Carl’s Jr Reaches Out To Vegetarians
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If you’ve recently typed “vegan food” in a search box you might have seen the first paid response to be Carl’s Jr., the fast food burger restaurant. The headline says”Veg it with Carl’s Jr.”
The fast food restaurant is offering “alternative options”. Here’s how to go gluten-free. Here’s how to go veg. Low-fat. Low-carb. The veg options include:
* Order the portabello musrhoom six dollar burger with no meat patty, extra mushrooms.
* Order the guacamole bacon six dollar burger no meat patty, no bacon, extra guac
* Order the fried zucchini. Eat it like it is or shove it into a meatless burger.
To go vegan, you’d also lose the cheese and dressing, of course. The bun appears to be vegan, based on nutritional info on the Carl’s Jr site, but I won’t guarantee it. The site also points out that all food is prepared in the same kitchen location, so bits of animal products may well get into your burger.
What’s interesting here is not that you can order it your way but that the company thinks it’s worth its while to point out these options. They are reaching out, even if in a small way, because they are catching on – ? Now if they’d only start to offer true vegan items on the menu…and if only they’d bring back the baked potatoes and salad bar…
Years ago, Carl’s Jr. started out as veg-friendly by offering a REAL salad bar. But those salad bars have gotten smaller and smaller and simply don’t exist in some locations. All they’d need to do to get my business is bring back the salad bar.
Yes, me too. If the potatoes came back double yes. Perhaps this latest campaign is a cheap way to get back those health-conscious customers who left when they took away these excellent choices.
Be wary vegans! The fries at Carl’s Junior are cooked in the same oil as their animal products. In my opinion that restricts me from including them in my diet, YMMV. I have yet to try anything at carl’s junior, but I would assume it’s safer to just stay away if you aren’t prepared to make certain your order stays away from the meatier parts of their kitchen.
Interestingly, testing of some all-vegan restaurants in the LA area found that some animal products were present in some of the items. There are no guarantees unless you grow all your food yourself, grind your own flour, and so on.
I just ate the the Guacamole Bacon Six Dollar Burger sans beef and sans bacon. It wasn’t too bad. The spicy cheese gave it a nice punch. I didn’t ask for extra guac–I think it would have gotten rather messy if I did. I did pull the red onions and replace them with onion rings that gave it some nice texture and more thickness to the sandwich as a whole. Basically it’s a cheese and avocado sandwich with some decent zest from the Santa Fe Sauce, pepperjack cheese and guac. Had a hell of a time ordering it, though! “Wait. No bacon AND NO MEAT!” As if bacon wasn’t meat. Ha!
I forgot to mention I got it based on this Web site! And kudos to my wife for the onion ring idea!
It does seem like a lot of work but sometimes we don’t have a whole lot of options! It’s always good to be able to roll with what is available.