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I'm new to this site, so I thought I'd say hello, and start a thread that hasn't been discussed yet. (Well I think it hasn't!)
When you're traveling and have to eat in restaurants (or brown bag it) what do you eat? Especially since there's not a lot of vegetarian/ vegan restaurants along the highway. I know that some chain restaurants have veggie burgers and salads, but not much more for us. My wife and I have gone into some restaurants that don't have anything on the menu for us, so we've asked for "custom" meals....maybe veggies, rice, salad and bread. Most of the time it works out OK. One trip we took (9- 10 years ago) to Texas (from CA) was very lacking in anything vegetarian...so we made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches....a lot! We're a lot more resourceful these days on road trips and take along an ice chest with good healthy food we can make...and snack while driving.
If I do a planned trip, there's really no problem with food. Like you, I take along an ice chest...stop often to let the critter out (that'd be my pup!), and snack.
There're are so many options these days (IF you live in an area where such veg travel food items are readily available), it's a non-issue if you are able to plan ahead.
There are even dehydrated veg items for backpackers, mtn climbers. Maybe not a fine dining experience, but I'd rather sit outside in the country, than inside at some greasy, stinky truck stop!
She goes to some great veggie restaurants in those videos! I get hungry just watching them. According to Yvonne (who produces and stars in the videos), the Food Network is considering whether to start airing her show.
Happy Cow (Vegetarian restaurants guide and directory of natural health food stores by HappyCow) has some great resources for veggie restaurants all over. If that doesn't help, I do some research on my own. I actually don't pack a ton of food in a cooler, I have a paranoia of stuff going bad. I figure that most places, I can find at least a decent grocery store with peanut butter and wheat bread, if absolutely nothing else.
Before a trip, I generally take the time to look up a few vegetarian restuarants online and read the reviews. I have found some extraoridinary restuarants this way!
Also, generally breakfast places as well as Tapas, Indian, Japanese/Chinese, Italian,Thai, etc have many nonmeat options.
Any good veggie places in Philly and DC? I'll be travelling there soon and wanted to know if there are any recommendations. Thanks!
I do not know about Philly, but DC has several nice vegetarian restaurants.
here is a link VegDC.com: Restaurants
My favorite is Java Green, great smoothies, brunch and asian influenced vegan cuisine. Yum. I miss this place!!!!
Another great choice is Vegetate.
If you travel out to Takoma Park, go to Mark's Kitchen and in College Park there is the Berwyn Cafe, they have some amazing Falafel and hummus, great tempeh sandwiches etc. Both are accessible from the Metro.
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I pack lots of snacks--usually making food for a few days beforehand (I'm thinking of our two 1,500-2000 mile trips), making cookies, snack mixes, cutting up veggies, putting together baggies of crackers and such together.
My husband's last job required him to travel a lot, spending week(s) in a hotel, so he bought a one-burner plug-in deal, as well as a cheap pot, and made small one-pot meals. We did the same for our last trip. It saved on money and we could travel further everyday because we didn't have to figure in the time for a restuarant stop (it is also hard to get the kids back in the car after a long day of driving).
We also try to figure out the area that we are going to stop and then I look online for any good ideas beforehand.
Any good veggie places in Philly and DC? I'll be travelling there soon and wanted to know if there are any recommendations. Thanks!
I'm vegan and live in the philly suburbs, yes it's hard for people like us to get a good meal out (besides a salad). Try Gianna's which is on 6th St off of South St. Great food, every thing is available vegan and they have awesome vegan desserts. Nodding head brewery on Sampson St. offers some vegetarian items on their menu (plus good beer). If your thinking chinese, in china town they are some vegan only places like Kingdom of the Vegetarian. Good luck..
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