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Three Days of Matcha: Matcha Mint Body Scrub & Kiss Me Organics Matcha Giveaway

I love matcha powder so much and have been using it so often lately that I decided to spread this Kiss Me Organics giveaway over three separate posts – each with a recipe. What?! NEW …

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Review, Recipe, & Giveaway: Plant Power by Nava Atlas

As you can tell, I’ve been catching up on a backlog of cookbook reviews and giveaways. I hope you haven’t tired of them yet, because I have several more scheduled over the next few months (The …

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OATrageous Oatmeals Giveaway & Chickpea Veggie Soup

There are a few things in life you can count on: the sun rising in the east each morning; happy and excited greetings from your dog (and a bored yawn from your cat) when you …

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Review & Giveaway: Vegan Chocolate by Fran Costigan

Whenever I felt completely daunted about how much recipe testing, writing, and photography I had to do for my cookbook, I’d look over at the tempting pile of cookbooks that were waiting for my review. …

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Everyday Vegan Eats by Zsu Dever: Giveaway & Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Zsu has been a regular participant in our weekly Virtual Vegan Linky Potluck, and I finally got the time to spend with her recently-published cookbook, Everyday Vegan Eats. One of the things I love about Zsu’s …

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Celebrating Jazzy Vegetarian Television Show’s Fourth Season with a Recipe & Giveaway!

I gave up on the Food Network ages ago. It seems they’re more interested in reality shows with ridiculous premises (make a 5-course meal out of panko, dehydrated strawberries, ramen noodles, and gristle. Go!) than featuring …

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VEGAN TACOS by Jason Wyrick: Roasted Poblano Guacamole, The 4 Essential Components of A Good Taco, & A Giveaway

At first glance, Jason Wyrick’s new cookbook, Vegan Tacos: Authentic & Inspired Recipes for Mexico’s Favorite Street Food, looks like – well, a cookbook. But even a quick glance through the opening pages reveals that …

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Decadent Gluten-free Vegan Baking Giveaway and Meet Cara!

You know that panicked feeling you get when a special person is coming over to your house and you look around and realize that dust has settled over every flat surface, there’s a pile of clean …

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Vegan Beans From Around the World: Review & Giveaway + Navy Bean Pie

Every dish in this book is good food, not just good vegan food. – Kelsey Kinser Over the past month – when I need a break from creating and eating my own recipes for my …

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The Organically Clean Home Review & Giveaway

This little 6-inch x 8-inch book, The Organically Clean Home: 150 Everyday Organic Cleaning Products You Can Make Yourself – The Natural, Chemical-free Way, by Becky Rapinchuk (Clean Mama), completely changed the way that I …

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Organic Skin Care Review & Giveaway

This book review is a bit of a departure for me.  Instead of cooking up food, I was stirring together essential oils, witch hazel, epsom salts, cocoa butter, and spices.  100 Organic Skin Care Recipes …

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Plant Fusion Review, Giveaway: Banana, Cookies ‘n’ Cream Shake AND Chocolate Caramel Apple Pancakes. Raw and Gluten-free.

Many, many weeks ago, NutraSpark Nutritionals generously sent me a whole bunch of PlantFusion plant protein powders – and during that time I sampled some of the varieties in beverages and also developed a couple …

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Vegan Planet Review & Giveaway

I imagine that when Robin Robertson put the finishing touches on Vegan Planet and sent it off one final time to her editor, she breathed a big sigh of relief and satisfaction and thought to herself: …

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Jazzy Vegetarian Classics Giveaway and Mushroom-Nut Burgers

My earliest musical memories center around jazz and food: popcorn by the fire on blustery winter nights warmed by the playful yet melancholy piano of Vince Guaraldi (and good as it is, I’m not talking …

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Review, Giveaway, & Blondies: Sweet Debbie’s Organic Treats

First things first: thank you all for your sweet words and support.  I was feeling like a major heel for canceling the May Potluck, but I needn’t have worried.  Big virtual hugs to one and …

