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
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 […]
Vegan in the time of lockdown: Part two
Part Two (or: 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 […]
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
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 […]
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 […]
How ’bout them Oreos?
They are vegan, right? THEY AREN’T?! When I first started my vegan expedition, it didn’t take long for me to start looking for treats to keep me going. All those vegetables needed to be balanced with some refined sugar and a slap of indulgence. I happened on a blog post that named Oreo’s (among other […]
The Quorn Supremacy
I have been involved – if not quite immersed – in vegetarian ‘cuisine’ since I was at university in 1997. My then girlfriend (later wife and mother of my vegetarian offspring) was already an ethical vegetarian when we met. Being away at university was when I first found myself needing to engage in eating meat […]
