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Simple & Crisp Fat Free Chip Giveaway

August 13, 2013 by Veronica Grace

I cannot believe it, but I’m doing yet another giveaway this Summer. What can I say, Simple & Crisp contacted me and wanted me to give away some delicious, naturally oil free fruit crisps to one lucky reader and I couldn’t refuse. (I would never deprive you of free healthy food… seriously)

I had never heard of the company before, as they are based in the USA, but this sounds like a great alternative to potato chips and the bland freeze dried fruit packs I’ve seen at the health food store. (Freeze dried anything just doesn’t do it for me!)

So I was thrilled that these fruit chips were oil free and could actually be eaten guilt free! Who doesn’t want a guilt free chip? I know I do. These chips are oil-free, vegan, gluten-free and totally natural. No weird preservatives or chemicals. It’s just beautifully dried fruit dehydrated until crisp!

Here’s what Simple & Crisp had to say about this new product:

“Simple & Crisp Signature Mini Pack ($15 value) ~ Enjoy the perfect taster pack of Simple & Crisp’s three signature flavors, apple, orange and pear – their mini pack makes an ideal serving for a tasty snack on the go or the perfect pairing for any culinary occasion, from savory to sweet, to cheese to cupcakes to cocktails – the possibilities are endless.”

They are giving away 1 Signature Mini Pack of their crisps ($15 value) to 1 lucky winner who has a USA mailing address.

Here is an example of the nutritional information for this product.

Apple Chips: nutritional facts // serving size: 15 slices (22g) // servings per container: about 2 // calories per serving: 80 // total carb.: 21g

Ingredients: apple, ascorbic acid (to maintain natural color)

I just received my samples and the one that surprised me the most was the orange chips. They taste like orange candies! Very interesting for sure.

To enter to win, please use the widget below.

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To be eligible to win you must have a USA mailing address, comment on this post (using the comment section below – please do not write your comment in the giveawaytools widget, it needs to be on the blog post with everyone else) AND be subscribed to my newsletter. You can also get additional entries by sharing this contest, liking me on Facebook, following me on Twitter, subscribing to me on Youtube and following me on Pinterest.

If you’re interested in getting the chips directly from the company you can find their website here (orders over $50 have free shipping) and there’s a list of all the local retailers you can find them in as well in the USA.

Disclaimer: LowFatVeganChef.com was not paid for this promotion, a sample pack was offered free for review only. Simple & Crisp is providing 1 reader with a free sample pack as well.

Which flavor of Simple & Crisp are you most looking forward to trying?

EZ Bean Cooker Giveaway

July 14, 2013 by Veronica Grace

It’s contest time again!

I just love summer contests, don’t you? This time it’s for probably my favorite kitchen appliance of the year, the Ez Bean Cooker. My mom first saw it online and told me about it and I knew I just HAD to have it.

Why?

Because I like to cook a lot of beans and lentils (without oil and salt) and it’s so much cheaper and faster to do so in this device. No more worrying about BPA in canned goods, excess sodium, sugar, preservatives etc. and I can infuse my beans and lentils with fresh herbs like thyme, basil, oregano and bay leaves very easily. Scrumptious!

The best part is probably how fast you can cook them though. With the pre-programmed settings on the EZ Bean Cooker (which is essentially a digital pressure cooker) there is ABSOLUTELY NO SOAKING REQUIRED. Yes, you do not have to pre-soak your beans the night before, nor do you have to do the “Quick Soak Method” for beans you want to make the same day.

Just choose your bean or lentil, rinse them well, cover with a sufficient amount of water, add herbs and seasonings as desired, close the lid, set the pressure release valve to the closed position and choose the program for your type of bean and press start!

If you can use a rice cooker or a microwave, you can use this, I promise!

It’s very simple and the Ez Bean Cooker does all the timing for you so there’s no more looking up pressure cooking times online or in a book, and no more guess work and having undercooked/overcooked beans. Once it’s complete it will beep, alerting you to open the pressure release valve. When the pressure dissipates and unlocks the lid you can open it up, drain your beans and use in any dish you desire.

Cooking times are between 12 minutes for lentils and 80 minutes for chickpeas/garbanzo beans. This is the actual pressure cooking time, there is additional time needed for it to come up to pressure, but the majority of your dried unsoaked beans are going to be fully cooked and ready to use in about an hour (longer for kidney beans and garbanzo beans as they are larger)

Now some people choose to use oil in their pressure cookers to prevent frothing from occurring and clogging up the pressure release valve, but so far I haven’t had any issues cooking 1 lb bags of dried beans or lentils without any. Although EZ Bean Cooker does recommend adding oil for safety reasons, but so far it works for me without oil and many other McDougallers on Amazon have done this as well.

