Sometimes Vegan Night is Take-out Night
Monday It's Vegan Night: Let's face it, sometimes the best a busy parent can do to get a healthy veg meal on the table at the end of a busy day is to stop at a restaurant or grocery strore on the way home to pick up something pre-made.
The good news is that the unhealthy, frozen TV dinners that many of us remember from childhood aren't our only option to feed our kids today. Amy's Kitchen meals are some of our favorites. From the vegan ziti kids meal to the other ethnic vegan meals for "grown ups" that our "someday grown ups" love, too, there's plenty of relatively healthy veg options that you can pull out of your grocer's freezer and into your stove or microwave in a pinch. Our favorites include the Amy's Black Bean Vegan Enchiladas Whole Meal and the Indian Mattar Tofu.
Take-out is another option for vegan families in a hurry, albeit somewhat more expensive. We attended VegFest here in the Tampa Bay area this weekend, which my teenage daughter referred to as a veg eater's "Heaven." We tried food from Evos, the first truly healthy fast food chain, and from the Loving Hut. Check those links to see if either chain restaurant is in your area. We also experienced some amazing vegan food from some of the local food trucks that specialize in healthy food options, including a delicious Ethopian veggie platter from one local vendor.
Don't forget to explore your community for vegan options that may be your next Meatless Monday option, one for which the only culinary fingers you need to lift are those to pay the bill!
Keep working for change,
Dana
This article was posted on Monday October 17th, 2011
Post Topics: vegan food for kids, vegan fast food, take-out vegan food, evos, loving hut
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