New York Street Food

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The NYC Healthy Bites cart acts like a food truck instead of a food cart, in that it changes locations from day to day.

They serve organic hot dogs, all-natural sausages, vegan sausages and veggie burgers. NYC Healthy Bites recently came out with an all-natural chicken burger as a daily special, which we wanted to try for $6.

There aren’t a lot of side dishes available, basically bags of chips or pretzels, so we just got the chicken burger for lunch.

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Earlier this year, we told you about a new truck that was coming to Hoboken called Molly’s Milk Truck.  They opened a few weeks ago, but it’s tough for us to get out to Hoboken for lunch.  A few days ago, we finally made it.

The concept behind Molly’s is a food truck that serves healthy food.  Much of what they serve is of the low-fat and low-sodium variety, and they don’t use mayo in any of the food, not even tuna salad.  The question is whether the quality would suffer from these limitations.

We got there about 10 minutes before they closed at 3pm, and several choices were sold out.  One of the partners in the venture, Hoda, suggested a turkey burger for $5 (plus $1 for cheese) and an iced coffee for $3.  That sounded perfect for the 2nd day of Burger Week, and our First Look at Molly’s Milk Truck.

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We’re always talking about how much we like spicy street food – and now we find out it may be good for us too!

The HealthVotes website had an article extolling 10 Health Benefits of Jalapeños.  In addition to clearing our sinuses when we have a cold, they have 9 other reasons why jalapeños are healthy.

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We wanted to let you know about another new food truck coming to our area, Molly’s Milk Truck.  Don’t worry Keith, it’s very different from your Milk Truck.

Molly’s Milk Truck was started by Hoda, who left the corporate world not because of the recession or being laid off, but because it was too stifling and unfulfilling.  Hoda hooked up with Jason to start Molly’s Milk Truck.

According to Hoda, the concept behind Molly’s is: New Age American – A Healthy Alternative to American Favorites.  Hoda told me that’s where the Milk part of the name comes from – something wholesome and American.  As for where Molly comes from, let’s just say they hope you’ll be ecstatic after eating their food.

Click through for when and where they expect to be on the street, as well as a draft version of their menu.

Last week we told you about the new food truck from Rocco DiSpirito called Now Eat This!  While there’s a tie-in to his new book with 150 healthy comfort food recipes, there’s also a non-profit educational component that well worthwhile to support.

The Now Eat This! truck operates from Mon-Thurs from 11:30am-3pm. On Fridays, they use 100% of the proceeds from that week’s sales to feed and educate children in the New York area about healthy eating and cooking.  So far they have gone to two schools over the past two weeks, and tomorrow they will be going to another New York area school.

Rocco was in the truck taking orders and bagging, and I asked him how long the truck was going to be on the street.  Food trucks tied in with a product are usually only out for a limited period of time, but Rocco told me the truck was permanent.

Honestly, that didn’t surprise us at all because last month we told you that Rocco bought his truck from the Marrakech Chefs guys.  Based on the lunch we had last week, Mama’s meatballs, the Now Eat This! truck is a welcome addition to the New York Street Food scene.

At first I was going to have the enchiladas for Today’s Lunch, but changed my mind at the last minute to the chicken broccoli stir-fry ($5) after seeing (and smelling) it cooking in the truck.

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