Whole foods are healthy dining options.
Whole foods are foods that remain in their natural state and have not undergone any processing or refinement. Examples include fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, and whole grains. Whole food restaurants include those establishments serving natural foods and grass-fed, hormone- and chemical-free meats. The city of Kingston, New York, located approximately 20 miles north of Poughkeepsie and 40 miles south of Albany, is near eateries that offer whole-food menu options.
Karma Road
Karma Road is a vegetarian restaurant and juice bar situated in the college town of New Paltz, about 10 miles south of Kingston. Karma Road serves whole-food menu selections such as vegetable bean barley soup, carrot cashew soup, sweet potato biscuits, walnut-lentil pate, and baked falafel wraps. Desserts are made with spelt and brown-rice flour and include options such as apple-walnut muffins, raw peach pie, and gluten-free peanut butter and chocolate bars.
Karma Road's juice bar features juices, smoothies, and shakes made with organic fruits and vegetables including kale, celery, beets, mango, banana, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, and coconut.
Karma Road
11 Main St.
New Paltz, NY 12561
845-255-1099
karmaroad.net
The Alternative Baker
The Alternative Baker is situated in the town of Rosendale within 10 miles of Kingston. The Alternative Baker prepares an array of natural baked goods using unbleached and unbromated flour, unsalted butter without additives, and pure olive oil. Traditional pastries made with whole foods include scones, muffins, sticky buns, cinnamon streusels, and Danishes. Bread options include choices such as focaccia, baguettes, and peasant bread. Vegetarian and vegan sandwiches, soups, and salads are available. The dessert menu features lemon cakes, vanilla pound cake, chocolate crunch cookies, Belgian chocolate torte, carrot cake, and strawberry shortcake. The Alternative Baker also serves an assortment of dairy-free, wheat-free, gluten-free, and organic foods.
The Alternative Baker
407 Main St.
Rosendale, NY 12472
845-658-3355
lemoncakes.com
Aroma Thyme Bistro
The Aroma is a gourmet restaurant located in Ellenville, approximately 25 miles southwest of Kingston. Aroma Thyme Bistro serves vegetarian-fed meat and poultry that is free of hormones and chemicals and prepares seafood dishes with sustainable fish that is mercury, dioxin and PCB-free.
This bistro offers whole food appetizers such as wheat grass juice, Thai coconut, edamame, and organic sweet potato and yellow curry soup. Pizzas are available with whole-wheat or gluten-free rice crust. Entrees include raw vegan sunflower and walnut chili tacos, wild salmon, grilled free-range chicken cutlets, and New York strip steak. Kobe beef burgers are made with toppings such as herb-roasted tomatoes, nitrate-free bacon, and cheddar cheese. Burgers are served on organic whole-grain kaiser rolls with a side of Yukon potatoes and sautéed vegetables.
Aroma Thyme Bistro
165 Canal St.
Ellenville, NY 12428
845-647-3000
aromathymebistro.com
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