For the first Veg Out super hero movie pairing, I knew I wanted to pick “Captain America,” my favorite movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hot dogs seemed like another natural choice. And when my fiancé joked that I should call this pairing America’s Weiner, it stuck.
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“Always Be My Maybe” is one of my newer favorites, in large part because one of the main characters is a chef and restaurateur. I made teriyaki chickpea bao based on a scene involving the two main characters and some coveted free buns.
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One of the lead characters in “Chungking Express” is obsessed with buying cans of pineapple, so I decided to make pineapple tofu fried rice for this pairing.
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“Vertigo” holds up after multiple viewings and more than 60 years after its release, just like the tempeh piccata holds up after several iterations.
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“Once” is my favorite Irish film, so when I saw I would be publishing a post on St. Patrick’s Day, it was an obvious choice. I paired it with a vegan version of colcannon, one of my favorite Irish dishes.
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Since a lot of “Do the Right Thing” takes place in a pizzeria and the protagonist is the delivery guy there, I chose pizza for the pairing. The crust is vegan, gluten-free and low FODMAP, but the toppings contain gluten, dairy and high amounts of FODMAPs. As always, everything’s still vegetarian, though!
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For the first ever Veg Out dinner and a movie pairing, we are going with a gluten-free, vegan pot pie and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” one of my all-time favorite movies.
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