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Ethos Vegan Kitchen in Orlando, Florida on Mother's Day

Yesterday was Mother's Day and as such I got to decide where we would go out to lunch, as well as what we would do with our day. I spent it doing three of my favorite things - taking a hike/nature walk (at Gemini Springs in DeBary), going to lunch at Ethos Vegan Kitchen, and hitting the thrift store to shop.

I was really surprised when I arrived at Ethos Vegan Kitchen, located in Orlando, for lunch and there were so many people there! The place was packed. The hostess said it would be an hour wait. Gulp. I was starving! But I wasn't about to choose anywhere else to go. So we went down the road to Whole Foods Market so I could pick up some dry staples that we needed. An hour later we walked in and were immediately seated.

I was thrilled to look around and see the restaurant so busy. Families dining there together in every direction of the restaurant. I was so happy that so many families had chosen to dine vegan style for their Mother's Day meal out. It was great!

I had the chickun marsala (my favorite), my husband had the coconut curry wrap (his favorite), and the kids shared mac and cheese and peas, along with some fruit. My daughter convinced us to get dessert, since it was a special day. So we topped it off by sharing two vegan sundaes. It was a great day and well worth the wait!

Here are pictures from what we ate on Mother's Day at Ethos Vegan Kitchen:

Worthington Loma Linda Big Franks - Veggie dogs review

On a recent vegan camping trip with friends our friends brought along a can of Worthington Loma Linda Big Franks. They are veggie dogs that are sold in a can. I had tasted them before at a vegan hot dog cart, but have never had them otherwise. That night they were used to make vegan corn dogs (on a campfire, which were great). The next day on our way home I also stopped to pick up a can to take home.

We had them at home just by putting them on buns. The Worthington Loma Linda Big Franks veggie dogs are really good! I like the consistency and taste. Everyone liked them. Two thumbs up for the Worthington Loma Linda Big Franks!

Here are a couple of pictures of them being used for the vegan corn dogs while camping, on a bun the next day, and the can so you can see what they look like:

 (pictured above: gardein skewers, and the vegan corn dogs before being cut into individual pieces - both were wonderful)

Subway Iced Tea Has B Vitamins - Vitamin B12

As a vegetarian or vegan you know that getting vitamin B12 into your diet is important. Some people take a supplement, while others find foods that have it added to it for that extra boost. Low and behold on my recent stop into Subway I noticed something about their iced tea. It has vitamin B12 in it!

I love fresh brewed iced tea (unsweet). I drink it every day. I have my favorites that I won't mention, but I do like Subway and will sometimes get an iced tea when I get their veggie delight sub. But I thought it was really neat recently to see on the iced tea container that it said it contains B vitamins, including B12. Who would have thought you could get a does of vitamin B12 in a Subway iced tea? That's great!

Subway does have a couple of vegetarian options, by the way. They offer the Subway veggie patty and the veggie delight. Not all of their locations offer the veggie patty, which is a darn shame, because I know many people that purchase it. They even tried to get rid of it at my local Subway, but the manager fought to keep it because she has many regular customers who purchase it (they tried to get her to replace it with a seafood salad...yuck!). The veggie delight can be eaten on its own, or you can do like we do... we buy it, take it home (or to our hotel room) and add vegan mayo and Tofurky! Yum!