{"id":17556,"date":"2021-06-18T10:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17556"},"modified":"2021-06-03T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:45:55","slug":"vegan-foods-liked-by-non-vegetarian-friends-of-vrg-interns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/18\/vegan-foods-liked-by-non-vegetarian-friends-of-vrg-interns\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Foods Liked by Non-Vegetarian Friends of VRG Interns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By Callie Showalter, The Vegetarian Resource Group Intern<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-vegans eat\nvegan food every day\u2014sometimes even without realizing it. Many non-vegetarian\nfriends of VRG interns are, of course, eating foods like hummus, nuts, and\nfruit\u2014which aren\u2019t marketed as vegan, but are definitely vegan staples. Many\nnon-vegans also enjoy typical American foods, just without the meat. For\nexample, Rachel Eldering stated that her non-vegan friends enjoy meat\nsubstitutes like Impossible foods or vegan chicken, which is most typically\navailable in her area under brands like Gardein and LightLife. Similarly,\nintern Lucia Rivera said that she has friends who enjoy vegetarian foods such\nas the Impossible Burger and veggie pizza. She also added that, for teenagers,\na typical daily diet may depend on what their parents serve them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Branching out from items such as pizza and\nburgers, there are also many vegetarian-friendly dishes from cultures across\nthe globe. For example, intern Shantika Bhat stated that her friends like vegan\njapchae<\/em>, a noodle dish originating in\nKorea. They also enjoy puliyogare<\/em>,\nwhich is a south Indian rice dish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Intern Julia Comino said that many of her\nfriends will eat vegan and vegetarian meals because she offers them leftovers\nwhen she makes large pasta or curry dishes. Cooking meals and sharing them with\nothers is a fantastic way to encourage non-vegetarian friends and family to try\nmeat-free or vegan meals. Julia also added that although vegan foods aren\u2019t\nvery accessible where she lives, she and her friends will visit Taco Bell and\norder the vegetarian Black Bean Crunch Wrap. You can even order it fresco\nstyle, without the dairy. Taco Bell has hundreds of locations across North\nAmerica, and might be a great option if someone you know wants to go vegan, but\nthey don\u2019t otherwise have a lot of access to veg-friendly meals where they\nlive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Simon Brown, like Julia, stated that his\nnon-vegan friends will eat vegan meals when someone cooks the meal for them. He\nalso added that many of his friends don\u2019t tend to choose vegan substitutes like\nthe Impossible Burger. Rather, they more typically eat vegan food\nunintentionally when eating at Indian, Mediterranean, or Ethiopian\nrestaurants\u2014all of which serve many vegetarian meals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     So, non-vegetarian people of all ages and\ncultures can find vegan foods to enjoy. There are tons of vegan meals, spanning\nacross many cultures. Whether it\u2019s from a fast food restaurant, or is homemade,\nvegan food is delicious and diverse. More and more young people are choosing\ndiets that contain little to no meat. Non-vegans are getting increased exposure\nto vegetarian food because meat-free options are now popping up everywhere, and\nthe options will only keep increasing.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some ideas\nabout what to serve vegetarian friends, see https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/teen\/#friends<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Callie Showalter, The Vegetarian Resource Group Intern Non-vegans eat vegan food every day\u2014sometimes even without realizing it. Many non-vegetarian friends of VRG interns are, of course, eating foods like hummus, nuts, and fruit\u2014which aren\u2019t marketed as vegan, but are definitely vegan staples. Many non-vegans also enjoy typical American foods, just without the meat. For […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17558,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17556\/revisions\/17558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}