Lauralei's profile

More About Me

Reasons why I prefer to eat vegetarian or vegan:

Started for health reasons, which quickly morphed into animal rights reasons, and then environmental reasons. The food is delicious, my conscious is clear, I feel great, what's not to love??

I joined HappyCow Members Community because:

I have been an app user for a few years but decided to pitch in and start writing reviews. I like to search out veg restaurants when I travel, and Happy Cow has been instrumental in helping me find great food near and far.

Here are some places I've been that I liked... and places that I would like to visit one day:

NYC has so many awesome vegan restaurants; it's hard to choose a favorite! I love visiting Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, NY and the surrounding area. Asheville, NC is a new favorite town. My goal is to visit all 50 states but I've got a lot of ground to cover yet. I've had amazing vegan food in London and Manchester, England, Dublin, Ireland and Ravenna, Italy. I definitely want to visit the rest of Europe as well. I'm especially interested in seeing Germany and eating vegan versions of the foods I grew up on.

Some of my favorite veg*n foods include:

Tofu, seitan, vegan drumsticks, empanadas, plantains, tacos, spinach, and buffalo everything. I love spicy food and raw vegan desserts. Still searching for a vegan ranch dressing that tastes like ranch dressing (edit to add: I found it! Just Ranch is my favorite -they have it at Target!- with Follow Your Heart Ranch a close second)

Here are some books, movies, magazines, and my favorites that I would recommend to other HappyCow members:

VegNews is great for keeping up with the latest, and I love Pinterest for recipes. I never miss an episode of The Bearded Vegans podcast and you shouldn't either.