I know people always argue that a healthy lifestyle isn’t expensive if you focus on home-cooked foods and avoid high-end convenience snacks and trend-foods, and that’s completely true. I’ve always been a bit of a sucker for snacks and new products, though, and now that I’m a mama I’ve been reaching for snacks more frequently […]
Recipe | Really Simple Carrot Cake
Last week, I really needed to do something with our leftover carrots. I opted for carrot cake, because everyone knows I love cake, but didn’t really have a recipe to suit my needs. So I adapted one from Isa Does It, which was originally for a Chocolate Zucchini Bundt Cake. Since I do everything domestic on […]
Parenting | 5 Thoughts for Parents of Vegan Teens
Images from Vegan Life Magazine In this month’s Vegan Life Magazine, there’s an article about the fantastic Teen VGN organisation, which got me thinking about how many teenage vegans there are these days, and how many of them say they struggle with ‘full-time’ veganism due to their families being unsure about the idea.
Recipe | Reduced-Sugar Peanut Butter Cups
One of the few times I lament being vegan in day-to-day life is when I walk past the Reese’s products in the supermarket. I used to love Peanut Butter Cups and unfortunately, the vegan alternatives haven’t quite made their way to the UK yet. Thankfully, it’s quite easy to make your own, and after seeing […]
Baby | Weaning Advice & the Dairy Industry
I actively try to avoid being one of those vegans who constantly complain about other people’s food choices and lifestyles, but a recent experience really rattled my cage and I felt like I needed to share it with you.