Our son-in-law Aaron worked
from home today, and he took a break to take me to lunch. I can hear all the
sighs out there – how nice!
There are a few
vegetarian restaurants (that have kosher supervision) in Rhode Island. Dina and
Aaron have been to Veggie Fun veggiefunri.com,
in
Providence, which they like very much, but we decided to check out a restaurant
called The Grange providencegrange.com.
The Pawtucket (just
north of Providence) location used to be a vegetarian restaurant called Garden Grill Café, but has now been
taken over by The Grange, a restaurant
whose main location is in Providence.
Of course this restaurant brought to mind the old ZZ Top song.
What a pleasant surprise! The first surprise was how crowded the restaurant was; we were seated at the opposite end of a large table with another party. The second surprise was that the food was very good. As with many vegetarian restaurants, there was a nice variety of cuisines, and the dishes were quite colorful. We both had the Mexican quinoa soup that was today’s special. Then Aaron had a pizza while I had a veggie burrito. It was a tasty, filling and enjoyable meal.
Two doors down is a vegan bakery called Wildflour wildflourveganbakerycafe.com.
We bought a bunch of things to bring home, and we sampled the pumpkin chocolate chip cookie in the car. Vegan baking is a bit tricky. There really is no great substitute for eggs, and vegans do not use milk or butter, as well as bleached flour and refined sugar. As I write this I cannot help but think: we really do eat a lot of unhealthy stuff! But that vegan pumpkin cookie may well have been the best vegan baked good I have ever eaten. We plan to try more of the bounty after dinner this evening.
What a nice addition to my day this outing was! Thanks, Aaron!
Dina served dinner last night (Zippy Cheese Sauce, from The Moosewood Cookbook, with mashed potatoes and broccoli) and is doing so this evening as well. Tomorrow I’ll be with Simmie and family. This week is killing my diet!
Love,
Rebecca
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