Lunch at Dunkin Donuts in NYC

The Dunkin Donuts in Manhattan have beyond meat "sausage" breakfast sandwiches.  I got one for lunch and it was delicious, same flavor as their other sausage (shaped like hot dogs) but in a round patty, plus the signature Dunkin "egg" and english muffin.  I'm sure still not super healthy but nice non-meat option.

Dinner at Lenita's in NYC

Had happy hour at Lenita's on a tuesday and they had some food deals for Taco Tuesday.  I got a carnitas taco and a maduros taco, then mixed the two so I had an even better taco - carnitas with maduros :)  Not the best tacos of your life but super cheap and tasty when I combined them.

Carnitas (L) and Maduros (R)

Lunch from Eema's Cuisine in Jersey City, NJ

Whenever there are festivals or street fairs, Eema's is around and we have to get food from them.  As usual, we got a spam musubi and they had some Huli Huli BBQ chicken, which was excellent and as close to plate lunch as we're gonna get outside of the islands.  Missing Hawaii everytime we eat this food.

Huli Huli chicken with rice and mac salad, and Spam Musubi

Lunch from Flavors in NYC

Had a discount on Grubhub, so ordered a custom made salad from Flavors.  The salad was HUGE and delicious.  I ate it over two lunches because it was so large.  Good enough that I would actually order sans deal.

Custom Salad -  with Organic House Blend, grilled chicken, roasted cauliflower, brussel sprouts, portobello mushrooms, broccoli, chickpeas, edamame, craisins, fresh corn, mushrooms, and fresh avocado vinaigrette.  Sooo many toppings plus I loved the dressing

Lunch from The Grotto in NYC

I picked up cheap lunch via Ritual from an Italian place - The Grotto.  Got a pretty tasty and large filling Italian sandwich.  Not a particularly memorable place given the plethora of Italian places nearby, but good for lunch that day

Grilled Chicken Hot Sandwich with fresh mozzarella & roasted peppers

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Home-made vegan bolognese

I am so impressed with Upton's, which makes various meatless substitutes.  We bought some Italian sausage seitan and the texture and flavor was identical to real Italian sausage.  By far the most like real meat that I've had of anything so far, even the impossible and beyond meats.  I made red sauce by scratch - my first time fully - and it was an excellent dinner.

Rotini with red sauce and italian sausage seitan

Lunch at Tacoria in Jersey City, NJ

We went to a festival in JC and then stopped by Tacoria for lunch.  Great fast casual Mexican spot.  Not sure how authentic it is but very tasty and loved that they have al pastor as a protein option.

Tracy got tacos

Dan and I each got mission style burritos.  I got al pastor, and he got chorizo

Dan's chorizo burrito with rice, black beans, salsa, cheese, crema in a flour tortillo

My Al Pastor burrito with the same fillings.  It was hearty and tasty but the al pastor flavor seemed to be a little lost with the rest of the inside