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I have a confession to make. While most of the time I am a flexitarian who eats little meat, while I try at least to grow my own food, and while I avoid fast food whenever I can—from time-to-time I am still tempted by the lure of crappy burger chains and taco franchises (not naming any names here). It's weird, because once I am there I usually find the food unsatisfying, yet many a road trip has been interrupted by my sudden cravings for tacos, bean burger or those fries that manage to smell both appetizing and totally disgusting at the same time. Surely I can't be the only one out there?
I've actually been getting better—packing lunches before I go, or just waiting till a decent option comes along. But I am far from perfect—so for all you other far from perfect folks out there, I thought I'd start a list of ways we can at least reduce our impact, even in the worst of junk food hell holes:
