The other day when Holland & Barrett was having a penny sale (buy one item, get another for 1p – awesome!), I bought a whole lot of dried cranberries, not really knowing what I actually wanted to do with them. After a bit of Google roulette, I stumbled upon a recipe on EatingWell.com for Cranberry-Orange-Nut CookiesContinue reading Vegan Cranberry & Orange Cookies – A Quick and Easy Recipe
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Pumpkin and Chickpea Curry
One of the foods I miss most from back home in Australia is pumpkin. Here in London, pumpkin is only really prevelant around Halloween and for the rest of the year, its brother fruit, the butternut squash fills supermarket shelves, soup cartons and risottos.
Going Raw Vegan at Saf Restaurant in London
It was bad enough when I told people I went to a vegetarian restaurant at the weekend but when you say the words “vegan restaurant” to someone, they generally give you one of those disdainful “glad it’s you, not me” looks or make some throwaway comment about how going out for “rabbit food” is not a properContinue reading Going Raw Vegan at Saf Restaurant in London
Vegetarian Dating: Yay or Nay to Meaty Mouths?
I have never dated a fellow vegetarian. Asking a guy his dietary habits when he asks for my phone number is not exactly how I roll. Continue reading Vegetarian Dating: Yay or Nay to Meaty Mouths?
Veggie-Friendly Festival Food: Does it Exist?
Fact: Music festivals and live events are not always veggie-friendly environments.
Vegan Banana Cupcakes with Vanilla Icing
When my housemate went away on holidays and left me her three almost black bananas, I was delighted. I haven’t baked in a few weeks and I can honestly say that I had been eyeing off those not-so-pretty bananas for days.
Vegetarian Asian-Fusion at Coa Restaurant in Prague
After days of living on cheese, bread and croissants in France, my friend Sophie and I were desperate to get some veggies into us once we reached Prague.
A Vegetarian in Europe – What I Ate in Paris, Prague and Cesky Krumlov
Ever since I was 11 years old, I’ve wanted to go to Paris. I learnt French after school for a year at this age (the only thing that stuck was the names of fruits) and when my teacher came back from a trip to Paris, I decided then and there that I was going oneContinue reading A Vegetarian in Europe – What I Ate in Paris, Prague and Cesky Krumlov
No, I Do NOT Eat Fish – A Vegetarian vs Pescetarian Rant
About 99.9% of the time when someone asks if I am vegetarian, they follow this up with, “Do you eat fish?” No. I do not eat fish. I am a VEGETARIAN.Continue reading No, I Do NOT Eat Fish – A Vegetarian vs Pescetarian Rant
Gelatine-Free Jellies – For Vegetarians with a Sweet Tooth!
When I first entered the realm of vegetarianism as a naive teen, I continued eating jelly sweets for a fair while, blissfully unaware that they contained ground-up animal bones, ligaments, and tendons – also known as gelatine.