Vegetarian living in a world full of carnivores and omnivores is a a bit of a challenge but not difficult. Being surrounded by flesh eaters and animal carcasses, you have to think about what you put in your mouth.
It's so easy to get side tracked eating vegetarian junk food or simply stuff that look like food but has no nutritional value whatsoever when you are on the go. So watch your vegetarian lunch box for your sake.
It takes conscious effort trying to stay away from those greasy doughnuts, dead bread and greasy fried foods that they serve at the airports.
Here are some experiences I've come across traveling the friendly skies, road trips eating at local restaurants and abroad.
At restaurants, if you don't ask questions they'll sneak bad food into your good food while you're not looking. So what's a veggie to do? That's easy.
In Queens, New York City we ate at a Colombian restaurant... the menu was down right scary with all those meat and steaks and it was just a lunch menu... so I settled for - Watercress salad and some fried plantains on the side. I won! Swoon worthy!
Traveled to Japan from New York to Sasebo, Japan. It's a long 16 hours plane ride non-stop to Sasebo. Guess what my favorite airport food. Mochi!
From New York to Narita International Airport, Sasebo was our final destination. Upon arrival to Sasebo Station we were greeted by mouth watering aroma of Japanese cuisine.
Without an interpreter I can't possibly know what I was eating. So I settled for amazing Japanese BowlsOnigiri has become a favorite!
We took the water Taxi to the ship and it was pouring like cats and dogs. We ate and slept on the ship for 4 days. What's it like to live like a sailor? Click the photos below and stick around.
John F Kennedy International Airport to Hong Kong International:
Bound for the Philippines I made a delicious fruit smoothie before I left. I brought some walnuts for the plane. Guess what they served aboard Cathay Pacific - here's their idea of a vegetarian entree!
After 32 hours travel time, I've reached my destination. Unfortunately, my brother was in the hospital which was my reason for my travel. I was longing for local food I grew up with. Luckily my sister -in-law brought me some 'laing' which is taro leaves with coconut milk along side a bowl of locally harvested rice!
While staying for a very short couple of days, I ate lots of authentic Filipino food. Rice dishes were a staple including desserts.
Guess which one I ate. I can still feel that yummy taste in my mouth - binut-ong!!! That's sweet rice wrapped in banana leaves infused with coconut milk and steamed to perfection! A vegetarian traveler's special treat for someone who missed native foods from their motherland.
Let's face it. We know that a vegetarian diet or even a vegan diet alone will not give us flat abs, muscle mass and a great garden. So in this page, we will talk about these topics as well from being a vegetarian Yogi, to running for health including backyard gardening for great organic foods right from your garden. Do you have a great story about these topics? Share it!
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