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Springtime treat – Vegan Ice Cream in Boston

Did you know that The University of Chicago reports that going vegan is 50% more effective than switching to a hybrid car in reducing greenhouse gas emissions?!  Maybe you are like me and you can’t make the TOTAL jump. You can at least substitute some creamy icy cold snacks and go animal product free every once and awhile, right? (For disclosure purposes, I was vegan once, a LONG time ago, and now, I would rather stab myself in the eye with a spork than give up aged gouda for life, but, that is just me.)

Okay, okay… many of you may say… “How can it be ice cream if there isn’t any cream?” Well, it is and it can be. While Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s, even your local grocery store, have a nice selection of dairy free treats in the frozen dessert aisle, occasionally you want to get an impromptu cupa something nummy. For those warm days that are just on the horizon, check out one of the great local Boston places to get your Vegan ice cream jones on!

NORTH END:

Grezzo Restaurant
69 Prince Street Boston MA 02113
857-362-7288

They do not use dairy, animal products, animal derived products, maple syrup, honey, nutritional yeast, cooked vinegars, canned food or processed ingredients.

SYMPHONY:

Wheelers Black Label Vegan Ice Cream
334B Massachusetts Ave
Boston, MA 02115
617- 247-0047

A comparison I found online:
Wheelers:80 calories, 1.5g fat, 0g protein, 17g carbs, 7mg sodium, 0g cholesterol, 11g sugars, 0g fiber.
Ben & Jerry’s Original Vanilla:240 calories, 16g fat, 4g protein, 21g carbs, 60mg sodium, 75mg cholesterol, 19g sugars, 0g fiber.

They use soy, coconut, rice, and almond milks for all of their tasty treats!

BEACON HILL:

Cafe Podima
168 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA 02114
617-227-4959

Be sure to ask for their tofu frozen yogurt!
KENMORE:

Ankara Café
472 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
617-437-0404

They also have tofu frozen yogurt!

SO, while you go out and get your nomnom on, be proud that you are doing your part to reduce your carbon footprint, one lick at a time!

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