Eating Out: Tee Pee Mexican Food

One of my favorite places to eat Mexican food is Tee Pee Mexican Food in Phoenix. I have been eating here for so many years. I even had a birthday party when I was a kid here. I remember that one of my friends, who is the pickiest eater I know, ordered a hamburger there and I couldn't imagine why anyone would order American food at a Mexican restaurant. And then she squirted what she thought was ketchup on her burger which ended up being hot sauce. I always think of that story when I end up here to eat. There aren't many options for me, obviously, but there is one that I get every single time just because I love it so much. Even if there was something else I could eat, I wouldn't want to since this is the only reason I keep coming back here. Beware: The picture of this dish looks quite gross, but I guarantee it is quite delicious.

What I get is a bean chimichanga with no cheese, and no sour cream. Then I order all beans on the side and no rice. I have never asked, but I am pretty sure the rice is made with chicken stock, though I was never crazy about the rice here anyways. And surprisingly the beans are not made with lard, which is hard to come by in a Mexican restaurant. It is then topped with red sauce and guacamole. I hardly ever finish the entire thing, and I never take leftovers home because it doesn't reheat well. But every once in awhile when I am feeling like I want to eat something gross and full of calories, I come here and enjoy this meal. 

 YUMMERS!

Eating Out: Jason's Deli

I don't often eat at Jason's Deli, mainly because the options are limited, but there weren't many other choices the day I decided to go here since I wasn't close to home and figured that this would probably be a safe bet. The sandwich that I go was the Zucchini Grillini, which was grilled zucchini with other vegetables, roasted red pepper hummus, and olives on whole grain bread. This usually comes with cheese but I had that removed for obvious reasons. 

I really love sandwiches, but I tend to find the ones at Jason's really boring and bland. They always sound and look better than they actually taste. There used to be a portabello muffaletta on the menu awhile back, but it looks like it is no longer there, which is sad. That was the reason I considered Jason's on this particular day. 

I do like though that they at least have a vegetarian specific menu with vegan options on it so there isn't any kind of a guessing game on what I can eat. So even though I am not crazy about the food here, at least I know that I can always find something here and not be left starving.

Eating Out: Nami

There aren't many places in town, or at least close to where I live, where I can get a vegan treat. Nami is a bakery offshoot from the vegan restaurant Green, which I LOVE. Anyone who has been to Green knows about their famous Tsoynami's, and as well as those also being available at Nami, you can also get tons of other vegan baked goodies and coffee. If you go on Wednesday's and Sunday's, you can get vegan doughnuts!! Suffice to say they are freaking amazing.

Nami is so close to Gallo Blanco, that we almost always end up here afterwards, or any other time we end up on this side of town (don't tell anyone, but once I had a Tsoynami for breakfast). Today I decided on a cupcake they had on special, the cookie dough cupcake.

It is a chocolate cupcake topped with cookie dough flavored frosting dotted with chocolate chips. And just when you thought that was all....

There's a cookie in my cupcake!

There was a surprise nugget of cookie dough baked into the cupcake! So it was like eating a cookie and a cupcake at the same time! It was pretty great.

Eating Out: Gallo Blanco

By far and away, one of my FAVORITE places to eat vegan at is Gallo Blanco in Phoenix. I found this place a little under two years ago and fell in love with it. Happy hour is my favorite time to come because all of my favorite things are cheaper! Usually I start off with one of their classic margaritas, which are my favorite anywhere that I have found, but I didn't get one this time since my husband decided he wanted one. It is freaking delicious. I was jealous. Instead I started with chips and guacamole (no cheese).

I always forget to take pictures before I start to eat so excuse the messy half eaten bowl. I can tell you though that it is a pretty delicious guacamole. Along with all of the normal guacamole makings, they add citrus pieces, like oranges and grapefruits, which makes it pretty interesting. It isn't spicy at all, which I usually prefer in a guacamole, but I like that this one is a cool and refreshing take on guacamole. 

For my main I always get the veggie tacos, two or three depending on how hungry I am, and the beans with no cheese.

The veggie tacos come stuffed with fresh, local vegetables that change every time I come in depending on what is in season. Today it was some corn, mushrooms, squash, tomatoes, and spinach. They are then topped with some more guacamole. The beans are just a really tasty vegetarian refried bean. Usually they are more mashed than they were today, but I like to eat them with the chips so it doesn't really matter if they are mashed or not. 

If you have never been to Gallo Blanco I highly recommend you check it out. Even if you are not a veggie. My husband had the flapjacks for dinner tonight and loved them. 

Eating Out: Rubio's

There aren't many regular places we have that we eat out at, so basically we have about five or so that are on a regular rotation. One that we tend to go to a lot is Rubio's. My husband still eats fish, so he has more options than I do. With only a few different options I can get here, I usually end up ordering the same thing every time. A bean burrito, no cheese, whole wheat tortilla, add avocado slices. It comes with chips, which I always eat with the roasted chipotle salsa.

Special cause I'm special ;)

It isn't the most interesting meal in the world, but at least I know there is always something I can eat at Rubio's if family wants to go there.