Busy Times: Eating Out

When life gets busy I tend to eat out more.  Thankfully Portland has plenty of places to load up on healthy, delicious, vegan, gluten free eats.  Here are a few I've had recently.

Prasad. Doesn't that look vibrant and delicious? 

This is the TANUKI BOWL:  rice noodles served hot in housemade miso broth with sea vegetables,
shredded kale, red cabbage, carrots, scallions & black sesame seeds

For quick and easy meals on the go I turn to the Whole Foods hot bar and salad bar.  This box is full of garlic kale salad, sweet potatoes, and tofu in a tangy mustard sauce.

Vege Thai.  This one is close to home and we go there a lot!  Aside from the awesome food, the service is super friendly and the atmosphere is cozy and relaxed.  This is the jungle curry noodles, but I usually get the pad see ew.  Can't say enough good things about this place!

 

There are a few juice bars in my 'hood.  Kure has this awesome hot drink called the "In-Cider".  (Insert mind-in-the-gutter jokes here.)  Aside from the silly name, this drink is really fantastic with apple, beet, lemon, ginger, kale, agave, elderberry extract, and cinnamon.  Really, really good on a cold day.

Here's the balance part of the post.  My favorite sweet treat from Back To Eden Bakery:  the pumpkin whoopie pie.  Everything at this place is vegan and gluten free and will blow your mind.  Or at least give you a sugar rush.  And they have cute chickens roaming the neighborhood pecking around the sidewalks.  City chickens.

Thank goodness I'm surrounded by places to pick up vegan/gf foods when I don't have the time to cook.  Portland keeps my gut happy when times are busy. 

Hope you're having a great week!