Peanut Butter & Jelly

[disneychrista]

Is the PB&J available on the kids menu's actually PB&J or is it the uncrustables, like at WDW?

I am desperate to find things my newly Vegan DD can eat and this might be one option. Other than bringing in our own food.

 

[DTDkettleCORNfan]

All I have seen is Uncrustables. But I bet there are a lot of vegetarian options. Not sure about vegan. Good luck.

 

[disneychrista]

Bummer that is what I was afraid of.

Yeah I have never had problems finding Vegetarian foods, but vegan is very hard. Looks like I am going to have to be figuring out what we can bring in for her.

Thanks for the super quick reply.

 

[glendalais]

Yea, most PB&Js at the DLR are of the Uncrustables variety.

However, there are some vegan options around. The one that sticks out in my mind is the Terra Nova Tomato Basil pasta at Redd Rockett's Pizza Port in Tomorrowland. It's Penne pasta with a sauce consisting entirely of tomatoes and basil.

Also, if you explain the situation, most Restaurants should be able to find a way to accommodate you. Dishes can be made without animal products much more easily than you think.

 

[Leofoenget]

Is the PB&J available on the kids menu's actually PB&J or is it the uncrustables, like at WDW?

I am desperate to find things my newly Vegan DD can eat and this might be one option. Other than bringing in our own food.

It's a seriously overpriced uncrustable. You know the ones they sell at costco are like 10% larger than the ones they sell at the grocery store? Bet DL doesn't sell the larger ones!

 

[Canyon girl]

I have only seen the Uncrustables, too. I believe that I did find a make your own PB&J at the Carnation Cafe while I was researching places to feed my picky vegetarian eaters. You can check the menus at Allearsnet. http://allears.net/dlr/din/menu/menus.htm#dl Also, Mousepad had an interesting thread on this. http://mousepad.mouseplanet.com/showpost.php?p=1130703&postcount=5 I know that this includes dairy, but it will give you some idea of where the veggie burgers are (not 100% if they are vegan). I hope no one mind me posting this link. I found it very helpful to me! Good luck!

 

[spacemermaid]

The only PBJ's I've seen in Park restaurants recently are the Uncrustables.

I'm vegetarian but not vegan; the veggie burgers in the park are the Gardenburger brand (or, they were when I last asked about it!), and those have cheese in them. There are various pasta dishes in the Park that could be made vegan by ordering them with no cheese. Or, in restaurants that serve kosher food, you could see about ordering a Pareve meal, which means it contains neither milk or meat and so, besides being kosher, it would also be vegan.

 

[MonkeyDishwasher]

If you eat at a sit down restaurant, ask whoever books your seating to note that you have a vegan eater in your party. Then double check when you are seated, and ask if you could speak to the Chef about any options they may have for you.

As far as counter service.... Good luck!

 

[silence]

The PBJ at Carnation Cafe is NOT an uncrustable.

The PBJ Pallet is a bread with Peanut Butter and then several "toppings" you can put on it. The ones I remember: marshmellows, jelly, raisens, bananas, and I know there must have been a couple more.

It is my son's FAVORITE meal in the entire park, since he won't eat meat...or uncrustables.

 

[Mugglemama]

my now 16 year old dd was vegan for a year, and we took a 5 day trip to DLR during that time. we brought cans of no-meat-stock veggie soup that she could heat up in the microwave at the hotel for lunch or dinner (last year we took a break during each day to go back to the hotel during the hottest part of the day). we also brought a lot of cans of fruit...pineapple, pears...anything we could find that was packed in fruit juice and NOT syrup. some of the most popular kinds have easy open pull tabs now (don't need a can opener), so we just brought cans into the park in our diaper bag, and she ate it right out of the can when she was hungry (a little embarrassing, yes, but she was very serious about being vegan, lol). we also brought a large bag of bulk raw sunflower seeds and she just brought a ziploc bag full to munch on in the parks. she'd eat cereal with rice milk for breakfast.

i think that's pretty much it. she'd eat fruit, raw nuts and seeds, the no-meat-stock veggie soup (i think it was "chunky" brand?), which also had an easy-open pull tab, and cereal with rice milk.

she could eat salads...if i remember correctly, italian dressing is vegan-friendly.

wow, you just reminded me how glad i am that my dd stopped this way of eating. kids NEED meat proteins for brain development. make sure you are encouraging her to eat eggs at least! you can get the kind from animal-friendly farms where the chickens run free and are not mistreated.

