Marisa Miller Wolfson’s Vegan At Heart Weekly Mission

The holidays are here and it’s time to take out those credit cards and purchase some serious gifts! Of course, you never need to sacrifice your ethics for the perfect present. Marisa Miller Wolfson is counting day the year’s best cruelty-free gifts this week on the Vegan at Heart Weekly Mission. Check it out!

Weekly Mission: 15 Great Vegan at Heart Gift ideas

Today your mission is to check out some great gift ideas that are perfect for a Vegan at Heart.

Throughout the year I’m sure there are times when you see a really great veg cookbook or product, and you think, “Oh, I should get that for my friend/sister/kitchen/closet” but then you forget or you wonder if you should be spending money right now anyway. Well, guess what. The holidays are here, and gifts will be exchanged, so why not ask for/choose gifts that fit your goals and ideals?

A Must-Have for All Y’all

If I could choose one gift to give all Vegans at Heart, it would be a subscription to VegNews magazine. It has everything: veg news & celeb gossip, recipes, hilarious columns, nutritional advice, product reviews, veg travel articles, book & movie reviews, and much, much more. In short: awesome.

How-to Guides

Remember Morgan Spurlock’s vegan chef girlfriend in Supersize Me? Her new book, Vegan Living for Dummies, hit stores last week! A perfect comprehensive how-to guide for getting started down the vegan path.

Alicia Silverstone’s The Kind Diet shows how totally not clueless she is about veganism. Beautiful pics, charming personal stores, recipes, and helpful meal plans. You go, girl!

A Classic in the Making

Is Jonathan Safran Foer stalking me? He’s everywhere! Oh wait, I’m stalking him. This new bestseller is already a classic and is perfect for parents and for foodies who want to take the discussion started in The Omnivore’s Dilemma one step further.

Gift Books

These cookbooks have so many beautiful pictures that they could almost double as coffee table books:

Vegan Fusion World Cuisine has won awards and celebrity praise. Gorgeous, healthy dishes from around the globe.

The Joy of Vegan Baking has tons of traditional favorites as well as new ideas. A great all-encompassing baking book.

Bestselling cookbook authors Isa & Terry strike gold again with their Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. Simply smashing!

For Busy Bees

The 30-Minute Vegan leaves you with no more excuses not to cook tonight…with 175 delicious, quick, healthy recipes that take a half an hour or less from first chop to first chomp.

Get Your Greens

Who needs a garden to grow food? Not you! Don’t Throw It, Grow It! shows you how to turn table scraps into 68 windowsill plants.

Just last week I touted the immune-boosting benefits of green drinks. How about a book full of recipes? Green Smoothie Revolution to the rescue!

Everyone who has a Vitamix loves it. Smoothies (and soups, ice cream, etc.) are now so easy to make. I use mine almost every day, but now the Blendtec is giving the ole Vitamix a run for its money. The battle of the blenders is on!

For the Gadget Guy

The non-leather iMojito puts your most important things all in one portable place. (Thanks to The Discerning Brute for bringing this to our attention!)

For the Gorgeous Girl

Find the perfect going-out clutch at Matt andNat.com. You know you’ve wanted one for ages. Put it on your list and get it over with.

Alternativeoutfitters has some pretty snazzy wool-free ladies hats. This retro 1930s number is fitting for the Great Recession but at $36, you won’t spend all the money hidden under your mattress. It would go nicely with this faux cashmere scarf.

See anything you like? Put it on your shopping list! Or your gift wish list. (You’re so organized.)

Happy holidays!

Your fan,
Marisa