Restaurants With Good Vegan Options – Cheesecake Factory

By on December 10, 2014
Vegan Options At Cheesecake Factory

You know the drill you and some friends are planning to go out to dinner but everyone leaves it to you to pick because they know you are hard to please. What can you eat? Salad? Veges? Blah blah blah. People think because we are vegans we can only eat at salad bars and obscure little vegan restaurants that are found underground.

Well we all know every restaurant serves vegan friendly options, some more than others. Reality is we can even find something to eat at dreaded McDonalds.

Cheesecake Factory LogoIn this column we will feature one mainstream restaurant that offer more vegan options than just salad and a side of corn. In this article we look at the Cheesecake Factory’s menu.

The Cheesecake Factory has a pretty good selection of  healthy options and and all it takes is a little tweaking to make it ohsoveryvegan selections include a veggie burger made with brown rice, farro, couscous, mushrooms, black beans, and onion and a penne pasta dish tossed with broccoli, oven-dried tomato, roasted eggplant, peppers, artichoke, Kalamata olives, garlic, and pine nuts.

Their Skinnylicous menu is wonderful and has a large selection of healthy options. I never even browse the regular menu anymore. If they could just add vegan options to their cheesecake list I would be in heaven.

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Salads

  • Skinnylicious Asian Chicken Salad with no Chicken
  • Skinnylicious Pear and Endive Salad with no Chicken or Cheese
  • Skinnylicious Spicy Chicken Salad with no Chicken
  • Endive Salad with no cheese
  • French Country Salad with no cheese
  • Fresh Vegetable Salad with no cheese
  • Greek Salad with no cheese
  • Tossed Green Salad with no croutons

Dressings

  • Asian Vinaigrette
  • Chinese Dressing
  • Citrus Vinaigrette
  • Japanese Dressing
  • Lime Vinaigrette
  • Oil and Vinegar
  • Peanut Vinaigrette
  • Shallot Vinaigrette
  • Sheila’s Vinaigrette

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Appetizers

  • Bowl of Fresh Strawberries (without Whipped Cream)
  • Fresh Asparagus
  • Edamame
  • Fire-roasted Fresh Artichoke
  • Guacamole Made-to-order – No Sour Cream
  • White Bean Hummus
  • Papas Bravas
  • Sweet Corn Fritters
  • Fried Zucchini
  • Crispy Artichoke Hearts

Burgers and Sandwiches

  • The Incredible Grilled Eggplant Sandwich – No Cheese

Grilled Artichokes Cheesecake Factory

Pastas

  • Evelyns Favorite Pasta
  • Pasta Marinara
  • Garlic Noodles

Modifications in pasta

  • Angel Hair
  • Capellini
  • Farfalle
  • Penne
  • Rigatoni
  • Spaghetti

Sauces

  • Marinara Sauce
  • Roasted Tomato Sauce

Cheesecake Factory Salad

Side Dishes

  • French Fries – Yeah french fries are vegan :)
  • Sweet Potato Fries
  • Fresh Broccoli
  • Green Beans
  • Fresh Asparagus

Desert

  • Bowl Of Fresh Strawberries

The Cheesecake Factory is a wonderful option for both vegans and non-vegans to enjoys a great meal in a cool atmosphere. You can find a Cheesecake factory in almost many mall nationwide.

Do you have a favorite non-vegan restaurant that offers a large menu for you to choose from? Please share it with us.

 

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2 Comments

  1. Teresa

    December 11, 2014 at 9:55 am

    The Cheesecake Factory has an a-m-a-z-i-n-g kale salad as well.

  2. brian mccurdy

    June 13, 2015 at 1:36 pm

    Excellent selection. Wonder how far away cheesecake factory is from making some vegan cheesecakes selections available!!