Can you believe January is already over?! I can. I mean, winter months move real slowly.
BUT, the 31 Days of Vegan Challenge felt like it flew by!
And, I wanted to take a moment to express our gratitude for your participation in this challenge! The response was overwhelming and, on behalf of the whole Rainbow Plant Life team, I am so grateful to have so many of you on board with us on this journey.
Here are a just a few numbers that capture the scale of your involvement.
- 16,416 participants who signed up for the 31 days of Vegan Challenge. Y’all rock!
- 4,340 email submissions received for the grand prize. Incredible!
- 2,438 Instagram entries for the weekly prizes.
Thank you to everyone who made this challenge a success by participating. Whether you’re a seasoned vegan or just exploring plant-based eating, we hope you found inspiration in our recipes and are feeling more confident in incorporating vegan dishes into your routine.
We would also like to extend a special thank you to those who submitted their photos and participated in our drawings. We appreciate your continued support and engagement. It was such a joy to see a glimpse of your experience in the kitchen.
We’re considering doing more vegan challenges like this in the future (perhaps a recipe of the month club with monthly prizes, available worldwide). So if that’s something that interests you, let us know in the comments!
Reader Photos
I was tickled to see so many of your photos this month. Here are just a few of the most popular recipes from each week:
Week One: Lentil Bolognese
Week Two: Tofu Scramble
Week Three: Tuscan Stewed Beans
Week Four: Buffalo Chickpea Quesadillas
Without further ado, it is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of our weekly prizes and grand prize!
Weekly Prize Winners:
- Week 1: Tiffany E., California
- Week 2: Anoli M., Virginia
- Week 3: Amanda M., Illinois
- Week 4: Kristen H., Texas
If you are a weekly winner, you’ve already heard from our team via Instagram direct message.
Grand Prize Winner:
- Jane T., Massachusetts
Jane, we’ve reached out to you via email.
Congrats to our winners and thanks again to everyone who participated!
Lots of love,
Nisha
I’d LOVE to have the Veggie Challenges more often! It really helps keep me accountable.
Btw, your recipes and YouTube channel are amazing!! 🥰
Hi Judeanne, thanks for the feedback! Have you been participating in the RPL Recipe Club each month?
We’re so glad you love the recipes and videos 🙂
I’ve been unhealthy all my life, and I just starting checking out veganism. I found this blog by chance, and I’m happy I did. Makes me realize that there are more options than just eating plain veggies. Thank you.
Hi Luigi, we’re so happy you found our blog as well! Our main goal is to make people realize how delicious eating vegan can be. A few fan favorite recipes I love and recommend you try first are the red lentil curry, red lentil bolognese, and tofu scramble. We hope you love them 🙂
I loved this challenge! I started a little late, but it was fun seeing the new recipes each day! Thank you for creating this. 🙂
Better late than never, Audrey! You’re very welcome for the challenge, we’re delighted to hear you enjoyed it 🙂
I tried quite a few of the recipes and they were all a success. Thank you for this challenge!
The only improvement point is that if you want to cook something you just received, you always have to do extra groceries and it makes it more difficult to execute. Is it maybe an idea to send out a few recipes together and include some sort of a shopping list for people who like to meal plan?
Hi Niki, so good to hear you enjoyed the recipes. Thank you for your feedback, we’ll take it into consideration whenever we do the next challenge!
Thank you for all the work it took to make this challenge a success! We made some great food and memories. Definitely interested in further challenges; it gave me the motivation to actually get in the kitchen and try some new things that I wouldn’t have otherwise.
That’s what we like to hear, Jen! You are very welcome for the challenge, it wouldn’t have been nearly as successful if it weren’t for readers like you who participated! 🙂
This was the best Vegan Challenge that I have participated in, thus far. It was very well laid out, awesome recipes, beautiful photos and great cooking videos (who could ask for more?). Thank-you Nisha for all your hard work; you’re a Gem! ❤️
I have one question for you:
How long will we have access to these fantastic recipes and cooking videos?
Hi Elle, we’re so pleased you found the challenge fun! And these recipes are actually up on the site year-round! 🙂
Love a challenge. More please 😊
We’re glad you do, Sandy! And we are definitely thinking of doing more! 🙂
Three years a plant based diet. Your channel and social media was a leg up for my health and vegan diet. I have prepared many of your recipes and have learned from you. Thank you for bringing along the world and improving my health.
Congratulations on 3 years, Charlene! That’s no small feat. We’re delighted to hear you’ve learned a lot from the channel and are grateful for you following along!
