Vegan Challenge – Day 17
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Day 17, I don’t remember you. No news is good news, as they say.
Vegan Challenge – Day 16
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I contacted Atlanta Bread Company on Saturday to see what on their menu was vegan and what wasn’t. Sadly, my tomato soup of DELIGHT is so not vegan. Happily, my favorite bread, nine grain, is.
They were very responsive to my concerns and reacted positively; they had a fact sheet all ready to go and everything. The nice woman who responded directly to me also sent me a copy of the nutritional information for the tomato soup. This means that I now have allllll the ingredients for this soup and can make it at home…in a large pot….and eat it all with a straw while I watch Blades of Glory on Friday. Propylene Glycol Monostearate….what in the hell is that….
Hah. And now for your edification:
Thank you for your interest in Atlanta Bread Company products! Here is the answer to your question regarding vegan products on our menu. Based on our most current ingredients lists:
- Our bagels contain no dairy products with the exception of the Asiago Bagel
- You have several options for breads including: Sourdough, French, Honey Wheat, Cracked Wheat, Nine Grain, Pumpernickel, Rye, & Low Carb breads. The Rosemary Tomato Onion Focaccia is also Vegan.
- Salads: House Salad, Fruit Salad, Chopstix Salad with no chicken of course. Since all our salads are made to order, you can of course ask for no cheese on any of the other salads.
- Vegan Salad Dressings: Asian Sesame, Balsamic Vinaigrette, & Fat-Free Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing
- Try a loaf of Garden Vegetable Soup. It’s vegan!
- The Italian Vegetarian Panini is a great hot choice. Remember to ask for no cheese.
- Finally, you can try the California Avocado sandwich or Veggie Sandwich. Once again as for no cheese and no cheese and no dill sauce on the Avocado Sandwich.
I hope this has been helpful. We understand the importance of knowing the nutrition contents of the foods you eat and value your decision to make healthy choices. We are in the process of updating our nutritional information to the Atlanta Bread Company website. You can access it at www.atlantabread.com
If you have any additional comments or concerns about any of our products, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Tomato Dill Fennel Soup
INGREDIENTS
WATER, TOMATO PASTE, HEAVY CREAM, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, VEGETABLE BASE (SAUTEED VEGETABLES [CARROTS, CELERY, ONIONS], SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN [CORN], CORN OIL, SALT, CORNSTARCH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORING), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, WHITE WINE (WHITE WINE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SULFITES), NONFAT DRY MILK, SUGAR, PEPPER SAUCE (VINEGAR, RED PEPPER, SALT), ONION POWDER, GARLIC PUREE (GARLIC, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP), SPICES, YEAST EXTRACT (SOY), EMULSIFIER (PROPYLENE GLYCOL MONOSTEARATE***, MONOGLYCERIDES), SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE. (07/07)
REVISED: 07/20/07
***Propylene Glycol is a colourless, viscous, colorless liquid. It is miscible with water alcohol, and many solvents. This versatile PO (propylene oxide) derivative has wide range of applications including industrial solvents, paint and coating solvents, polyester and alkyd resins, antifreeze coolants, heat transfer fluids, deicing fluids, plasticizers, detergents and surfactants, and bactericide. USP grade is used in foods, pharmaceutical, and personal care products. Propylene glycol monostearate can be used as a lipophiic emulsifier and emulsion stabilizer in food. YUM!!!!
Vegan Challenge – Day 15
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Hugo and I are both feeling under the weather a little. Probably due to overwork and lack of sleep. We’ve been fortunate to be able to catch up a little the past day or so but I am definitely looking forward to the weekend.
Vegan Challenge – Day 14
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Good gracious, day 14. A while back I would never have thought I could make it this long and here I am… 2 weeks. Today, I made CoK’s “Chicken” Salad. It really kicks ass. I loves it.
I am actually managing to save money as a vegan. I was eating out on the road at least once a day. Now I’m snackin on nuts and water while rollin down the road. Comparatively, I just don’t eat out right now…at all…the end. I’m buying fresh fruit and veg and eating it instead of putting it in the fridge and forgetting about it. I’m doing lots of cooking at home with staples and spices instead of relying on processed food.
I believe this is a good choice. I’m so sleepy right now.. it’s 1:30am and would I love to be in bed right now? Yes I would.
Vegan Challenge – Day 13
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We went out to an Italian restaurant for dinner. I love this place and their family has been feeding mine since I was a kid. Normally I get cheese ravioli that is smothered in this delicious pureed tomato sauce; it’s divine. Not Vegan, however, so I opt for spicy marinara (seriously craving spicy lately) over ziti. I really hate it when I order something spicy and the server is condescending and says to me “You know that’s spicy right?” Yes, yes I would imagine that SPICY Marinara as it reads here on this menu in English, my native tongue, would indeed be somewhat spicy. Ok so it’s not ALL in English. I had to have Hugo explain to me what aioli meant. (barf btw)
Spicy marinara is self explanatory. When it got to the table it was about 9000° so I had to wait and wait and wait before I could eat. The heat from the spices wasn’t like eating a pepper or something where it throws you on the floor and sits on your chest, it was the kind that built the more you ate. Not very exciting. Every time I took a sip of my water, it was over and I had to start building to the heat again. I’m not sure if the waitress told them to make it horribly hot or not hot at all, but I didn’t break a sweat. It did clear my sinuses though.
It wasn’t the sauce I was expecting though. I wanted the pureed tomato sauce of fire and instead it was giant chunks of stewed tomatoes, giant chunks of garlic, and a shit load of some sort of pepper. I wasn’t terribly impressed so next time I’ll have to be more specific.
