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 […]
Pulled Oumph!
Yesterday, I wrote a piece for my Guidebook about Oumph! (link here), a soy protein meat substitute from Sweden (although Oumph! go out of their way to maintain that their product range is not a replacement to meat, but rather a whole new food group unto itself). It was all positive, as I’m a big […]
Oumph! There it is!
It’s taken me a long time – and a decent amount of searching my browser history (always an anxious prospect) – to work out how and when I first heard of Oumph! For anyone interested, Oumph! are a client of Snask, a brilliant brand and design agency based in Sweden. I visited their website after […]
An Asda Vegan Christmas
So, a quick review of the festive food I used in my first ever vegan Christmas Dinner. All items bought from Asda, which is my go-to food shop deliverer. Vegan Wellington (By way of introductory context – I have, on many occasions, partaken of a Quorn Roast. I have already mentioned elsewhere that my relationship […]
A Christmassy Vegan
This Christmas was different for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it was the first full Christmas Day I can remember that I’ve had all to myself: my children having spent the day with their mum. So the flat, the TV schedule, and all of the food supplies, were mine alone. A truly novel experience. (Full […]
Snack Election
I have a kind of ritual on election nights. Buy a carrier bag full of snacks on the way home from work, then settle in for a long night of gradually getting more dejected, as the democratic process belches out yet another disheartening outcome. All the while, demolishing my horde of sweet and savoury treats […]
Quorn Ultimate Burger
I have a long history with Quorn products – at least the vegetarian ones. I’ve been using them in my cooking since leaving university in the late 90s. On the whole, I think they’re a mixed bag – some good, some not so good. There’s enough to say about Quorn as a meat-free range of […]
