October 2016 – VeganMoFo

VeganMoFo 2016 Blogrolls!

October 30, 2016 Emma Comments 4 comments

Hi everyone! I hope you’re really excited about taking part in this year’s VeganMoFo. Both about taking part – and discovering new vegan blogs and accounts to follow!

Throughout the month we will be posting round ups of our favourite posts, but another great way to find sites to follow is via our blogroll pages.

First, we have the Official 2016 Blogroll. If you signed up for VeganMoFo 2016, you’re on there! Separated into categories of web blogs, YouTube accounts, Twitter accounts, Facebook accounts, and Instagram accounts, there are hundreds of different vegans you can discover. You can follow blogs via services like Feedly, or follow social media accounts on their own platform.

Next is the Around the World blogroll. Want to discover great food from a different country? You can find the VeganMoFo 2016 participants listed by country here.

If you are a little tired of English, visit our By Language blogroll. Those on this list post in a different language – some post in English also, but you can find a language to suit you!

If you’re in the United States, you can find MoFo’ers near you by checking out the By State blogroll. From Arizona to Washington, we have people taking part from all over the country.

Sadly, it was recently announced that The PPK – the birthplace of VeganMoFo – is closing soon. But if you are a member of the forum there, you can find your fellow forum members on the PPK MoFo’ers blogroll. Make the most of them while you can!

We also have a list of those doing VeganMoFo for the first time this year. Check out our First Time MoFo’ers blogroll and go and give them some support!

And finally, we have the Social Media blogroll. Would you rather check Instagram than read blogs? Stick to 140 characters on Twitter? Watch a video on YouTube, or follow a page on Facebook? Use this blogroll to find people to follow!

MiniMoFo Challenge 3 Round Up

October 24, 2016 jennyc Comments 1 comment

For the third and final MiniMoFo challenge, we asked you to make something to welcome the Autumn or Fall. With so many delicious contributions, we don’t even miss the summer sunshine at all now! Here is a round up of all your delicious dishes.

Walks, Talks & Eats

Emma made these unbelievable apple crumble bars. The perfect autumnal dessert!

Vegan Pastry School

Jenny from Vegan Pastry School is cooking her way through Isa Does It and celebrated autumn with this sweet potato and red curry soup with rice and kale. Yum!

@tartesandrecreation

Check out this pear galette from Sonja at Tartes and Recreation. Can’t you just taste those Fall flavours?

@femmefocale

Wouldn’t we all like to join Shannon for a steaming mug of chai, straight from the slow cooker?

@betsykatemullins

And how about these hassalback potatoes! Yes please!

@samanthacooksvegan

Could any dish be more autumnal than this? And it contains Field Roast sausages too! Amazing.

@veg_n_eats

Tacos are perfect, whatever the season!

Thank you so much for all your contributions to the three MiniMoFo challenges – we’ve really enjoyed seeing what you’ve been making. And now it’s only one more week until the most exciting month of the year! Make sure you’re following us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram so we can remind you of the daily themes and you can check out what your fellow vegans have been creating. And stay tuned for the 2016 Blogroll, coming soon!

Media Alert! Spread the news of VeganMoFo ’16!

October 19, 2016 Emma Comments 0 Comment

Hey everyone! I hope you’re excited for VeganMoFo. There’s not long to go now! Don’t forget, you have until the 21st October – this Friday! – to sign up for this year’s event. Sign up here! For those of you who have signed up (or are about to!) we have prepared a media alert for you to share. This is so that you can alert local and international press sources as to what is going on – and get some recognition for your MoFo’ing efforts!

Here’s what to do:

