Yes, February 14th is Valentines Day. It’s hard not to know, and I realize that some people consider Val Day a “greeting card holiday” and for couples only. I’m single and I see it as a chance to celebrate love for all beings, with compassion and a healthy dose of deliciousness. Now, thanks to the generosity of some of my favorite manufacturers, a vegetable grower and two favorite authors, three people are going to get a love loaded Valentine Gift from me. But as it is said, you need to be in it to win it! So enter now!
Prize Number 1: A Vegan Baking Basket
The winner of this prize will receive a copy of my chocolate cookbook and some of my go to ingredients for making something special. Truffles? Cookies? Pudding? What will it be?
The Vegan Baking Basket
- An autographed copy of my book Vegan Chocolate: What can I say about my labor of love? Endorsed by superstar culinarians (vegans and non) and a lot of avid home bakers, I want you and your friends and family to have this book!
- Three bars of Theo 70% Dark Chocolate: Theo’s master roasters combine cocoa beans from around the world to create this blend of flavors in the finest 70% dark chocolate. It’s a deliciously rich, complex and seductive taste experience. Organic, Fair for Life and Non-GMO Project certified. Bar size: 3oz.
- A Bag of 55% Semi-Sweet Pascha Chocolate Chips: Certified allergen free organic, ethical, kosher, these semi-sweet chocolate chips allow bakers to create pure, safe and delicious recipes.
- A Selection of Products from So Delicious Dairy Free: Delicious non-dairy milks, yogurts, ice cream and more, all are vegan, organic, non GMO, kosher and so delicious!
- A 2 lb. Bag of Organic Cane Sugar from Wholesome Sweeteners: Organic sugar is naturally gluten free and can be used as a one-for-one replacement for refined white sugar. No chemicals or animal by-products are used to make or decolorize this sugar. Use this vegan and fairly traded, ethical sugar as a one to one replacement for refined white sugar.
Prize Number 2: Three Fun Romantic Reads and Chocolate Bars to Nibble.
You will laugh, cry, and root for the couples in these books. And you’ll want to nibble on chocolate, of course.
Three Fun Romantic Novels and Wonderful Flavored Chocolate Bars.
- The Rosie Project: by Graeme Simsion. Rosie kept me up all night as I was absolutely unable to put it the book down. I am not alone in loving, laughing with and cheering for the quirky characters in The Rosie Project (number one on N.Y. Times in Romance). Bill Gates named the book and the sequel among his favorite books. In fact, Bill gave away something like 50 copies to friends, but I got one from publisher, Simon & Schuster, with thanks to the author. Graeme, who lives in Australia, is on tour in the U.S. doing book events. He’ll be in NYC in March signing copies of the Rosies. I’ll have another box of vegan chocolate truffles for him. (Yes, he has tasted and he has liked them!) A screenplay of The Rosie Project is in the works..
- The Rosie Effect, Graeme Simsion’s highly anticipated sequel to TRP, is set in New York City and kept me up reading late into the night too!
- The Green and the Red by Armand Chauvel, translated by Elisabeth Lyman is another page turner- can’t put it down read. Meet Léa. She’s the idealistic owner and chef of La Dame Verte, a vegetarian restaurant struggling in a small French town in Brittany. Meet Mathieu. He’s the carnivorous marketing director of the town’s biggest pork producer, which is trying to put Léa out of business to take over the restaurant’s prime real estate. Will it be a table for one?
- Two Pascha chocolate bars for nibbling while reading: 70% Cacao with Arabica Coffee and 55% Cacao with Goldenberries
Prize Number 3: The Better than Flowers Edible Bouquet
One Valentine’s day past, I received a stunning edible Endive Bouquet from California Endive Farms and was really wowed. Thanks to the romantic folks at Caliornia Endive, I am able to offer a bouquet to one lucky winner this year. If you have only ever seen endive in the markets, you will be surprised to see that each head actually grows on a stem. In fact, endive is one of the most difficult vegetables in the world to grow, requiring a two-step growing process before it is ready to be enjoyed. Healthy, crunchy and delicious, I always have endive from California in my refrigerator, but I wouldn’t mind getting one of these bouquets every Valentine’s Day!
