Giveaway: Sunny Days in Texas Zine!

I have nothing to say that can rival the heart involved in the creation of this giveaway item or the cause it supports, so I won't post anything else today. Here you go.


Today I am so happy to host a giveaway for the Sunny Days in Texas vegan cook zine! Have you heard about this zine yet? It's full of excellent recipes compiled by some of your favorite Texvegans, and it was created to raise funds for Sunny Days Farm Animal Sanctuary, the largest farm animal sanctuary in Texas. You want this zine. A resident cutie basks with his copy above.

Sunny Days has come upon very hard times this year. Texas has been experiencing its worst drought in decades combined with a record-breaking heatwave. Sunny Days has lost its grazing grass, and have to buy more hay than ever. The cost of hay has doubled. It's much harder to find water for the animals. You get the picture. Things are not good. Three hundred animals and those yet to be saved are at risk. Says Lazy: Because of the record-breaking drought, Texans from all over the state have been trying to raise money with bakesales, garage sales, auctions, marathons, and anything else we can think of. One of the contributors to the zine has even been training for a marathon along with Team Sunny Day and are also looking to raise as money that way. If you aren't interested in the zine, please consider donating that way http://www.crowdrise.com/sunnydaysarnr2011 .

Lazysmurf is blogging recipes from the zine all MoFo'in month if you'd like to have a look at the delectable recipes in this zine. Also, you can purchase your own copy on etsy or go fancy with a full-color copy here, or (/and) you are most, most welcome to enter a giveaway for your own copy right here! I think it's a classic in the making.

Here is the description straight from Lazysmurf's post: The zine has been a labor of love for sure. It is packed with fabulous recipes for everything from Ranch Dressing to Mexican Hot Dogs to Cowboy Cookies to Raw Tacos to Jackfruit Brisket. There are healthy recipes like Tex Mex Stuffed Peppers and Blackened Caeser Tempeh Wraps and then there are recipes for 40 pounds of battered and deep-fried Popcorn Tofu, Oatmeal Cream Pies and Homemade Oreos. It is also illustrated with pictures of Sunny Day Farm’s most adorable residents.

I am told that Winky, Peanut, Millie, Baby, Nod, Willow, Sugar, Dinger, Milo, Sky, Desmond and Trixie may have had a paw in creating and/or have pawfully endorsed this fine page-turner.

To enter the giveaway, comment on this post. Tell me about the animal sanctuary you love the most, or (and/or) tell me about the animal(s) you love the most, or anything at all. I am so happy to say that this giveaway is open to everybody everywhere, no matter where you live! The winner will be chosen by random number generator and posted tomorrow after tomorrow's giveaway. Good luck! And to Sunny Days, I wish you adequate funds and support and glorious moderate weather for decades and more!

Lady Marmalade had a peek at the zine, and she too couldn't put it down. She fell asleep perusing it.

Would you like to donate to Sunny Days directly? Lazysmurf says if you would like to just help out without purchasing the zine please make a donation to Sunny Day on paypal to the email info@sunnydayfarms.com or sponsor an animal for a few dollars each month. Also check out the indomitable Molly’s Lonestar Plate post that includes other ways to help as well.

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The winner of yesterday's Rancho Gordo Desert Island Sampler is Luciana! Congratulations! Please send your name and address to me at miso...@yahoo.com. (Be sure to click on the . . . to get the rest of the email address. Alternatively, you could use your best thinking skills and possibly figure it out.)