vegetarian/vegan offsite near WDW?

[QueenGoblin]

My DH is vegan and a big eater and I am trying to scope out a few places we can eat offsite during our January visit (he is running the Goofy challenge). We are traveling with a 4 year old and a 1 year old and my mother-in-law and we will have a car. The rest of us are vegetarians. Other than the whole vegan thing, he is not picky. He will eat Chinese, Indian, Subway, whatever. I don't want to spend a bunch of time looking for places for him to eat, but I am also thinking counter service veggie-burgers at the parks are going to start getting old after 3 or 4 days.

Any suggestions of good places that are close to the parks? A lot of the usual suspects (Sweet Tomatoes, for example) are great for the vegetarians, but tend to put cheese in their dishes....

 

[madisonsmom]

Try these websites, they seem to have a few restaurants to choose from...

http://www.vegetarian-restaurants.net/usa/Orlando-Vegetarian-Restaurants.htm

http://www.chowbaby.com/10_2006/ArticlesNew.asp?lr=1&id=946

good luck!

 

[madisonsmom]

a side note...somethings that have worked for me being a vegetarian is packing heavily on fresh fruit and veggies to take into the park, along with bottled water...I freeze a couple so by the time they thaw they are still cold..all of these go into my backpack, that way the counter food doesn't seem so bland and greasy

. A friend that is also a veggie ate at the restaurant at Animal Kingdom Lodge(it was a buffett) and was pleased with the selection they had there(not sure about vegan items though). Also at Epcot, Morrocco offers alot of vegetarian choices. At DTD the Wolfgang Puck Express seemed to have a few things and Rainforest Cafe has some good selections as well. It is always a challenge travelling and not knowing of the "local" places to go. So many restaurants hide meat or dairy products in foods that you wouldn't suspect. UGH