I don’t know about you, but I bathe in mozzarella Follow Your Heart.
(What? Cheddar would just be silly!)

Here’s a roundup of the seven delicious, vegan recipes we featured on twitter this week. For even more oozy, gooey vegan pizza not-porn, follow us on tumblr, too – fuck yeah vegan pizza – and share your own pizza nomz if you got ’em!

Contests and giveaways! Continuing with its Vegan Bucket List theme, VegNews is giving away a Matt & Nat handbag made from recycled water bottles. How cool is that!?! (Answer: very.) Enter to win here.

Also, Spay & Neuter Kansas City announced its upcoming “Where’s Mowgley?” contest this week. SNKC’s newest mascot, Mowgley the stuffed dog, will be photographed around town starting April 7th. The first reader to guess his location wins a prize. Contest rules & regulations are available here.

In other animal-related news, check out Wayside Waifs’ Waifs of the Week. Lauren, Yukiko and Penguin – so cute! I wish I could adopt them all!

 

Even without cheese, vegan pizza night is the best night of the week!
CC image via flickr user tofutti break.

Hey, Hollyweird! (Oh how I amuse myself!) Eat at Pizza Fusion tomorrow, mention ARME, and ARME gets a cut of the profits! Do it! Deets here.

Did you hear the news? Paula Deen is going vegan! Psych!

Last but not least, VegNews has a great roundup of all the vegan and vegan-friendly fundraisers benefiting the quake and tsunami survivors in Japan: Vegans Support Japan. Don’t forget to bookmark my own hub, Disaster Relief in Japan: Animal Rescue & Vegan/Animal-Friendly Resources, which I continue to update several times a week.

* Joking, obvs. Using cheese as an exfoliant is just plain wasteful!

A vegan pizza, topped with zucchini, asparagus, tomatoes and onions and served on a funky dodecagonal (?) white plate.
CC image via flickr user buenobonitoyvegan.

As always, this week’s roundup of nomz, via the twitternets:

Contests and giveaways! Leslie Loves Veggies has six jars of Food for Lovers Vegan Queso for three lucky winners; over at The Dirty Vegan, there’s a Luna & Larry’s Coconut Bliss prize pack up for grabs; and you can enter to win a Tasty Bite Meal Kit from The Vegan Backpacker. That last contest ends today, so don’t dawdle, mkay?

Spay and Neuter Kansas City is in need of “laundry soap, bleach, newspaper & cardboard flats for litter boxes! Newspaper & flats on the top of the list as these cannot be bought. If you or anyone you know (neighbors) has a newspaper subscription with old papers stacking up, we could really use them! Thanks in advance!” Additionally, they’re in need of an experienced foster home for a new mother and here pups. Finally, you can read up on this week’s volunteer opportunities here.

Yesterday was our little Rennie’s birthday/adoption day anniversary! Go tweet her some love, won’t you?

The Natural Products Expo West is happening in Anaheim this weekend and, for those of us not lucky enough to live in Cali, quarrygirl has a massive roundup of her favorite products, including tweets from Chicago Soydairy (like peeps, but vegan!); mozzarella sticks made with Teese cheese (also vegan!); the new pepperjack-flavored Daiya cheese; and some soy pepperoni crumbles from el burrito – to name just a few. Cue: tummy rumbles.

Brought to you from the folks behind Vegan Backpacker, Vegan Cuts is a cool new service that delivers deals on coupons on vegan products and services to your inbox weekly. Convenient, right? So what are you waiting for? Sign up here!

Finally, I’d hoped to have a list of resources available to those who’d like to donate to relief efforts in Japan; unfortunately, I haven’t yet found the time to research and compile a list. Instead, check out this guide to giving from charity watchdog Charity Navigator – and please think twice about giving to the American Red Cross, which has a history of misusing emergency funds, conducts vivisection, and discriminates against GLBTQ folks. Food for Life Global is a personal favorite, but it’s not yet clear whether they’re providing relief to the quake and tsunami survivors in Japan.

Vegan pepper and onion pizza!
CC image via Flickr user thewickedgoodvegan.

As always, let’s get this Saturday Garbage Plate started with your weekly #NOM roundup!

