November and December are great months for vegans. Not only was World Vegan Day November 1, but we get to display our vegan prowess by making all sorts of holiday comfort food feasts that don’t have a lick of meat, dairy or eggs in them. I’m happy to report that my Chocolate Mousse Pie got just as many rave reviews as my friend’s did even though hers had eggs, heavy cream and a couple cups of sugar in it.

And even my steak-and-potato dad loved the Thanksgiving Pot Pie which Vegetarian Times lists as low calorie as well as delicious.

The Fruit and Toasted Almond Stuffing wasn’t as much of a hit, but still managed to get eaten after a couple meals of leftovers. Don’t you love the week after Thanksgiving? For the first time since going vegetarian five years ago, I felt like I ate as much as everyone around me. I’m satiated and love it.

The real hit of the party was Rachel’s cupcakes. At fourteen, she’s already a rockstar. Not vegan so I didn’t get to try them, but how beautiful was the presentation? I mean – seriously? Amazing.

I have to thank Vegetarian Times for much of this year’s Thanksgiving inspiration. Vegetarian Times is a great magazine for vegetarian, and even vegan, inspiration. Subscriptions are a bargain on Amazon.com right now if you want to pick one up. I gave some as Christmas gifts this year to folks I know that have been wanting to eat healthier and are looking for new recipe inspiration. There’s still dozens of recipes I need to try. With 27 recipes in the latest issue, 20 of which are vegan, I could almost try a new recipe every day for the next year straight out of the magazine. Hmmmm – something to think about for 2010?

Happy eating in b-e-d (aka browse the recipes)…