 

[TiredX2]

For a week, you shouldn't have a problem. Our fallback is always plain pasta.
How strict of a vegan is she? Is honey okay? How about yeast? Make sure you always ask if there is meat stock in any sauces (there often are, not at Disney, just in general, even if it is a "veggie" sauce/soup)

kids NEED meat proteins for brain development.

I have NEVER heard that kids need animal protein for optimal development. It is definately easier to get enough protien w/animal products, but it's not impossible. Vegan children do tend to grow more slowly, but their adult height is usually average. Do you have any further info on the need for animal products in the diet?

 

[DTDkettleCORNfan]

silence......thanks for the info re: Carnation Cafe's PB&J. We have never been there, but that sounds really good. My kids would love that! Plus its something different from the other, more frequently seen, kids meals around the park.

 

[Mugglemama]

I have NEVER heard that kids need animal protein for optimal development. It is definately easier to get enough protien w/animal products, but it's not impossible. Vegan children do tend to grow more slowly, but their adult height is usually average. Do you have any further info on the need for animal products in the diet?

well, there's plenty of information available out there, because i came across plenty of it myself while my daughter was eating this way. i don't have time to look any of it up right now (i work from home and am in the middle of my workday), but look around, it's not tough to find. maybe none of it's proven (either way), but i do know that my daughter's grades suffered while she ate this way. living on almost all carbs just can't be great for anybody, that's my opinion. she just began eating meat again about a month ago, and so far her focus is so much stronger. it was very noticeable. your experience may be different, and i'm not willing to get into a debate about it. everybody should do what they think is best for them. so i will add here, so as not to make anyone else feel as though they need to defend veganism, that it's my opinion that kids need animal proteins for brain development. (now, there is ample information out there to support this opinion, just as there is ample information out there to support the opposite, to be sure). i didn't force my child to eat meat products (i completely supported her desire to cause no harm to animals), but definitely have noticed a HUGE difference in her own mental function now that she is eating animal products again.

sorry to OP, or anyone else who may have been offended. didn't mean to offend or insinuate anything. just hate to think of little ones not getting all the brain nourishment they need, that's all. maybe it wouldn't be the same for everyone, but for my own child, veganism really did affect her mental function.

hope the thread can get back on track now. sorry!

 

[c0r1nn3]

Going back on the topic, yes the PBJ are the Smuckers brand sandwiches. Sorry, it sucked for us too as DS has a peanut allergy. I didn't know that it was Uncrustables until I asked if they could make him just jelly sandwich. They looked at me like I was crazy.

 

[bumbershoot]

Even with the carnation pallete thing, I would really question the ingredients in the pb and j. If it's all Smuckers, bleah. Not that it would be non vegan, but just that generally vegans don't like junk food. And of course the marshmallows on that plate would be highly unappetizing!

We can't eat uncrustables b/c they are loaded with corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup, so if we want PB&J we just bring our own. We get Safeway/Von's O Organics brand of both, so we're sure of the safety.


There's plenty of protein in a vegan diet, plenty enough for even some professional weight lifters, so there's more than enough for normal humans.


OP, call Disney Dining, ask to be put through to Chef Chris. You'll likely get his voice mail, so leave a detailed message. He'll call you back with ideas and things they can do for you!

At Disney, according to Chef Chris (who is in charge of helping people with food needs), all the soups that are Vegetarian are on a vegetarian base. There was a rumor floating around awhile back that it was not the case, and he said his soup chefs had their feelings hurt by that, LOL. It was a case of CMs telling untruths, rather than the chefs being idiotic.

