Las Vegas Vegan

by | Apr 12, 2016 | Happy & Healthy

Las Vegas Vegan

Viva Las Vegas!

We had a totally fabulous time in Las Vegas! We loved running around in the noisy glittering frenzy of the Strip as well as hiking in the rugged beauty of Red Rock Canyon.

Warm super SUNNY weather in the 80’s made it perfect for wearing summer clothes and dipping in the Pool.

And on this trip I discovered how cool the Las Vegas Arts District is! A bunch of buildings near old downtown Las Vegas and Fremont street have giant amazing paintings on them. It’s really fun to drive around and look at them!

  • Red Rock Canyon

  • Excalibur Hotel

  • Las Vegas Arts District

  • Downtown Las Vegas

  • New York, New York

  • Arts District

It’s Easy to be Vegan in Las Vegas

Or should I say, it’s easy to be a CHEAP (or frugal) vegan in Las Vegas. Ha!!

I usually prefer to make my own vegan food rather than go out to restaurants, even though I know that Las Vegas has a lot of incredible vegan friendly restaurants.  When I’m traveling, I want fast, easy light & filling raw vegan snacks and meals that I can eat on the go!

Are Black Raspberries Better?

I am in LOVE with Black Raspberries!!! They make the yummiest, prettiest DARK purple Smoothies! And combine SO well with Blackberries, Cherries, Acai or Mulberries.

Like last time, I prepared for our Las Vegas road trip by making a bunch of Smoothies. 3 Green Smoothies, 2 gorgeous Black Raspberry Smoothies, and 2 Chocolate Coconut Smoothies.

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Smoothies for Las Vegas

And of course LOTS of Avocados! Plus some Medjool Dates for Dessert. Yum!!

But this time, our hotel didn’t have a fridge so I had to be super vigilant about changing the ice in the coolers we brought.

It was much easier than I thought it would be, and SO worth it to have all my favorite healthy snacks with me! I bought fresh Greens while we were there and made some delicious Salads too.

I brought an entire Orange & Purple Cauliflower for the first night we were there which I had steamed the night before and cut up into pieces. It was so yummy topped with fresh creamy Avocado & sea salt! Such an Easy healthy Vegan Dinner 🙂 so light but very filling.

  • Black Raspberries

  • Colored Cauliflower

  • Purple Mulberries

  • Kale, Sprouts & Starfruit Salad

  • Mulberries, Passion Fruit, Black Sapotes

  • Kale & Purslane Smoothie

Home is Where the Fruit Is

I will gladly jump on the road and drive back to Vegas anytime. Because I love it!! Just let me make a few Smoothies and I’m ready to roll 🙂

But now we’re back home, happily picking fruit because Mulberry Season just started! We’re still getting tons of Fuerte Avocados (the end of the season for them), Meyer Lemons, Oranges, and a few days ago I was delighted to find a whole bunch of beautiful Purple Passion Fruit on the ground.

Yay! They come & go all year. It’s always a wonderful surprise to find them!