Archive for April, 2007
Apr
2007
Stef and I tried out eating vegan for Lent this year. It’s definitely a lot harder to eat vegan than it is vegetarian. This is especially true when you don’t cook much. And who’s got time to cook? Nearly every restaurant has vegetarian options, but it’s very difficult to get something that’s completely vegan. It seems like everything has either milk, butter, egg, or honey in it.
Thank goodness for Lovin’ Spoonfuls [http://lovinspoonfuls.com]! We ate there often. We also found a good Vegan pizza place that’s just around the corner from our place. We also found vegan options at:
*Rocco’s Little Chicago Pizza
*Magpies Pizza
*Pei Wei
*Chipotle
*Chopped (the hot Thai peanut dressing is vegan!)
*sandwiches at The Co-Op on 4th and the Shop Natural Market on Tool Ave
*Zivaz (after highly modifying how the tofu fajitas come)
*Jamba Juice (try the vegan apple cinnamon pretzel)
*Xoom Juice (all their drinks can be made non-dairy)
*Epic Cafe (lots of vegan pastries)
*Bentley’s (by the UofA. fantastic veggie burger, get it with the garlic spread in place of the mayonnaise)
*The Cup at Hotel Congress (Awesome vegan French toast, but why do they serve it with a side of butter?!)
*Govinda’s (great Sunday brunch buffet. All vegetarian with many vegan options)
*Casbah on 4th
Now that Lent is over it’s nice to be a less limited on food options. We’re going out for Mexican tonight. We really missed it. It’s hard to eat Mexican without cheese. It was a good experience and I am going to try to limit my egg and dairy consumption, but I don’t foresee completely eliminating it again anytime soon.