Vegans & Vegetarians Rejoice!

New designations on the menu

Over the past year, I have picked up more and more vegetarian/vegan clients and those of you who have been a client for a few years, may have noticed a trend towards more of these types of items.

Not being a vegetarian myself and having loosely based the Good Eating concept on my diet as a competition body builder, I always considered the protein the starting ingredient in each menu item. And by protein, I meant meat. Last year some time, I started offering many of the dishes I do with a tofu option. I was surprised by how many of my non-vegetarian clients were ordering the tofu option. So that has become a staple item on every menu and I make sure to include at least 2 - 3 vegetarian items per delivery.

Recently, I've had more than a few requests for vegan items. I sometimes find it hard (though I try) to meet all of my clients needs, all of the time. And I've found it a bit difficult to provide enough variety to produce an entire vegan delivery but I have begun to incorporate more dishes that are vegan or can easily be altered to accommodate a vegan request.

Starting this week, you will see the following letters after each meal:

• V - (Vegetarian)
• VE - (Vegan)

These symbols will be used to designate dishes that either are vegetarian and/or vegan OR can be altered to be made vegetarian and/or vegan. For example, the Vegetable Enchiladas are already vegetarian and can be easily made vegan by eliminating the cheese topping the enchiladas. (If you are a practicing vegan, you can always throw on some soy cheese, if you have some in the fridge at home.) The stuffed peppers, on the other hand can't be altered that easily and will just stay a "meat-eater" dish.

For those of you tracking your intake, please keep in mind that the nutrition information listed after each menu item is for the unaltered recipe. While I am more than happy to make the changes necessary to meet your needs, I cannot provide accurate nutrition info on altered orders.