The Cinnamon Snail {NY / NJ}

What says New York food more than NY Food Trucks? They're on every single street corner, and you have your basic hot dogs & pretzel carts to your falafel carts to your full on french gourmet food trucks. I really wanted to find a vegan food truck, and after reading endless reviews on yelp about The Cinnamon Snail (which has an average rating of 5 stars), I decided this would be the truck I would hunt down! We stayed at the Waldorf Astoria (which I highly recommend for at least 1 night). I'm not saying your entire stay, but just one night of your life stay at the Waldorf and get room service. Such a beautiful hotel with so much history.
Anyways, back to the food... while we checked into the Waldorf, I looked at the Cinnamon Snail's Facebook (which they update on their location thoughout the day). They were 2.5 blocks away from the Waldorf! So, we just had to walk down the street to get their yummy food. It was destiny. ;) Next to the Cinnamon Snail Truck there were around 5 other Food Trucks, each had 1-2 people or none at all. The Cinnamon Snail had at least 20 people waiting, and it was after lunch time, it was almost 3pm. That told me right away that the food would be at least decent based on the line.
I ordered their Maple Mustard Tempeh Sandwich. It was a delicious chicken sandwich with garlic aioli, tomatos, and lots of kale. Yum! They had an array of homemade desserts and donuts, but it felt like I was in a furnace in NY, and I had already had Dun-Well Doughnuts that morning, so I didn't want to eat anything heavy, in hindsight, I probly should have taken a few things to go. I also ordered a Strawberry Lemonade. I don't think I've ever had a lemonade taste so fresh, and the strawberry flavor was real strawberries, not a generic artificial flavor. So refreshing for such a hot day. My total was $13, I gave them a $20 and told them to keep the change. They put it directly into a charity cup, stating they don't take tips, and they were very grateful. I recommend this to anyone wanting great, fresh, organic food, you don't have to be vegan to appreciate it and like it.
Below is a quote on their truck:
"Food to help you transform into a being of pure light who can serve all living creatures simultaneously and eternally."
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Dun-Well Doughnuts {Brooklyn, NY}

For my mom's birthday, I took her to New York. This trip was about her, but I needed to try out a few vegan places while in NY. We got to LaGuardia at around 9:30am, so what better breakfast than to head over to Brooklyn for some vegan Dun-Well Doughnuts!
I got the Snickerdoodle (Tiny Doughnut with Cinnamon Sugar) & the Chocolate Peanut (tasted rich and creamy, with almost a hint of caramel flavor? It was probly just me, but I tasted carmel. They were both sooo delicious. I wish we had a vegan doughnut shop in Chicago. We have vegan doughnuts here, but not a full doughnut shop with fun flavors. Definately recommend this to any vegans or non-vegans interested in some fun flavored doughnuts. They had popcorn / pb&j / mango peach / jelly filled doughnuts just to name a few.


The feel of the place was very late 1800's decor. Very cute and charming. Very much wish it was in Chicago, and not Brooklyn, but will go again next time I'm there.
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just some of the reasons i eat vegan style

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Roasted Tomato Chipotle Mac & Cheese {VeganRicha}



I made this mac & cheese for dinner. Wow. This is one of the best mac & cheese recipe I've ever had. It was licking the spoon clean good! Get the recipe
HERE.


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olive oil garlic bread



who says you need butter & cheese for a delicious garlic bread? not me. this pull apart garlic bread is a great vegan alternative. soo good!


What you need:
French Bread (Most french bread is vegan check labels!)
3 tablespoons Olive Oil
5 cloves of Garlic
3 dashes of Onion Powder
1 Tbsp Parsley Flakes
Dash Coarse Black Pepper


What you do:
Cut French Bread in half. Then cut halves into 2.5 inch squares. Then cut 2 lines into the square, creating 3 pull apart pieces per square.
Mix Olive Oil / Garlic / Onion Powder / Parsley / Pepper in a bowl.
Spread olive oil mixture onto bread squares.
Put in oven for 9 minutes at 365°. 
Take out & Enjoy!

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giving back august. {charity: water}

this month's charity is charity: water.


they're a non-profit organization bringing clean, safe drinking water to people in developing countries. 100% of all public donations directly fund water projects. {100% is sooo fantastic, as most charities can't say that 100% of their profits go to charity.} you can donate to their cause, and just by giving $20 you help give clean drinking water to 1 person for 20 years!


they also have a store that has cute shirts and merch that you can buy to help with their operating costs.


food for thought: unsafe water & sanitation causes 80% of all sickness and disease, and kills more people than war.


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