Holiday
Gift Ideas for Vegetarians
By Susan Palmquist
If you’re looking for a special holiday gift for your
vegetarian family member or friend — or just want to treat
yourself — try chocolate.
Rose City Chocolates offers a great selection
of all-natural Belgian chocolates. Their selection includes
vegan and no-sugar-added
chocolates — and check out their “Chocolate of the
Month,” which makes an ideal gift for the chocoholic in
your life. Visit Rose
City Chocolates or call (973) 236-1139.
Still looking for those gourmet treats? Check
out Chocolate Decadence, offering both dairy-free and children’s
treats. They also sell gift boxes and chocolate by the pound.
See all
their products at ChocolateDecadence.com or call (800) 324-5018.
GreenAndBlacks sells chocolate that can become an addiction — and just
visiting their web site is a treat in itself.
If
you give a friend a cookie …
What would the holidays be without cookies? Whether you just
want to give cookies as a gift or make them as part of a gift
basket, check out the following companies.
Simply
Treats Vermont offers two-, three- and four-flavor sampler
gift boxes starting
at $24.95,
large and small heart-shaped brownies and blondies starting at
$24.50, and specialty-shaped brownies including bears, puppies,
butterflies, flowers, Hanukkah bushes or Christmas trees starting
at $24.50. Customize these treats with vegan M&Ms and marshmallows.
This company also sells supplies for all your holiday baking
needs. Call (877) 338-3426.
At
Allisons Gourmet, get vegan and gluten-free brownies and cookies
of the month. Call (800)
361-8292.
If
you can’t find Nana’s Cookies at
the store, buy directly from their web site. Be sure to check
out their Fudgy Wudgy. Call (800) 836-7534.
More goodies
What holiday meal would be complete without a bottle of great
wine? For one of the best selections, visit Frey
Wine;
visit their Yahoo
outlet to
see what specials they’re offering for this holiday season.
Who
doesn’t
like to wake up in the morning to the wonderful smell of aromatic
oils? Check out the selection
of fine soaps
at Estrella Soap. This Seattle-based
company makes a great selection of soaps using high-quality vegetable
oils and various aromatic essential oils. They make a wonderful
addition to a gift basket, too.
If
you really can’t decide what to buy the vegetarian
in your life — or maybe you want to spend some of the holiday
money that came your way — check out Vegan
Essentials and The
Vegetarian Site, both
offering great ideas for buying the gift for that person who
has everything.
Some
other nice gift ideas include a gift certificate to a favorite
vegetarian restaurant, a membership to a local
co-op — or
a gift that lasts all year, a subscription to VegNews,
Vegetarian Times or
Veggie Life.
© Susan Palmquist
NFO Food Editor Susan Palmquist is a freelance writer who specializes
in food, health and wellness. She writes a weekly column that
can be viewed every Friday at Garden
and Hearth.
