What DO vegans eat?

I'm so glad you asked! Some tasties that've recently graced my tastebuds:

• avocado, tomato, lettuce, & spicy mustard sandwiches.
  
• walnuts.
• asparagus roasted in olive oil and vinegar, topped with sesame seeds.
• hummus, pita & veggies. Go see the nice people at The Shop on S. Perry and ask for the Clutch Plate.
• bread.
• tomatoes.
  
• curry & naan at Taste of India.
• watermelon.
• cous cous with olive oil, garlic and pine nuts.
  
• freshly-ground peanut butter from the bulk foods section.
  
• strawberries.
• soup. The possibilities are endless, especially if you can get your paws on some Trader Joe's Vegetable Savory Broth Concentrate. Phone in a favor from your friends in hip places--so worth begging someone to mail you a couple boxes (they are small).
  
• Neato Burritos.
• smoothies (my favorites are : banana, ice, soy milk & peanut butter; and banana, ice & o.j.).
• mangos.
• pasta with pesto or olive oil, garlic and lightly grilled veggies.
• beer! ...But not all beer. You may be repulsed to learn some beers are filtered through fish innards. Mmmm, innards.
• taco salad. (That's the huge salad in a mondo taco shell you always wish you'd ordered when the waiter sets it on the table next to yours).
  
• bok choy.
• Back to Nature sandwich cookies. Oreos are vegan too, but Back to Natures are waaay tastier, particularly the chocolate/mint ones. Find an accomplice, lest you find yourself unable to resist eating the whole box yourself in one sitting.
• falafel.
• artichoke.
• broccolli dipped in olive oil & vinegar.
• almonds.
  
• grilled Tofurkey beer brat in a bun with sauerkraut & spicy mustard. These soy dogs are pretty much the only faux meat I enjoy. And by "enjoy" I mean "fervently pine for when we are apart." I'm exercising lots of self control if I can keep myself to one package of these puppies a week. They're pretty heavy on the cals but also contain 27 g of protein per dog, which is 18 grams more than a Johnsonville pork brat with roughly the same calories and 9 extra grams of fat contains.
  
• grapes.
  
• bananas.
  
• edamame in teriyaki sauce.
• sushi rolls with veggie tempura, avocado, and carrots. Raw Sushi downtown makes a killer vegan roll.
  
• olives.
  
• calzones with veggies, mushrooms, vegan pesto/pizza sauce & olives.
• coffee. COFFEE! I've been drinking my lattes with soy milk for ages because of the nuttiness and texture soy adds to the drink, and because true religion can only be found in the espresso-swirled galaxy of soy foam. Most coffee shop chocolate sauces are dairy-free. Soy-phobes, go with rice milk--also tasty. Again, let The Shop do 'er right fer ya.
• fruit salad.
• bagels.
  
• leeks. I like them in stir fry or potato soup.
• english muffins.
  
• spanish peanuts, tamari sunflower seeds and other bird-food goodies from the Huckleberries bulk section. Super cheap, too.
• mushrooms. I've made a nice recovery from the college dining hall days of mushroom-flavored everything. They're actually quite tasty in moderation, as long as they're not cooked to sliminess ("cooked to sliminess" was a common trait of the 7,436 mushroom-themed dishes served at the aforementioned dining hall).
• carrots.
  
• grapefruit.
• Alternative Baking Company cookies sold at the Rocket Bakery on Garland. Glorious.
• barbecued veggie kabobs.
• brown rice.
• Taco Bell Fresco Menu items with crunchy shells or nacho chips, substituting beans for the meat. For some unknown reason, they put dairy in their tortillas (who the f*** puts dairy in tortillas?!) and guac, but the refried beans are vegan. Little-known fact: they'll make most menu items "fresco" by replacing dairy products with pretty decent salsa--not a bad idea for anyone wanting to leave the restaurant without a sideache.
  
• udon noodles.
• green beans tossed with almonds and olive oil.

With that said, I will also say this: a young man just walked by my store window wearing long, fuzzy, purple cat/lynx/rabbit ears.