#51: Ethical Holiday Gift Guide for Vegans & Everyone On Your List
What are the best ethical and conscious gifts to give to friends, family, and beyond? Toni and Michelle call upon their decades of vegan gift giving experience and share their favorite gifts to give. Hope this helps you treat your loved ones!
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Are you always excited for the eventful holiday season but can’t think of gifts you should get for your friends and family? We feel you!
In this episode, we talk about showing love during the holiday season. And what better way to do that than to send unique lovely gifts to our friends and family? If you’re the kind of person who puts thought into every present, you’re exactly where you should be.
Listen to this podcast and get ready to fill your or someone else’s Christmas tree with these exciting vegan-friendly holiday treats!
Show Notes
1:52 - Our Sponsors: Flora Plant Butter & Better Than Bouillon
6:41 - The Friendly Vegan Cookbook: Perfect For Holiday Gift-Giving
7:54 - Gifting Vegan Cookbooks - They Last Forever!
8:49 - Top Recommendations: Our book, of course! Toni's book Plant-Based on a Budget! We also LOVE The Joy of Vegan Baking Cookbook and Chloe’s Kitchen
9:35 - Other Books:
- Living the Farm Sanctuary Life
- How Not To Die
- Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn
- The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and A Horse (great for adults and kids, this book has 86,000 5 star ratings on Amazon! Crazy! We've gifted several copies over the years.)
12:26 - Kitchen Tool: Instant Pot Pressure Cooker
13:20 - Kitchen Tool: Vitamix Blender
15:12 - Kitchen Tool: Kitchen Composter (Vitamix brand or the new Lomi by Pela)
16:35 - Kitchen Tools: ABA Cuisinart Food Processor, Immersion Handheld Blender
17:28 - Kitchen Tool: Ice Cream Maker
17:48 - Kitchen Tool: Silicone Bags
18:06 - Kitchen Tool: Insulated Water Bottle
18:42 - Kitchen Tool: To-Go Cutlery
19:23 - Kitchen Tool: Reusable Produce Bags
19:59 - Kitchen Tools: Milk Frother, Cookie Cutters
21:32 - Kitchen Tool: Cutting Board
23:00 - Home Items: Natural Cleaning Products, Soy Candles, Coconut Bowls, Mugs, Plants
23:38 - Home Item: Vertical Farm Stand (Here’s our 50% coupon)
24:03 - Home Items: Indoor Grow Lights, Gift Cards to Seed Companies, Vegan Fertilizers
24:23 - Home Items: Subscription to VegNews Magazine
24:37 - Home Items: Mushroom Growing Kit
25:49 - Beauty: Lush Bath Bombs
26:21 - Beauty: Shampoo Bars
27:42 - Vegan Subscription Boxes (snacks, home goods, vegan beauty, lifestyle, and more!)
31:03 - Homemade Gifts: Spices, Sauces, Face Masks, gift baskets, and more. You can find more vegan gift basket ideas here!
32:12 - Four Sigmatic Mushroom for Mushroom Lovers
32:44 - Homemade Gift: Vegan Movie Night Kit
33:25 - Zero Waste DIY Gift Packet
34:35 - Homemade Gift: Vegan Baked Goods and Tamales - or order from one of these online vegan bakery that ships
36:31 - Donate to a Cause in Someone’s Honor
38:17 - Products from Non-Profit Organizations’ Shops
38:46 - Gifts for Kids: Vegan Children’s Books, Board Games, Toys
39:21 - Treats for Dogs (Fruity Pebbles, V Dog & Wild Earth), Clothes, Food, Toys
40:53 - The Simple Little Vegan Dog Book
42:47 - Stocking Stuffers: Chocolates (Sjaak’s & Rescue Chocolate Bar)
43:47 - Stocking Stuffers: Cruelty-Free Lip Balm, Essential Oils
44:29 - Stocking Stuffers: Magnetic Measuring Spoons, Nail Polish, Socks, Gift Cards
45:18 - Stocking Stuffers: Stickers, Mugs, Metal Camping Cups (Herbivore)
47:11 - Card, Poem, and Priceless Gifts That Come from the Heart
47:52 - Sustainability During the Holidays as Vegan Gift-givers
Vegan Holiday Guides:
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
We are so grateful to have the support of some of our favorite brands this season. Many thanks to the sponsors of this episode, Better Than Bouillon and Bramble!
Better Than Bouillon is one of our all-time favorite vegan pantry staples, and we turn to it all the time for soups, stews, and beyond. The "No Chicken Base" and "Seasoned Vegetable Base" are always in our kitchens. Get free shipping in the US with the code PLANTPOWERED at checkout.
Flora Plant Butter is currently our go-to butter because it's packaged so much more sustainably than most other brands. It's also perfect for holiday baking! You can swap it 1:1 for dairy butter in any recipe. It's delicious on hot toast, plant-based pancakes, or vegan waffles, great in this vegan birthday cake, frosting, and savory stir fry dishes. Look out for Flora's vegan butters in stores!
LET'S BE FRIENDS!
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