Saturday, October 10, 2009

Rebellious Tomato


This is the first time I've sat down for almost the entire day. I've been cooking since around 7am for the Thanksgiving feast tomorrow. Seeing as how it's nearly 10pm now, that's a long day of cooking and standing in a hot kitchen. The last thing I wanted to do tonight was cook dinner for myself. Don't get me wrong, I love cooking, but I'm cooking for tomorrow... I had forgotten to keep something ready to eat tonight.

Enter Rebellious Tomato. This is a local Vancouver pizza joint that just so happens to have vegan pizza. (There's one in North Vancouver and one in Kitsilano if you're in the area.) I usually go in and pick it up or I just eat inside and honestly I didn't even think they delivered. But lucky for me, they do. So in the midst of the flour flying and the stuffing trying to jump out of the bowl and onto the floor, I didn't even have to cook and I still got dinner.

They use this interesting kind of cheese called Daiya. Granted, you have to specifically request it because they do have regular cheese, but still! I'm not much for fast food, but in situations like tonight, this is exactly what a vegan needs. And you can get spelt crust if you want to make it gluten free as well. Even better, there are tons of really fun toppings you can get like capers, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke hearts, different kinds of mushrooms, etc. My personal favorite is the Riviera (sun-dried tomatoes, capers, tomatoes, green olives and artichoke hearts).

As happy as I am to have gotten sustenance, I have to giggle at how silly it is to order food when I've been doing nothing but making food all day...

7 comments:

  1. Oh! I just tried Daiya cheese! Wish I could get it locally, nevermind an entire vegan pizza - wow! I guess our Pizza Hut here does do a vegan pizza...w/out cheese, though. Happy Thanksgiving to you! We're looking forward to our own celebration in about a month.

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  2. Yum- I want more vegan pizza options around here.

    I'm so happy to see your blog resurrected by the way!

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  3. you are so lucky to have a place like this to go to. I am my only vegan source of food within 50k. However, through blogs like this I can constantly steal great food ideas to get me by.

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  4. We're looking forward to our own celebration in about a month.


    kobe beef burger

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  5. Actually, though spelt is wheat free, it is not gluten free so Celiacs or others sensitive to wheat gluten would not be able to eat it.

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  6. Rebellious Tomato in North Van will be relocating elsewhere in the same area soon. There is also talk of them opening up a restaurant in Seattle.

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  7. spelt is not gluten free - it is a very old form of wheat so many people sensitive to wheat can get away with eating it but it still contains gluten

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