woods for the taste buds. Finally, for dessert, the mango lemon and pear ice cream with red fruits will delight 8 diners.

So we can rejoice that a frozen food behemoth like Picard is offering a vegan party menu. This will be able to appeal to vegans who don’t have the time or inclination to cook. But also full-time or part-time omnivores (also called flexitarians for chic). Indeed, the latter can easily turn to these ready-made, gourmet and festive vegetable alternatives. This delightful party cinch also has the added benefit of being easy to transport should you ever be invited somewhere so you don’t arrive empty handed. In short, there are even more options for greening dishes wherever you go.

Front page photo credit: Picard.