Going Vegan at Taco Bell
Monday, May 19, 2008
Great news for Vegans! Taco Bell is willing to "veganize" almost anything on their menu.
Perhaps I'm the last vegan on the planet to know this since I live in the country and until a few weeks ago the closest Taco Bell was over an hour away. But this month a new Taco Bell opened up just 6 miles away from my home. At first I was less than thrilled because the only thing on the menu I thought I could eat was their 7 layer burrito, minus the dairy products.
But last Saturday I decided to go inside to talk with an employee and to my surprise I was told that they now have a new "fresco" menu. The fresco menu basically takes all dairy products off of any menu item and adds a tasty fiesta salsa. If the item has meat on it, you can ask for extra beans in place of the meat. So I ordered a Fresco Salad Bowl without chicken, with extra beans and extra lettuce. It was great!
I went back the next day and ordered a regular taco, fresco style, with beans instead of beef. The taco was stuffed full of beans, lettuce and fiesta salsa. It was delicious. The following day I treated my teen clients to breakfast and I ordered their new fiesta potatoes - fresco style - adding guacamole and fiesta salsa in place of the cheese and sour cream. Mmmmm. The veganized side dish was so good that I couldn't imagine why anyone would order it with cheese and sour cream in the first place.
So I am now a Taco Bell fan. Maybe for my next visit I'll bring some soy cheese and ask them to make me a vegan Mexican Pizza. It can't hurt to ask.
Labels: restaurants, Taco Bell, Vegan, Vegetarian
