i_hope_that
For many of us, the holidays can be kind of rough. If you're searching for a network of understanding friends, this ultra-nurturing community encourages you to express your heartfelt wishes and offer other members encouragement and acceptance. Not for the terminally snarky or emotionally-challenged, this is a good-spirited place to lend comfort and support.

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diygifts
Feeling crafty? If you've got a few last folks on your holiday gift list, this is a great place to seed your creativity and generosity. You'll also discover wonderful DIY tips to decorate your home and entertain guests. Offering a no-frills-no-skills attitude that welcomes the cash-challenged and arts-phobic, you're sure to get ideas and make friends in the process.

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cooking_club
A fun and friendly community dedicated to those who love to cook, whether you're a meat-and-potatoes type, an aspiring gourmand, and/or a vegan. In search of a brilliant dish to use up those weekly leftovers? Post your ingredients and you'll be whipping up a feast by dinner. You can also share favorite recipes. For Type A chefs, you can spice up your culinary repertoire with exciting cooking challenges.

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As a diabetic vegetarian, I greatly appreciate the thoughtful friends who have given me beautiful dry bean soup mixes in mason jars this year instead of the usual sugary treats. These are quick things I can put into the crock pot and don't require much work.

Unfortunately, a lot of the folks who make these are not people who eat bean soup on a regular basis. They don't realize that dry beans need to be rinsed after soaking to wash out gas-promoting residues, so they include the spices right in with the beans. The lovely spices will just get washed down the drain!

As it is, I have devised a solution in the form of a colander and a plate. The spices easily go through the holes onto the plate, but the dry beans stay put.

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I am starting tomorrow. Anyone else near the beginn? I would love support & suggestions.

What are you making for your holiday dinner? I usually make homemade cinnamon rolls for breakfast but I have no clue what to make for dinner. What are you making??

I found this article this morning on a link from the BBC news page. It's generally an article that uses the typical Christmas turkey as a segway into reasons for going veg*n. I found it fairly easy to understand (although the intro is somewhat preachy) and would recommend it to anybody who's looking for a good intro article for people they know.

Think Before You Carve
by Justin Rowlatt

Can I apologise right now if the content of this blog dampens your Christmas spirit? It is about something many of us believe we should do, but very few of us actually get round to doing.
It was certainly the hardest thing I did during my "year of living ethically" for the BBC.
But Adolf Hitler managed it and so did Linda McCartney. Indeed, the government's former chief economist says we should all do it.
Are you there yet?

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There has got to be a vegetarian sausage ball recipe out there... I mean, it's really just spicey cheesy bread, right?

Does anyone have a recipe for no-meat sausage balls?

I don't even think you'd need fake sausage in it - in fact, I'm sure it'd be better without the fake sausage.

stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

What's on the menu for Christmas Eve/Christmas?

This is my first veg Christmas and I'm looking for ideas!