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Vegan birthday parties: "Is that vegan or cow?"

December 8, 2009

It’s birthday party week, and instead of posting a mega-response that gathers everything together, we’re spreading the fun over the week so we can really drill into the great advice from our Council of Vegan Parents. Here’s how Julie and her family have been dealing with parties for the discerning 3 and 4 year old: [...]

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Vegan birthday parties: make the cake

December 7, 2009

As part of birthday party week, Amy writes in with her techniques for safely navigating invitations to non-vegan friends’ celebrations: “We always pre-eat. For my kids parties, we have decedent all vegan spreads, if people want to help and make a dip or dish, they know vegan is required. For family parties, I always offer [...]

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A week (or more) of parties

December 7, 2009

We asked the Council of Vegan Parents: “I want to talk about birthday parties – either your child’s own, or when he or she goes to a friend’s house.  I’m guessing your child has non-vegan friends, so here we’ve got a celebration that usually includes food, and there’s bound to be some non-vegan stuff.  How [...]

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