By Anne Custer<\/p>\n
The dreaded, \u201cWhere do you want to go to eat?\u201d question might make you
\npanic if you are worried about finding something to eat at a restaurant
\nin a carnivore\u2019s world. Or the panic can be from being indecisive, like
\nme. Either way, eating out as a vegan is surprisingly easy and I\u2019ve been
\nable to find something almost everywhere I\u2019ve been.<\/p>\n
First of all, tell your waiter you are vegan! Emily Moss has found that
\nbeing upfront with your server before ordering really helps. She
\nexplains, \u201cSince they know more about the menu than you do, they\u2019re
\nnormally willing to point out the things that are already vegan or that
\ncan be made vegan.\u201d Moss works at a restaurant as a host and she has
\ndiscovered that the chef is willing to prepare a whole different menu
\nfor vegans. \u201cI\u2019m always worried that everyone will hate me for changing
\nthings in a dish,\u201d explains Moss, \u201cbut a lot of the time people are
\nhappy to accommodate.\u201d<\/p>\n
When I first get a menu, I look for a vegetarian section. If I don\u2019t see
\none, I start at the beginning looking for any vegetable or hummus
\nplatter in the appetizers. If I can\u2019t find anything besides a fried
\nvegetable or if I want an actual meal, I move on. I quickly glance at
\nthe salad section. Most salads are laced with cheese, meat, and
\nmilk-based dressings so I\u2019m never very hopeful. In my experience, I have
\nbeen stuck eating a lame meal of iceberg lettuce with two slices of
\ncucumber. If you are craving a salad, Josephine Trombadore suggests to
\nnot be afraid to ask for menu alterations. If there is chicken on a
\nsalad, ask them to take it off and substitute it with sliced avocado or
\nmore veggies. After the salad portion of the menu, I make my way through
\nthe sections of chicken, steak, and fish to the pasta section. When in
\ndoubt, pasta is usually a safe bet. Before ordering, verify with your
\nwaiter that the pasta is not made with eggs. If it\u2019s not on the menu,
\nyou can always ask for spaghetti noodles with marinara sauce and no
\nparmesan. To make it pasta primavera, order a side of steamed vegetables
\nand make your own. If I\u2019m not in the mood for pasta, I look at the
\nsandwich\/burger section. A surprising number of restaurants offer some
\ntype of veggie burger or roasted vegetable sandwich. When all else
\nfails, there will likely be some type of vegetable side dishes or
\ngrains. Order a few of those to make a satisfying meal.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinding something vegan on the menu is only half the battle,\u201d explains
\nJosephine Trombadore, \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to find healthy vegan options.
\nOften times, eating vegan means having to settle for a plate of fries,
\nwhich isn\u2019t exactly a healthy option.\u201d When finding something is at its
\nworst, it may be best to just eat after. It is possible to come across a
\nmenu where there are no viable options. This happened to me traveling
\ndown south to the beach one year. We stopped at a burger joint and I
\nperused the menu to find nothing I could eat. Instead of ordering fries,
\nI waited until my family was finished, then went to Subway and ordered a sub.<\/p>\n
Not that I doubt my ability to find something vegan on a menu, but I
\nalways look up the menu for wherever I am going. If I am craving a
\nparticular dish and they don\u2019t offer it, I like to be primed to eat
\nsomething else. I always like to be prepared and know what my options
\nare. If you don\u2019t find anything at first glance, you can always eat
\nbefore you go. People mainly eat out to socialize so look at it from
\nthat angle and not, \u201cI\u2019m miserable because I can\u2019t eat anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Next time, ask your friends or family if they want to try a vegetarian By Anne Custer The dreaded, \u201cWhere do you want to go to eat?\u201d question might make you panic if you are worried about finding something to eat at a restaurant in a carnivore\u2019s world. Or the panic can be from being indecisive, like me. Either way, eating out as a vegan is surprisingly easy and […]<\/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-7752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752","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=7752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7753,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7752\/revisions\/7753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nor vegan restaurant, or at least a veg-friendly one. You might be
\nsurprised how willing they are to try new things! Here is a full list of
\nveggie restaurants nationwide and in Canada: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/restaurant\/index.php.
\n<\/a>
\nAnne Custer wrote this piece while doing an internship with The Vegetarian Resource Group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"