A Newly Minted Vague-An

My Facebook friend (I have to make that distinction, because we've never met in person), Joe Yonan, Washington Post editor and author of the upcoming "Eat Your Vegetables," coined a new term that fits someone like me perfectly. Vague-An. A vague-an eats a mostly plant-based diet, but must splash real milk in his/her morning coffee, and will accept the occasional white-egg omelet or piece of sushi.

It was in this spirit that I girded myself for our JCC's generous volunteer-recognition Holiday Cocktail Party, catered by it's in-house Cafe owners, Genadeen Caterers. "Holiday," in this case, of course, is that paean to oil and all it can fry - Hanukkah. Eating out, for any newly committed heart-healthy vague-an - whether for Christmas, Easter, Hanukkah, weddings, birthdays, press-events -   is an exercise in choices. Sometimes difficult ones.

I passed up the potato latkes;

And my favorite pass-around, the "Kosher Pig In Blanket;"

And made quite a few trips up to the mini-salads bar....

added a couple of stuffed grape-leaves....

and in true Vague-An fashion, I was first to tear into the sushi platter;

And chanced tryptophan grogginess at the turkey-carving station (no skin, thanks);

Tell me about your holiday party eating decisions and I'll include them in a future post......