Eating out? It’s not that hard to be vegan though eating healthy whole foods while you’re out and about may be more difficult though. Choose your restaurant carefully. Apart from the Indian subcontinent, the cuisines of Asian countries do not traditionally use milk. So if you go for Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Malaysian or Burmese, when you ask for vegetarian you will likely avoid dairy. But do check if the noodles or batter contain egg!

South Indian food also has many vegan options but with North Indian it’s more difficult. Naan contains egg unless you are eating in a vegetarian restaurant and almost everything contains dairy so ask before ordering. Most Indian deserts are made with dairy and sugar.

Italian restaurants often cook in olive oil so they too may be able to offer you something vegan by dropping the cheese. Salads are often a healthy vegan option. Breads sometimes contain milk.

If you’re joining friends at Café Coffee Day, try one of their vegan drinks like the Vegan Shake, Irish Coffee, Lemon Demon, strawberry-flavoured iced tea, or Arctic Blast. Costa Coffee‘s Orange Brownies are vegan, and you can ask for soya milk instead of cow’s milk when ordering your coffee! At Barista try the flavoured Iced Tea or Sparkle Soda. The Slimmers Veg Sandwich, sugar doughnuts and blueberry tarts are also vegan. McDonald’s has a Vegan Burger on its menu and vegan options are also available at Subway.

Please note that to be a healthy vegan, you should avoid fast food and only indulge occasionally!