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Vegan Fast Food

October 11, 2011 at 11:29 pm Leave a comment

Vegans and fast food don’t often go together. There are exceptions, like Lord of the Fries in Melbourne, but those kinds of places are far and few between. Takeaway food from regular restaurants is a bit expensive to eat very often.

So usually I make my own fast food.

This is what I had for lunch the other day:

• Roasted sweet potato (I had two in the basket in the pantry starting to get a bit old, so I roasted them up to eat as I pleased)
• Refried beans with jalapenos (thanks Old El Paso!)
• Mexi-beans (thanks again Old El Paso!)
• Mexican style express rice (this time, Uncle Ben’s was my friend)
• Roasted capsicum salsa (I’m taking out shares in Old El Paso).

So these aren’t the most eco-friendly items I’ve ever eaten… two things from cans, one in a plastic packet and one from a jar… but aside from the rice packet, it’s all recyclable and/or reusable, which is more than you can say for the paper/cardboard/plastic/styrofoam packaging you get from places like Macca’s.

It’s also loads healthier.

And it was fast! It took me less than 5 mins to make. Sometimes that’s what you want. Plus, there’s leftovers!!

But best of all, it was tasty. Nommmmm….

Entry filed under: Friday Feast, Meanwhile.... Tags: beans, food packaging, grain, low impact, recipe, recyclable materials, veg*nism, vegetables.