First things first, sign on up for VeganMoFo 2016
Think & go Google search: What are the local media avenues in my community (state, country, district, town, county, area, favorite blogs, online news sources, etc.)? Is there an alt weekly? Is there a monthly, city-wide cultural magazine and/or website? Where do you see local food & dining news? For example, someone in Portland, OR, would send this to Eater PDX (and there are a ton of Eater sites out there!), Willamette Week, Portland Mercury, Oregonian FoodDay, Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland Monthly Magazine and a bunch of their favorite culinary-focused blogs. Plus, the huge local vegetarian outreach group, Northwest Veg, other vegan-friendly events that have caught their eye, and maybe, The Kitchn, Serious Eats, and so on. Someone in the UK might send the alert to VegFest UK or one of the vegan magazines in the country! If you’ve been involved with media outlets/events, who are your contacts? Do you have friends that work in PR? Are they relevant and could they help get the word out? Do they like vegan cookies? Is there a VegFest? Basically, find out their contact email/fax (right?! You can totally send faxes for free online these days in case you actually want to do that). Take note that there is typically a contact specifically *for* media alerts and press releases and calendar info with the bigger outlets. Go cover your ground and spread the word! These days, there are many vegan companies who post through social media (Facebook, Instagram, etc) and you can also send this alert in a message to them if you like – look for local vegan groups and pages, perhaps shops that regularly post vegan “news” articles, and anyone else who you think might be interested!
Edit and download a personalized or general copy of the official VeganMoFo Media Alert, as linked below.
Save the (ideally revised) Media Alert as a PDF with a clearly marked file name, for example “Media Advisory: VeganMoFo, The Vegan Month of Food Writing Returns November 2016″
Next, copy/paste the Media Alert content into the actual email message from title down. I like to do this, it doubles your chances of being read. At the top, if I know who it’s going to well, I’ll often include a little note in a different font and color and sign it, like “Hey Darleen, I’d love for you to take a look at this news! I’ve got a whole month of xxx in store and daily updates! Let me know if you would like more information or photos for a story” (or something a little less lame then that, but I hope you get the point).
Make sure you’ve attached a copy of the Media Alert PDF (or Word Doc or whatever you prefer) to the email itself.
Press send and let that baby fly, preferably one at a time, but one big blind BCC can do in a pinch (sorry, old college marketing professors, it’s 2016 and I’m busy!)

And here’s how to do it! There are two versions of our shiny, official Media Alert all ready to go below:

OPTION 1) We’ve got the official Media Alert ready to be personalized right this way and copied below. It is super important to make sure you personalize the red area!

OPTION 2) Here’s a straightforward Media Alert to share as is.

So, get sharing, and get preparing for Vegan MoFo 2016!

MiniMoFo Challenge 3

October 11, 2016 jennyc Comments 1 comment

Can you believe it’s already time for the third MiniMoFo challenge? We’ve really enjoyed seeing all your mouthwatering contributions so far, and hope you’re all feeling suitably warmed up for the main event now. (Reminder: signups are open right now, make sure you’ve registered for November!)

Just to remind you, this is a voluntary warm-up exercise for MoFo proper, and you can participate in any way you like. Here’s how it works:

We’ll share a challenge, you’ll have two weeks to make and share a dish using the #MiniMoFo tag on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or comment here with a link to your blog. That’s it!
We’ll feature your dishes as we go and do a round-up at the end of each challenge.
You don’t have to do the MiniMoFo challenges to participate in VeganMoFo.
You can participate in MiniMoFo and not in the full month.
No sign-ups are required!

Challenge 3: Make something to welcome Autumn/Fall

October 11 – October 24

This fortnight, make something using that fresh autumnal produce. We’re hoping to see lots of squash, pumpkin, maybe even some Halloween treats! (If it’s not Autumn where you are, show us your Spring dishes instead.)

Whatever your angle, remember to use the #MiniMoFo hashtag and share your post with the rest of the community!

MiniMoFo Challenge 2 Round Up

October 10, 2016 jennyc Comments 1 comment

For the second MiniMoFo challenge we asked you to share your foodie crush, and we loved your contributions! Here’s a look at some of them.

@entropyandennui

Nicole’s crush is @hotforfood, and she made these chicken caesar wraps.

@dimsimkitty

Everyone loves pulled jackfruit and sweet potato fries! Susan was inspired by Celine from Have Cake Will Travel.

@zsus_vegan_pantry

Zsu is crushing on garlic, and a slice of this pizza will definitely keep the vampires at bay!

@yixzyy

Emma, like so many of us, is crazy about Isa Chandra Moskowitz and made this sandwich from a bargain buy of Isa Does It.

@zuckerbaby.1

Zuckerbaby was inspired by the Messy Vegetarian Cook and made this angel hair pasta with creamy kim chi, shimeji and oyster mushroom sauce.

Herbivores’ Heaven

Jenny’s food crush is the divine Ms Cupcake – and don’t these cupcakes look lovely?

@Lisasprojectvegan

Lisa’s food crush is also Isa Chandra Moscovitz, and she made her Chickpea Picatta – and how amazing is her vegan fork?!

