Update 02.04.17 – we have a winner! Congratulations, tiu_juliem! Email me here on the blog or DM me on Instagram to claim your prize :).
If you follow me on Instagram, you might know that I won Tone It Up‘s 31 Day Challenge last autumn. As part of that, I got lots of goodies, some of which I already had! Rather than leaving them to dust on a shelf or trying to sell them, I thought I’d share my luck with you, throw in a Perfect Fit Protein packet and give it away! [ Read More… ] …
This is a feature I haven’t really been writing regularly, but for the duration of Vegan MoFo, I’m bringing it back!
I think anyone interested in vegan cooking and clean eating has heard of Angela Liddon by now. She runs one of the most amazing blogs, Oh She Glows, which I find myself on at least once a day. Her recipes always work, they beautifully photographer and, to be honest, I don’t know why it took this long for her to get a book deal. She deserved on from day one.
I’ve been using her book frequently and it’s already had a bit of a run in with a water jug…. whoops. But to me, a tattered cookbook is a well-loved cookbook! Like her blog, this book has a clean design, gorgeous pictures on nearly every page (remember the days when vegan cookbooks had next to no photos at all?) and her recipes are well-structured and easy to follow.
What I love about this book is that everything just works. From overnight oats to gluten-free brownies, nothing has gone wrong so far and I’m fairly sure that it will stay that way. I also love that, although there are a fair few dessert recipes, many of them are still healthier than your average pudding recipes. Of course, we all now that I love the odd indulgent dessert, but I’ve really been trying to be healthier, fitter and all-round kinder to myself recently, so these are very welcome options.
Overall, I would definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in healthy, balanced vegan cooking. It also fits quite nicely into the Tone It Up nutrition concept, which I’m a big fan of.
Have you been bought Angela’s book? What did you think of it?
Like I mentioned in last month’s Lovely Things post, I’ve been taking part in Tone It Up‘s Love Your Body series.
Tone It Up provide weekly exercise schedules for free, with the option of becoming a full member by purchasing their nutrition plan. I’ve done so recently, but I haven’t had it for long enough to provide a decent review, so I’ll do that in next month’s progress report! What I will say is that they provide a fully vegan plan option, which is something I haven’t ever seen before and was very pleased with. [ Read More… ] …
Recently, I’ve really been getting into running. I’m a bit shocked myself, as I used to absolutely despise it, but it’s slowly becoming something I really enjoy. After my first few runs of the year, I decided it was time to up my training gear and purchased some asics and a few H&M sports pieces.
Last month, I’ve been running for more regularly than ever before and have seen quite a bit of improvement. I’ve managed my first 5k in just over half an hour, and ran my fastest mile ever. This doesn’t seem like much, but for someone who has as little stamina as I do it’s quite the improvement. I’m quite pleased with these results and hope February will be equally productive!
Hello everyone! I can’t believe it’s the end of the month again already! I haven’t been up to very much this month, and you’ve probably noticed that my blog has been a bit slow in the past few weeks, but I’m working on that. Promise.
This month has mostly been really great, here are a couple of things I’ve loved the most.
Tone It Up
I said in my New Year’s Resolution post that I was hoping to really increase my fitness levels in 2014. One of my favourite bloggers, Tashina from Logical Harmony, has been raving about Tone It Up and their free fitness programme, and I’m happy to say I’ve stuck with it the entire month! I’ll be talking about them in more detail on the blog soon, but until then I recommend you have a look at their site!
Cozy Nights In
I’m sure you know by now that I have the best fiancé ever. Instead of being annoyed with me for my moodiness during dissertation research, he cooks me dinner. Neither of us are big fans of going out, so lately we’ve been relaxing after stressful days by cooking some nice food and slowly working our way through all 10 series of Friends.
Chocolate Covered Katie
Along with being a bit fitter, I’m also aiming to improve my health. I have a huge sweet tooth though, so I’ve been making full use of Chocolate Covered Katie‘s blog, which offers a wide variety of healthier vegan desserts. I’ve just made her Black Bean Brownies and they’re delicious!
So there you have it, my three favourites for this month :). What have you been loving?