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How to get by as a vegan in a rural area (self.vegan)

submitted 4 months ago by Fisherman75 to c/vegan

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I live in a vast rural area in the central valley of California. Here, people are fanatical carnivores. There is very little vegan food and I live very far from where most of it is available and don't drive for many reasons many of them environmental. Getting there would require riding a bike in the heat most of the year and people here hate bicyclists. Delivery like doordash is really expensive and only the same two dashers will take my vegan order I've noticed.

Has anyone found any useful tips for this basic kind of situation that I'm driving at?

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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

It sounds like you don't cook at home that much and that picking up more of those skills would solve all of your problems. It can be overwhelming if you're in the newer stages! I sort of still am lol. But learn 1 dish you like at a time, maybe get a simple vegan cookbook for ideas, or crowdsource easy vegan at-home meals here. If you're a newer vegan and are into faux meats more so than lentils, for example, then shop around a figure out which products you like. (That might also be an easy way of translating known non-vegan recipes/meal ideas to vegan ones)

[–] rah@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

shop around

I think you missed the point of OP's post: they have problems getting to shops that sell vegan fare.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I got the sense they were only seeking already-prepared foods, eg the doordash mention. Maybe there are no grocery stores that sell a plant-based milk or a soy-based burger near them, but I wouldn't assume that to be the 100% case even if there are no vegan restaurants

[–] Fisherman75 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No doordash delivers groceries. I'm referring to groceries. I prepare all my own food these days.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Right on!