A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS (VEGAN STYLE)!

As our family grows in size, we seem to also scatter in far-flung directions. Our married daughter and son-in-law have lived in Durham, NC for a few years, but will be moving to Indianapolis, IN in January. Only our son lives nearby, as does one of my brothers and his family. So family get-togethers are rare. Yet - most of the family traveled over the river and through the woods to Grammy and Papa's house in Ohio this year for a wonderful family Christmas. We traveled from Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, California, and Ohio to be together. Even though the weather was less than ideal, everyone made the trip unscathed. Eating and drinking (of course), game playing, and catching up on everyone's news made for a memorable time.

VEGAN COOKING - IT CAN BE DONE!!!
Since like most families these holidays center on food, of course we had much delicious food. Even our vegan daughter had plenty to eat. At one meal, we had make your own pizzas, with lots of vegetable choices and soy cheese (with meat and regular cheese choices for the carnivores). At the Christmas meal, vegan highlights were brussel sprouts sauteed with apricots and almonds, fresh pineapple and pomegranate seeds (beautiful and tasty), and a sweet potato and apple bake. Delicious!