Green Truck and Gardein Joins LA Green Drinks Mixer

‎Green Truck featuring delicious Gardein will be at the Los Angeles Green Drinks 2012 Eco Resolutions Party. For more information, check out the event on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/149090225201012/.

Green Truck is hitting the streets with Gardein this winter to dare Angelenos to “cheat on meat.” The special menu features small bites that showcase both Green Truck’s signature sauces and cooking style and Gardein’s delicious meat-free and vegan foods including Gardein’s Ultimate Beefless Burger, Homestyle Beefless Tips and Seven Grain Crispy Tenders. Consumers will also have a chance to enter Gardein’s “Cheat and Win” contest for a weekend in Vegas and have their photograph taken as a “meat cheater” while they wait for tasty meatless eats hot off the truck. Visit cheatonmeat.com for more information.

Eating less meat, even just one day a week, can be a tasty, healthy and easy way for families to live a better lifestyle. The average American consumes half a pound of meat every day, almost 50 percent more than the USDA recommendation. Yet, reducing meat consumption has been shown in studies to reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. To encourage LA residents to add a meatless option to their diet, the Green Truck will offer a menu of:

cheat on meat beefless slider, a miniature of Gardein’s Ultimate Beefless Burger, topped with grilled onions, fresh arugula tossed with lemon, sliced heirloom tomato, Green Truck’s trucker sauce $3 for one or two for $5

classic crispy chick’n slider, Gardein’s Seven-Grain Crispy Chick’n Tenders piled on top of romaine lettuce, fresh tomato, Green Truck’s trucker sauce $3 for one or two for $5

vegan shawarma miniature wrap, mediterranean-style pita wrap with cornmeal-crusted Gardein Beefless Tips, fresh Green Truck hummus, cherry tomatoes, arugula, marinated onions $3 for one or two for $5

chick’n and nopalitos taco, nopalitos (marinated cactus), shredded cabbage with cilantro and lime, Gardein’s Grilled Chick’n Strips, Green Truck’s ancho chile-pineapple salsa $3 for one or two for $5