I thought I’d follow yesterday’s post with an example from my life. This weekend happen to contain a lot of “outside” food for me.
Saturday a friend and I picked up pizza from a place that has a new vegan cheese. Our pizza had roasted garlic, spinach, artichoke, this vegan cheese, and sauce on a whole wheat crust. I know you won’t find that kind of pizza just anywhere but in some larger or more progressive cities you could.
Then Sunday we had brunch at an all vegetarian restaurant. We shared a nice salad with some kind of creamy basil dressing (good stuff), some vegan french toast, coffee cake, and what they called a sunrise burrito. Again, you may not have such a place near you, but also, this isn’t in any way a typical weekend for me. Later that day we finished the leftover pizza.
Today I ate mostly at home. Breakfast was nice - just apples. I had a meeting at 7:00 pm and was really in the mood for a Del Taco burrito but didn’t have the time to get there so I settled for Taco Bell. It’s really easy to get no cheese there, just say “fresco style” and they substitute it with a tomato and cilantro salsa.
After the meeting, some of the people involved like to go to the Big Boy restaurant which is not veg friendly at all. I think your only options there are salad and french fries. Maybe they could make up a fruit bowl. But I’m really there for the company and not the food. I had already had some dinner before the meeting so I was pretty well set anyway. (a tip for situations where you may not have food options - eat before you go)
Even without those places I went to which have some specific vegan items on the menu, there are plenty of options for food outside of the home. You can get veggie pizzas anywhere, though their vegetable selection may not be the greatest. And if you’re OK with dairy and egg, most breakfast places can provide you with pancakes, french toast, or waffles. Surely you have a Taco Bell somewhere around you. There are four just in my little city here. The beans do not contain lard, but they do have hydrogenated oils. You knew it wasn’t health food anyway, right?
So, what kind of veg food do you like to get when you’re out?
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