Online Gift Ideas for the Vegetarian

Holiday Gift Guide

Christine Cadena

For the vegetarian in your life, the holiday season offers many opportunities for unique gift giving ideas. With the assistance of convenient online shopping, consider these holiday gifts for the individual you love who lives by a strict vegetarian dietary program:

Kitchen Appliances:
For the vegetarian on the go, enjoying a morning or evening glass of fresh vegetable or fruit juice provides an energy rush to last throughout the day. Through online small appliance stores, purchasing a Black and Decker Juice Extractor offers ease of daily fresh juicing encouraging maintenance of the vegetarian diet even when rushed in a busy schedule. Available online through www.target.com. Price: $29.99. In addition to juicers, vegetarians also commonly use food processors. Slicing and dicing vegetables and fruits into beautiful salsas provide for dishes which are pleasing in color and texture. Food processors, available online through www.target.com, can be found in a variety of options with prices generally starting as low as $39.99. Beyond juicers and food processors, additional small kitchen appliances may also include food dehydrators which provide an option to vegetarians in the culinary specialty of drying and preserving fruits and vegetables. Available in a variety of sizes and strengths, food dehydrators start in price as low as $109.99. For information regarding food dehydrators, visit www.discountjuicers.com.

Home Décor:
For the strict vegetarian, decorating a bedroom or a living room in a variety of vegetable and fruit themes offers an opportunity for daily reminders of the dietary lifestyle choice. Purchasing artificial fruit and vegetables, for table and window décor, provides a refreshing look to any room in the vegetarian's home. Quality fruit and vegetables can be purchased, online, at www.kinkadestudios.com with prices starting at $13.95. With "true to scale" products the vegetarian in your life will appreciate this holiday gift idea! In addition to true to scale fruits and vegetables, consider purchasing home art décor illustrated in vegetable and fruit themes from www.kohls.com. Pricing for small culinary themed plaques start as low as $5.95.

Culinary Supplies:
For the culinary enthusiasts, with a vegetarian dietary lifestyle, purchasing items uniquely designed for the culinary specialists can be a great holiday gift idea. Themed culinary cook books offer a pleasing outlet for the vegetarian to find unique meal plans pleasing ot the pallet. Available at www.amazon.com, international and domestic vegetarian culinary cookbooks offer a economical holiday gift idea with some vegetarian styled books priced as low as $10.95. Additional culinary supplies, for the vegetarian, may include spices and herbs unique to a vegetarian diet in addition to gift cards which can be used at organic food markets. One such location may be the local Central Market, found online at www.centralmarket.com. Herbs and spices beginning at an affordable price of $8.95 with gift cards that can be purchased online.

Vineyard:
As a vegetarian, dinner is generally filled with a variety of foods with complex and interesting flavors. As saavy culinary experts in the area of spices and herbs, vegetarians are also very well versed in the addition of wine selections with a meal. As a unique holiday gift, consider purchasing, online, tickets to a local vineyard or purchase wine selections optimal for meals unique to vegetarians. As consumers of vegetables and fruits, sparkling wines and chardonnays offer an optimal flavor companion. For wine selections, visit www.winemonthclub.com and add your favorite vegetarian to the monthly wine membership at rate of $27.95 monthly.

For holiday shopping, finding unique gift ideas can be a challenge. Considering a vegetarian's dietary limitations provides for a more unique gift giving options. When shopping for the vegetarian, consider a variety of products in the culinary theme.

Published by Christine Cadena

Working on a graduate degree in psychology, Christine has both professional and educational background in health, wellness, insurance, and health finance. Finance expands to all facets of health and insuran...  View profile

  • Vegetarians often enjoy fresh fruit and vegetable juice as a meal replacement
  • Vegetarians commonly compliment food selections with fine wine
  • Vegetarian diets include fruits and vegetables with limitation to consumption of meat.
A vegetarian body requires only 300 gallons of water per day.

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  • Shamontiel7/13/2007

    What about for the vegetarian who hates to cook? Now THOSE are the kinds of gifts I want, that or a big bag of peaches. Yum!

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