Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Denny's Vegetable Skillet made without eggs and sauteed with oil!  This was absolutely DELICIOUS!!!! wow!  I absolutely loved it! I will certainly go back again for a delicious breakfast!  There was so many wonderful veggies in this dish as well as potatoes!  I love when its relatively easy to accommodate a vegan at a common restaurant chain!  I highly suggest this to anyone who is on the road and looking for a cheap yet satisfying breakfast that's vegan.  Because of my job, I have to travel a lot and I'm forced to make items on the menu at a restaurant vegan. I actually enjoy it and have found that its pretty easy to make an item vegan once you get a little practice some tips on making an item vegan that may not already be vegan: 


1. Make sure there is no meat (seems obvious, but better safe than sorry)
2. Ask the waiter or waitress how the item is grilled or sauteed (if applicable)... many places will saute their vegetables in butter, so request that its 
3. Ask if there is any cheese on the item, it's not always listed on the item description
4. Stick with oil based dressing or french dressing
5.  If you are ordering a salad that would originally contain meat and/or cheese, in addition to asking for the salad without, look around the menu for any nuts or bean included in the item descriptions of other meals and/or ask your waitress if there are any beans or nuts in the kitchen.  When ordering your salad, ask for beans or nuts on your salad in place of the meat and cheese.
6. Don't assume its vegan just because its vegetarian (may still contain cheese, butter,etc)
7. Be patient and don't assume that everyone knows exactly what "vegan" means
8. If possible, look at a menu ahead of time, suggest a restaurant that you have looked up on happycow.net, or call ahead and asked about vegan options to determine which options might work for you
9. Sometime's waitresses and waiters may get impatient with you either carry on the questions with them regardless, or ask to speak with the head chef
10. Inquire if there are any vegan options on the menu
11. You can never say thank you enough even for the simplest accommodate or menu enough. Saying thank you will inspire restaurant owners and chefs to add more vegan items to the menu

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