This past weekend we attended the 2019 Hudson Valley Vegan Food Festival held at People’s Waterfront in Newburgh, NY. The weather was picture perfect with bright blue skies, the fluffiest clouds, warm sun and a cool breeze coming in from the Hudson River.
When we got there we were pleasantly surprised by the long line to get in. It makes my heart happy to see so many people coming together to promote and celebrate vegan living. Once we got our bracelets it was time to get down to business, what were we going to chow down on?
First we spotted Freakin' Vegan which is a vegan catering and events company. They are known for specializing in vegan comfort food, like empanadas, mac-n-cheese, buffalo chick'n, crab cakes and bbq pulled porkless sliders.
We tried the ricotta and spinach empanada and
their famous Mac-n-cheese bowl.
I really enjoyed the flavor and texture of the empanada filling, but Russ even agreed it would have been better with a marinara or special sauce to dip in since it was overall a tad dry.
The Mac-n-cheese was heaven in a bowl and I really liked the hint of garlic. It was creamy and cheesy, what more could you want from a mac bowl?
We tried the ricotta and spinach empanada and
their famous Mac-n-cheese bowl.
I really enjoyed the flavor and texture of the empanada filling, but Russ even agreed it would have been better with a marinara or special sauce to dip in since it was overall a tad dry.
The Mac-n-cheese was heaven in a bowl and I really liked the hint of garlic. It was creamy and cheesy, what more could you want from a mac bowl?
Next we headed over to Caribreeze Vegan Delight,
a plant based vegan Jamaican cafe.
a plant based vegan Jamaican cafe.
We tried the Jamaican “beef” pattie and it was our favorite savory dish we had that day. Can’t wait to see them at the next festival.
After all the savory we were needing to indulge our sweet tooth. We stopped by Sweet Trail Bakery, a mobile vegan bakery for an iced coffee and tried the vanilla soft serve.
It was okay, but that just didn’t do it for my sweet craving.
It was okay, but that just didn’t do it for my sweet craving.
We wanted to try the Cinnamon Snail which is known as the absurdly yummy vegan foodtruck. We’ve heard great things about their donuts.
The line was incredibly long so we decided to keep looking.
We wound up at How Delish HD and I am so glad the universe lead us here! Oh! My! God! I am beyond in love with everything.
We grabbed a slice of chocolate brownie cheesecake,
carrot cake and banana pudding cheesecake.
Of course we didn’t stop there. We also took
home cheesecake brownies.
Each slice was more decadent than the last. It’s honestly hard to choose a favorite because I honestly loved them all. I do have to note that the carrot cake was THE BEST carrot cake I’ve ever had. I’m really looking forward to trying more stuff from this bakery in the future.
We grabbed a slice of chocolate brownie cheesecake,
carrot cake and banana pudding cheesecake.
home cheesecake brownies.
Each slice was more decadent than the last. It’s honestly hard to choose a favorite because I honestly loved them all. I do have to note that the carrot cake was THE BEST carrot cake I’ve ever had. I’m really looking forward to trying more stuff from this bakery in the future.
I’m so grateful we live in an area that supports veganism. While
the world is changing I know that there are still areas in the world including the US that aren’t so vegan friendly. To those of you who live in those areas I encourage you to stay strong and maybe start a vegan business of your own to help bring awareness and change to your area.
XO,
Kathleen
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