Flaxseed Blends + New Skinny Bitch Book

The Delivery: Linwoods ground organic flaxseeds and Skinny Bitch: Book of Vegan Swaps by Kim Barnouin
Staff Pick: Skinny Bitch: Book of Vegan Swaps 

The DL: Stowed away in almost every vegan's kitchen pantry is ground flaxseeds—or at least it should be. Full of omega-3s and fiber, it's an easy way to get what your body needs. Flaxseeds even make a great egg substitute, perfect for the holiday season (want more great vegan baking tips? Our handy Baking Substitutions Guide makes it easy to veganize any dessert). And while you're busy baking up your grandmother's recipe for raspberry almond thumbprint cookies, why not enter the VegNews Holiday Cookie Contest? Entries must be submitted by this Saturday, December 10 at 5pm PT, so start baking!

Vegan, Gluten-Free Cookies

The Delivery: Organic, gluten-free chocolate chip pecan cookies, whoopie pies, brownies, chocolate chip-hazelnut blondies, pumpkin cookies, and oatmeal sandwiches from Conscience Confections
Staff Pick: The chocolate chip-hazelnut blondie

The DL: Today we hit the gluten-free jackpot. Every single one of these freshly baked treats are soft and and look scrumptious—so much so, in fact, that many of the staff voraciously demanded a taste test post-blogging. Even as this intrepid VN staffer types, others are circling the Conscience Confections goodies like, well, VN staffers over any baked good. It's what we do. Our love of baked goods is one of the many reasons we can't wait to test entries in our Holiday Cookie Contest. Does your vegan cookie recipe wow everyone this time of year? Enter now for the chance to win a KitchenAid stand mixer, a vegan cupcake kit from Divvies, or two dozen cookies from Allison's Gourmet!