{"id":21238,"date":"2023-05-22T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=21238"},"modified":"2023-05-22T09:07:01","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T13:07:01","slug":"vegan-dinners-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2023\/05\/22\/vegan-dinners-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Vegan Dinners on the Road"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD<\/p>\n

Imagine a 10-day road trip to some of the most scenic areas of the American West \u2013 days filled with hikes and nights filled with star-gazing. Now, imagine doing a combination of car camping and staying in small motels in remote areas. My husband and I recently returned from such a trip. We suspected that we weren\u2019t going to find vegan restaurants and that vegan offerings at local restaurants would be limited. We weren\u2019t even sure if local grocery stores would have much to offer other than fresh fruit and fresh or frozen vegetables. We opted to bring most of our food from home and supplement it with a stop or two at grocery stores near where we were staying. Neither of us wanted to spend a lot of time cooking. We prepared food on either an old camp stove or in a motel microwave.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what we ate:<\/p>\n

Day 1: <\/strong>Leftovers from home kept cool in an ice chest \u2013 Sesame noodle salad with tofu and vegetables<\/p>\n

Day 2: <\/strong>Canned vegan chili beans over microwaved sweet potatoes<\/p>\n

Day 3: <\/strong>Reconstituted TVP with vegan sloppy Joe sauce over microwaved potatoes, carrot sticks<\/p>\n

Day 4: <\/strong>Canned vegan lentil soup with bread and carrot sticks<\/p>\n

Day 5: <\/strong>Ramen noodles with cubed silken tofu and frozen vegetable medley<\/p>\n

Day 6: <\/strong>Coconut Squash Dahl (in pouch) over 10-minute farro with frozen vegetable medley, bread<\/p>\n

Day 7:<\/strong> Ramen noodles with TVP and canned green beans, bread<\/p>\n

Day 8: <\/strong>Canned vegan baked beans with canned sliced potatoes, carrot sticks<\/p>\n

Day 9: <\/strong>Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (not motivated to cook), fruit<\/p>\n

These dinner ideas would work for quick-and-easy meals whether or not you are traveling.<\/p>\n

For more ideas for quick and easy meals while traveling see:<\/p>\n

Cheap, Easy Vegan Camping Food<\/a><\/p>\n

Take it Outside<\/a><\/p>\n

Vegan on the Road<\/a><\/p>\n

For travel guides see:<\/p>\n

Vegan Journal’s Guide to Vegetarian and Vegan Restaurants in the U.S. and Canada<\/a><\/p>\n

Vegetarian Travel and Restaurants<\/a><\/p>\n

Veggie Dining Options at US National Parks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Reed Mangels, PhD, RD Imagine a 10-day road trip to some of the most scenic areas of the American West \u2013 days filled with hikes and nights filled with star-gazing. Now, imagine doing a combination of car camping and staying in small motels in remote areas. My husband and I recently returned from such […]<\/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-21238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21238","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=21238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21339,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21238\/revisions\/21339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}