Veg Out!

We are in Florida, and once again, vacation spots do SO much better with food allergies, etc., because they want tourists to be happy! Not that everything is gluten free, but it seems like there are more choices. We went to Sub Zero last night, where they freeze your ice cream in front of you (AWESOME!) and they had a coconut milk base as well as many other options. I highly recommend the experience.

Today, we ate dinner at "Veg," a vegetarian and seafood eatery. I need to stop eating so quickly and stop to take pictures first! Here's the sweet potato volcano Steve got (pic from their website). It's rice, then a mushroom, then spinach, then sweet potatoes (and maybe more). Very good! I got the Vegetable Stack, which had marinara sauce over eggplant, squash, zucchini, onions, mushroom, and rice. So good! 

It's nice to find things that we would make at home (although ours would probably have chicken in it -- and their is MUCH prettier!). I gotta say, though, the people eating there were a little annoying. I hope we don't sound like that! I agreed with what they were saying, but the tone!

Example: "Well, my daughter's school has Papa John's night once a month, where they encourage parents to buy coupons for pizza to raise money. I guess it's better than McDonald's, but they don't need that much white flour."

I mean, I agree -- but what's your fundraising alternative? People like pizza! 

Example: "Do you have anything that's Paleo? My friend is encouraging me to try new things, and she said I should ask for Paleo." 

Oh dear. If you don't know what it is, you aren't doing it right. Also, alcohol is not Paleo. Ever.

Example: "Is this rice going to be cold? I don't like cold rice. And I don't like IPAs because they taste skunky, but this one is ok" (WHY DID SHE ORDER IT?!) "And I never order scallops because they're always rubbery and never taste good" (I BET HER FRIEND WAS THRILLED WITH THE ANALYSIS OF HER PLATE!) Ok, she was just a bad person!  

Other than that, the weather is great and there are horrible jellyfish everywhere. Always something!