MOOD: Quitting smoking. Horrible headache.
COLOR: The color of the day is pink. I've been thinking of watermelon.
Alright, so I haven't cooked much this week. Not sure what happened there but it could very well be related to the tension headaches smoking has been giving me and the crabby-pants not smoking hath wrought.
Last night I made some thick rigatoni noodles with four-cheese alfredo, pesto, and caramelized onions. I chased it with some candy and a whole lot of Cheez-Its. Something about not feeling well makes me want to stuff myself with CHEESE.
But there are still things to share! A lot of things! I bring you plentiful knowledge about vegan/vegetarian restaurant enjoyment. FIRST there is THE LOVING HUT, an international vegan-friendly restaurant. The closest one is Chicago and boy, do I want to go there. I won't lie to you, the menu at Ecopolitan is kind of gross to me. Nut cheese and all. This sweet, sweet hut of loving, however, appears to have a menu of things I would totally make. Stir-fry, kung pao soy meats, fried spring rolls, vegan pho...VEGAN PHO! Too many places are like, "oh man, we're vegan, we have to make everything a substitute of the real thing." So you get a lot of mock duck and nut cheese. This looks like a menu that stands on its own that just so happens to not use dairy or meat products. Loving Hut is all like, "oh yeah, we just made all this delicious food. Oh? There aren't any animal products in it? Look at that."
Look at it. Look at this loving little hut. It looks like a fancy little Noodles and Co. with the interior inspiration by the California Pizza Kitchen.
LINK:
www.lovinghut.us/chicago/menu
I have to tell you. I have been craving a few things lately. The Subway Teriyaki Chicken sandwich. Burger King. Taco John's. I want these things but I know I cannot have them. I shouldn't have them. It's easy to fight off a chicken craving by thinking about the texture. But I've been wanting some onion rings from Burger King badly. Several sources report that Burger King's rings are actually vegan...there's no way to tell, really. I'm sure they get processed right along with tons of meat and cheese products but if you're a hardcore enough vegan to care about that you probably shouldn't be in a Burger King.
Dominos has proved to be pretty good in a lazy, lazy pinch. My boyfriend gets these little red envelopes delivered each week that contain DOMINOS MVP COUPONS. I guess he gets them for going there a lot? I don't know. But these coupons entitle us to all sorts of free pasta bowls and cheap pizza. If it's late, you don't want to cook, and you absolutely cannot fathom leaving the house then you could do worse than Dominos.
I don't think there's a lot going on there for a vegan (I doubt the thin crust is vegan...not sure, though) but the vegetarian options are palatable. The only specialty pizza that isn't a Triple Meat Disaster is the Pacific Veggie.
Here it is. Yum yum.
You got yer red peppers, olives, mushrooms, onions, feta cheese, and spinach. The weird thing is, there are patches of delicious spice in uneven parts all over the pizza. One bite will be unsatisfying and boring and then the next bite will be a symphony of oregano and happiness. A large will run you about $18 with the delivery charge but with coupons it's a nice deal.
The bread bowl pastas are also good. Only get the bread bowl part if you are famished. The pasta itself should do you fine and for the price of any of their pre-made ones you can choose your own sauce and three toppings. A place that lists their toppings as "meats" and "un-meats" doesn't sound really vegetarian friendly but, as with most pizza places, you can do just fine.
The place to BE however, is obviously Pizza Luce. Every day you can get a crazy specialty vegetarian slice of pizza for just $4 and it's huge. They don't play around with mock duck (which is disgusting) but instead they have mock chicken. It tastes like those delicious Morning Star Farms patties. Fake breading on the outside, soy on the inside. Delicious in everything. They even make sandwiches with it! But I didn't have to tell you about Luce. It's THE place vegetarians and vegans go in the Twin Cities.
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