Inspired by Alicia Silverstone's "The Kind Diet" and Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food," we want to experience the vegan lifestyle to improve our health, boycott animal suffering, and reduce our carbon footprint.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Vegan-friendly Dining 101

Tonight I am going out to eat. I am excited for a change from my cooking.  Fortunately, my friends know that I pick good restaurants due to my love of Yelp.com, so they usually let me pick the spot.  So now when I know I'm dining out, I do the following:
1) Check with my friends for any special requests/cravings/locations.
2) Search Yelp.com for restaurants that fit the requests. If my friends are super adventurous, then I type "vegan" into the search field.  :-)
3) Scan through the reviews and search for "vegan" keywords (ie. "This is NOT recommended for vegans!" "I asked the waitress, and she was very helpful in pointing out vegan-friendly menu options.")
4) Visit the restaurant's website and search their menu for vegan options or entrees that could be converted to vegan (ie. "Pasta primavera - no cheese please!)
5) Eat and enjoy.

You can also just wing it, but you may end up hungry.  Last night I went to a Cirque du Soleil show and ended up buying a $5 smoothie that tasted WAY to sugary to be actually natural.  I couldn't finish it - gross.  Thankfully, I brought almonds along!

Day 34 Food Journal:
-oatmeal
-orange
-chili, salad
-popcorn
-whole wheat penne with tomato sauce and mushrooms, bread with EVOO/balsamic/garlic, 2 glasses red wine

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