This contest is open to residents of the USA (non-residents and Canadians with a US based shipping address can enter) only as EZ Bean Cooker only ships to the USA at this time. Disclaimer: Low Fat Vegan Chef was NOT paid to do this promotion. I received a complimentary EZ Bean Cooker to try out before I decided to recommend this product based on my own positive results with the unit.

So how can you enter to with an EZ Bean Cooker? Just use my easy little giveawaytools widget below to get started, enter in your name and email address, you will be required to sign up for my newsletter (already valid if you’re an existing subscriber) and comment on this blog post and validate the comment. Plus you get additional entries for things such as liking my Facebook page, following me on twitter, tweeting the giveaway, following me on Pinterest and sharing with your friends. You’ve got a chance to get anywhere from 10-70 entries for this draw! Good luck!

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****Just a note, if you do not verify with the widget correctly your entry for that type (and just end up leaving the text box blank) it will be invalid and not count. So please enter in the correct information (such as email address, facebook name, twitter account etc.) to verify if you did subscribe to the newsletter, like on facebook, follow on twitter etc. If you don’t, the entries will be invalid and disqualified. At minimum, to be eligible to win an EZ Bean Cooker you must be subscribed to my newsletter (and stay subscribed at least until the contest ends Aug 12 2013) AND comment on this blog post. All other entry methods are optional after that. I want you to get as many entries as possible thanks so please read the instructions carefully!

Check out my recipe for How To Cook Dried Chickpeas here.

For more Canadian contests go here: Contest Canada

Contest is closed, congratulations to Kristi Lee who won!

Win A Copy Of Fat, Sick And Nearly Dead DVD

June 11, 2013 by Veronica Grace 78 Comments

(Watch trailer above)

I have some awesome prize packs to share with you today! It comes from the team behind Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead (the movie).

Synopsis: Joe Coss is a man who was fed up with being overweight and feeling terrible. He knew there was something really wrong with feeling this way. He realized that he was eating the wrong foods and if he didn’t change his lifestyle, processed foods were going to be the end of him. He left his home country of Australia and decided to embark on a healing journey in the land of the USA and find out what was wrong with the Western Diet. He found amazing benefits from going on a 60 day juice fast and drank nothing but fresh pressed juice every day!

To date, the audience of Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead has lost more than 6 million pounds and consumed more than 93 million glasses of fresh juice. I watched this documentary for the first time on Netflix back In January 2013, but I had heard a lot of positive reviews about it previously. And while the title might make you wonder what kind of documentary this is, let me tell you it is a great story and has a very positive message. There’s nothing scary or graphic in it at all. It shows the amazing journey of not just one, but two men through juicing themselves back to health.

Congratulations to Stacey and Stephanie who won the 2 prize packs!

For the 2nd Anniversary Celebration, the team at Reboot With Joe has given me some goodies to share with you!

First off, if someone you know (or even yourself) are in need of a life changing intervention, Joe and his team are offering 2 scholarships to his 6 Day Reboot at CAMP REBOOT. All you have to do is nominate someone in need (or even yourself) here for a chance to be selected.

Secondly, I have 2 DVD Prize Packs to offer my readers from Joe that you can enter to win right here on the blog! Just tell me why you should be selected for 1 of the 2 prize packs including the DVD and if you’re selected I will ship it out to you FREE!

How exciting is that?

Prize Pack 1

Prize Pack 1 contains: Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead The Book, Reboot Your Life Guide, Fat Sick & Nearly Dead DVD

Prize Pack 2

Prize Pack 2 contains: Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead DVD and Reboot With Joe Traveling Juice Cup

So let’s celebrate with Joe and congratulate him on creating this amazing life changing documentary and spreading the plant-strong message!

How to Get More Information and Stay In Touch With Joe:

More 2nd Anniversary Freebies and Contests From Joe

Like Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead on Facebook

Follow Joe on Twitter

Contest Ended How To Win 1 of 2 Reboot With Joe Prize Packs:

Just comment on this blog post below and tell me why you should win a prize pack. Winners will be selected from all entries by Thursday June 13, 2013 11 PM EST. 1 entry per person. Contest Ended. Winners were Stacey and Stephanie.

*FYI I was not paid for this promotional post nor do I receive any personal compensation from the company, but the prizes were provided free of charge for the contest winners of my blog. I paid for shipping myself.

