currently having no fun being almost-vegan in the midwest

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Something I am sure is news to no one but me: Kansas is absolutely shit for vegetarian food. Like, in the last few days the only protein or vegetables (and most of the fruit) I have eaten has come out of our cooler. I did not know that I could actually go into a restaurant and find nothing I wanted to eat except dessert! At home, even if I were banned from cooking for a week or two I could eat pretty well. Possibly without eating the same kind of food twice. Apart from all the college-student-y restaurants, we have a bunch of small groceries with vegan instant food and the like, as well as plenty of places to get fresh vegetables that can be eaten raw. I'm sure some of that is due to my living in a college town, and some to living there for fifteen years, but in Tampa and on that Christmas cruise there was plenty of fairly good food. Even at the airports. In Kansas, all I've found are carbohydrates and sugar.

I actually almost cried at the restaurant this evening, where everything contained meat and everything that did not contain meat contained cheese. Every. fucking. thing. Even what I did end up ordering, except for the cake-mix-y chocolate cake with overly-rich ice cream that I couldn't finish and felt sick after trying to.

So tired of Kansas, y'all.

Am dreaming of vegetables and chickpeas cooked in olive oil and dal with jasmine rice. Can't wait to go home and cook again.


One more day in Kansas, one more day driving home. Must have patience.