The beans at Cocina and Rancho do not have animal fats, and the rice at those places is fine, too. You might want to check if there's dairy in them, though, b/c since we're ovo lacto I didn't check on that.

 

[Sherry E]

Is the PB&J available on the kids menu's actually PB&J or is it the uncrustables, like at WDW?

I am desperate to find things my newly Vegan DD can eat and this might be one option. Other than bringing in our own food.

There is also the (more expensive) option of eating one of the buffet meals. The array of food at most of the buffets is so wide (and I am partial to the Goofy's Kitchen spread, but others are staunch supporters of the other character meals) that your DD will surely find plenty to eat. The P,B & J pizza, for example. The fruit all over DLR is amazing too (Bumbershoot will agree with me there!). You could also try Naples in DTD - lots of yummy pasta dishes which you can get without cheese.

Because we are living in a different day and age now, DL, I think, realizes that many people have different dietary needs and preferences today, so even though it is not as easy to find a purely vegan meal as it is to find a vegetarian meal, I bet it is much easier than it was ten years ago. I am one of the ones who has to load up on lots of protein early in the day because of blood sugar issues, so if it doesn't have meat or eggs in it, I will be in big trouble!

 

[disneyobsessed808]

Is the PB&J available on the kids menu's actually PB&J or is it the uncrustables, like at WDW?

I am desperate to find things my newly Vegan DD can eat and this might be one option. Other than bringing in our own food.

Honestly, I think it is pretty tough to find vegan food in Disneyland, even in these modern times. I went with my vegan friend last year, and he had very few options. We spoke with a chef at the Pacific Wharf and we weren't sure if they understood what vegan was. They were nice and accomodating but it took a long time. They made him a sandwich with all lots of vegetables.

 

[Sherry E]

I live in Los Angeles, close to Beverly Hills, and Lord knows there is no shortage of vegan or vegetarian or raw cuisine here. As for Disneyland, well, I kind of look at it like this. It IS a new day and age, and Disney probably tries to do what they can to accommodate people with different dietary needs from 'the norm,' whatever that is in 2008. In fact, they just changed the entire French Market menu to add 'healthier options' and they also did a 'health' makeover back in 1992 or so, adding many more veggie and lean protein snack options than ever before. But if a vegan - or vegetarian, for that matter - is expecting to go to DLR and find an all-vegan restaurant or all vegetarian or raw food restaurant, it probably will not happen. It probably should happen, but I don't know if it ever will. And maybe that is what a lot of vegans expect - to go and find an all vegan place to eat at in the middle of DL? However, I am fairly confident that ANY of the DLR restaurants - in DTD, DL, DCA or the hotels - have vegetarian or vegan options on all the menus now; some more than others - you just have to seek them out and look for them.

It is like my own situation when I go with friends to a seafood restaurant. I do not like seafood of any kind at all. My friends love it. BUT, at every seafood dining establishment, there are always at least one or two entrees that do not involve seafood, which I can eat. They take that into consideration because they know that not everyone loves seafood who gets stuck eating at a seafood joint! So the same goes for DLR - there are vegan/vegetarian options on probably every menu throughout the entire resort, and as stated previously, the chefs these days will try to accommodate the guests, but you just have to look and ask for it.

I still say, go with the buffets - that way everybody is happy and can eat as much of what they need as they like.

 

[cirquelovers]

Another vote for the Carnation Cafe PB & J pallet. My son loved to invent his own sandwich! He has since moved on to other things but we love CC and make sure to go have at least one meal there every trip!

 

[avalon451]

Uncrustables are just... icky.

I'm an omnivore, but very sympathetic and admiring of those who can adhere to a vegetarian or vegan diet. I love a really good hamburger, but oh, it's just so bad for you! And not earth-friendly, either. On the other hand, it seems like you have to work very hard at getting enough quality protein and calcium, too, on a vegan diet. (I'm envisioning mountains of spinach, broccoli and kale, here...) Every single bite would be important to make sure it's a healthy bite.

It would be nice if there were just generally more options available for all diets at DL.