Comments on: Gift Ideas – Vegan Kitchen Essentials

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easyVegan.info » Blog Archive » easyVegan Link Sanctuary, 2008-12-11 — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:25:38 +0000

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By: Lane

Lane — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 06:56:48 +0000

Hi Becky,
Cheese is tough. The vegan substitutes don’t hold a candle to the real thing (IMHO), so we just avoid it.
One trick we use when going out… if the restaurant has a menu, we check it out before hand. That way we have a strategy in place.
Also, there are restaurants that have vegan options, even if they’re not aware that the items are vegan. IE, mexican food… hold the cheese, sub out black beans for refried beans (unless they specifically note on the menu they’re not made with lard). Italian restaurants, you can always get pasta with marinara sauce. “American” food restaurants will often offer a veggie burger, or a grilled veggie plate.
Look for a post from us on this topic in the near future.

Hi Alex,
Another great idea. Thanks!

Hi kelly,
Mmmm. Soft serve vegan ice cream. Sounds great, and potentially dangerous!

Thanks for sharing your charities with us.

Actually, this year Jane and I have been donating toys to children at a homeless shelter. They make ornaments and on the back of the ornament is a little bio, including their likes, so you can get a personalized gift. Since it’s not vegan, or food related, we didn’t include it on our list above. It gives us great joy to do this since we don’t have children of our own and it’s so much more personalized than the “toys for tots” approach.

By: kelly g.

kelly g. — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:48:01 +0000

I have my eye on a soft-serve ice cream maker. I happened to come across it on the internets while looking for a regular ice cream maker, and given that I’m allergic to milk, I’ve never had soft serve before. Hopefully mom will come through. (*crossing fingers*)

This year, my husband and I mostly made donations/sponsored animals as gifts: Best Friends, Old Dog Haven, Baghdad Pups, Second Chance Wildlife Sanctuary, to name a few. We try to match the organization with the recipient; for example, my great aunt “likes” pigs (not enough to stop eating them, tho), so she “made” a donation to Pig Tales. And my parents recently lost their beloved pit bull, so we purchased a memorial brick for them at the local humane society, Lollypop Farm.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:25:48 +0000

We sponsor animals for gifts. Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, for example.

By: Becky

Becky — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:16:59 +0000

I agree with you about Bittman’s “Everything Vegetarian.” The classic lentil soup is divine! I make it about once a month to have for lunch over the course of a week.

Speaking of the holidays (and as such, the new year), I hope to really try to adhere to a vegan diet come Jan. 1. I’ve been a vegetarian for 1.5 years (love it!!) and have made half-hearted attempts to leap to veganism, but I keep letting myself get derailed (especially at restaurants). Any advice on how to avoid temptation? Cheese seems to be the hardest thing to avoid; here in the midwest, it is on practically EVERYTHING!