After writing my post with tips for Veganuary, I joined the Veganuary group on Facebook and I was so taken aback by the amount of people giving Veganuary a go this year. So I had an idea, I want to profile a few people from the group and follow their Veganuary journey. Meet my buddies. Emma Akehurst … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: 5 Veganuary buddies
If you haven't heard about Veganuary yet then where have you been? Veganuary is exactly what it sounds like, people are going vegan for the month of January. But that sounds so tough right? Nope, this post is some of the tools that I heavily relied on in my first month of my vegan journey, if you follow these … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: How to survive Veganuary
Who can really believe that it's November already? I certainly can't believe that it's 11 months since I turned vegan and 11 months since I bought a pair of shoes. ELEVEN MONTHS. I made the decision at the start of the year as well as moving to a plant based diet that I would try to … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: Beautiful vegan footwear
Today is world vegan day! This also marks the end of my 10th month as a full time vegan. these 10 months have really flown by. Like everyone, I often find it hard to stick to veganism. There are a few reasons for this, one reason is my love for cheese but I mostly struggle because I'm surrounded … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: World vegan day!
Well well well, here we are a whole six months into project vegan. When I was toying with the idea of veganism back in December I attended Vegfest and started to seriously consider becoming vegan, I was definitely still wavering though. I gave it a bash for a little but in December but I then bit the … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: 6 month progress update
It's been a while since I've updated The Vegan Diaries but if I'm honest, I've been too busy trying to eat new food and I've gotten distracted! But I am back, going vegan isn't about making life difficult or buying expensive and special vegan food - this is totally unnecessary guys. Some of my favourite … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: Accidentally vegan foods
MUSHROOMS ARE MY NEMESIS. I've grown up hating everything about them, they have a weird texture, a god awful smell and they are the ugliest colour. Can you tell I'm still on the hatred bandwagon here? Since turning to a plant based diet however I've realised that my full blown loathing of mushrooms is going to … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: Why I’m forcing myself to eat mushrooms
Since I started to follow a vegan diet I can't lie, I've been totally avoiding eating out. Why? Who wants to go and eat with the wheat intolerant vegan? It even annoys me. So I can't lie, I have been totally avoiding having to go out for food, which is tough, I LOVE FOOD. But, … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: Eating out, the most stressful thing I do
Erm, where is January going? I can't believe I am already writing my 3rd week of The Vegan Diaries. I wasn't sure what to write about and then it came to me, people are saying the weirdest things to me now. This might come across as a really passive aggressive post but it's really not, … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: Weird things people are saying to me
This is the end of week two of The Vegan Diaries and I'm struggling. This has been a really busy week, last weekend I was down in London for my friend's birthday which was AMAZING. I managed to teach her to make some scrambled tofu (I don't know how I managed this in my gin … Continue reading THE VEGAN DIARIES: Week two, feeling iffy
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