Going Vegan in Alabama

Archive for January, 2010

I was just reading an article about Vegetarian Fast Food available in regular fast food joints like Burger King, McDonalds, Taco Bell, etc.

Unfortunately, the list of vegetarian meals also include dairy (cheese, sour cream). Yet if you are a little creative, you can still find a few "vegan" meals at these fast food restaurants.

For example:

Burger King tops the list because it does offer a "Veggie" burger. It is a Morningstar Garden Burger. Get it without cheese or mayo, yet add lettuce, tomato, onion and mustard and you have a nice Vegan fast food burger. Burger King's french fries and onion rings are vegan, yet fattening. You can also order a salad and ask for an oil & vinegar dressing to keep your meal vegan.

Taco Bell gives vegans a choice too. Since their Fresco items are made without cheese, you can order a Fresco Bean Burrito.

McDonald's doesn't give the vegan many choices at all. You could order a salad with the Paul Newman's Basalmic Vinegarette dressing. There are the french fries too. (McDonald's stopped using beef tallow for frying).

Wendy's like McDonald's does not have very many vegan items either. Again, there is the french fries, side salad and the baked potato -- nix the sour cream, cheese & brocolli toppings though.

Maybe sometime in the near future the fast food industry will start adding more vegan choices. What do you think?

Most vegans usually do not have to worry too much about having too much fat in their diet. Yet, it can very easily sneak up on ya, if you're not paying attention.

With a good vegan diet filled with fresh fruit, vegetables, nuts, beans, the problem of too much fat could crop up in how you prepare them. Just make sure you do not use too much oil.

Yet, some people's bodies do seem to produce too much cholesterol regardless of their diet. We had a friend whose cholesterol count was at almost 300 even though he had cut out all fats and was on the prescription drug lipitor.

There are natural ways to lower your cholesterol -- or I should say, herbs and supplements that can help lower it. One is red yeast rice supplements -- really red rice yeast.

It has been used for thousands of years in china and has gained popularity in the last 10 years or so in the US.

I'm writing about this because of the new year -- and my hubby's been using red rice yeast to lower cholesterol with good results and wanted to pass the info along.

What do you think about the drugs and / or supplements to lower cholesterol?

Can you believe it? It's 2010 already! May everyone have wonderous health, happiness and prosperity.

I know it will be a great VEGAN year too. More and more people are exploring this healthy lifestyle. More foods and recipes are becoming available. More restaurants are offering vegan meals. Sigh ...

A new year -- an end to 10 years in the 2000's! Remember when 1999 was turning into 2000 -- everyone was so afraid of Y2K?

We watched the ball dropped & I actually got a little tearie eyed -- putting things behind us, so much to look forward to.

I was just looking back on last year's "New Year's Post" 3 day's late.

Black-eyed peas, cornbread, greens -- YUM!

Best wishes to everyone this brand NEW YEAR!