Spring Cleaning Giveaway: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals 2 Cookbook

It's time for some Spring Cleaning! I collect cookbooks and since I became a vegetarian a year and a half ago I have yet to get rid of my non-vegetarian cookbooks. So, I thought it would be fun to share them with all of you! These are my personal cookbooks and they are all used but are in "like new" condition.

Enter to win the Rachael Ray 30-Minute Meals 2 Cookbook!

To Enter do one or more of the following:
(Leave a separate comment for each extra entry!)

-Follow me on twitter (Worth 1 entry. I will follow you back!)
-Follow me on Google Friend Connect publicly (Worth 1 entry)
-Grab my button and put it in your sidebar (Worth 3 entries. Leave a link to where I can find it)
-Tweet the following: "I want to win a cookbook from @mgonyeo http://bit.ly/d032RK" for 1 additional entry per day (please leave me the url)
-Make a blog post linking to this giveaway and leave a comment with the link to it (worth 3 entries)

Giveaway ends May 1st @11:59PM PST. US only. Winner will be picked via Random.org, posted here, and contacted via email. Please respond within 48 hours, or a new winner will be chosen. Good luck!

Winner of the Rachael Ray 30-Minute Get Real Meals Cookbook Giveaway!

And the winner is...

Congratulations, cristiniscouponcrazy! I'm about to email you and you have 48 hours to respond!

Thanks to everyone who entered!

A Hard Lesson to Learn: Vegetarians Buyer Beware!

My husband and I recently had a horrible experience at a restaurant lately. I wanted to share it with you so you could learn from our mistake. Here is my husbands review:

Evo - Worcester, MA: "My wife and I are vegetarians and love Worcester for the quality and quantity of restaurants that have veggie options. Today we made a trip to Worcester to attend the annual vegetarian fest at Worcester State College. At the event we picked up a brochure that listed Evo as being veggie-friendly and having vegan pizza and sandwiches. We figured we'd give it a shot.

Upon arrival we were thoroughly excited. The restaurant has a cool look and indeed, the menu is very veggie friendly. My wife ordered a tofurkey panani and I ordered a tofurkey wrap. As we waited for our food we were initially talking about coming back to try a number of other options we saw on the menu. All of that changed....

Our food arrived and we dug in. We happily munched away on our lunch until my wrap fell apart and I noticed that the contents were not tofurkey at all. I had been eating a turkey sandwich. My wife's sandwich was indeed tofurkey, but mine was chalk-full of meat. Unfortunately, I had given my wife a bite of my food, so we both ate meat unknowingly. We were both physically sick when we realized the mistake.

For a restaurant that serves so many vegetarian and vegan options, we both felt like this was an unforgivable mistake. When told of the mistake our waitress didn't seem to understand the gravity of the situation. In fact, she didn't apologize and she still tried charged us for the sandwich!!!

Still being charged was the last straw. My wife, now in tears, approached the manager. The manager was much, much more understanding and apologetic. There were countless apologies and the manager took both of our sandwiches off of the tab.

The whole situation was disgusting and embarrassing. Needless to say, we'll never go back to Evo."

Now this restaurant was chosen as Best Vegetarian Restaurant 2009 in a Worcester Telegram & Gazette Reader's Poll! We learned a hard lesson that day; buyer beware. It is OUR responsibility to make sure our food is vegetarian. And just because a restaurant is advertised as being great for vegetarians does not mean we can let our gaurd down. In fact if we had done some research (on happycow.net) we would have discovered that this has happened a few times before.

Has anything like this ever happened to you? What did you do about it?

Winner of the Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals Cookbook Giveaway!

And the winner is....

Congratulations, brandon and jakell! I'm about to email you and you have 48 hours to respond!

Thanks to everyone who entered!

P.S. Don't forget to enter the Rachael Ray 30-Minute Get Real Meals Cookbook Giveaway!

Spring Cleaning Giveaway: Rachael Ray 30-Minute Get Real Meals Cookbook

It's time for some Spring Cleaning! I collect cookbooks and since I became a vegetarian a year and a half ago I have yet to get rid of my non-vegetarian cookbooks. So, I thought it would be fun to share them with all of you! These are my personal cookbooks and they are all used but are in "like new" condition.  

Enter to win the Rachael Ray 30-Minute Get Real Meals Cookbook!

To Enter do one or more of the following:
(Leave a separate comment for each extra entry!)
-Follow me on twitter (Worth 1 entry. I will follow you back!)
-Follow me on Google Friend Connect publicly (Worth 1 entry)
-Grab my button and put it in your sidebar (Worth 3 entries. Leave a link to where I can find it)
-Tweet the following: "I want to win a cookbook from @mgonyeo http://bit.ly/9aJwDN" for 1 additional entry per day (please leave me the url)
-Make a blog post linking to this giveaway and leave a comment with the link to it (worth 3 entries)

Giveaway ends April 24th @11:59PM PST. US only. Winner will be picked via Random.org, posted here, and contacted via email. Please respond within 48 hours, or a new winner will be chosen. Good luck!

This was not a paid post and honest opinions were used. The opinions are solely my own may vary from others.

BostonEco Tweetup April 28, 2010

BostonEco TweetUp is hosted by Janet Morgenstern Passani, a senior-level strategic marketer with a creative twist and expertise growing brands committed to healthy, natural living. She is founder of Jute Marketing and leads consumer marketing programs for products in the natural/organic industry.

BostonEco celebrates the 40th anniversary of Earth Day

Why
Come celebrate the green movement that's furthering Earth Day's mission and the growing interest in a healthy, sustainable way of life.

Enjoy free appetizers made from organic ingredients and Earth Day inspired cocktails (cash bar). And you might just win one of the prized giveaways from Boston area earth-friendly businesses.

What
BostonEco Tweetup is a free professional, social networking event for anyone who is passionate about eco-living. It's an opportunity to connect with other Bostonians who live and work in the green world. Come learn what's happening in Boston and the global green scene. Be inspired, discover new ideas, find collaborators.

Who
This is an open event so please feel free to invite your eco-minded friends and colleagues. (No Twitter experience is required, seriously.)
If you are on Twitter, please use the Twitter hashtag #BostonEco.

Where
Cafeteria Boston, 279a Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116
tel 617.536.CAFE (2233)
http://www.cafeteriaboston.com/
(We'll be in the upstairs event room.)

Spring Cleaning Giveaway: Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals

It's time for some Spring Cleaning! I collect cookbooks and since I became a vegetarian a year and a half ago I have yet to get rid of my non-vegetarian cookbooks. So, I thought it would be fun to share them with all of you! These are my personal cookbooks and they are all used but are in "like new" condition.

Enter to win the Rachael Ray Express Lane Meals Cookbook!

To Enter Do one or more of the following:
(Leave a separate comment for each extra entry!)

-Follow me on twitter (Worth 1 entry. I will follow you back!)
-Follow me on Google Friend Connect publicly (Worth 1 entry)
-Grab my button and put it in your sidebar (Worth 3 entries. Leave a link to where I can find it)
-Tweet the following: "I want to win a cookbook from @mgonyeo http://bit.ly/bGdHmj" for 1 additional entry per day (please leave me the url)
-Make a blog post linking to this giveaway and leave a comment with the link to it (worth 3 entries)

Giveaway ends April 17th @11:59PM PST. US only. Winner will be picked via Random.org, posted here, and contacted via email. Please respond within 48 hours, or a new winner will be chosen. Good luck!

This was not a paid post and honest opinions were used. The opinions are solely my own may vary from others.

Happy Easter!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day with family and friends!