Welcome to part one of the series “A Beginners Guide to Veganism”. In this series we will consider 1) Making the decision and sticking to it 2) The Vegan Shopper 3) Vegan Nutrition 4) Living in a Non-Vegan World 5) Common Misconceptions 6) Dining Out 7) Taking it Further 8) FAQ Part One – Making…
Last week I received a copy of Vegan Secret Supper by Mérida Anderson from the Vegan Society ready for review. I opened it up and instantly knew it was the book for me. The recipes are interesting, different and immediately give you the motivation to get into the kitchen and start cooking. This is the…
This recipe is adapted from the peerless Isa Chandra’s and features in Vegan with a Vengeance. If you don’t have this book yet I would urge you to run out and grab a copy. My only real change is to up the amount of spice to my taste and to leave the sugar off the…
This is the question that vegans seem to get asked all the time by worried relatives and Paleo meatheads. I thought the easiest way to answer it was to post my food journal for the day. I calculated it using the nifty Calorie Counter app and double checked their figures against some reference books –…
I became vegetarian when I was 8. I don’t really remember what my reasons were but my parents’ tell me it happened after I watched Dr Doolittle and was won over by his persuasive songs. This may well have been the case but all I remember is one simple thought that has stayed with me…
Anger is a topic that arises a lot in some vegan groups online. Sometimes you see this anger when someone just needs to rant. Maybe their local coffee shop put reglaur milk in their latte rather than soy or their omni-boyfriend made one too many bacon jokes but clearly they have had a rough…
One line review – Great book. Terrible title. This isn’t really an “ultimate guide” and I don’t believe for a minute that the author was setting out to write one. The book is really an account of his own experiences of running ultras and the various strategies that he has tried over the years to…
Science vs Veganism? Nice try.
Runner’s World vs Veganism
Are vegans made of sugar and spice and all things nice?
People have a million and one excuses for not going vegan. I address one of them here and give them a recipe to prove them wrong.
Is veganism on the cusp of becoming mainstream or do we see what we want to see?
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction,…
In some ways the first few weeks as a vegan are actually the easiest. They are exciting. You are trying new foods. Meeting new people. Thinking new thoughts. There may be difficulties with family members, friends and co-workers but you have that initial enthusiasm to see you through. I actually think the time that follows…
Tidy up your fruit bowl and treat yourself at the same time.
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