Meetings and connections

I'm still at the mom's so shopping at Whole Foods a bit more. While there the other day, I heard a gentleman ask that familiar question - "Vegan? Where do you get your protein?" The answer is "same place as elephants." Or, more politely - greens, legumes, nuts and seeds.
I talked with the questioner when I ran into him ( not literally) a few aisles over. We talked about finding variety, using meat substitutes (not often), and great places for recipes. I wished him well.
While the mom was in the hospital, when they finally gave her food, they went to Trader Joe's and got vegan "jello" for her. Didn't know they carried it. I'm not a fan of "jello" at all, and neither is the mom, but she was glad to have something after six days of no food. They were a bit stumped about other things to serve, but did fairly well. Still ... hospital food.
Well, that's the news from snowy northern Nevada. I'll get back to recipes soon.