{"id":13346,"date":"2019-03-28T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=13346"},"modified":"2019-03-20T11:37:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T15:37:50","slug":"vegan-foods-available-at-loyola-university-of-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/28\/vegan-foods-available-at-loyola-university-of-maryland\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Foods Available at Loyola University of Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Loyola.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Loyola.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Loyola-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Taylor\nGale <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: (v)\n= vegan and (vg) = vegetarian items<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am\ncurrently a senior and have been vegetarian and now vegan throughout my entire\ncareer at Loyola University of Maryland. Being vegan on campus has been very\ndifficult to navigate, but do not fret if you are vegan or vegetarian at Loyola\nbecause I have outlined all of the items that are easily accessible and veg-friendly!\nCold Spring Sushi is an Asian cuisine take-out style vendor located near the\nStarbucks common area in the Andrew White Student center. Similarly, Taqueria\nis a Mexican-style food vendor located outside of the main dining halls within\nthe student center. Loyola\u2019s Starbucks is located between Cold Spring Sushi and\nTaqueria, offering a wide variety of drink and food options for all people with\ndietary restrictions. Our Starbucks is very popular, which at one point was the\nmost profitable Starbucks in all of Maryland! Loyola students go to Starbucks\nto do their homework hyped up on a refreshing and typically caffeinated drink\nto get them through the extensive work ahead of them. From my experiences of\nasking the workers, dining management, and researching the food ingredients,\nthe following items are available to vegetarians, but particularly vegans on\ncampus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cold Spring Sushi:<\/strong> Open Monday- Thursday 11am-7pm,\nFriday 11am-4pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cold\nSpring Sushi offers a vegan appetizer\u2014edamame. For sushi options, Cold Spring\nsushi offers a vegetable roll (v) and sweet potato roll (vg), which can be made\nvegan if you ask the servers to make a fresh sweet potato roll without the\nspicy mayo on top. The same can be said for their delicious vegetarian poke\nbowl. The poke bowl is a filling and delicious meal to have! The bowl is\nlayered with rice, seaweed salad, carrots, lettuce, fresh edamame, ginger,\nwasabi, and siracha mayo, which again can be requested to leave out the mayo in\norder to make the dish vegan! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Taqueria:<\/strong> Monday-Thursday 11am-6pm, Friday\n11am-3pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taqueria\noffers up a wide selection of veg options for students and faculty. You have\nthe choice of creating a bowl, burrito or tacos. Although the pinto beans are prepared\nin pig fat, students have the option of choosing black beans and their\nvegetarian medley, which is fully vegan. They used to offer tofu, but they recently\ntook it off of their menu. For toppings, Taqueria offers, shredded romaine lettuce,\npico de gallo, salsa, saut\u00e9ed peppers and onions, black bean and corn salsa,\njalape\u00f1os, and avocado. For an added cost, you can order a side of: cilantro\nlime rice, brown rice, black beans, chips and salsa, or chips and guacamole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Starbucks:<\/strong> Monday- Thursday 7:30am-9pm,\nFriday 7:30am-6pm, Saturday 9am-6pm, Sunday 9am-9pm <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately,\nit is easy to make many of Starbucks drinks non-dairy! They offer traditional\nmilk substitutes, such as almond milk, soy milk, and coconut milk. Whenever you\nare ordering, always specify that you do not want whipped cream, because\nsometimes the server will not ask and just assume that you want the whipped\ncream, which is not vegan. The following items are what Starbucks and its\nworkers say are vegan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Non-dairy Syrups:<\/strong> The non-dairy syrups offered at\nStarbuck include, Caramel flavored syrup\/ Sugar Free Caramel (NOT the\ndairy-based caramel drizzle), Toffee Nut syrup, mocha syrup, Vanilla\/ Sugar\nFree Vanilla, Hazelnut \/Sugar Free Hazelnut, Almond, Macadamia, and\nGingerbread. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Holiday Featured Drinks:<\/strong> Oftentimes, their featured holiday\ndrinks can be easily made vegan, or at least one of the options are already\nvegan. My personal favorite is the Chestnut Praline Latte with coconut milk\nwithout the added whipped cream topping. Other options include, Toffee Coconut\nHot Chocolate (you can make this by ordering a classic Hot Chocolate made with\ncoconut milk with added pumps of toffee nut syrup), Holiday Spice Flat White,\nCinnamon Latte, Peppermint Mocha, Apple Cider, and Gingerbread Latte. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Refreshers: <\/strong>Strawberry A\u00e7ai (add coconut milk\nto make it creamy!), Very Berry Hibiscus, Pink Drink, and Mango Dragonfruit. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vegan or Available as Vegan\nStarbucks Drinks and Coffees:<\/strong>\nCaf\u00e9 Americano, Latte, Mocha Frappuccino, Caf\u00e9 Misto (nix the dairy-based\nmilk), Cappuccino, Hazelnut Latte, Green Tea Cr\u00e8me Frappuccino (minus the\nwhipped cream), Green Tea Latte, Peppermint Mocha Latte, Vanilla Latte, Chocolate\nand Strawberry Smoothie (if you nix the regular protein powder and substitute\ntheir Almond or Cacao protein powder), Strawberries and Cr\u00e8me Frappuccino (no\nwhipped cream), Teavana Iced Oprah Cinnamon Chai Tea Latte, Classic Hot\nChocolate (made with mocha syrup instead of real chocolate, but again nix the\nwhipped cream), Latte Macchiato, Caramel Frappuccino, Caramel Macchiato, London\nFog Latte, Flat White, Java Chip Frappuccino (minus the Java chips). <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Always\nmake sure to add one of the vegan milk substitutes, which are listed above, but\nyou have to specify to the server the type of milk that you would like or else\nthese drinks will not be vegan. The rule of thumb for ordering drinks at\nStarbucks is always assume that the drinks need to be substituted with a\nnon-dairy milk alternative and to specify no whipped cream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vegan Foods: <\/strong>Classic Oatmeal (which comes with mixed\nfruit, mixed nuts, and brown sugar (I am not positive if their sugar is vegan\nso to be safe ask for the oatmeal without the brown sugar), Emmy\u2019s coconut\ncookies, Hippeas snacks, Barbeque potato chips, avocado spread, sprouted grain\nbagel, and their plain bagel. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn\nmore about other vegan and vegetarian options on Loyola\u2019s campus, check out my\nfellow intern Emma\u2019s article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/vegan-foods-at-loyola-university-in-maryland\/\">https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/11\/vegan-foods-at-loyola-university-in-maryland\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\ncontents of this posting, our website, and our other publications, including\nVegetarian Journal, are not intended to provide personal medical advice.\nMedical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We\noften depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It\nis impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have\ndifferent views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgment about\nwhether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or\nconfirmation on your own<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Taylor Gale Note: (v) = vegan and (vg) = vegetarian items I am currently a senior and have been vegetarian and now vegan throughout my entire career at Loyola University of Maryland. 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