Naughty?

Or have you been nice AND naughty?

Wait! Don’t answer that just yet. First let’s get to my list of hot Christmas gift ideas for vegetarians from Amazon.com

Let me quickly say a thing or two about shopping on Amazon.com, the website. You get free shipping on orders of $25 or more, they’re NOT going out of business anytime soon and their selection is pretty much unmatched online.

So shop with confidence and shop merrily!

Ok. Let’s get to the list. These items have been hand picked by me because either I have them or WANT them. Like? Don’t like? Let me know in the comment area. (Oh! and loads of Amazon aff links ahead)

1. Cute Vegetarian Shirts And Hoodies – Winter is just about here and with the cold weather comes warmer apparel, especially hoodies. So i’ve rounded up a few that any vegetarian would love to have as a X-mas gift. First up is the American Apparel 100% cotton Animal Rights Now Hoodie from Herbivore. Slim fit, all black and aimed mostly at females. Although a progressive male would not look too shabby sporting this awesome hoodie.

Second up is the PETA Fake For The Animals Sake Shirt a pink 100% cotton t-shirt with scoop neck and short sleeves. Great for vegetarian teenagers or any hip veg lady.

2. Vegetarian Essentials – This neat vegetarian nutrition chart by Liz Cook gives a nice visual overview of the various nutrients important to vegetarians and what foods to get them from. Great for new vegheads and those who simply need a refresher on nutrition. It’s a cute laminated wall poster and is sized 7″ x 35″.

3. A Slow Cooker – This is a 6 cup programmable vegetarian cooker that is great for soups, stews, pasta and rice. It features computerized clay-heating technology, an all-natural clay cooking pot, 4 pre-programmed settings–rice, brown rice, stew, and soup and comes with a 1 year limited warranty. Great for hearty tasty and nutritious slow cooked food.

I so WANT this.

4. Vegetarian Times Magazine – the vegetarian bible. This magazine is filled with vegetarian recipes, resources, vegan product reviews and loads more. You can get it at Amazon for only $12, and best part is you can send it via email to the recipient. Makes a great virtual stocking stuffer.

Vegetarian Times is written for those at the forefront of the healthy living movement. Published nine times a year, it provides delicious recipes, expert wellness information, and environmentally sound lifestyle solutions for both full-time and part-time vegetarians. Replete with beautiful photography and articles from leading experts, Vegetarian Times will be of interest to anyone with a passion for eating healthy while staying environmentally conscious.

5. Best Selling Vegetarian Cookbooks – The Conscious Cook by Tal Ronnen. Ever since Tal appeared on Oprah he has been at the top of the Amazon.com radar. I do not have this book, but plan on getting it and can’t wait to see (and try) some of his recipes. This book would make a FANTASTIC Christmas gift for the vegetarian in your life.

6. Give The Gift of Isa Chandra Moskowitz – Who is hotter on Amazon than vegan cookbook QUEEN Isa Chandra Moskowitz? No one! She rules Amazon.com with not one not two not three but four top selling vegan books. They are as follows; Veganomicon, Vegan Cookies, Vegan Brunch and the hugely popular Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World – heck make a gift basket out of it and include each one of her books. Any vegetarian worth his or her salt – will squeal with delight with this most creative gift.

That’s it for this list of hot Christmas gift ideas for vegetarians from Amazon.com, stay tuned for our next list – Excellent Gift Ideas For Vegetarians from eBay. Yes! eBay.

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p.s. You can also look into a digital reading device, such as the hugely popular Amazon Kindle.

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Vegan Vanilla Cupcake

Are you ready for our big great giveaway? In honor of Cinco De Mayo and the fact that we love any excuse to throw a party – we are giving away a copy of the best selling book by vegan chef Isa Chandra Moskowitz – Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World. The book is a compilation of vegan cupcake recipes and features great photographs of dozens of cruelty-free and divine cupcakes.

The book is based on this blog and has been on the best-sellers list over at Amazon for a gazillion weeks. Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World has over 75 dairy-free vegan cupcake recipes such as:

* Brooklyn Brownie Cupcakes
* Chocolate and Vanilla Marble Cupcakes
* S’mores Cupcakes
* Lemon Macadamia Cupcakes
* Mucho Margarita Cupcakes
* Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cupcakes
* Cappuccino Cupcakes filled with Espresso Crème

Basically the book is 144 pages of awesome. Thanks Isa and Terry!

Win The Book!

Want To Win A Copy? I hope you said yes, because we have one copy to giveaway. To win a copy of this book, simply leave a comment answering the following question:

What’s your favorite vegetarian or vegan dessert recipe? (discuss below)

Guidelines: Open to US residents only. Deadline to enter is May26th at midnight. Winner announced here on the blog.

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Hey why not spread the word – write about it on your blog or tweet it!

image via Marni Molina

Book Giveaway: Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World is from groovy vegetarian

Have you guys heard of Isa Chandra Moskowitz or Post Punk Kitchen? Isa runs the PPK blog and is also the author of several hugely entertaining sounding books. I have to admit i’ve not read any of them. (YET!) But after looking her up and finding out her kick-ass portfolio, i plan to get a few and check them out.

I mean – c’mon. How can you go wrong with titles like these?

Vegan With a Vengeance
Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World

All winners to me. But getting back to Idol. You see Isa went to the show last week and took a big fat sign with her that read, “VEGANS HEART SIMON”.

The cool part? is that they got Isa on camera holding up the sign, and according to Isa, Simon Cowell even blew her two kisses. LoL.

See Isa rocking it on Idol above.

I too am an Idol freak. I so miss Bo! He was the bestest ever – the real deal. A true classic rocker dude! I like Carrie Underwood as well, but obviously they’re in totally different genres. Anywho  i missed this week’s episode, the one with Isa and didn’t catch her or her groovy sign. Boo to me! But that’s what all the fuss is about and it’s pretty freakin cool.

Do check out the PPK blog, and to follow Isa – hit her up on Twiter.

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