VeganMoFo

Here are our winners! Thank you to everyone for the pictures, whether you pulled them off of the internet, they are yours, or your foster pets. I spent a good chunk of my night/morning laughing and gushing. As usual, i’m glad I use a random number generator to pick people because if I had to pick the best picture, I would be here all day deciding!

Stacey wins Rabbit Food for sharing her diabetic cats, Pekoe and Larry with us.
Amanda wins Caribbean Vegan with this baby hedgehog in a coffee cup.

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I don’t know about you, but I am a cookbook hoarder collector. Which is funny, because i’m not much for meal planning or recipe following. So for me, cookbooks are a thing to read and look at, and since there are so many vegan cookbooks out these days, I kind of have high standards. I will pretty much never buy a book without photos (except zines/DIY books), and I prefer that they have a special angle to them. Like, I know how to make a bean burrito already.

Which is why i’m so glad that today we are giving away two beautiful books that are sure to be a great addition to anyone’s collection!

First up, we have Vegan Caribbean by Taymer Mason (giveaway courtesy of The Experiment). This book is full of beautiful photographs, authentic Caribbean cuisine (Taymer is from Barbados), and I can guarantee you will learn about new flavors and dishes with this book. Here are samples of some of the recipes that await you: Curried Potato Salad, West Indian Pumpkin Fritters, and something really exciting, Holiday Ham!

The second book is Rabbit Food by Beth A. Barnett. This book is spiral bound, full of neat info like how to make your own grocery bag and some food history, and a ton of adorable illustrations. Beth used to put out the book all by herself, but has recently passed production onto Sasquatch Publishing (who are sponsoring the giveaway), this brand spankin’ new edition has new recipes and updated resources, but is just as cute as before! Beth has up lots of pictures and some sample recipes here, you really need to check out the pictures to see how much effort she put into it. Also, check out her etsy shop for more handmade paper items.

Since these books are from separate publishers, Vegan Caribbean is US only, while Rabbit Food is open to US and Canada. To win, please state which book you would like, and then link me to picture of a cute animal, because I am running out of creative questions to ask you guys and I like cute animals. I will pick a winner tomorrow morning around 9 am CST.

Winners!
Kelly, “Artichoke hearts, garlic, pesto, green olives, kalamata olives, mozzarella Daiya, sundried tomatoes, Upton’s Italian seitan, roasted red peppers, green peppers, and basil.”
Amy, “Sundried tomatoes, gardein chickn scallopini, olives, red onions and fresh basil with a roasted garlic sauce. Now I’m hungry…”
Ellen, “Kalamata olives, bella mushrooms, sundried tomatoes, and mozzarella Daiya cheese! YUM!”
Megan, “Artichoke, onions, mushrooms, and kalamata olives. So good!”

I use a random number generator to choose winners for fairness, but I think olives are gross, so after drawing four olivey pizzas I decided to hand-pick the last answer. Onions and garlic, heck yeah!

Shannon, “My dream pizza is one I just started making recently. I make 2 french bread rolls. After they are done and cooled off, I cut them in half and into fours. I use them as my crust. I top them with sauteed mushrooms, garlic, onions, and kale. I put a thin layer of Daiya on top, after I sauced them. Then I add my veggies, followed by another layer of Daiya. After I pop them out of the oven I sprinkle some vegan paremsan cheese on top along with a little basil and oregano. Sometimes if I add a little Sriracha to give a kick!”

You’ll be emailed in the morn!

There are a few touchy subjects among vegans that everyone has strong, differing opinions on. One of the big ones is which brand of vegan cheese you prefer, if any. Every brand has its fans, and the same brands have people who think it’s completely gross. But who cares, we now have more vegan cheese options than you can shake a stick at!

Daiya had the vegan world a-buzzing before it was even released. Shredded cheese? That melts? That isn’t soy? And if you’re a fan or not, you can’t deny that Daiya has really pushed vegan cheese out into the mainsteam. I have seen it Kroger grocery stores, a place where I have never seen anything but those non-vegan veggie shreds. It’s in Amy’s products, Gardein, Tofurkey is making frozen pizzas with it…and restaurants are using it! Getting a vegan pizza where you don’t overpay for them to take off the cheese is an exciting thing, especially if you don’t live in a big city where vegan foods are easier to find.

(Vegan pizza with Daiya from Pi Pizzeria in St. Louis)

My personal favorite way to use Daiya is pepperjack flavor + tortilla = instant quesadilla!

Today, we are giving away three free product coupons to five lucky winners, meaning you can get a bag of each flavor if you want! Since I now have pizza on the brain, just comment here with your dream vegan pizza combination to enter! This giveaway is open to US and Canada only. The winners will be chosen tonight at 11 pm CST.