# Frozen Vegan Dinners Gardein's 'Skillet Meal for 2' Makes Quick and Easy Meatless Meals By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2016-04-01 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meatless-meals References: [chooseveg](http://www.chooseveg.com/this-new-product-line-will-make-veganism) & [gardein](https://gardein.com/) Just as there are many heat-and-eat frozen meals for omnivores, there's a new line of all-in-one meatless meals from Gardein. These 'Skillet Meals for 2' combine vegetables and a hearty base with the brand's own imitation meat products. The four product types that are being introduced later this year include globally inspired dishes like: Asian Chick'n Fried Rice, Chick'n Florentino Pasta, Italian Rigatoni and Chick'n Fiesta. This new collection of products is one of the most highly anticipated items to come out of this year's Natural Products Expo West. Now that plant-based eating is on the rise, consumers may be able to expect more convenient frozen meal kits like these that make their dietary choices a little easier to manage. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.3/10 - Popularity: 20% | Activity: 10% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Food](https://www.trendhunter.com/food) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Convenient Vegan Meal Kits:** Meatless meal kits that cater to the rise of plant-based eating. - **Global Flavors in Meat-free Meals:** Combining ethnic-inspired flavors with imitation meat products appeals to a wide range of consumers following plant-based diets. - **All-in-one Skillet Meals:** Mixing vegetables, hearty base and imitation meat offer a tasty and quick meal option, perfect for busy people striving to maintain a healthy diet. ### Who This Affects Most - **Frozen Food:** Frozen food industry has an opportunity to create meat-free meals that cater to the increasing demand for plant-based eating. - **Food Delivery Services:** Food delivery services can expand into offering more meatless options for customers, particularly convenient plant-based meals. - **Food Manufacturing:** Food manufacturers have the opportunity to create more plant-based meals free from meat to target the growing number of consumers choosing plant-based lifestyles. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Meatless Ready-to-Heat Meals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ready-to-heat-meal.md) - [Extensive Frozen Meal Ranges](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/new-frozen-meals.md) - [Better-For-You Frozen Entrées](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/better-for-you-frozen-entrees.md) - [Meatless Indian Meals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/shicken.md) - [Heat-and-Eat Plant-Based Meals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/merchant-gourmet-meals-in-minutes.md) - [Multi-Serve Vegan Entrees](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vegan-entrees.md) - [Vegan-Friendly Frozen Foods](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/garden-gourmet.md) - [Ready-to-Eat Vegan Meals](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/readytoeat-vegan-meal.md) - [Single-Serve Plant-Based Entrées](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/single-serve-plant-based-entrees.md)