Where can I purchase vegan food?!
Answers: A little over a couple of weeks I have become a strict vegan, unfortunalty I'm having a hard time finding stores that sell items for vegan. I also would like to dine out at vegan spots. I'm in southern California. If someone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it.
Specialty stores that have vegan food include Earthfare, Whole foods market, and Trader Joe's.
Other stores often have vegan-labeled foods. For examples all grocery stores that I have seen carry "Amy's" in both the cans and frozen aisles. Amy's Kitchen (brand) has a lot of vegan food.
I really like Boca products too. They are available even in WalMart! Just look in the frozen aisles. Then, if you are in the produce section, there is a lot of things like "Veganaise" and Vegan Rice Cheese or Vegan Almond Butter.
Sounds like you are looking for prepared foods. Any market will have a variety of fruits, veggies, beans, tofu, pasta and grains for sale that you can use to cook your own meals They will also have frozen veggie burgers. Some of them will be vegan.
Whole Foods is a good place for a wider variety prepared vegan foods. Frozen, packaged, vegan cheese, vegan "fake meat", etc. Try Trader Joe's too. They are smaller, but have great prices.
Neither of these stores are exclusively vegan or vegatarian, so you'll have to read boxes and labels.
If there is a whole foods in your area, then that s probably the best place to go!
http://wholefoodsmarket.com
Big Pot of veggie chili, only problem is everyone in the dorm can smell it cooking so it's not going to go very far.
All the ingredents came from Stop & Shop
A lot of ethnic restaurants have vegan options. Indian, Ethiopian, Mexican, etc.
If you go on happycow.com they will have a really extensive list of vegan and vegan friendly restaurants and health food stores in your area.
You can also go on veganstore.com and order anything you can't find in stores.
Your in a great place to become vegan. One of my favorite restaurants is California Vegan, a Thai restaurant with veggie chicken sate sticks! I know there are a couple in the LA area. San Diego also had 3 restaurants the last time I was there.
You can get vegan food at all grocery stores but if you want processed vegan food and frozen food you'll need to go to Whole Foods and Trader Joe's. Good luck. Look at one of your local vegetarian/vegan group websites.
Every grocery store has vegan food. It's called the produce section.
If you want processed fake meat products and tofu cheeses, there are several Whole Foods Markets in Southern California.
For restaurants, check http://www.happycow.com
Where exactly do you live that you don't have grocery stores with produce, legume, and grain sections?