A winner will be chosen at random for each prize package. Items might not arrive until after Valentine’s Day, but if that is the case, it’ll just extend the love fest.
Contest ends at midnight EST on February 10, 2015. U.S. residents only at this time. Good luck!
My favorite Valentines dessert is brownies!
My favorite valentines dessert is vegan chocolate mousse
Anything chocolate
Home made truffles in the plans for my sweeties!
Nothing says Valentines Day like chocolate, but I’ll take cheezecake or carrot cake (or a combination of both!) any day.
Chocolate
Chocolate anything is always my favorite dessert. For Valentine’s Day, my fiance usually makes something sinfully sweet. 🙂
Anything involving chocolate and coconut!
Flourless chocolate cake — or cheesecake, a close second 🙂
Chocolate and coconut
I love anything homemade with chocolate!!!
Dark chocolate with sea salt and almonds.
As most everyone here agrees, chocolate is the best.
Creamy, sweet, pretty…all make for the best treats!
Just made your basic truffle recipe and they look terrific! Confession, I subbed a date cream concoction I made for the cashew cream in the recipe, but they still seemed to work 🙂 Love your recipes!!!
Did I mention truffles (and anything chocolate) are my fave Valentine’s Day dessert?
Entire chapter of truffles in Vegan Chocolate!!
If it is Vegan and someone made it with me in mind i would love it! But otherwise i love a good cookie to dunk, or a raw vegan cheesecake 🙂
Sticky Fingers’ chocolate dipped strawberry cupcake!
I love red velvet cake.
A thick and creamy chocolate mousse!
Got you covered in Vegan Chocolate book!
my favorite Valentine’s Day dessert is anything chocolate!
Chocolate cake
I need to find a new favorite Valentine’s dessert, as my spouse has developed a soy intolerance, but it USED to be the Smlove Pie from Veganomicon.
You will the large marjority of my chocolate recipes are soy free. Make S’mores in Vegan Chocolate.. or 115+ other recipes!
chocolate tarts and cupcakes..yum
Something with chocolate, caramel, and raspberry! Thanks!
vegan chocolate cake for sure!
For sure!
chocolate raspberry cake 🙂
Yes!!
Me love all things chocolate.
Me too!!
Chocolate cheesecake is my favorite V-day dessert 🙂
Something rich, creamy and gooey.
Chocolate covered strawberries!
Love vegan chocolate mousse!
pretty much anything chocolate! Vegan of course!!
Love chocolate so that would be an awesome win, but so would any of them.
Chocolate and strawberry cupcakes!
LOOOOVE Vegan Brownies <3
I’m a sucker for creme brûlée!
Me too! The one in Vegan Chocolate is dreamy!
I like to keep it simple with just plain good dark chocolate and really good red wine.
Do you have a particular kind of wine you like to drink with dark chocolate?
Chocolate peanut butter cups! (I also accidentally entered that I follow you on Twitter, but I really meant Instagram – @laceylina.)
Truffles!
For Valentine’s Day, my favorite dessert is ANYTHING chocolate. 🙂
vegan chocolate truffles
My fav desert is a raw chocolate fudge raspberry tart! <3
Chocolate!
My favorite Valentine’s dessert is chocolate covered strawberries!
Good idea. Easy too!
My favorite Valentine’s dessert is chocolate cake with fresh berries
My favorite is dark chocolate cake with vanilla frosting
Vegan chocolate mousse, always.
I like anything with chocolate…Cake, Brownies, Cookies!
Chocolate! In any form.
Chocolate!
Flourless chocolate torte with raspberry compote!
my favorite valentine’s dessert is vegan chocolate cake!
I love vegan, gf cupcakes and chocolate mousse!
Any sort of chocolate of course!
chocolate cake
Anything chocolate!
Began dark chocolate!
I think you mean Vegan Dark Chocolate and I am with you!
Vegan dark chocolate is the best!