I loved participating and I would love to participate in a monthly recipe club. This is the most flavorful food I’ve ever made and eaten. Thank you for your hard work and intuition, Nisha and team!
We’re thrilled to hear it, Chy! We will definitely keep in mind your suggestion 🙂 You are very welcome for everything, thanks for following!
Omg! You used one of my pictures! 😁 I’m so delighted! This was so much fun, Nisha! I loved trying so many new recipes and they were ALL delicious! Thank you so much for the motivation and your creative genius and talent and excellent taste!
We’re so glad you enjoyed the challenge. Thanks for being a loyal reader, Vicki!
I so enjoyed being vegan for January, I’m continuing into February. My health is so much better, my demeanour improved and my skin fabulous. No more cow milk dairy for me EVER again!
I had so much fun doing this challenge! Couldn’t wait to check my inbox every morning for the daily recipe, and so many of my non vegan friends asked for recipes when they saw the pictures! I hope you do more challenges, I will definitely take part !
Thank you so much for participating in the challenge, Tiffany! We are definitely doing some more in the future, just keep your eyes peeled 🙂
Dear Nisha, Thank you for running this challenge. I made 10 recipes total that I would have never tried as they would always stuck in my “one day” pile without your little push. I would love future contests/challenges/etc with or without prizes just to keep me more experimental in the kitchen!
Thank you for the feedback, Vicky! So cool to hear how the challenge impacted you! We’re definitely thinking of doing more in the future. 🙂
Yes to a recipe of the month club!!
Sounds like a cool idea, Kim! We’ll pass it along- thanks!
Thank you Nisha, for this oh-so-fun challenge! I made about 20 of the recipes, all new to me, which made January mealtime exciting every night. Thank you ever so much for this slice of Joy.
We’re so glad you enjoyed the recipes, Carol. Thanks for being a loyal reader 🙂
I made but didn’t post any challenge recipes this month, but always love them.
Yes, please do another one.
Thanks for participating Roberta, even though you didn’t post anything! We will definitely keep your suggestion in mind 🙂
I’d love more challenges, please!
Noted, Kristin!
I really enjoyed receiving recipes daily in this challenge. I hope you continue doing more challenges as your recipes are yummylicious!
Thank you
Lovely to hear it, Kim! And yes, creating more challenges is definitely on our radar! 🙂
Dearest Nisha and team at Rainbow Plant Life, I am so grateful to you all for having created this month of vegan challenge. Bahut dhanyavaad! I have been a Lacto-Vegetarian for over 40 years, did a 3 1/2 year stint as a vegan, but there were not many prepared staples or foods back then even in health grocery stores, blogs or cookbooks. It is becoming easier, thanks to you and others who are devoting your careers to leading the way for us.
I sent you three entries and created an Instagram channel because of your weekly entry requirement. So now I am trying to learn all things IG so I can continue to express my love of animals and cooking.
Please, please, please continue with challenges of all kinds: yearly/January and monthly, maybe seasonal?
And most of all, your great knowledge of cooking, has elevated my cooking to an entirely higher level! People used to say I was a good cook, but now — because of you, your refined layers of flavors, etc, my dishes have gone from good to great! From the bottom of my heart, thank you!
I have one question: Although I wasn’t a winner, one of my photographed entries was shown by you as “Top Posts.” What does this signify? Perhaps for future challenges, you could name entries (“top posts”) that went into your considerations? I know that to recreate any of your favored dishes, people were cookin’ their hearts out! And even if someone didn’t win, it would mean a lot to know that one’s hard work was considered or made it to the semi-finals or finals. Just sayin’! Lots of hugs to you!
(cheznormandie_vegan @Instagram)
Hi Normandie,
We’re so glad you enjoyed the challenge and are excited for you on your vegan journey!
Regarding your question, we actually chose all the winners randomly and didn’t consider the quality of the photos. The photos listed here are not “top posts” in terms of photos that we considered for prizes, just photos of the most popular recipes on the site that we enjoyed seeing.
And we’re definitely considering doing future challenges, so thank you for sharing your lovely feedback.
I was not aware of this challenge as I didn’t know about Rainbow Plant Life until several weeks ago when I was on Facebook. I am now a subscriber!
Several months ago, my husband and I decided to follow a vegetarian lifestyle and I am so happy to have you, Nisha, as a guide and mentor.
Lovely to have you here, Diane! We can’t wait for you to try the recipes 🙂