Natalie Slater's Blog, page 25
January 3, 2014
Food Puncher: Vegan Carrot Cake Recipe Review
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Recently I was asked to develop & donate a vegan carrot cake recipe to a soon-to-be-published children’s book. I don’t typically worry about how healthy my desserts are, but since this one was specifically for the kiddos I figured I’d give it a shot. I thought it turned out pretty tasty but of course, all kids recipes have to pass the Food Puncher test before they get the final OK. I drug Teno away from Minecraft (note that he has been wearing those pajamas for THREE D...
December 17, 2013
Vegan Mint Twist Whoopie Pies
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Just before Halloween I stopped by WGN Midday Fix to make my Chick-o-Cheesecake starring one of my favorite vegan candies – Chick-O-Sticks. I was very flattered and excited to find out at Atkinson’s Candy, the makers of Chick-O-Sticks saw my segment and to say, “hey, thanks for being pretty cool,” they sent me a big box of Crushed Mint Twist Candy for my holiday baking! I love Mint Twist candies more than peppermint candies or candy canes because they’re made with real...
December 16, 2013
Five Reasons to Buy Bake and Destroy: Good Food for Bad Vegans
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Never-before published vegan recipes!
CM Punk’s fighting panties!
Pizza dress!
Four rasslin’ recipes including one written by Lita!
Illustrations by Betty Turbo!
December 1, 2013
Bake and Destroy Nominated for a Libby Award
From BakeandDestroy.net:
No way! My book has been nominated for a PETA 2 Libby Award! I’d really appreciate your vote, so please visit the 2013 Libby Awards page and scroll to the bottom of the lifestyle catagory to find me.
Autographed Books & Other Holiday Junk
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Hey guys! A few weeks ago I started getting questions here & there about how folks could give signed copies of my book out as holiday gifts. I was all, “oh, I’m sorry, I don’t actually sell my own books” but then I started getting a TON of those questions so I figured I’d try to find a way to make this work for you all.
So here’s what I came up with:
Order the book online & have it shipped to me at the address below. Then, PayPal me $4 for return shipping & include anyth...
November 27, 2013
Bake and Destroy Blog Takeover
From BakeandDestroy.net:
So, a few months ago the folks from Earth Balance approached me about doing a blog takeover in February as part of their Book Club series. In a nutshell, I take over the blog for a week, thus kicking the world of butter vegan spread squarely in the pants. Today they let me know that due to “some exciting new changes to the blog” that they will no longer be featuring me in February. But shoot, I already did the work for the takeover, so why not post it somewhere?
Therefo...
November 17, 2013
My 4th Annual Birthday Fundraiser for Grind for Life
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Last year, with the help of a generous dollar-for-dollar match by CM Punk you guys helped me to raise nearly $6,000 for my favorite non-profit Grind for Life. I know we can do it again this year!
Grind for Life provides financial assistance to families suffering from the effects of cancer, whether it’s getting to and from treatment or paying rent. They helped two of my friends during tough times and I want to make sure they can keep on helping until we find a cure for c...
November 15, 2013
Virtual Vegan Potluck: Whatsa Panzanella
From BakeandDestroy.net:
For my very first Vegan Potluck I thought I’d use the featured ingredient – beets – the laziest way possible… by sharing a recipe from my book!
In my dreams, I have a cooking show called Snackdown in which I prepare a meal for a famous pro-wrestler of the 1980’s and we just hang out and talk about how cool they are. In this episode, I make over the classic Italian bread salad to the southern tastes of Hillbilly Jim. It’s chock-full of black-eyed peas, fresh veggies like...
October 31, 2013
Bake and Destroy Halloween on You & Me This Morning
From BakeandDestroy.net:
Teno and I appeared this morning on You & Me This Morning to show Chicago how to make vegan BurgerTime Whoopie Pies from my book. Please witnessed how much it bothers Teno that the strawberries aren’t perfect – he is his father’s son!
Oh, and PS… WE MET SVENGOOLIE ON HALLOWEEN!!!
