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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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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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The Great Vegan Bean Book Tour: Enchanted Vanilla Pancakes w/ Chai-Spiced Peach Compote (and a giveaway)

I love the noble sound of Kathy Hester’s newest cookbook, The Great Vegan Bean Book. I know beans are considered to be one of the humblest of foods, but considering how often I eat them …

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Deep Dark Chocolate Chai Truffle Cakes & The Giveaway Winner

I once worked briefly for an Army Colonel.  He could’ve stepped off of the movie set of Apocalypse Now: tall and wiry with a stiff and graying crew cut, a brisk manner and a lopsided, …

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Giving it Away: The Vegan Slow Cooker

I’m celebrating my blog’s one year birthday (which was October 21) by giving away a copy of Kathy Hester’s cookbook, The Slow Cooker Vegan.  I won’t be giving away my much-used copy, however.  Kathy has …

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And Now, A Word For Our Sponsors

You may have noticed a Sponsors page on the Virtual Vegan Potluck website.  For this Potluck we thought we’d ask some of our favorite chefs, bloggers and businesses to help spread the word about the …

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Other People’s Food (& Drink), Part 2

I had some roasted, mashed sweet potato languishing in my refrigerator just about the time that Insatiably posted a recipe for mini pumpkin pies.  Cute and easy with definite  deliciousness potential: all the prerequisites.  Within …

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Tale of Two Tortilla Soups

This is a hybrid, a Frankensoup of two delicious, hearty recipes: one a quick version easily put together with a few pantry items; the other an all-day, slow-cooker affair.  I often turn to The Moosewood …

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Maple Pumpkin Spice Latte (for the Slow Cooker)

As soon as I cracked open The Vegan Slow Cooker, by Kathy Hester, I knew I’d be spending a lot of time with this cookbook.  Yeah, there are the crock pot standards, the soups, the …

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