Vegan à Montréal

Vegan à Montréal crushes on Terry Hope Romero, and makes the interestingly titled “Mermaid’s Picnic Salad with Seahorse Ranch Dressing” from Terry’s book, Salad Samurai.

My Apologies for the Novel

Julie made this fantastic chickpeas and dumpling dish from her crush, Hannah Teson of House Vegan.

@femmefocale

Femmefocale crushes on Julie Hasson, and made this tasty looking banana bread.

@vegandollhouse

Uh, how amazing do these donuts by Vegan Doll House look? They’re inspired by Vicky Liu, and are made to look like cute little narwhals!

Stay tuned for the final #MiniMofo challenge, coming tomorrow! And don’t forget to sign up for Vegan MoFo!

VeganMoFo 16 Sign-ups and Banners!

October 1, 2016 Emma Comments 2 comments

Vegan MoFo 2016 starts in just one month! We hope you are getting prepared!

Sign ups for 2016 are now open. Click here to register to participate! You will need to register before October 21st, 2016 to be officially part of Vegan MoFo 2016. You can sign up with your blog, or any form of social media you like – or a combination of both!

We also have graphics for you to use in your MoFo posts! New and updated for 2016, we’d love for you to share them and promote the news that it’s nearly Vegan MoFo time! Use the hashtags #veganmofo and #vgnmf16 to go with these images – and any other posts you make about the Vegan MoFo.

Finally, a refresher of this years themes & prompts. Remember, there’s no requirement to follow these so if you’d like to do your own theme, please feel free! But if you’d like some more guidance, you can interpret the weekly themes how you like, or you can follow the individual daily prompts – or a combination of whatever works for you.

Week 1: 1st-6th November 2016 Treat Yourself (and others)!

1st: Your favourite food – What is your favourite food? Make it and share!
2nd: How to make friends – What’s your go to “impress me” meal?
3rd: Treat yourself…to a break – What’s your “easy cook” meal? That you make when you can’t be bothered to cook much?
4th: Eating out – Where do you eat when you want someone else to cook for you?
5th: Late Night Snack – Tell us what you’re midnight snacking on!
6th: Comfort food – Something that always cheers you up.

Week 2: 7th-13th November 2016 International Week

7th: Close to Home – Make a food from your own country, state, or hometown.
8th: Far Away – If you dug straight down, where would you come out? Make something from that country!
9th: Something Different – Cook a cuisine you’ve never tried before. Or, one you don’t make often enough.
10th: Fusion Food – Take two cuisines and make them work together.
11th: Favourite Cuisine – Where does your favourite food come from?
12th: Dream Holiday Destination – what would you eat on your dream holiday?
13th: Feed the Alien – An alien lands on your doorstep. What are they going to eat?

Week 3: 14th-20th November 2016 Rainbow Week

14th: Monochrome meal – Make some food that is all based around one colour only.
15th: Multicolour – Fit as many colours as you can into one meal!
16th: Complimentary colours – For instance, Red & Green, Purple & Yellow, Blue & Orange
17th: Something Rare – What colour do you rarely eat? Make something that colour!
18th: Greyscale – Can you make your food look like a photo taken with a black and white camera? Or take a photo in black and white that looks great.
19th: Goth Day – Blues, purples, blacks? Let your dark side shine.
20th: It’s Easy Being Green – Look after the environment, or just eat green veg – go green today!

Week 4: 21st-27th November 2016 Memories & Traditions

21st: Favourite memory – What’s your favourite ever food memory? Recreate it.
22nd: Silly food – What are some silly food traditions/memories you have?
23rd: Autumn/Fall Traditions – Are there any foods you traditionally make in this season?
24th: Thanksgiving – Americans, what are you making for Thanksgiving? Non-Americans, have a go at making something thanksgiving inspired!
25th: Vegan Memories – What was your first vegan meal? Or the one you remember the most?
26th: Cookbooks – Show us your favourite cookbooks!
27th: Changed Opinion – Was there a food you used to hate, and now don’t?

Week 5: 28th-30th November 2016 Holidays!

28th: Holiday Bake Day! – What are you planning on baking over the winter holidays? Do you make cake, or cookies? Or something savoury?
29th: Holiday Test Run – It’s always good to practice – show off your hits and misses.
30th: Food Gifts – Do you like to give food as a gift? Or receive? Show/tell us!

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