Phoney Baloney's Spring Strawberry Specials

My now-open vegan sandwich shop, Phoney Baloney's, has been coming up on some amazing organic strawberries grown right down the street from the shop. As an ardent lover of good strawberries, I decided we had to have some seasonal specials to use these gems, so we added:

Strawberry Cookie Monster - Cookie butter, vegan cream cheese, fresh strawberries and agave drizzle, panini pressed between two slices of whole wheat sourdough. $4.95 (Think vegan stuffed french toast.)

Picker's Salad - Local, organic "European" spinach, red onion, strawberries and candied pecans dressed in our house balsamic vinaigrette. $3.49 / $5.95

Phoney's is open Monday-Friday 11am-9pm and Saturday 11am-4pm. Closed Sundays.

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Laventina's Big Cheese Pizza Adds Vegan Cheese and Gluten-free Crust Options

Laventina's Big Cheese Pizza on the Balboa peninsula has been a community staple in the Newport Beach community for almost two decades now. The pizza joint, known for feeding Patron-powered peninsula partiers until 3am on the weekends, is committed to providing great pizza to their more mellow daytime crowd as well, not relying on booze soaked palates to carry their business.

I had previously had cheeseless vegan pizza a few times from Laventina's, which was good as is, but I was ecstatic when I recently saw an ad of theirs claiming "vegan, dairy-free and gluten-free options" now available. Last week, on a gorgeous, sunny Southern California afternoon, I decided to ride my bike down to the peninsula to check out the new offerings from Laventina's.

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Video from Cinco de Mayo Vegan Quesadilla Party at Phoney Baloney's

I made this video as a quick recap of all the fun we had at our vegan quesadilla party at Phoney Baloney's for Cinco de Mayo. A very special thanks to Galaxy Nutritional Foods for sponsoring the event with their amazing Mexican Style Vegan Shreds.

Phoney Baloney's opens to the public this Thursday, May 17th. Hope you can stop in for some tasty, affordable vegan sammies!

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Product Review: Galaxy Nutritional Foods' Vegan Mexican Style Shreds

I'm officially declaring 2012 the Year of Vegan Cheese. We saw Daiya launch an exciting new line extension in their three wedge flavors, and Parmela is finally giving us a legit vegan parmesan. In my post about Expo West 2012, I talked about the new Vegan Shreds from Galaxy Nutritional Foods in mozzarella flavor that they were serving on pizza, and said it's going to give Daiya a run for its money. After trying the other flavor of Vegan Shreds; Mexican style, I stand by that.

Galaxy was kind enough to send me a couple packages of these, asking for a Cinco de Mayo post in return. I told them I love quesadillas, so I would surely write a post about using their shreds in some vegan quesadillas. Since I like to go above and beyond what is required of me, instead of just writing this post, I am throwing an entire vegan quesadilla party tomorrow for Cinco de Mayo at my soon to open sandwich shop, Phoney Baloney's. Can you guess what kind of cheese we'll be using?

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Phoney Baloney's Cinco de Mayo Vegan Quesadilla Party Menu

Here is the menu for Saturday's vegan quesadilla party at Phoney Baloney's. For $4.95 you get a custom vegan quesadilla made with Galaxy Nutritional Foods' new Vegan Mexican Style Shreds. If you haven't yet tried these new amazing shreds, this is your chance! Our friends at EatPastry will also be providing cookies for dessert. Hope to see you there!

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