The McVeganStein
So here is a little vegan trick I can share with you about McDonald’s.
With a little patience, determination, and creativity you can make your very own custom vegan menu item.
I like to ask for a sesame seed bun with pickles, lettuce, mushroom, and tomatoes. Then I get a small amount of Southwestern Chipotle Barbeque Sauce on one bun and boom! You have a custom created Vegan Sandwich. I call it the “McVeganstein.”
Below are all of your options to create your own.
You pick and choose what looks delicious to you and order your own custom creation. Just look at the person taking your order, warn them things are about to get complicated, then order with confidence like you own McDonald’s.
Individual Items
All Buns
Crinkle Cut Pickle Slices
English Muffin
Flour Tortilla
Lettuce
McRib Bun
Onions
Premium Bun
Red Onions
Regular Bun
Salsa Roja
Sauteed Mushrooms
Sesame Seed Bun
Shredded Lettuce
Slivered Onions
Southwest Vegetable Blend
Tomato Slices
Condiments
BBQ Sauce
Grape Jam
Ketchup
Liquid Margarine
McRib Sauce
Mustard
Southwestern Chipotle Barbeque Sauce
Strawberry Preserves
Sweet ‘N Sour Sauce
I’d really love to see pics if anyone does this. If you do please take a picture of your vegan McDonald’s creating and share it with me.
And next time I go I’ll have to remember to do the same.
If you have suggestions on how to survive McDonald’s please share in the comments!
McDonald’s can ALWAYS be avoided
I wish their French fries didn’t have Cow in them! When will they change this…? Ugh!
Nice
Thanks as always! Don’t listen to the Negative Nancies.
I know we should always avoid fast food and encourage our children to do so, but as a mother of a teenager who recently decided to join me in a vegan lifestyle, I love sharing these options with her!
When she is out with friends and they choose to eat fast food, at least she can find something to eat as well.
Thank you for sharing these?
So, according to this article, being a “vegan purist” is…???? You mean, just not eating animal products, like the word implies???? Why would you have to eat anything there? Why would you support a company that treats animals and its workers so horribly? Oatmeal? Because it’s impossible to make at home?
Lol chill out dude. She explains WHY she has to go to mcdonalds. There are moments in life where you have to see the bigger picture. She isn’t going to support McDonald’s she’s going to enjoy her nephews birthday. As a vegan if you exclude yourself from these types of things you’re only going to turn others off to the lifestyle and guess who that helps ? Not the animals.
I didn’t know about their fries…thank you for sharing.
The fries don’t have cow in them they are fried in the same oil with the nuggets I think. Doesn’t matter if they are vegan anyway because they have by far the most chemicals involved in the process of farming them to ensure no potatoes have bruises
i work at mcdonalds and the fry vats are separate to the meat vats, and theyre cooked in vegetable oil im not sure why theyre not vegan but its certainly not that!
Their fries aren’t even vegan.. They contain beef fat… Besides McDonald’s is not food.. It’s disgusting!
I won’t even step foot in a McDonalds, not even once since I’ve been Vegan. I don’t even trust eating a salad from there with all their GMOs
Why are you promoting Macdonalda in any shape or form is that in case it’s the only place in the world left to get something to eat??
Why did you write the article. In it’s basic form it’s saying a vegan can eat there and you are promoting the company. No one is calling you a souless monster ( a bit defensive) but as MacDonalds are one of the biggest purchasers of animal meat in the world one might ask yes you could have attended your family party but to actually write an article about it hence promotion for a unethical company seems pointless there’s always somewhere else to eat and something else to write about
Rory T Marckese We don’t cook them in the same oil as the nuggets, the nuggets are fried in grill and the fries are fried on side 2.
We also have a veggie mcwrap, it’s uncommon so they might tell you that they don’t have it, but we do. It’s under lunch 2 and a green button that says veggie mcwrap(some people like to add cheese and or ranch sauce, so make sure to tell them no sauce or cheese). The frys are cooked in a separate fryer and do not contain any animal products. They are cooked from frozen and are thrown away after 7 minutes.
yeah uhm, I work there too and on the box of fries it says they contain beef, so they’re definitely not vegan. and as of February 4th all the wraps are gone except the snack wraps.
Laura Combs What if you felt like you were about to pass out and needed food and the only place you could safely make I it to was McDonald’s?
Oh, and we currently have oranges for our Asian salad(which is delicious, it’s a mix of salad, peas, bell peppers and oranges!) We also have ginger and sesame dressings which are vegan.
