A Vegan Review: Outback Steakhouse

A vegan walks into a steakhouse….

That is not a joke ladies and gentleman. Tonight I joined my parents for dinner at Outback Steakhouse.

Tonight, with every purchase you could get a Bloomin Onion in honor of the LSU victory in the Outback Bowl.

Unfortunately, Outback uses beef grease in their fryers. This means that nothing cooked in a fryer, rather it be the Bloomin Onion or plain ol’ french fries, is vegetarian let alone vegan.

Here is my order: 

A house salad, hold the cheese and the croutons. I asked for a side of slivered almonds as well. I choose oil and vinegar as my dressing this evening, but the Tangy Tomato dressing is also vegan (it's the Outback version of french dressing). 

A plain baked potato, with nothing on it. 

I bring a small little container of my vegan butter with me, so that I have more options as to what I can order. I've never had anyone say anything to me and I never feel weird about bringing outside food in, because it is a condiment and like I said it only gives me more options. 

So there you have it, my delicious & vegan meal from Outback Steakhouse. 

Enjoy! 

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Chili Baked Potato with Facon Bits.

Today's post is going to show you a great and quick meal idea, using the facon bits I talked about yesterday! 

One of my favorite ways to eat these yummy vegan bacon bits is on a baked potato with chili. 

This delicious meal is really simple and quick. 

Underneath all that delicious chili is a baked potato with butter. I've topped mine with facon bits, which complement the Boca crumbles. 

Try out this recipe today! 

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A Vegan Review of Ruby Tuesday’s

So far it seems like all of the restaurants that I have showed you have ended up being fast food places. Today, I want to break this routine and talk about a nicer sit down restaurant.

A Vegan Review of Ruby Tuesday’s

Ruby Tuesday is probably most known for their salad bar, so it’s been a go to place for me to go out with my friends for quite a long time. Especially when I was in college because I could eat salad to my hearts content and my friends could order whatever non-vegan dish they wanted. It was a win-win.

Last week, on our date night, my boyfriend and I went out to Ruby Tuesfday’s beore going to see Thor. Which on a side note if you haven't seen yet, you should totally make plans to go, it was really good. 

This was my order: 

A Veggie Trio Combo, in which you can choose three sides, as well as soup or the salad bar. I choose the salad bar and for my sides; plain baked potato, steamed broccoli with no butter, and steamed green beans with no butter. 

This is my salad, dressed with oil and vinegar. I love the salad bar, because I can change up what I want every time I get a new  plate. 

This was my dinner plate, and my veggies were delicious. Though they did need some salt and pepper, since the seasoning they used was pre-mixed into the butter. 

These made for a great meal that I would totally recommend, keeping in mind that you could switch up the veggies if you so chose. :) 

Do you like Ruby Tuesday's? 

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The Perfect Baked Potato

Yesterday, I shared with you two vegan butter substations that I love. Today's recipe is going to use one of those butters and tomorrow's recipe will use the other. Today's "recipe" is really more of a meal idea, but none the less it is delicious. 

As I told you yesterday, if I am eating my butter on something (as opposed to in something) I prefer Smart Balance Light with Flaxseed Oil. 

Today was a very busy day for me, after working 9 hours and then volunteering for another hour, I hadn't really thought about dinner and I didn't haven't anything planned. 

Luck for me, my wonderful parents had a plate waiting for me. :) 

I'm a big fan of sweet potatoes, especially cooked in the oven.

For the perfect baked potato (whether sweet or not) I cook 'em in my toaster oven for an hour. 

With this meal, I had grilled green beans and onions. 

This is a great example of a simple meal that is vegan and made complete by having a vegan butter substitute in the fridge. 

This is a great meal for someone transiting, because there are no mock products and it's simple; both of which are great!