Vegan & Vegetarian Options at Fast Food Restaraunts

As much as I try to avoid it I find myself eating at fast food restaraunts and popular chain restaraunts once in awhile. And sometimes I am in the mood for a little more thand fries and a Coke. There is a handy webpage that I use when I know I will be going to a restaraunt ahead of time:

Vegetarian & Vegan Options at Fast Food Restaraunts

Most restaraunts provide a certain amount of nutritional information on their websites but typically don't go as far as listing ingredients. You can always call the local restaraunt with questions. This has been hit and miss for me. Sometimes I get someone willing to find the package of seasoned curly fries and read the ingredients to me over the phone. Other times the person on the other end doesn't know, doesn't want to know, doesn't care if I know, hates his/her job (who can blame them for that?), etc.

The information provided on the webpage above appears to be pretty well researched. I have no idea how often it is updated. But you may find it useful. There are a lot of restaraunts listed that I would not consider to be 'fast food'. Here is the complete list:

Applebee's - Arby's - Atlanta Bread Company - Au Bon Pain - Auntie Anne's - Baskin-Robbins -Bob's Big Boy - Bojangles - Boston Market - Bruegger's Bagel - Burger King - Carl's JR - Checker's Drive-in Restaurant - Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant - Chili's - Chick-Fil-A - Chuck E. Cheese's - Church's Fried Chicken - Country Kitchen International - Cracker Barrel - Dairy Queen - Del Taco - Damon's - Denny's - Domino's Pizza - Dunkin' Donuts - Eat'N Park - El Chico's - El Pollo Loco - Fazoli's - Fresh Choice - Fuddruckers - Godfather's Pizza - Golden Fried Chicken - Gold Star Chili - Hardee's - Hot Stuff Pizza - Jack in the Box - Kentucky Fried Chicken - Krispy Kreme - Little Caesar's - Long John Silver's - Manchu Wok - Manhattan Bagel - Mazzio's Pizza - McDonald's - Miami Subs - Moe's - Nathan's - Olive Garden - Panera - Papa John's - Perkins - Pizza Hut - Pizzeria Uno Chicago Grill - Popeye's - Rally's - Rita's Italian Ices - Round Table Pizza - Shakey's - Sonic Drive-in Restaurant - Souplantation and Sweet Tomatoes - Steak Escape - Subway - Swiss Chalet - Taco Bell - Taco John's - Taco Time - TCBY - Tim Hortons - T.G.I. Fridays - Tony Roma's - Wendy's - Western Sizzlin's - Western Steer - Whataburger

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. Are there any fellow nerds out there who can tell me where they have heard that before?

Free Vegan Cookbooks

The Vitalita Culinary Group (VCG) is offering two vegan cookbooks that you can download for free. Both books together offer over 150 original vegan recipes. You can access .pdf versions of either book by clicking the pictures at the bottom of this post. When I was looking through them The Blood Orange Sherbet caught my eye (pictured above) as well as the Saffron-Garbanzo Rice Pilaf Wrapped in Filo (pictured below.)

You can purchase printed versions of these cookbooks for $16 each from their website.

The electronic versions are free to download but are intended as shareware. Therefore, if you enjoy using them, you are asked to send a $10 contribution (for each cookbook) to show your appreciation. All proceeds from these cookbooks are donated to Vegan Outreach (a non-profit vegan advocacy/education group). You can send all contributions directly to Vegan Outreach at:

Vegan Outreach

P.O. Box 30865

Tucson, AZ 85751-0865 USA

Or you can make an electronic donation at http://www.veganoutreach.org/.

If you try any of these recipes, please leave a comment and let us know how it turned out!

VegBlogs: Vegan Blog Tracker

I just discovered a great way to keep track of what is going on at multiple vegan blogs: http://www.vegblogs.com/

"VegBlogs fetches the latest vegan blog posts from around the web to help you find stories and podcasts that interest you. "

Vegan Twinkies

I'm going to eat a Twinkie. Who woulda thunk it? Because they contain animal fat I have not eaten a Twinkie since becoming vegetarian, long before my transition to veganism. To tell the truth I never thought they were THAT good even when I was a kid. I always enjoyed my Mom's home baking more than anything that was available in a crinkly plastic wrapper. But now I will eat one just because I can.



I recently stumbled on this post at shmooed food that provides a recipe which, according to the reviews, tastes better than real Twinkies anyway. Now all I need is my own Hostess Twinkie Baking Set which is available at Amazon for the low, low price of $9.99 and I can live the dream.

Welcome - good vegan recipe links

Hello and welcome to Vegan Recipes from Idahovegan. If you try any of the recipes, please leave a comment and let me know what you think. If you have any suggestions for improvement, please let me know.

Here are some links that I find useful:


Chef Deb's recipe discussion forum at vegsource:
http://www.vegsource.com/talk/recipes/index.html
The software used for the forum is truly terrible, but Chef Deb is a genius and will answer your questions regarding recipes and ingredient substitutions.

Recipezaar:
http://www.recipezaar.com/
My last search for the keyword "vegan" showed 943 results. Two things that stand out to me about this website are the abundant reviews of recipes, and the fact that you can adjust the number of servings you want and get a customized ingredients list. The reviews are very helpful. It irks me when I try a recipe from a cookbook or website (or some lousy blog!) and it turns out to be bland or with a less than appetizing texture. It seems to happen a lot. WE NEED QUALITY CONTROL!