I have been on a bit of a hiatus lately. I have been doing lot’s of cooking, much of it not for myself. I have definitely found the perfect mix of being charitable and sharing vegan dishes with omni friends. I have had some neighbors and family friends who have been having a tough time lately, one had knee surgery and one is having a high risk pregnancy. I did some cooking for them to help reduce their load right now. It has been a great opportunity to bring comfort to loved ones and to share vegan recipes at the same time.  I made Vegan Minestrone Soup for my neighbor. I talked to them today and the husband told me it was some of the best soup he has ever had. He told me he never knew anyone who could cook as good as his mom and wants the link to my Eating Vegan Cookbook so he can try more of my recipes. I am always happy when people are excited about eating vegan foods. For my other neighbor I made Cream of Potato Soup, which is one of my favorites. She said her family really liked it.

I have also been making lot’s of hummus because my family can’t get enough of it. I made a double batch on Saturday and it was gone by the next day. Other than that we have actually been eating out some this week, you know Taco Bell, cheeseless veggie pizza from Round Table (which is super delicious), Veggie Burgers and fries from Denny’s. We bought a car last week and it tied up a lot of time searching for the car and then doing all the paperwork and such. We got a Pontiac Vibe and I love it. It is smaller than our Tahoe, but gets up to 34mpg, which I definitely love.
I have also been working on a new blog called Vegan Fashion Blog. I bet you can’t guess what it is about. This is an opportunity for me to have a little fun and discover a whole new type of fashion, while sharing my great fashion finds with others. This has been a fun project for me. I hope you all enjoy it.
My hubbie is back on dairy, he just doesn’t seem to have the discipline to stay away from it. Maybe in the future. I am beginning to wean my son off of meat. It is difficult when my husband wants him to eat meat and my family feeds him meat on a regular basis. Mom on the otherhand feeds him vegan foods only so that he will have the opportunity to be exposed to both and make his own decisions someday. We have begun having discussions about where meat comes from. He keeps asking why people kill cows to get meat. I tell him because they don’t care about where their food comes from. My husband had some frozen hamburgers in the freezer and my son kept saying “ooh, there’s dead cow in our freezer.” Hopefully he will continue to make the association between animals and the food on his plate.

Okay, so that is my big catchup from last week. Hope everyone is having a great monday.