In a pinch Wendy’s has a good salad and baked potato or there’s always Taco Bell or subway. But I always keep figs or protein bar in my purse for emergencies.. lol
There are no times when you CAN’T avoid McDonalds. What a stupid ‘article’.
Ya I wouldn’t trust their menu I’ve gone to Taco Bell
Love it! Thanks! 🙂
Thanks for the info, I also get the oatmeal. If you are vegan and have children, I guarantee you have been in a McDonalds when you are hungry. The negative commenters have never been on the road with a car full of hungry kids. We try to eat healthy as often as possible, but these trips to McD’s are occasionally inevitable. I appreciate these articles. And those of you that never have to step foot in fast food restaurants, more power to you!
How to order vegan (and healthy) at McDonalds…Don’t go to McDonalds.
McDonald’s can always be avoided I don’t even acknowledge fast food as an option when I see yellow arches I think of a cancer Google picture search
Who eats at McDonald’s???
but why would you want to?
Awesome post very informative 🙂
As a vegan I can not ethically support this chain or any chain that promotes animal consumption.
Do you shop at the grocery store? Meat is sold there. Unless you only eat at a vegan restaurant or vegan grocery store (not sure if this exists) then you are technically supporting places that sells animal products.
Um…I’m having a hard time even imagining a situation where I might need to even go near a McDonald’s. Thinking, thinking….nope I can’t fathom ever stepping foot in one, let alone contributing financially.
Thanks for posting this! McDonald’s in the UK has several vegan options including their fries, so to those giving you grief – it stopped a
15 year vegetarian and 3 year vegan accidentally eating beef soaked fries not knowing! And yes I could eat in other places, but I actually looked this up on holiday in NYC when storm Jonas hit and EVERYWHERE but McDs and Dunkin Donuts was shut. Don’t be so judgemental.
Derek Parvin
I never ever go there! I won’t go there for 1 million
what? If you have no choice then don’t eat. even the fries have a numerous amount of chemicals in them! this is not a cool post ?
Even the fries have beef flavor in them. There’s literally nothing vegan at mcdonalds
How to order vegan at Mcdonalds, dont go there.
You shouldn’t buy from McDonald’s regardless you are still paying them to torture living creatures.
No. Preferisco non mangiare…
Umm…. never I just rather not eat
No true Vegan would ever support McDonalds
You can ALWAYS avoid McDonalds!! ???
I’ve avoided McDonalds, and every other fast food restaurant for more than ten years…it’s probably safe to assume that no one ever needs to eat there…
Vegan Addict you just keep sabotaging your own success huh…
Never. Eat . At . McDonald’s . Simple
Sounding like a broken record here but … Why would any SANE “Vegan” knowingly contribute to the meat & dairy industry ? Even just getting a ‘McVeganstein’ or whatever crap it is called, you still give to the corporation.
Sounding like a broken record here but … Why would any SANE “Vegan” knowingly contribute to the meat & dairy industry ? Even just getting a ‘McVeganstein’ or whatever crap it is called, you still give to the corporation.
You can ALWAYS avoid McDonalds. #boycottmcdonalds #toxic #cruel
When could there possibly be a time where you couldn’t avoid McDonalds? When the world has ended and the only building left standing is Maccas?
I was just going to follow this page then I read this. Did you really just say “for those times when you cant”?!? Lol. C’mon now that’s just lame and stupid. Do you have any clue how much murder and damage to the planet McShit has done???
Taking a kid to mcdonalds for their birthday? Sad as hell you should love them enough to want to prevent them from infesting their bodies with such harsh toxins and carcinogens!
Cool really good
Ew it will never be vegan!! People do not change gloves or anything. Forever cross contamination!!
What would be more helpful is telling meal ideas they would allow you to get. Either way i don’t go there but would of been a more efficient article
No subsidizing animal torture for me, not eating there.
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Once or twice a year, I come home to my parents and my dad suggests a good hearty McDonald’s breakfast. Being a vegan over the years, I’ve tried educating him… but it’s now been 11 years and he’s the same and I guess it’s not my job to change him. Anyway, I’ve decided to go and enjoy breakfast with him. I hate supporting the company but I love my dad and the thought of just waking up early to go with his son to get breakfast (I suggest making him breakfast for him every time) just lights up his week. I don’t get it. But I’m about done trying to force my views on him. So for those who don’t understand why McDonald’s is unavoidable, it’s in cases like these where relationships are held more dear than my dietary restrictions.
Hi! Thank you for this post. Can I ask you where you got your information from, and can we be sure that the enzymes and diglycerides, etc, in the breads listed above are from a vegetable source?
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