Vegan on the Go: Fast, Easy, Affordable Anytime, Anywhere

194 Pages·2017·63.62 MB·English

by  Jérôme Eckmeier

VEGAN
ON THE GO
Fast, easy, affordable—
anytime, anywhere
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Jérôme Eckmeier | Daniela Lais
VEGAN
ON THE GO
Fast, easy, affordable—
anytime, anywhere
With photography by Brigitte Sporrer
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CONTENTS
7 Introduction
8 Packing well
8 Vegan basics—the pantry
12 Lightning-quick lunchbox recipes
15 Vegan food in restaurants
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44
SNACKS & SMALL BITES
snacks between meals—smoothies,
finger food, etc. SOUPS & SALADS
creamy soups, stews, &
salads from all over
84
the world
SANDWICHES, WRAPS,
122
& ROLLS
from sandwiches to burgers—
SATISFYING MAINS
spreads, toppings, & wraps
hearty & filling—
vegetables, pasta, & rice
162
SOMETHING SWEET
quick treats—creamy
desserts, cakes, & pastries
188 Index
191 The authors
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INTRODUCTION
Even on hectic days, your stomach will be rumbling by lunchtime. But your phone rings
and there’s an email to send before you can quickly find something to eat… and in no time
at all, your lunch break is over. Sound familiar?
We’d all like our midday meal to be healthy and with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables.
But, in the real world, our good intentions are often sabotaged by a lack of time, and we
end up back at the uninspiring snack bar around the corner.
If you’re looking for something vegan, you might get lucky even there. More and more
often these days, cafés are offering vegan snacks. This is a great improvement. But still,
sometimes you end up having to go on a food hunt. And let’s be honest: often what you
can find is pretty far removed from a balanced meal.
No wonder that full- and part-time vegetarians prefer to bring their own food from home.
In a survey of 3,500 vegetarians, 75 percent packed their own lunch several times each
week. The kinds of recipes they want are balanced, simple, and quick. And that is exactly
what you will find in this book. Here are plenty of vegan ideas for lunch box classics such
as colorful sandwiches and cold dishes—which our survey respondents put right at the top
of their list—as well as soups and warm dishes that can easily be reheated at the office and
guarantee a delicious and stress-free lunch break.
And if you are wondering when you might have time to prepare these meals, I have a
tip for you: every so often, meet up with family or friends on a Sunday for a communal
cooking session. Together you’ll have so much more fun chopping, sizzling, and baking
than you would on your own and, by the end, your fridge will be bursting with plant-based
delicacies for your own completely personalized lunch box.
Yours, Sebastian Joy
Managing Director of the German Vegetarian Society
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PACKING WELL
A huge variety of lunch boxes are available. Choose one that is strong and airtight, so that
nothing can leak out. Buy yourself a large, medium, and small box made from stainless steel,
recycled plastic, or renewable raw materials, and get an insulated container for soups or
warm dishes and a vacuum flask for smoothies or other drinks—these will usually keep
your lunch warm for up to 6 hours, or cool for up to 24 hours. Practical alternatives include
thoroughly cleaned, recycled plastic containers with a tight-fitting lid, screw-top jars, or
preserving jars, as well as foil and plastic wrap. Dressings are best transported separately,
possibly in a spare compartment in your lunch box, or in a little glass jar.
Many offices are equipped with a small kitchen, including a microwave or stove for
reheating, so using a microwaveable, or heat-resistant, container saves you from dumping
your lunch onto a plate, thus creating extra dishwashing. Unless it is in an insulated
container, food should always be kept in a cool place, so get yourself a little corner of the
office fridge and kitchen cabinets to store your food and seasonings.
VEGAN BASICS—
THE PANTRY
If you keep some basics in your pantry, you will only need to purchase a few additional fresh
ingredients each week, and getting your lunch box ready will be as easy as pie. Our recipes
have been kept nice and simple, and the ingredients are not hard to obtain. Most can be
found in a well-stocked supermarket and, if not there, then at a health food store, organic
store, pharmacy, or vegan mail-order company.
IN THE FREEZER
Fresh vegetables cleaned, blanched if necessary, Lemon juice and sauces in little portions for
and stored in portions, keep for several months. dressings, sauces, or for flavoring; keep for a
few weeks.
Frozen vegetables usually contain more
vitamins than fresh vegetables, since they Pastry and dough: pizza dough, puff pastry, pie
are frozen immediately after harvesting. Pay crust, and filo (homemade or store-bought) will
attention to the producer’s best-before dates. keep for a few months in the freezer.
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