Last year I started keeping track of the prizes I won. You can read that post here 2024 Contest Prize Wins. It is a great post to have for memories so I’m going to start a new post for 2025.
My latest prize is definitely the biggest so far. It was a 4 part prize from Stoked Oats, Nuts for Cheese, Graza, and Queen Street Bakery. Every time I received a package I was surprised at how good it was.
Nuts for Cheese was the first box to arrive. I love a fermented cashew cheese so Nuts for Cheese was already one of my favourite vegan cheese brands. I got a box with a few wedges and the new dips. Dill Pickle flavour yes all of these items were eaten within a few days. I really like the new packaging on the wedges as well now it’s much easier to open and store now.
Next to arrive was olive oil from Graza. I am a huge fan of high quality olive oil and before receiving this prize I had bought a few bottles of early harvest olive oil from a local business. I was thinking this oil won’t compare. I was really suprised at how good this is. The box contained a bottle of cooking oil and finishing oil. There were also refill cans of both. I really like the bottles the oil is in it’s very easy to add to food without spilling. This oil is from Spain and the other one I have is from Italy. I can’t decide which one is better but I’m using the Graza oils constantly.
I had heard a lot of good things about Queen street bakery but I had never tried it. I got six packs of the English muffins. I have shared some with friends and kept some in my freezer. I was pleasantly surprised at how good those are. I never thought gluten free could be this good. I really like these they keep me full and don’t hurt my sensitive stomach. I will likely be buying these regularly once i finish what is left in my freezer.
The last package to arrive was a variety of oats, granola, and oat rice from Stoked Oats. I have shared some with friends and kept some for myself. I forgot about the oat rice so I haven’t tried it yet but it sounds good. These items were great
I don’t know what the value of each package is but I will guess they average $100 each.
value of prize $400
Total value of prizes 2025 $680
I won a limited edition veg’n bake box from Wholly Veggie. This is a very interesting prize because there are only 100 of these limited edition boxes made so I’m excited to be one of the rare people that received one. These are coating blends but they don’t have wierd chemicals ingredients in them. They are made with vegetables, seasonings, and a few other normal ingredients. There are three flavours and the clover one smelled so good I had to try it.
These shakers can be used on anything just wet the ingredients shake it up in a container with a lid and bake. I was thinking when I was vegetarian I used to make shake&bake tofu often and since I have been vegan I haven’t made it. I like these seasonings because I try and avoid chemicals in my food and using a container to shake instead of a plastic bag seems better. I didn’t make tofu yet but I had cut up a potato to make airfryer fries and decided to use it on some of them. They turned out pretty good potatoes got nice and crispy and the seasonings didn’t burn in the airfryer.
This was a fun prize I don’t know the value since it’s such a rare item. I will guess $30 which is likely very conservative.
value of prize $30
Total value of prizes 2025 $280
I won a $200 Purdy’s giftcard from @foodaholic_ayesha on Instagram. I love this account name for those that don’t know my name is also Ayesha and I think everyone knows I’m a veganfoodaholic. It’s not me even though I think the account name would suit me. It took awhile to get this gift card I did have to follow up a few times and search my email for the card that hadn’t been sent. I almost gave up but luckily I finally got it so lesson learned don’t give up on following up on your prizes. I have many posts of my vegan Purdy’s finds on my @vegancanadianfinds account. I actually used the gift card I won from St Laurent to buy my last Purdy’s haul
Vegan Purdy’s haul on Instagram. I look forward to using this gift card to buy gifts in the future.
value of prize $200
Total value of prizes 2025 $250
I received the first prize of 2025. It took a little to get it because my friend picked it up for me. This was a prize pack from Ottawabloggers and Tiffinit. I thought the prize was just going to be spices as that is all the contest indicated. I got a basket with spices, some cookies that are likely not vegan, 2 toques and some other knickknacks that will be given to my non vegan friend. The spices smell really good and they are vegan. I don’t know what the value of this basket is so I’m going to estimate $50.
value of prize $50
Total value of prizes 2025 $50
Thank you for reading. For more vegan food follow me on Instagram @LivingOttawaLocal and @VeganCanadianfinds
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