About four weeks ago I came across Firepot Food dehydrated meals on Instagram. Unusually for this type of backpacking meals they actually had a great selection of vegan options in their range. These lightweight shelf-stable meals are perfect for keeping in just in case, so I knew I wanted to try them.
Today I’m reviewing Yo Sushi. I have always loved sushi before I was vegan I would have a mix of sashimi and sushi but now I just skip the raw fish. Now, I could make it at home (and sometimes do) but I’m going to be honest it’s just not the same.
When I’m looking for new products it is important to me that I find products that aren’t just vegan but also as natural as possible, and that have a lower environmental impact. I really wanted to find a good vegan friendly natural deodorant that actually worked, that came in sustainable packaging, and was not ridiculously expensive. Enter Earth Conscious.
I love travelling, even just in the UK, and one of the things I love most is finding new places (like Eat Street Belfast) to eat out. My main requirement tends to be somewhere that has reasonable prices, it also helps if it is something I couldn’t (or wouldn’t) make at home.
Today I wanted to talk about food on the go. We all have those days when we just didn’t have time to go shopping and therefore couldn’t pack our lunch, so we have to resort to buying something on the go. I might end up making this a series. We shall see. As a vegan there aren’t always loads of options. Things are getting better but where you live can have a huge impact on the options available to you. For example, I know people who rave about the new vegan options at Boots (a massive chemist chain here in the UK who also do lunch and snacks). Except the massive (2 floors) Boots in my nearest city sells one vegan sandwich (the sweetcorn fritter one), that’s it. No salad, no vegan sushi, no new sandwiches or deli platters. It can be really disappointing when people talk about these great vegan options, and you can’t access them.
I live in Birmingham (UK), a city whose vegan scene is growing fast. Yesterday I went down to millennium Point to take part in the Fry‘s attempt to break the World Record for the Biggest Vegan BBQ, the #BVQ. When I found out about the event the forecast was for warm sunny days, and it was half term for many schools in Birmingham. So of course what actually happened was rain.
I am hoping to make this post Things I loved in May, the first part of a monthly series. I’ll be honest it will probably be quite heavily food focussed. But I will try to add in other things as well. Here I discuss food, podcasts, YouTube and books.
Okay, so I feel kind of weird calling Building Salad a recipe post but that’s the closest category I could think of. I often share photos of my salad bowls on my Instagram account, and have been asked a few times, what is in them, so I decided to show you how I build my salads.
The first thing to remember with salad is that to make sure you are getting all your nutrients you need to make a rainbow on your plate. No, I don’t mean literally, I just mean you need to include a good variety of coloured vegetables. I like to chop them all in different ways to help give the salad some extra texture.
I love travelling, even just in the UK, and one of the things I love most is finding new places (like Anna-Loka) to eat out. My main requirement tends to be somewhere that has reasonable prices, it also helps if it is something I couldn’t make at home.
Recently I visited a friend in Cardiff, they’re an omnivore but knowing I am vegan, they were desperate to take me to Anna-Loka. They wanted to order takeaway when I arrived but it turned out we were too late, and it had closed. We ended up going for lunch the next day…..and I’m not sorry.
You may or may not be aware of Veganuary 2018 but I want to take some time today to talk about it. At the beginning of December many of my omni and vegetarian friends were upset about climate change (because of a video of a polar bear that was doing the rounds). I posted on my Facebook letting them know that one of the best things they could do to help stop climate change is to reduce the amount of meat and dairy they consume. Animal agriculture is one of the biggest causes of deforestation, and one of the biggest producers of greenhouse gases.
