Well, we are back in Kentucky for the week due to the upcoming holidays and nothing says welcome back to the south than sweet tea!!! Ugh. Must remember to ask for unsweet tea...but that's besides the point. Anyway, today was difficult to get food that didn't contain loads of meat. We started by going to the coffee shop for lunch as we seriously wanted their vegan black bean burgers. Unfortunately, due to the economy, they have started closing on Mondays. Damn, no black bean burger. So off to Mancino's we went for pizza (minus the cheese of course) with mushrooms, black olive, and green olives. Quite tasty.
For dinner we wanted bean burritos and decided to do a modified 7-layer and headed on over to Taco Bell. Lo-and-behold, we pull into Taco Bell and it is CLOSED. WTH??? Why must they be closed when I crave a burrito??? At this point we gave up and headed over to the closest grocery store. There we picked up the necessary 'fixin's' for spaghetti (whole wheat noodles of course and onion/garlic marinara sauce). We walked over to the soymilk section and saw something that made my heart sing...soy nog!!! We picked up a couple of cartons of nog and then I found something I have never seen before-Silk Mint Chocolate Soymilk. It is like drinking Andes mint chocolate yummies.
So, as stated earlier, we are in KY for the week. We split the drive up into 2 days as we had to make a detour through Mississippi. Having lived in Mississippi before, I knew the vegan options aren't plentiful in this particular area of the nation. Fortunately I planned for this part of the trip...I stocked up on wraps that I kept in the cooler and had plenty of snacks in my bag. For meals we had Tom's Tabooley (sp?) Spicy Tofu and Thai wraps that were great! (And I'm sure I got the names wrong...my memory is failing me at the moment...). We also snacked on Luna bars, raw cashews/almonds/pecans, and some bbq chips (gotta have the chips!). It was actually some of the best road food I've had. I will have to see if there is anyway I can duplicate the experience for the way back...
And as usual...all this talk of food has made me hungry, so I think I am going to raid the hummus stash. Yum...Keep your fingers crossed that where ever we go tomorrow the place isn't closed.
Off to the fridge...and Happy MoFo from Kentucky!
BTW, currently having an interesting conversation on the phone with Michelle about the differences between yams and sweet potatoes. I am learning quite a bit...seriously. now I want sweet potato fries.
What part of kentucky are you in? Louisville has anything and everything vegan you could want. Lexington has options too. If you're in either of those towns let me know and I'll point you in the right direction.
ReplyDeleteabout an hour/hour and a half south of louisville in glasgow. when i was living here last winter i was in louisville almost every week and totally fell in love with amazing grace whole foods store (i hope i got the name right...). the co-op in austin where i shop reminds me of amazing grace so much! my favorite restaurant in louisville is ramsi's over on bardstown road. can't wait to go back and eat there!
ReplyDeleteramsis is great. there is another small health food store that i like called rainbow blossom. my favorite location is the one on lexington road.
ReplyDeletethere is an all veg asian restaurant- zen garden.
also simply thai, vietnam kitchen, the grape leaf, and dakshin (indian) will not disapoint.
ooo, thanks for the additional places to try the next time i'm there! will also have to hit up rainbow blossom. always on the lookout for cool new places to shop.
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