Cookbook giveaway
UPDATE: This contest is closed. Stay tuned for future giveaways!
I’m kind of pooped today after making four pies last night. Well, I made four pie crusts, but only three pies. The trauma has not worn off to the point where I care to tell you what happened to the fourth pie crust. Let’s just say my attempts ranged from extremely successful to hair-pullingly frustrating all in one evening. To find out which method worked best for me, stay tuned!
Meanwhile, let’s do a cookbook giveaway. I received several nice cookbooks in the mail this week, including “Quick-Fix Vegan” by Robin Robertson. To me, the thought of cooking vegan food is always accompanied by the impression that it would take more effort than non-vegan cooking. Well, not with this book. Robertson, the author of “Quick-Fix Vegetarian,” promises that all of her meals can be made in 30 minutes or less.
Whether you are a vegan yourself or have vegan family members and friends, I think you’ll find something in this book that looks good. A quick flip through it reveals recipes such as portobellos stuffed with chickpeas and chard, pecan-crusted maple-mustard seitan, black bean sunburgers, Vietnamese tofu wraps and chocolate cheesecake squares. I’ll share one of those recipes below.
If you are interested in this cookbook, please leave me a comment and tell me why you’d like to have it. I’ll pick one and announce the winner on Monday. Have a great, sunny weekend!
Black Bean Sunburgers
Serves 4
These burgers also freeze well, so consider making an extra batch for a quick meal in the future.
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 cups home-cooked black beans, or 1 (15 oz.) can, drained and rinsed
1/3 cup vital wheat gluten flour, or more if needed
2 Tbsp. soy sauce
1/2 tsp. smoked paprika
Salt and pepper
Olive oil, for frying
4 toasted burger rolls
Condiments of choice
In a food processor, pulse the sunflower seeds until coarsely ground. Add onion, black beans, vital wheat gluten flour, soy sauce, paprika and salt and pepper to taste. Process until well combined, but with some texture remaining.
Shape mixture into 4 patties, adding a little more flour if the mixture is too wet.
Heat a thin layer of oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add burgers and cook until browned on both sides, turning once, about 4 minutes per side. Serve hot on burger rolls, topped with your favorite condiments.
Source: “Quick-Fix Vegan” by Robin Robertson
September 9, 2011 - 10:37 AM
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This would be great for my continuing endeavor to move away from meat (limiting to just once a week), and the 30-minute timeframe is perfect since I’m usually finishing up a run after work and don’t want to spend more than 30 minutes pulling dinner together.
Hi Lindsey,
I just recently purchased a vegetarian cookbook (not vegan) but would love to win this one for a friend of mine who is actually vegan…she went from vegeterian to vegan and I believe she would enjoy having some new recipes for the transition! So, pick me to win for her!
I would love to have this cookbook because I am trying to serve my children healthy new things instead of the old stand bys that they are bored with.
I have been a vegetarian for several years and there are some vegan food ideas I would like to try, I would LOVE to have this cookbook and “Quick” is the key for me. Thanks for the chance!!
Thank you for all you do Lindsey! I am a die hard vegetarian and these black bean sunburgers sounds delish. Would love to have this cookbook because veggies rule!
Because my wife wants to try vegan cooking, but doesn’t know where to start.
I would love to have this book! I’m a vegetarian who really needs to lay off the cheese. I feel like I tend to substitute meat with dairy. I’d love to try some new healthy recipes.
Black Bean Sunburgers? It’s been several hours and no one seems interested. I guess everyone is like me and holding out for a cookbook with recipes for beef, chicken, pork, butter, cheese, etc.
It had been several hours because I was jammed up in meetings and didn’t get to approve comments for a while.
I feel as if I talk about meat recipes and give away cookbooks for recipes that involve meat all the time. Time to let the vegetarians and vegans have a shot!
I would love to have this cookbook as my son, Derick, is a vegan. He lives in Fort Collins, CO.
When he comes home in November I could try some new receipes and really impress him!
I would love to have this cookbook – I enjoy vegetarian and am interested in vegan
Ooh I would love to have this book! My son has been a vegetarian since age 6 and after watching Food Inc. has decided to go vegan! As a result he is starting to do some of his own cooking
This would be a great 16th birthday present for him this November! (I am also giving him Brendan Brazier’s book “Thrive: The Vegan Nutrition Guide.”)
Although I’m not a vegan nor a vegetarian, I often love to cook and eat vegetarian meals. With this book I could try something new. My daughter is almost a vegetarian and I’d share this one with her.
Need this book, cannot cook any other way. I am a very picky eater. I need something my kids, husband and I can enjoy.
Hi ~ I’ve been a vegetarian for almost 4 years and have contemplated going vegan for a while. However I’ve also always thought this would require more time than I have with 2 little boys at home. 30 minute meals sounds like the perfect way to begin experimenting with vegan recipes. The few that you listed from the book sound really good!
I would love this cookbook as it will help me find some wonderful breakfast recipes.
My wife and I own a B&B in Southern Georgian Bay, and we find that more and more of our guests are Vegan. Ergo, a great Vegan Cookbook would indeed help us provide the proper meals that Vegans require.
I care for seven dogs and a cat, and could always use ideas for fast vegan meals! Too often I end up relying on overly processed soy meat products (yummy but expensive).
I love Vegan on the Cheap and want more!
I would love to have this cookbook. I have a B&B and more and more frequently am being asked for vegan breakfasts. This would be a helpful additon for me.
I love cooking healthy vegan meals for my family, but when I’m not home I’d love for them to have something they can turn to for a nutritious meal that doesn’t take hours. And I’d get some nice leftovers too
I’d love to start eating healthier!
As an innkeeper who atempts to provide for the dietary needs of my guests I would appreciate a copy of this cookbook. Especially if it takes 30 minutes or less to make since I serve breakfast (between 4 AM and 10 AM) at the time requested by the guests (horse people need on the road early) so fast is even better.
I’m eating less and less meat and would like more recipes to add protein to my diet.
This cookbooks sounds fantastic. I had to give up meats 6 years ago after having a 6th surgery due to recurring billiary stones (problems started when I was an infant). Since then my body cannot digest most foods except for vegetables, so I would love to have some new recipes. :0)
Since I’m a sweet and wonderful son, I would like to have this cookbook so that I can give it to my mother. She is a vegetarian and has reached the point in life where she needs to spend less time in the kitchen. So, the “quick fix” part of the title is of great interest! Thanks Lindsey!
I have been a vegetarian for 4 years and have considered going vegan for a while. I’ve also always thought this would take more time than I have, so 30-minute recipes would be ideal to try this out. Who knows, maybe I’ll even be able to get my meat-eater husband to try them with me!
I’m a cookbook addict and proud of it! Always looking for new and interesting books to add to my collection. My oldest is a vegetarian and we love to have new and different recipes to try!
I’ve been veg since my early teaching days in the early 70′s. Price a beef went up and my salary did not. I love to cook. I call it cooking therapy. I sure would love some fresh inspiration.
I’m excited for a chance to win a vegan cookbook. My daughter and son-in-law are vegan, and I enjoy searching for recipes to use when they come for visits.
I’d be excited for a chance to win a vegan cookbook. I’m mainly veg right now, with probably eating meat no more than once a month and would love to stock pile more recipes to keep meals easy, fun and not boring.
Please put my name in the hat. I may try the black bean burger recipe tonight! This book could help tremendously with our efforts to go locavore. Thanks Lindsey!