Vegan Comfort Foods Printing Soon and Contest!

April 28, 2013 by Veronica Grace

COMING SOON!

Hi everyone! I am so excited to announce that my print edition of Vegan Comfort Foods From Around The World is ALMOST ready! It has been a huge learning process for me and I’ve had multiple people help me on this project from editing to formatting to design. Since I’m not going the traditional route (like trying to find a big publishing house to work with) I can do things a little differently. By self publishing I can decide on the quality and content of each book and offer you a fully colored printed book with photos for EVERY recipe instead of just for some. This recipe book has exactly the same recipes in my ebook version, the only thing that has changed is the cover and the layout.

Some of you have been begging for me to come out with a printed recipe book and because Vegan Comfort Foods sells so well in ebook form I was able to take a risk and get it designed and printed. So I wanted to thank you all for your support!

I’d like to get your feedback on what you think of this design as well and do a special launch contest for you in return.

Contest – Win A Copy Of Vegan Comfort Foods From Around The World

Just comment below and tell me what you think of the design and why you would like to win a copy. I’ll select one lucky winner from all the comments and mail you a copy of Vegan Comfort Foods as soon as it’s printed. (Please don’t enter any address or shipping information in your comment, I will contact you for those details if you win, just provide a working email address)

Here’s the beautiful back cover I had designed.

Chapter Sections:

Sample Recipe (click each photo to enlarge):

The book is 150 pages and in an 8 x 10″ format. It’s jam packed with delicious recipes and other helpful information such as:

Tools Necessary For A Low Fat Vegan Kitchen
Ingredients Necessary For These Recipes
Why Cook Without Oil?
Debunking Common Cooking Myths
What Is This Ingredient?
How To Cook The Perfect Brown Rice
How To Cook The Perfect White Basmati Rice (and brown)
How To Cook Quinoa Perfectly Every Time
How To Bake Jacket Potatoes Without Oil
How To Cook The Perfect Sushi Rice.

Recipes featured in Vegan Comfort Foods:

Comfort Foods From the Americas:

Baked Butternut Squash Mac & Cheese
Better Than Boston Baked Beans
Black Bean & Corn Tacos
Cranberry Apple Pecan Holiday Stuffing
Easy Cheezy Shells and Broccoli
Hearty Vegetable Slow Cooker Stew
Herbed Lentil Loaf
Holiday Stuffed Acorn Squash
Jackfruit Carnitas (faux pulled pork tacos)
Marinated Portobella Bean Burritos
Mashed Potatoes With Mushrooms
Meatless Sloppy Joe’s
Quinoa Veggie Slow Cooker Chili
Rainbow Nachos
Rice & Beans Costa Rican Style (Gallo Pinto)
Saucy Eggplant Fajitas
Spicy Black Bean & Corn Burgers
Yam & French Lentil Shepherd’s Pie
Yam and Pecan Holiday Casserole
Yam Black Bean Enchiladas

Comfort Foods From Europe and Asia

Baked Artichoke Risotto
Baked Ziti With Greens
The Best Cabbage Rolls
Cauliflower Potato Tofu Frittata
Deluxe Spinach Mushroom Lasagna
Fettuccini Alfredo With Mushrooms and Spinach
Gourmet Chanterelle Mushroom Risotto
Greek Rice Stuffed Peppers
Indian Basmati Rice with Peas
Indian Cauliflower & Potato Curry (Aloo Gobi)
Indian Chickpea Curry (Chana Masala)
Indian Eggplant Curry (Baingan Bharta)
Indian Spinach Potato Curry (Aloo Palak)
Moroccan Root Vegetable Tagine (Stew)
Ratatouille
Rotini Marinara With Chanterelle Mushrooms
Spaghetti Marinara With French Lentils
Thai Eggplant & Basil Stir Fry
Vegan California Sushi Rolls
Yam Chickpea Spinach Curry

Comfort Sauces/Gravies/Dips

Baba Ghanoush (Roasted Eggplant Dip)
The Best Guacamole
Black Bean Dip
Cheezy Sauce For Vegetables
Classic Brown Gravy
Creamy White Bean Gravy With Thyme
Low Fat Hummus
Miso Tahini Gravy
Queso Sauce
Rich Mushroom Gravy
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
Southern White Gravy
Tangy Tofu Ranch Dip
Plus Bonus recipes: Sauteed Garlic Mushrooms,Two Bite Brownies and Vegan Rice Pudding

How To Win A Copy:

Let me know what you think of the design and why you would like to win a copy! Comment below and I’ll choose 1 lucky winner!