I can’t believe how long it has been since I posted on this blog. I got sidetracked for quite some time with the Vegan Fashion Blog and school and life. I am sure many of you understand this. After several adventures I have returned to my virtual home and my original passion. The Vegan Place to me is more than just a blog, it is my virtual home that I want to share with others. It is a place to engage in chat about vegan and other social issues. When I think of The Vegan Place, I picture a group of friends sitting around a fire, sipping tea and discussing everything from intense philosophical issues to planning exciting vegan social gatherings and exchanging vegan recipes. I have so many things to share. I feel like I am seeing an old friend after so many years and there are so many things to catch up on.

Order of first business. I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday break. My family and I celebrate Christmas and it was certainly a busy one this year. I have some pics to post of cooking making with my son, but I will have to post them from my cellphone later. It is a trip because I posted pictures of my son and I making cookies several years ago, and when I compare the pictures to the one’s I just took, I become very melancholic because my baby has grown up so much. He gives me a hard time now about my “hippy” cookies, which I always find amusing. Unfortunately, my son is a omnivore. This is a battle I have lost with dad and grandma, as they continuously feed him animal products, but at least I know when I cook for him, he is getting healthy vegan meals. I am just thankful that he can be exposed to a vegan way of life, when he gets older he will at least have options.

I would love to hear how others have spent the holiday and to hear about your awesome holiday dinners. I know mine was great. I got some Tofu Turkey from the local health food store, New Frontiers. Normally I am not a fan of Tofu Turkey, but theirs is delicious. I also made vegan garlic mashed potatoes and cauliflower and it was delicious. No holiday dinner is complete without vegan green bean casserole. This is one my favorite recipes and one my omni family likes better than the nonvegan version. It has also become a tradition for me to make spinach pie and hummus for Christmas dinner. And of course, I can’t forget the vegan sweet potato casserole. Did I mention that I could not even walk afterwards. We had to wait until the next day for dessert because we were oh, so stuffed. I made a vegan banana cream pie that was a little soupy, but out of this world when it comes to taste.

I will post recipes later today or tomorrow. I am supposed to be working on my dissertation right now, but wanted to take a quick break to say hi to everyone. Look forward to hearing from you all soon.