Cook With Sam Club: May Challenge + April Winner 🎉 • It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken

Welcome back to Cook With Sam Club! 💛

I am LOVING doing these challenges and I'm so excited for May's!

You all absolutely showed up for the Mac & Cheese! I must admit, getting sent gooey mac and cheese photos every day was a bit of a challenge… it made me SO hungry!

So let's do it again…

🍽️ May's Cook With Sam Challenge

This month's recipe is an all-time weekend fave: Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes

We've already made dessert (brownies) and a main (mac & cheese), so this month I wanted to bring in my favorite breakfast: pancakes. (Although… I fully support pancakes for dinner too 😄).

These are fluffy, golden, lightly sweet, and perfectly tender. I've tested a lot of pancake recipes over the years, and I truly think this is THE ONE. The search is over. These are the best pancakes ever. I hope you agree!

👉 Get the recipe here: Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes

💡 What are your favorite toppings? I love hearing your tweaks, changes, and additions! You can either make the pancakes exactly as written and share your review or get creative with your toppings or mix-ins. Let me know whatever way you had it in the comments!

Already left a review? If you have already left a review of this recipe but still want to participate, just leave a new comment during the month of May so I can count your entry.

👉 How to Enter the May Challenge

Here's how it works:

Make the recipe: Make my Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes recipe anytime in May.
Leave a comment + star rating: Head to the blog post and leave a comment + rating by May 31.

That's it, you're entered!

🌟 Bonus Entries (Optional, But Fun!)

Want extra chances to win?

⭐ Bonus Entry (1 entry): Email a photo of your pancakes to hello@itdoesnttastelikechicken.com OR post in the Facebook group: Sam Turnbull's Recipe Club

💛 💛 Extra Bonus Entry (2 entries): Share your photo in the new It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken Community. This is where we're all going to be hanging out now, no algorithm, no trolls, just good vibes + food people! I'll also be checking there first when picking photos to feature 👀

This Month's Prize

One randomly selected winner will receive:

🎁 A $100 digital gift card (winner's choice!)

The winner can choose between:

Amazon
Indigo (Canada) / Barnes & Noble (US)
Uber Eats

I'll announce the winner (and share some of your photos!) in early June.

🎉 April Winner

Now for the moment we've been waiting for… A huge congratulations to our April winner: 👉 Rose!

Rose said: "This makes a really good lunch!" ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

You've won a $100 gift card (your choice of Amazon, Indigo/Barnes & Noble, or Uber Eats) 🎁 Your name was randomly selected from all the entries. I'll be reaching out by email shortly!

💛 Your Mac & Cheese Photos

I seriously wish I could share every single photo (they were all amazing), but here are just some of the Mac & Cheese photos submitted… so much cheesy goodness! Some of these look seriously restaurant-worthy. I'm so impressed. 😍

Thank you so much to everyone who participated. Whether you baked, commented, or shared a photo… you made this so special. 🥹

I loved seeing your Mac & Cheese, your creative twists, and all the kind comments hyping each other up. This is exactly the kind of community I was hoping for.

📝 To Recap

Enter the May Cook With Sam Challenge by:

✅ Making my Vegan Buttermilk Pancakes sometime in May
✅ Leaving a comment + star rating on the blog post by May 31
⭐ Email a photo OR post in the Facebook group (1 bonus entry)
💛 Post in the new It Doesn't Taste Like Chicken Community (2 bonus entries)

I seriously can't wait to see your pancake stacks!

Let's keep this cooking club going ... I have a feeling this is going to be something really special. 💛

Bon appetegan!
Sam Turnbull