Beyond Meat Sausages
So here we have a big hitter in the evolution of vegan meat replacements. Beyond have created a huge splash in the mainstream media over the last few years and made big claims about their offerings. I’ve been intrigued—and somewhat excited—about taking on their sausages as part of The Quest. So here we go. Quick […]
Richmond Meat-Free Sausages
The Quest to find a decent vegan sausage continues with an option from one of the big brands in the market. I’ll be honest, Richmond have always featured near the lower end of my preference list when buying sausages – their smooth pink cylinders (steady now!) have a particular sense of artificiality about them; I […]
The Oumph! Burger
If you have followed my blog thus far, you will know that I am an ardent fan of Oumph! products. I have, as yet, only reviewed the Pulled Oumph! (link here), but I have tried quite a few of their vegan range and have talked about the company and their offerings in a few of […]
Co-op Food Gro cupcakes
Log this one under ‘impulse buy’. After a rough day ‘at work’, and finding that my local Co-op was sold out of their dairy-free ice-cream, I took a chance on these. I just needed a pick-me-up and these looked enticing. Surviving the wilderness is not just about the essentials. I have a sweet tooth (and […]
Vegan in the time of lockdown: Part three
The call of the wild(erness) As I have made clear in previous posts, my conversion to veganism was for health reasons. I felt that a diet free from meat and dairy would be the best way to combat my existing health concerns, as well as addressing my growing anxiety over ailments and illnesses that my […]
Vegan in the time of lockdown: Part two
How I learned to stop worrying and become vegetarian Clearly, this is not the platform to discuss my (or anyone’s) mental health circumstances as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Suffice it to say that I found the first six weeks of lockdown to be very difficult. In an environment when complaints about self isolating […]
The Meatless Farm Co. mince
Early in lockdown, without the option to order my groceries online as usual, I bought a £35 ‘essentials box’ from Morrisons – a pre-packaged order of necessary basic supplies. I opted for the veggie version, which came with a number of Meatless Farm Co items, including two packs of their mince. I’d already heard of […]
Morrison’s Ultimate Meat-Free Sausages
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about my love of sausages as a meat eater (link here). I decided to set myself a challenge – henceforth to be called The Quest – to find a viable vegan sausage; one that would fill the void I currently have in my life. Something I could turn […]
Vegan in the time of lockdown: Part one
What had I become? Some context… Prior to the pandemic lockdown in the UK – and my starting to work from home – I was training for a marathon. This meant running 50km a week and eating a well balanced, and controlled, diet (at least, as controlled as I am ever likely to achieve – […]
Saws, Hedges. Sauce, Edges
If there is one single food item that defined my decades of meat eating, it would be the sausage. I loved sausages. LOVED THEM! I was a sausage fiend. Cumberland, Lincolnshire; pork or beef. Hotdog, chipolata, chorizo, frankfurter, bratwurst, salami, saveloy, … pigs in blankets; you get the idea. Many of the great memories of […]
