We’re already 3 weeks into Veganuary – and I’d love to know how you’re getting on? Perhaps you’ve spent the month being asked questions from concerned friends and family members, who think that you might not be getting enough protein, or nutrients… or flavour in your diet! Well, you can tell them that there’s really…
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Santa’s Brandy Cake Brownies Recipe (Vegan, Gluten Free) – Ethical Advent Day 20.
It’s the time of year for baking tasty treats – and scoffing them all in front of the fire! So, how about trying out my super simple recipe for tea infused, chocolate rich brownies. They are totally vegan and gluten free, and wonderfully indulgent. You’ll be in for a real treat, and it doesn’t make…
Vegan Christmas Stuffing Recipe – Ethical Advent Day 19
As we’re getting closer to Christmas Day, I’m dreaming about my husband’s home-made vegan stuffing. It’s his favourite part of the meal, and I can totally understand why. You can use any brand or type of vegan sausages (as long as you remove the skin if they have it) and it also works with gluten…
Spiced Pudding “No Egg-Nog” Recipe (Vegan) – Ethical Advent Day 14
For a quick festive treat, that doesn’t take forever to make or loads of fancy ingredients, why not try this vegan eggnog with a festive tea twist. I’ve chosen to infuse the plant milk with the gorgeous Spiced Pudding tea from Leaves of the World. Ingredients 200ml Coconut Milk (tinned) 200ml Plant Milk of choice…
Conscious Christmas Candles… Ethical Advent Day 3
At this time of year, there’s nothing like a good candle to make the room extra cosy, and they are very popular to gift for Christmas. But are you aware of why you should choose choose plant based soya wax candles, instead of those made from paraffin? There are a number of health and environmental…
5 Top Tips for choosing your perfect plant-based milk & cheese (Guest Post)
I’m very excited today, to share a guest post written by Emma Oddie from Ethical Consumer Magazine, as part of a mutual collaboration. It’s fair to say that there has been an explosion in veganism in recent years. The number of vegans quadrupled in the UK from 2014 to 2019 to a total of over…
World Vegan Day – What does it mean to be vegan?
Walking around and seeing an ever increasing number of ‘Vegan Options Available’ signs outside cafes, bars and restaurants; being able to enter almost any supermarket and find a huge selection of vegan products; and watching as huge multinationals back worldwide bans on animal testing, there certainly is a huge change happening at the moment, and…
Saving the Planet doesn’t mean Bad Hair!
We you aware that traditional liquid shampoo and conditioners are at least 80% water? This means they need to be packaged in bottles – usually plastic – and often contain harsh chemicals to stabilise ingredients. However, when you remove the water from the equation, you can also say goodbye to the plastic packaging and unnecessary…
Balance Yoga – For Sanity. For Community.
I hope this blog post finds you well and keeping things together. It’s a challenging time for all of us, and suffering with anxiety, I’ve had many ups and downs, during life, not just lockdown. I wanted to share something positive with you, that’s helped to keep me strong over the years, but has been…
Can you Think like a Vegan?
Do you think like a vegan? What a strange question, I hear you say. But, do you? Or do you have lots of pre-conceived ideas when you heard the term “vegan”? Perhaps you’ve heard something about vegans that you didn’t like. Maybe you’ve had a vegan talk to you and it’s made you think about…
