Chow Vegan

The winner of the Simple Treats cookbook is number 19.

Congratulations to Tiffany! Please email me with your mailing address and I’ll get the cookbook out to you.

Thanks to everyone for playing!

The winner of the Devilrobots To-Fu mini print and dunny is number 5.

Congratulations to Sarah! Please email me with your mailing address. Thanks to everyone who entered!

For today’s show and tell presentation, I have for you one of my favorite things – a little To-Fu. Created by the Japanese design team, Devilrobots, To-Fu Oyako is a well-known character in Japan. Simple but iconic. Sometimes happy. Sometimes sad. But always lovable.

To celebrate the many upcoming Vegan/Vegetarian Month/Day/Hour/Second (Google “vegetarian day” to find what’s going on near you. Hug A Vegetarian Day sounds like fun), I’m giving away a To-Fu mini print and dunny from my own personal collection.

What’s the mini print?
Haiti Earthquake Relief Poster designed by Devilrobots, for The Poster Cause Project, an online store selling and promoting limited editions by various artists and donating some or all of the profits to charity. To support the relief efforts, 100% of the profits from the Devilrobots print was donated to Doctors Without Borders. The print is full color on coated stock, size is 6″ x 11″.

What’s a dunny?
It’s a toy figure that’s like a blank 3D art canvas. Different artists create designs that are then made into collectible limited edition designer toys. The Devilrobots dunny is 3″ tall and made from vinyl, produced by Kidrobot for their Dunny Series 2009. To add to the fun of collecting, sometimes a series is packaged as a blind box assortment. You don’t know which design is in what box until it’s opened. Obviously, the To-Fu box has already been opened.

To enter the giveaway:
Leave a comment in this post with what if anything, you’re going to do for any of the upcoming veggie celebrations. Comment must be made by midnight PST on Tuesday, September 28th; one entry per person. No purchase is necessary to enter or win.

One winner will be randomly selected (using random.org) from the comments received and announced in a new post on Wednesday, September 29th. Winner will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be randomly chosen. Prize awarded is one Devilrobots To-Fu Oyako mini print and one Devilrobots To-Fu blue dunny (approximate total retail value $18.00).

Official Rules:
Open only to U.S. residents age 18 and over. Odds of winning depend on the number of entries received. Void where prohibited by law. Giveaway is sponsored by Chow Vegan, the above mentioned companies and organizations in no way, shape or form have anything to do with this giveaway. Shipping and postage will be paid for by Chow Vegan. Prizes are not transferable, no substitutions are permitted, except at the discretion of the sponsor. Any tax is the sole responsibility of the winner. Winner releases Chow Vegan from any liability arising out of participation in this giveaway or the acceptance, use or misuse of the prize.

The winner of The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook is number 26.

Congratulations IslandChica! Please email me with your mailing address and I’ll send out the cookbook to you.

Thanks everyone for playing! More fun stuff coming up soon.

I got rid of a few pounds of fat, easily and painlessly, and without breaking a sweat. It didn’t even cost me a dime. I just searched the kitchen cupboards for any unwanted fat and traded it in for less fatty foods.

Last month, Galaxy Granola kicked off their first ever Fat Swap at the Palo Alto Whole Foods. “Fruit not fat” is their motto and they’re aiming to lose 10,000 pounds of fat in 90 days.

While there, I also tried a sample of the Galaxy Granola, it’s baked with fruit instead of oil. It’s good and has less fat than other granolas, but only the Not Sweet Vanilla is vegan. All their other flavors have honey in them.

The next fat swap is this Saturday, July 10th at the Cupertino Whole Foods. But you don’t live in the Bay Area?

You can still participate, just pack up your fatty food and mail in the box. They’ll send you back an equal weight of healthy alternatives, ie, send in a bottle of oil and get apple sauce back to use in baking.

Seems like a great deal to me if you got any high fat food lying around. For some reason, I didn’t have that much (probably because I ate it already). Check out their website for the all details, rules and deadline.

The winner of the Viva Vegan! cookbook is number 46.

Congratulations to JoLynn-dreaminitvegan! Please send me an email with your mailing address and I’ll get the cookbook mailed out to you.

Thanks to everyone for playing!

Today’s the day to pick a winner and the lucky number is 27.

Congratulations Miki! Shoot me an email with your mailing address and I’ll get the cookbook out to you.

Thank you to all of you who entered. I really enjoyed reading about your favorite cookies, especially the ones I haven’t heard of before. In case you’re curious, chocolate chip was the most favorite cookie followed closely by some sort of variation on the oatmeal cookie.

I survived VeganMoFo! Whew, it was one busy and hectic month trying to get in 20 posts, that’s way more than I’ve ever blogged in any one month.

So was it a trick or a treat? For the most part, it was a treat – new foods, new recipes and new blogs. It was a little tricky trying to schedule enough time to get everything done.

One of the things I wasn’t able to work out, was visiting the sheer number of blogs participating in VeganMoFo while keeping up my own blog. I only made it to a small fraction. But now that it’s over, I’ll be spending the next few months checking out those blogs. Better late, than never, right?

Finally, a huge thank you to everyone who stopped by to visit my little blog! And a big shout-out to kittee at Cake Maker to the Stars for hosting this year.

Happy Halloween!