Where to find it: Taco Guild (tacoguild.com) The chef says: “It’s a great alternative to the classic barbacoa dish,” according to the Taco Guild culinary team. “The oyster mushrooms shred like meat and soak up all the broth. The best part about it is that it’s vegan. We want to show people that vegetables can be cooked in different ways and don’t have to always be a side item.”
Lasagna Urban Beans
The dish: Vegan Lasagna
Where to find it: Urban Beans Bar & 24 Hour Cafe (urbanbeans.com)
Eat your vegetables!
The chef says: “We use a high quality noodle, add our scratch made marinara, ricotta, sausage, and throw in some spinach,” says Virginia Senior, executive chef and founding partner.
Chefs dish on their vegan and vegetarian creations
“Top it off with scratch made mozzarella and bake it. The result is an Italian dish your mother wished she could make. All plantbased, of course. We choose to create healthy delicious food; it’s got to be both healthy and delicious. We have found that using vegan ingredients, we create foods that are lower in unhealthy fats, provide protein and ingredients that are good for everyone.”
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of the vegetarian and vegan dishes we’ve rounded up, he might change his tune. The dish: Mushroom Barbacoa: grilled oyster mushrooms in house guajillo Chile broth, avocado, charred onion and micro beet greens. Mushroom Barbacoa
ne time, my very vegetarian sister-inlaw asked my son if he planned on being vegetarian like his auntie. In his firm preschool voice he replied, “NO! I like bacon too much!” We all laughed and it’s one of our favorite stories to tell. But, the joke is on him, because I bet you if he tried some
The dish: Chilled Raw Pad Thai: spiraled zucchini, carrots, bean sprouts, Brussels sprouts, raw almonds, chili almond dressing and a tamarind glaze. Farm and Craft Pad Thai Salad
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Where to find it: Farm & Craft (ilovefarmandcraft.com) The chef says: “This dish is a play on a traditional Pad Thai,” says Chef Cameron Cortese. “It is super clean, high in nutritional 20
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