Whole Foods - Arlington, TX

Whole Foods?  The grocery store?  Really?  Yes, yes, yes!!!  Okay, not for a family sit-down meal, but if you are ever on the go and need to eat, check your smartphone and see if there is not a Whole Foods around.  While they have flavorful food for all diets, they really do cater to vegetarians - and more so vegans. 

Pictured above is how I like to eat it - I get the smaller of the two recycled cardboard food containers and fill it until it is overflowing.  The food blends wonderfully and there are containers for the soup so nothing is runny and goes where you don't want it to.  Today I had Greek cabbage, chicken friend tofu, roasted garlic, hummus, baba ganoush (not blended but whole chunks of eggplant and peppers), 'cracklin' cauliflower, baked tofu with cilantro pesto, red and white quinoa, artichoke salad and marinated spelt salad. 

I can't even start to tell you how pleasant all the flavorful tastes are when you are randomly dipping into your stack of food.  I don't mix them up, mind you, but some are buried and it is nice to strike upon the different flavors.  Whole Foods clearly marks what is vegan and also lists ingredients.  No hunting and pecking or worrying.  On occasion there is a vegan chicken salad or the like and almost always one of their soups is vegan (today's was Black Bean Espresso Chili).

So the small dining area is what it is - a grocery store dining area.  Complimentary water and recycle bins for your plastic ware and cardboard food holders. It is around $9 for a pound of food (the picture cost just over $10) and afterward you can buy what you liked most from the deli to take home.

The ever-changing options and plentiful vegan choices will keep me coming back!  Don't think of this as just a grocery store, especially if you need a quick but delicious vegan meal.