Contests and giveaways! Fave Diets has one box of (organic, vegan, Kosher) Righteously Raw Chocolate bars up for grabs (Don’t enter, though, cause these babies are ALL MINE!); vegansaurus! is giving away a Lightlife gift basket (See: previous parentheses.); you can enter to win Sjaak’s new vegan candy bars at VegNews; and one lucky Vegan Appetite reader will snag a copy of The Natural Vegan Kitchen, courtesy of The Book Publishing Company.

Missouri residents: Help save Prop B, the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act! The MO state legislature is currently crafting legislation that would dismantle the measure, which was passed with 52% of the vote in November. Read more at missourifordogs.com, then take action. Sample letters are available from Missourians for the Protection of Dogs and Best Friends Animal Society.

Global residents: if you have any scratch to spare, please consider a donation to one of these lovely (vegan!) causes!

Vegan Protest Fuel is a brand spanking new project that was just launched this week. The good folks at VPF deliver vegan food to peaceful protesters defending their rights around the world. Their first campaign? Feeding “the tenacious heroes in Madison, WI, who are fighting to preserve their precious collective bargaining rights and for economic justice in their state against a radical conservative governor and assembly.”

Oh, how I love it when my veganism collides (happily!) with other social justice movements.

To learn more or make a donation, visit Vegan Protest Fuel’s Facebook page. Whether or not you’re able to donate, please like, share and spread the word!

Also, Team Vegan Vixens needs your support in the National Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon! Held throughout the month of April,

The Bowl-a-Thon is a nationwide series of local events that allow community members (you!) to captain your own bowling team, participate in a kickass national event – and raise money to help women and girls pay for abortions they couldn’t otherwise afford.

Abortion Funds are local, grassroots groups that work tirelessly to help low-income and disadvantaged women who want an abortion and do not have enough money to pay for it. Abortion Funds help women pay for their abortions, help them buy bus or plane tickets, and even offer women a place to stay when they have to travel for an abortion. Abortion Funds make a difference in women’s lives…and you can join them!

Team Vegan Vixens is currently the top fundraiser for the Chicago Abortion Fund, which is #8 overall. Help Team Vegan (Vixens!) represent by pledging your support.

Vegan cookies are distributed at a Prop 8 rally in Riverside, CA, circa 2008.
CC image via Flickr user lierne.

Spay & Neuter Kansas City recently announced the start of its second annual pledge drive. From now until February 24, 2011, participants can compete to win one of three prizes, with the top fundraiser receiving two round-trip tickets on Southwest Airlines and $300 worth of hotel accommodations. (The second and third prizes are a Magellan RoadMate 3065 and a $100 gift certificate to Petsmart, respectively.) The money raised will be used to spay and neuter Kansas City area dogs and cats in need – a core mission of SNKC.
 

 
In addition to the pledge drive, SNKC is also hosting a winter donation drive. Along with gently used dog houses, the group is in need of the following items: dog and cat food (e.g., to stock SNKC’s “pet” food pantry); straw; leashes and collars; dog and cat toys; and, of course, monetary donations, which will help to pay for spay/neuter procedures, gas for transportation, new dog houses, and veterinary care for sick and injured dogs and cats. You can find more information on donating and view SNKC’s full wish list here.

 

 

If you’re interested in helping, please get in touch with SNKC today:

1116 E. 59th Street
(NE Corner 59th and Troost)
PO Box 410303, Kansas City, MO 64141

Ph: 816-353-0940 | Fx: 816-523-0887

spayandneuterkc [at] aol.com

http://snkc.net

Miss O-Ren Ishii, a tiny lil’ rat/fox terrier mix whom we adopted from Animal Haven
(keep reading for the significance!) 5 1/2 years ago.
Much like her namesake, she is awesome and kick-ass.

Welcome to yet another Saturday Garbage Plate, peoples! I hope you’re enjoying the beautiful autumn weather. Today’s forecasted high in Kansas City is 79, so as soon as I finish this here link roundup, I’m moving my office outside, to the patio. At least I’ll get some much-needed Vitamin D whilst working my weekend away, eh?