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Just because some guys on TV are tossing around a pigskin, doesn’t mean you have to be eating the rest of that pig in the form of bacon bits as you watch from your couch. If you have the time and ambition to whip up something fancy, check out Ecorazzi's list of Super Bowl vegan recipes.
But what if you are lazy? Or what if you have a vegan coming to your non-vegan Super Bowl party and you want to make sure she doesn't starve to death (but you don't like her enough to go to the trouble of preparing an elaborate vegan meal option)? Well, here are five ideas for simple, vegan-friendly snacks to enjoy this Sunday:
1) Potato Chips
This one’s not surprising, since the only ingredients in most brands of potato chips are potatoes and astonishing amounts of oil. Just make sure your potato chips aren’t made with animal fat, and you’re good to go.
2) Guacamole
Check the ingredients if you’re buying a tub from the store, or make your own by mashing up a few avocadoes and tomatoes and adding lemon juice and salt. Tortilla chips for dipping are usually vegan, too!
3) Veggie Platter
I know, I know, no one likes the person who brought the veggie platter, especially if there's no Ranch dressing. But if you’re okay with being a stereotypical vegan, go for it.
4) Fruit Kebabs
Unlike veggie platters, people will actually eat your fruit kebabs. Spear pineapple chunks, strawberries, blueberries, melon, or whatever fruit is in season and arrange the kebabs on a plate. If you want to get fancy, mix some lemon or lime juice into plain soy yogurt to make a tasty dipping sauce.
5) Vegan 7-Layer Dip
At any sports-watching party, whoever brings the 7-layer dip is everybody’s best friend. Make your own vegan version by using the following layers:
1) Tofutti cream cheese substitute (or Trader Joe’s brand) mixed with taco seasoning
2) Guacamole
3) Salsa
4) Shredded lettuce
5) Daiya vegan cheese
6) Chopped green onions
7) Chopped black olives
So what if my 2012 Super Bowl experience is bound to revolve around waiting for a close-up of Tom Brady’s
We are going to a hotel/convention Superbowl event. Chris is letting me off my nutritional leash but after a year of eating whole foods clean eating I don't stray too far. We are excited as with all events we plan do to the fact that his med care needs and such require us to be homebound and then once a week we go on a road trip/event. He is looking forward to the socializing with other Men, the Official Coors Girls and cheering on the Patriots (we are not big sports fans at all). We both dread the half time show....Madonna Really? Then we get to stay overnight as the hotel is awesome at providing courtesy service of a team of security/emt to Transfer him from his WC to Bed and back up in the A.M. Not a common service in America. It allows us to not have to drive home in the often stormy coastal weather at night. Niiiice. What grosses me out is all the free food and some people stuff there purses with the desserts come on really? Free all you can eat foot ball food for all types of diet needs and people do that?
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