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I normally bring my own food to set, but today, I had been up since 5AM, and already ate the meal I brought. So what to do? Breakfast was being catered, so I got creative and ordered a veggie breakfast burrito. My burrito had beans, rice, guacamole, hash browns, and pico de gallo, along with sauteed mushrooms, zucchini, onions, spinach, scallions, tomatoes, and some cilantro. If you like a spicy kick, you can even throw in some jalapeno. Yum - it was so tasty! Film industry folks, if you find yourself on set and need a yummy veg meal, create this! You can also order a version of this meal at lots of restaurants if you find yourself at a place where veg options are limited.
What are your go-to dishes in situations like this?
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Finding vegetarian or vegan food on set is a real challenge! I know some sets will try to have at least one main vegetarian item, but there is usually plenty of fruit to snack on.
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Personally regarding my food I'm not very enthusiastic at the idea of having a completely vegan diet, I could do more serious research but as far as I'm concerned without even considering anything of what I've read I don't think any possible benefits are worth making the sacrifice... I could have done it to lose weight but there are more pleasant ways to eat less calories... I'm not a very big fan of comparisons either, depending how it's made it can be funny for the person reading them but myself and everybody I know consider that we don't understand anything when reading things here... I don't know how to put that but there are things I believe someone don't do at work...
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It's a extremely good idea to at least try to bring your food with you, in my opinion basically everything possible should be done to avoid spending more than a few days without sunshine.... I find it difficult spending a few days without blogs... Personally I cannot tolerate being without sleep for a long time but I wanted to find a solution to my sleeping problems anyway, maybe it's going to vanish on it's own...
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Thanks for the heads up! I'm always on sets (though low budget) and I make sure that craft is mostly vegetable based products.
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I like that picture for the TV show "Suburgatory", but I checked and your name doesn't seem to be listed in the credit... I've read they're producing a serie with actress Barbara Hershey playing the devil, personally even if Hershey is not a high-end chocolate I prefer that to Mrs. Salt if it's took intelligently...
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I'm always making up my own meals :) Most restaurants have fairly decent veggie options, so I just amend them a bit. My standard Pizza at our local italian consists of as many veggie toppings as they can pile on their crust (dairy free), with a drizzle of olive oil and pine nuts. I got dragged to a burger place in my old neighbourhood a few times. Instead of their falafel burger which came with all sorts of cheese and things, I got a plate of burger toppings: sweet potato, beetroot, portobello mushrooms, eggplant, and some peanut sauce for dipping! Of course they thought I was crazy, but it was super delicious!
I've ordered indian food 'without the ghee' and at our local cafe I mixed and matched the paninis so that I could have hummous and roasted vegetables. It became so popular that they added it to their menu as their main veggie option!
I also ask places to use oil instead of butter or lard when frying. And if anyone ever comes over to London, The Savoy and The Langley will do a vegan menu for afternoon tea if you request it ahead of time! They will even make the scones dairy-free.
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If possible and you're at a Mexican or Tex-Mex place, ask for black beans instead of refried beans. They tend to be whole and plainly cooked, so you don't have to worry about hidden lard.
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I can relate. I'm in sales and spend most of my day in and out of my car. I always bring a cooler except I forgot to load it into my car one day last week and was very hungry. There were no resturants near by so I ended up getting a drive throw taco bell bean burrito (no cheese) and got some guac on the side. Yours sounds so much more interesting! This happens only about 3 times a year as I prefer not to support the meat establishments. It did give me an opportunity to tell the cashier I was vegan and hand her a veg brochure. :)
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There's a subject who interest me and I don't remember having read anything about it here, I always tought it was a good idea to buy organic and biologic food whenever possible, where I do the groceries they have a wide variety of them but I didn't wanted to pay the extra without knowing what it's all about before...
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Funny, guess you weren't too keen on the whole 'burrito' deal! BUT, that's what we are always doing as veg-heads, aren't we? We have to utilize what's available, make sure it has protien, carbs, and of course...lots of veggies! I hope in that industry the craft services start to realize that more and more folks enjoy a full variety of veggie foods whether they are being health contious or weight watching, or just needing their vitamins, etc. Hope you're enjoying your time filming on the set!
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that sounds so good! I almost always get beans rice quac and chips, but when at my fav mexican restaraunt in town I add potatoes to that. However, how do you know the beans aren't in lard? I never ask because I used to work in restaruants and even though I never lied to customers I know a lot of waiters who did because they didn't understand or care or were too lazy to check.
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I like apples and peanut butter on the run-but I also love the crispy peanut butter treats with chocolate chips!! Double yum!!Love that show! Hope to see you on there soon and I will be trying that burrito this week-sounds yummy:)
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I LOVE Suburgatory, what a funny and refreshing show! George is so hot, Dallas cracks me up and Tessa is just wonderful.
Angie - Moe's is amazing; the marinated tofu is so delicious!
I love burritos and Alicia, yours sounded so amazing :)
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I love Moe's Southwest Grill, where they offer marinated tofu as a meat alternative and also fresh jalepenos for the extra kick!
I already love Suburgatory and am so excited to hear you're going to be on it! <3
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Thanks for showing us that we can be creative and sometimes even those in your business need to be creative and assertive! And, I can't wait to see you on Suburgatory! I love that show!!!
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1) That sounds DELICIOUS and I will be making one ASAP.
2) So cool about "Suburgatory!" I've been wanting to check out that show, and now I will do so sooner rather than later :)
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Wait. You're going to be on Suburgatory? I love that show! And I love that you will be reuntied with an old castmate! I don't know why I love that...hokey of me, I suppose. Anyway, thank you, Alicia and all the Kind Lifers, for all the amazing updates and info. it keeps me inspired!
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Your burrito sounds great!
Fruit is my go-to breakfast when traveling or limited options. If I need something to keep me full longer, oatmeal with berries or bananas.
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