Cookbook Winner! + An Unsolicited Sausage Review

Maple Apple Raisin Bread

Congratulations to #58, Sophia! The Random Generator is shining it's light on you today. Please send me your mailing address and I'll get 1000 Vegan Recipes in the mail to you. The book is mighty. It might help to do some arm exercises to prepare. Thank you very much to everyone who entered. I wish I could send each and every one of you a copy. Since I can't, be sure to check out the sample recipes over at Robin Robertson's blog. Best of luck in the next book contest, coming soon!


This is a food blog, so let me give you a little more food content. This is a new (to us) vegan sausage. Don't be fooled, you may have seen it since the company has been around since 1991. While we like Gimme Lean products, we were excited to see this Twin Oaks Sausage in the refrigerated case at our co-op. This weekend we put it to the test alongside some maple apple raisin french toast. We were too hungry to take photos, but here's our take on it. This sausage is drier and it's slightly more subtle in flavor. It's less in-your-face with spices and the mouth feel is less oily (win!). The slices crumbled a little more during cooking because it doesn't really lend itself to shaping, but that didn't bother us. Overall, we preferred it over the Gimme Lean. We also picked up one of the chorizo style, too, and look forward to giving it a try.

Coming soon: Buffalo Wing Pizza - just in time for the Super Bowl! And of course, another book contest. Check back.