I had my first One Lucky Duck experience in NYC after hearing so many good things about it over the past few years. One Lucky Duck was founded in 2005 by Sarma Melngailis, the co-creator of the Manhattan raw food restaurant, Pure Food and Wine. Sarma started One Lucky Duck to help bring the raw, vegan and organic lifestyle out of the underground and into the mainstream.
At One Lucky Duck, you can find all kinds of amazing raw vegan snacks from raw macaroons to chocolate chip cookies, handmade in small batches in the kitchen at NYC’s raw vegan restaurant, Pure Food and Wine.
We visited the Chelsea Market location and I was so excited to step inside this cafe!
We did all kinds of NYC sightseeing on this day of our travels, so the market was a nice change of pace after rushing around all day.
I bashfully asked the server if I could snap a picture or two. I don’t know about you other bloggers, but I get shy when I take pictures of food…!
It’s a really cute & cozy cafe. All of their products are on the wall including a fridge for fresh juices and whatnot. I got myself a few goodies (macaroons, raw chocolate, and buckwheat crispies) and a shot of wheatgrass for good measure.
It was hard to choose! I’ve somehow managed to open everything over the past few days and everything tastes incredible. I especially fell in love with the buckwheat cinnamon crispies (below). Maybe I can make these at home too? It’s on my list. ;)
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Since you all can’t be here with us (physically, at least) in New York, I thought I would do the next best thing…bring New York’s One Lucky Duck goodies to you!
I’m giving away a One Lucky Duck Big Gift Sampler as a personal gift from me to one lucky OSG reader. This is a HUGE box of delicious loot that you can share with family and friends over the holidays or enjoy all for yourself!
What’s inside this awesome gift pack?
This One Lucky Duck Big Gift Sampler includes a package each of the following:
- Chocolate Macaroons
- Cheese-y Quackers
- Cinnamon Striped Cookies
- Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Honey Bunches Bar
- Buckwheat & Hemp Granola
- Blonde Macaroons
- Vanilla Crispies
aka……some of the most popular goodies from One Lucky Duck. YUM. You can click the links for more product info.
To enter this giveaway:
Leave a comment below telling me one of your favourite vegan foods and I’ll pick One Lucky Duck on Tuesday! Goodluck. :)
This contest is open to anyone, anywhere in the world.
I lovvvvvee raw vegan chocolate. for obvious reasons…
Anything chocolate! Can’t go wrong with chocolate right? Vegan brownies are to die for!
I love anything that has kale in it, smoothies or salads.
I love anything that has nutritional yeast, miso or tahini… or a combination of them altogether! Oh, and definitely kale chips.
Split Pea Soup!!
Ps. Best giveaway ever.
fav Vegan food is mashed rutabaga (as a sub for mashed potatoes) with a hearty vegan stew over top soooooooo good! :)
Its impossible to choose my favorite vegan food… but ?I’d probably have to go with black bean and butternut squash chili.
Sweet potatoes with walnut butter or nooch + pasta! So delicious :) Don’t even get me started on VOO..
That’s easy…….anything granola and when it makes it to the states….I will buy GLO-NOLA!
Angela you are the best. I sent a note to Kris Karr who has inoperable liver cancer and has been responsible for the crazy, sexy cancer movement here in the U.S. She’s been on Oprah. She just came out with a diet/lifestyle book. Your recipes ROCK and you need to write a book. I identify with all that you have been through. All of it!
All kinds of Lentil/Bean loaves or burgers. Mmmmmmmm!!
Well, as far as packaged food goes I’m a HUGE fan of Amy’s vegan and gluten-free mac & Cheese, but I am also partial to black bean and tomato soup from Kim Barnouin’s Skinny Bitch: ultimate everyday cookbook! I was debating whether or not I should include my favourite recipe of yours (tomato basil pesto pasta…YUM!) but I thought that might be brown nosing it a bit too much ;)
I love hommus (lame I know) and pretty much any dessert that involves chocolate! Those peanut butter pillows were AMAZING!
Amazing giveaway!! I have been following One Lucky Duck for yearns :) She has put out some amazing raw cookbooks.
As for my favourite Vegan food, It would have to be the Celebration Roast by Fieldroast (the one with the cranberries and pastry that comes but 2 times a year). Not only do I love it, all my non vegan guests devour it. Besides being healthier, tastier, and kinder to animals, it also doesn’t give people that tryptophan/fall asleep on your feet feeling!
Banana soft serve I think!!
I love chickpea tacos with cashew sauce…so good!
Oh sooo many How to choose? Almond Milk and Stuffed Portabella pizza :)
Favorite? Hard to narrow it down, but today I’ll pick something I can’t quite replicate at home and say Dr. Cow’s raw vegan cheese. I’ve made a bunch of different types of yummy cheeses at home, but this stuff is absolutely perfect. I don’t miss dairy cheese at all, but Dr. Cow’s is amazing in its own right. Love it!
Lentils…any way, any time…
I think above all else my favourite vegan treat are he flour-less chocolate cookies, one of your many creations. Super easy to make and absolutely delicious as a batter and as cookies! Thanks for the amazing recipes!
I love almond milk and make chocolate milk with it when I am craving something sweet. So simple, so good :)