A vegan version of traditional southern cornbread stuffing. GO TO RECIPE >

The perfect Thanksgiving stuffing for stuffing baby pumpkins, squash or peppers.

This recipe makes enough to stuff 2 Gold Nugget Squash. GO TO RECIPE >

You will not miss the cheese in this vegan version of the classic Lasagna. Blended blanched almonds and tofu create a creamy, almost cheese like sauce. GO TO RECIPE >

Excuse me while I take a break from blogging about vegan recipes and talk about Second Life…

I’m hoping to be back with another recipe in a few days. I’ve been busy the past 2 weeks with Halloween parties and work. I’ve also just recently discovered Second Life. I’m completely fascinated by it and have immersed myself in the whole SL culture the past few days. I’m finding it difficult to pull myself out of it long enough to focus on vegan recipes. I have an addictive personality and when I find something I love I become obsessed. I really can’t afford to let my first life go, so I’m hoping I can snap out of it soon. lol One thing that I was curious about was vegans in Second Life. There are 2 vegan groups with a little over 100 people in them. But I was disappointed to find there were no real landmarks in SL for vegans to meet up. Our presence there is pretty small. I want to create some sort of attraction in SL on the grid for vegans. What that will look like or be is still in the works. I have several ideas running around in my head. A couple ideas… A vegan diner. Something like “My Vegan Diner”. Also have a cake and sweets shop where you can buy virtual vegan cakes to gift to your In-World friends. The virtual cake would come with an actual recipe you can make in RL (real life), as would the virtual food in the diner. A virtual farmer’s market. A virtual vegan 101 cooking school for newbie vegans. A My Vegan Cookbook souvenir shop. We could do some things to draw attention to our favorite causes like animal rights, health and the environment. Anyone have some other ideas? I’d love to hear them. I think for this to work we are going to need the help of other vegan websites to get the word out. If you have a vegan website and want to have your presence there contact me (myvegancookbook@gmail.com) to discuss your ideas. Are any of you there? Please friend me. Be you 1 or 100, geek or prep, black or white, gay or straight, christian, jew or godless…just be vegan or vegan curious, you get the idea. My username in SL is “myvegancookbook Bolissima”. And I look like this… a cross between what I look like in RL and what I WISH I look like. lol If only I had that hairline.

The problems I’m finding with Second Life is that it’s difficult to connect with others. I’m socially awkward and it makes sense that I would be the same way in SL as I am in RL. So I take offense to those who say SL is for people who are socially awkward in RL. There is a real discrimination when it comes to “newbies”. That in itself makes things even harder when you first arrive. Which I really don’t understand. Maybe as I stick around longer I’ll feel the same way. But everyone has to start. I’m also finding that there is a steep learning curve. No surprise that only 1 out of 10 people who join SL stick around. After you’ve run around to all of the major hot spots there, peeked into a few houses and tried to connect with some cool peeps (just as in RL, there aren’t any lol), excitement can wan. In all honesty, right now, SL is a really cool — adult dollhouse. Which hey, I admit it, I like to play with dolls. : ) But I see great potential in this new world. SL is fairly new. New things are always intimidating and scary. But I’m excited by the new and I can’t wait to see how vegans make their mark on this new land.

Speaking of new. I’m excited to see who our new president will be! Happy voting day to my US readers!

Stewed Apples wrapped in a wholesome graham flour pastry pocket and dunked in a sugar glaze. Is there anything better than glazed pastry dough?  GO TO RECIPE >