VeganMoFo

Here are our winners:

Em, “Plain with blueberries and walnuts sprinkled with chia seeds. MMM.”
Lauren, “Oh man, I just tried this for the first time yesterday, and I LOVE it. The peach flavor is pretty much perfect, but I’m interested in trying blueberry next.”
Linda, “I’ve never tried it! Love vanilla non-dairy yogurt with fruit on top. How interesting about the cultures in other non-dairy yogurts.”
Aimee, “Would love to make a peach Amande popsicle.”
Kristen, “I just discovered Amande yogurt last month. In fact, it’s the yogurt I used in my Iron Chef Challenge recipe! My absolute fave to eat by itself is cherry. It is better than ANY yogurt I’ve ever had. Coconut is my favorite in a smoothie and with granola. And I bake with plain. The Hubster likes the raspberry best. Can you tell we love this stuff??? :)”

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Vegans can’t live without their yogurt! And these days we don’t have to. There are so many options out there, but Amande is really unique. First of all, they’re the first brand of almond milk yogurt, and that’s got to count for something. Secondly, all of their yogurts are sweetened naturally with fruit juice, not sugar. And to top it all off (literally?), Amande’s probiotics are grown in a non-dairy medium. I won’t get all yogurty on you, but some of the non-dairy yogurts start their cultures off in dairy. How awesome is it to know that dairy isn’t necessary at all, even in yogurt?

Let’s get down to the most important part, the taste! Amande comes in 6 different flavors, and as I’ve tried them all I can tell you that the coconut is the best (cherry and strawberry are tied for second). You can also get plain and vanilla in a 24 ounce tub, which is awesome to bake with. Unless you’ve been living under a vegan rock, you probably know that you can replace the eggs in most recipe with yogurt: 1/4 cup yogurt = one egg. Easy peasy!

They all have a custardy consistency, and seem more like a dessert than a breakfast item. I’ve even used it in place of ice cream, eaten with pie (Ginger Peach Pandowdy from Vegan Pie in the Sky):

As a bonus, did you know that the cultures in yogurt are good for your skin? Yogurt is a much easier and tastier way to help keep the pimples at bay than creams full of nasty chemicals.

Tonight we’re giving away 2 free product coupons and 4 discount coupons to 5 (count ‘em FIVE) lucky winners! To enter the contest, just visit the Amande site, pick a flavor and tell us your favorite way to eat it. Is it with granola? In a smoothie? Straight out of the carton? Winners will be chosen Monday afternoon! US only please, and don’t forget to enter a valid email address so that we can contact you. Good luck!

Our winner is Melinda, she says her favorite way to eat vegan sausauge is, “A bun and mustard. That’s it. Why mess with perfection?”

Vegan sausages may souns like an oxymoron to some, but I can’t think of a single (gluten eating) vegan who isn’t nuts about vegan sausages.  They’re fun to make, they’re fun to eat, they’re fun to just buy when you’re in a hurry for some ready-made protein.  And while I love making my own sausage flavors up on the fly, I can’t deny that Field Roast sausages have a unique texture that I will probably never be able to achieve at home.  The greatest thing about them though, is that they convinced one of my friends that he could live without pork products.  His fridge has more mock meat in it than mine!  Their new frankfurters are a big hit around here, so much so that I paid for a cooler to have a few packages shipped from Cosmo’s so my husband would stop crying.

Field Roast also makes deli slices, loaves, a meatloaf, a holiday celebration roast, and this holiday season they will have a new product for us!  I don’t see this on their site so this might be the world premiere of their Hazelnut Cranberry Roast En Croute!  Jazz hands!

The kind folks at Field Roast have a special package today for one very lucky winner, three free sausage coupons and a t-shirt!  Simply comment here and tell me your favorite dish to add sausagey goodness to!  (No one will judge you for saying ‘straight out of the package’.)  A winner will be chosen tonight at midnight, CST.  US only!

Our winner is Cara, who says that in the shower she sings:  “Bonnie Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You Love Me” haha. Why am I embarrassed to admit that?”  Email us your address if you see this, Cara!

We all know that finding vegan food can be hard, but you know what’s harder? Nice vegan soap! A lot of the artisan soap I can buy at the health food store has stuff like goats milk, beeswax, honey, etc. It can be really frustrating when you want to support your local businesses but they don’t offer any vegan products. As with many things I say, thank Al Gore for the internet.

Tracy from Strawberry Hedgehog contacted us and asked if we would like to give away some of her products – boy, would we!  I have personally never tried her products, but since I read Vegan Beauty Review, I know that Sunny loves them.  A lot.  She reviews a lot of products and is constantly changing up her favorites, so if she has been in love with one brand of soap for several years, trust that this is some good stuff!

Today, we are offering one lucky winner a jar of organic whipped body creme and the best selling soap set.  If you are of the manly persuasion, please note that the body creme is unscented and the scents in the soap set aren’t girly, so this isn’t just a giveaway for women.

To enter, simply comment here and tell us what your favorite song to sing in the shower is (don’t act like you don’t!).  A winner will be chosen at 11 pm CST tonight, US residents only.