Stone Soup Kitchen

My two picky eaters were happy at Stone Soup Kitchen!

This post is LONG over due.  Especially considering how thrilled I was to find a restaurant in Atlanta with gluten free AND vegan labeling right on the menu.  (Besides Metrofresh!)  I heard about Stone Soup Kitchen from a friend and could not wait to try it out.  So, that is what I declared I wanted for Mother's Day:  a family breakfast at Stone Soup Kitchen, the girls to behave, and all laundry and dishes done by the end of the day.  (And, not done by me).  Almost, all wishes were granted.

Stone Soup Kitchen is off of Boulevard right before you get to the Grant Park neighborhood.  It only serves breakfast and lunch.  And, as I mentioned, it has GF, VG labeled right on the main menu.  Thank you!  They also serve regular breakfast and lunch fare - ie non - vegan.  So, the entire family was happy.   Mothers Day I had the blueberry cornmeal pancakes and grits.  They were amazing, soft, sweet, filling.  I literally cleaned my plate. It was such a treat to have good tasting pancakes.  Most GF mixes I have tried have an after taste.  I pretty much had given up on pancakes.  The grits were great as well.

My second trip, I had vegos rancheros.  It was hard to decide not to get the pancakes, but I felt obligated to try another GF/ VG menu item.  Vegos Rancheros certainly did not disappoint.  Incredible - spicy, delicious and again filling.  Yes, filling is an important adjective these days - so many "veggie" plates are NOT!  I joined the clean plate club again.

The entire family all enjoyed their breakfast as well.  So, this truly passes the test - everyone can eat happily at Stone Soup Kitchen.  Try it!

Vegos Rancheros

Clean Plate Club

"Best Day EVER" as my youngest would say

Beautiful weather, early morning workout, husband took the girls to school, had my haircut (by an amazing hairstylist, Ritchie at Lather) and then met a friend for lunch.  Cant think of a better way to start the day.

Lunch - one of my favorite places - Super Pan.  I so enjoy their vegan BBQ tofu sandwich on a coconut bun with cabbage and cilantro.  The BBQ sauce is out of this world, spicy with a touch of sweet, accompanied by crystallized sugar on top.  Put that together with cilantro and a soft gooey bread and you have one hell of a sandwich.  Each bite melts in your mouth with a taste that is perfectly balanced between sweet and spicy.  I ate there a couple of times but never asked if the sandwich was officially "vegan".  But I got my nerve up after starting this blog.  I had reasoned with myself, that I would enjoy and eat it either way, but it would be nice to report on my blog that it was vegan.  I almost hugged the guy who was taking my order and who informed me that it was INDEED vegan.  Sweet!  This is another place that a vegan can get an outstanding, satisfying meal and any accompanying meat eater will be equally satisfied with their meal - the rest of the menu has plenty of meat options.
http://www.superpanlatinosandwichshop.com/

After Lunch-  Atlanta Food Trucks at Sweet Auburn Curb Market (will be there every last Friday of the month).  I have been reading about the Atlanta Food Truck movement in Atlanta and could not wait to check them out.  These creative entrepreneurs are trying to bring a concept to Atlanta that many other cities already get to experience.  For some reason, our city laws are not conducive to this business.  To learn more go to http://www.atlantastreetfood.com/.  (I wont pretend to understand it.)  But in the meantime you can check these food trucks out at certain times and locations.  On to my experience - really fun, happy energy as everyone lined up to try exciting food.  The first sign I saw was inspiring, they were selling tamales, and the first type to sell out was the vegetarian.  Go veggie!

Farm Mobile was another cool concept - a truck filled with local farmer's good.  I walked into the truck to do my shopping - organic bok choy and H&F Bread company loaf of bread.
www.grassfedcow.com/farmmobile.html

One food truck I was most interested in finding was Grace's Goodness.  I stumbled upon her site and immediately was drawn to her philosophy: "Grace’s Goodness was founded on the notion that honest, healthy, local food should be accessible to all."  Love it.  And, I found her.  She was full of goodness and fun energy - she had amazing vegan hummus, and homemade pimento cheese (not vegan).  I will be tracking her down again soon to refill my mason jars.  http://www.gracesgoodness.com/  Husband and both girls enjoyed the pimento cheese.

Good Food was another truck that I cant wait to try out.  We had already eaten lunch, but I cant wait to find them again and try one of their waffle cones filled with indian fare.

BEST day EVER!!

http://goodfoodtruckatl.com/

Fast Food Find

I may have won the best wife award today.  As we were driving back from Birmingham, after seeing our favorite band (WSP), I asked my husband to keep driving and get off on the Moreland exit.  He was in for a surprise.  I directed him to Glenwood and Moreland and asked him to pull into a CHICKEN SAUSAGE fast food stand called Delias.  He thought I had lost my mind.  Delia's is fast food, but made with fresh, handcrafted locally sourced ingredients including the chicken, and buns from H&F bread company.  But, the real reason I checked out a fast food place is that every biscuit and slinger has a vegetarian or VEGAN option.  Seriously!  My husband was in heaven, and I had great options too. He said his chicken biscuit was amazing.  I ordered the Gunn Slinger with outstanding guacamole, salsa, jalapeno slices and vegan sausage.  The bread and toppings were amazing, truly "handcrafted".  I tried the vegan sausage, and for vegan sausage it was good, but for me, I really just dont like any of the "vegan" meats.  I took the sausage off and enjoyed the guacamole and salsa sandwich.  So if you are a vegan and want to make a meat eater really, really happy - Take them to Delias and you can enjoy your meal too. 

Score - a fast food restaurant with healthy options in ATLANTA!!