Posted on

Zero Waste Living: Learning to make bread from scratch

 

27292838_10155309204326239_1596505434_n
One of Dan’s gorgeous home-baked loaves

One thing that had previously been tough to make zero waste in my life was bread.

I love bread, I love carbs, and I eat a lot of it. But how do you get bread without the plastic packaging it comes in?

You have two choices: Either find a bakery that will allow you to bring your own cloth bag to put loaves in, or make it yourself.

Luckily for me, my boyfriend Dan has been making his own bread for years, and when I moved over to the UK to live with him in August, he began teaching me how to make my own loaves too.

Continue reading “Zero Waste Living: Learning to make bread from scratch”

Posted on

My Top 5 Tips for Travelling As A Vegan

DSC_0044

Travelling with a dietary requirement – be that vegan, vegetarian, dairy-free or gluten-free – can seem overwhelming, and many might let their eating habits restrict or completely write-off their travels.

But travel as a vegan CAN be done – and quite easily! I assure you.

I’ve been vegan for three years now, and wanted to share with you my top five tips for vegan travel.

I’ve made many mistakes in my vegan journey, especially when it comes to travel, so I’m hoping you can learn from me and avoid the same errors!

Continue reading “My Top 5 Tips for Travelling As A Vegan”

Posted on

VEGAN EATS: VX Bristol, United Kingdom

DSC_0035

Coming from a regional area of Australia, I can’t even begin to tell you how excited and gladly overwhelmed by the amount of choice I have access to now in terms of vegan food now that I’m living in the UK.

Faced with so much choice, I’ve decided to do the only rational thing: Start a new blog series called ‘Vegan Eats’ where I plan to test out as much vegan food and restaurants that I possibly can, both here in the UK and further afield.

Basically, I just want a good excuse to eat and eat and eat some more.

Continue reading “VEGAN EATS: VX Bristol, United Kingdom”

Posted on

My Vegan Journey / Why I Turned Vegan

I started transitioning to a vegan diet and lifestyle around August-September last year.

I originally first flirted with the idea of veganism when I was 16, and I knew a few people who had made the switch, for various reasons. I started to go through periods where I would be vegetarian for a while, the longest I think was like 10 months, but I always ended up giving into cravings.  Continue reading “My Vegan Journey / Why I Turned Vegan”