Grumpy's is bringing its plant-based magic out on the road. Their food truck, Grumpy's on the Go, now has a separate plant-based menu and their items are quickly becoming some of our favorites.

There are two sandwiches, a "tuna" salad sandwich made with garbanzo beans, served with lettuce and tomato along with a bag of chips, and a pulled "pork" sandwich made with portobello and barbecue jackfruit served with chips and some vegan slaw.  

There are two amazing salads. The vegan garbage salad has poppyseed dressing, eggplant bacon, seasoned jackfruit "chicken" and vegan cheese topping a mixed greens base. The vegan taco salad has guacamole, barbecue jackfruit, jalapenos, corn-bean-tomato salsa, nacho chips and a salsa ranch sauce over romaine salad.  

We liked both sandwiches. We put the slaw directly on the pulled "pork" sandwich and that moistness added a nice touch to it. But we keep coming back to both of the salads. They are full meals with such diversity in the salads. There is something new and exciting in each bite. They have a kale and quinoa side salad that we haven't tried yet. We appreciated their vegan brownie as well as their vegan chocolate chip cookie (that is also gluten-free).

The Grumpy's on the Go food truck goes throughout the Toledo area with stops in Perrysburg, Maumee, downtown Toledo and Sylvania currently on their schedule.  Check their Facebook page for updates on locations. Also, they do occasionally sell out of some items and will post that to their page. So check before you head out. 

Thank you, Grumpy's, for having the plant-based menu! 

Bowling Green has surprisingly few steady vegan options for a university town. One nice exception, however, is Naslada Bistro, which focuses on Eastern European cuisine, a cuisine that typically isn't friendly to vegans. Naslada has several clearly labeled vegan options, and one that we got that was modified.

For appetizers, we ordered the Original and Walnut-Beet Hummus, which was served with sour dough bread. The dish comes with feta which we asked to hold. We also ordered the Classic Old World Bruschetta without the cheese. Both of these were very good, though we had a preference for the Bruschetta, which had a nice mix of fresh tomatoes, roasted red peppers and fresh parsley.

For entrees, the Portabella Gyuvech is clearly labeled vegan and was a nice mix of tomatoes, mushrooms, spinach, roasted red peppers and a tasty Bulgarian sauce lutenitsa, served with rice. We also ordered the red lentil stew, which was made vegan by leaving out the cheese. It included lentils, root vegetables and rice topped with al dente cauliflower. We felt like all of the ingredients that went into the dishes were fresh and the combination of spices were unique.

The atmosphere inside Naslada is well done with low levels of lighting augmented with candles, rustic decorations, a nice wine and beer list that includes hard-to-find European styles of wine and beer and a wait staff that is attentive at just the right level. And bonus points for them having biodegradable to-go containers! This is a nice place for a dinner where you want to linger in conversation.