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Rawsome Vegan Baking Blog Tour! Review, Recipe & Giveaway

It almost wouldn’t matter if the recipes in Rawsome Vegan Baking by Emily Von Euw weren’t delicious.  That’s because the photography and the book itself are stunning – from the heft and size of it, …

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Day 2 of The Best Giveaway Yet! NuNaturals Products! Plus Chai Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Day 2 of the NuNaturals products giveaway!  To refresh your memory, here’s what four winners will receive: One bottle of the Cherry-Flavored Stevia Liquid One bottle of Vanilla-Flavored Stevia Liquid One 16 oz. package of …

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Cookbook Review & Giveaway: Extraordinary Vegan (plus Chocolate-Banana-Mint Smoothie)

There are lots of vegan cookbooks out there to help you get a meal on the table quickly and easily – those are the kind that I turn to most often.  And there are lots …

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Giveaway: 40 Days of Green Smoothies!

A little over a year ago, I wrote a review of Becky Striepe’s (Glue and Glitter) 40 Days of Green Smoothies. I’m pleased to once again share this simple, colorful, and delicious e-book with you all – …

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Giveaway: High Protein, No Powder: Protein Bars & Smoothies Made with Real Food

Betrayal.  I had honestly believed the food industry was looking out for us – for me, my family and all the other families out there. I really thought they had the consumer’s best interest in …

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Happy National Hot Tea Month! Traditional Medicinals Herbal Tea Review & Giveaway

A cup of tea solves everything. The sound of the kettle coming to a boil.  Selecting a tea from my embarrassingly vast trove of flavors and blends.  Watching the curls of steam rise from the …

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Growing Microgreens Step by Step E-Book Giveaway

One of the really nice things about the Virtual Vegan Potluck is meeting bloggers of many different stripes – and benefiting from their knowledge and experience.  The Potluck is how I met Susan of Gaia’s Creations.  Susan …

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Virtual Vegan Potluck: Two Days Away!

If you are participating in the upcoming Virtual Vegan Potluck – now less than 2 days away – please take a few moments to read my last minute reminders post on the VVP website. Pssst! …

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Healthy Recipes At Your Fingertips: Vegan Delish App Giveaway & Recipe

If you’re a plant-based cook or a food blogger – unless you’ve been living under a block of pressed tofu – you’ve probably heard or seen a nifty app for iPhone and iPad called Vegan …

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Quick Chocolate Chip Banana Squares (only on Vedged Out)

Woohoo!  Today is the second anniversary of An Unrefined Vegan and I would really love to be celebrating in person with my friend, Somer, instead of virtually – but the next best thing is guest-posting on …

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The China Study Cookbook Giveaway & Pumpkin Pancakes

Some books – and they don’t come around very often – are life changers.  Such was the case for me with The China Study, by T. Colin Campbell and John Robbins.  Because of this book, …

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Vegan Slow Cooking for Two Blog Tour, Giveaway, & Vanilla Fig Oatmeal

I call it kind of brand loyalty.  Here’s what I mean: whenever Kate Bush releases an album (and the good Lord knows she doesn’t do it often enough), I buy it.  Just as I’ll read …

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Vegan MoFo 17: Peanut Butter-Banana “Ice Cream” with Mixed Berry Sauce. Sugar- & Gluten-free.

This MoFo recipe taught me that the simplest method is almost always the best method. I went through three incarnations of ice cream – two that were too fussy and required ingredients that made me …

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Oil-free Banana Fig Cakes with Date-Coconut Drizzle

Last week I spotted a gigantic purple fig hiding amongst the leaves in one of our potted plants.  Kel and I watched its progress carefully; we didn’t want to let this one go to the …

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Chocolate Cake Banana Splits, Oil- & Gluten-free; A Xylitol Review & Mini-Giveaway

Xylitol Canada was kind enough to send me some freebies (with absolutely no expectation of a review, let alone a positive review), including a bag of their Xyla crystals.  I baked a chocolate cake (recipe …

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