Eat More Fud

I returned to Fud, Kansas City's best vegan restaurant, today for lunch. This is the forth time I have eaten at this adorable little eatery on 17th and Summit and I am more and more impressed each time. When Brian and I checked it out a year ago, Fud was newly opened and very slow. The food was definitely good at that point but we waited over an hour for our meals to be served. In the past month, I have visited Fud both for lunches and dinners and the service is exponentially more efficient. I'm really happy about this because the dishes they serve are so delish and I was hoping for the service to match.

Today I had the tostada with a side salad. All the ingredients are very fresh and tasty. On the tostada, you have a choice of "meats," one of which is called "wild mild." While I am not 100% sure of the ingredients, I can guess that there is wild rice, mushrooms, and a variety of spices that make it extremely tasty. The side salad was great too, loaded with fresh, crispy veggies. Here is what the meal looked like...

I know I am partial to vegan food but any carnivore would have to admit that the mixture of tostada ingredients is extremely tasty and substantial. I really enjoyed my meal and unlike usual days when I eat at home, I didn't feel the need to have an afternoon snack between lunch and dinner.

I am not a food critic so I am not going to go into detail about the qualities of the ingredients or their combinations. Simply put, I thoroughly enjoyed my lunch! The other aspect of my dining experience that was exciting is that the restaurant filled up while I was there. This has been my experience every time I have eaten at Fud. It is encouraging to see how many vegans there are and/or people who are willing to try vegan food in this land of barbecue!

Return to Local Burger

Well hello, Lawrence. It's so nice to see you again!

I returned this afternoon with Brian and CJ to the one and only Lawrence, Kansas... home of the NCAA championship-bound KU Jayhawks. Lawrence has always been one of our favorite places to visit since we moved out here, but for whatever reason, we have not been in over a year. Perhaps our impending move gave us the excuse we needed to head twenty minutes west of Lenexa to explore this fun, hippie, yummy town once more. Either that or the 85 sunny degrees on the first day of April!

So after picking up some Keenes for Brian (making our family summer footwear complete!), we ventured over to Local Burger to pick up some dinner. First off, I love walking into a restaurant knowing we are going to have more than one choice on the menu. For vegans, Local Burger has several options including possibly the most fabulous veggie burger (or at least my favorite) in the area as well as tofu burgers. Of course this is a burger joint but everything they serve comes from very local farms. Anyway, Brian and I ordered the veggie burger with our choice of toppings and little CJ requested the kiddie tofu burger which he enjoyed with a side of fresh organic fruit and rice milk. On my burger, I added lettuce and tomato and Veganaise! It may seem like a little thing, but I get very excited when I see things like rice milk and Veganaise on a menu. We finished our meal with a gluten-free, vegan chocolate chip cookie which was okay but a yummy cookie nonetheless.

After spending the week showing my cousin all the vegetarian and vegan options Kansas City has to offer, working on ordering cheese-free food (at a pizza place no less!), and feeding the baby calves at Deanna Rose this morning, I ate my veggie burger feeling so good about the choices we've made in the past few years about our eating. Sometimes it can be a real effort to turn down the ice cream or the cheese pizza (and lord knows I don't always do it!) but when I make conscious choices to eat vegan, I am completely satisfied that we are making the decision to bring health to ourselves and to the world, one veggie burger at a time.

Local Burger

714 Vermont Street

Lawrence, KS 66044

www.localburger.com