tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37219203855615351242024-03-05T03:45:03.033-08:00Dada VeganFor my love of Vegan Food, inspired by Art/Punk/& Berlin's Falafel.SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-73658048256962227912019-06-17T10:01:00.001-07:002019-06-17T16:26:44.630-07:00Vegan in Scotland, Glasgow, Fort William, Isle of Skye, Inverness, Edinburgh.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We spent just over a week in Scotland, a few big cities, and lots of beautiful scenic Highland areas. We were worried if we would be able to find vegan food options as we toured around, and we were pleasantly surprised to find a lot of very accommodating places. We had 7 days of adventuring, we hadn't booked any accommodation of specific destination, but we had a tent if we needed it, and most of the time we had some internet to research a few bits. </div>
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<b><u>Day 1 Glasgow:</u></b></div>
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We went to an awesome little cafe called<u> Picnic</u> which was quite central, delicious food, great menu, lots of cakes, smoothies and the giant croissants again. We eat had a 'Egg mayo' bap and a pesto med veg toasted sandwich. My friend had lotus biscuit cake, and we had smoothies and I finally tried the infamous empire biscuit, which is a shortbread biscuit sandwiched with jam and topped with thick icing and a cherry. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Our other day in Glasgow called for lunch at </span><u style="text-align: center;">The V & V cafe</u><span style="text-align: center;"> - all vegan, lots of cakes, and lunch options to eat. the croissants were huge and could be filled with 'cheese and bacon', my friend had the vegan sausage rolls which was served with homemade baked beans. This cafe worked out great to stop in at before the botanical gardens being about a 5-10m walk away. </span><br />
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Our lovely friends who let us stay in their spare room, also made some delicious home cooked meals in Glasgow from the Green Roasting Tin cook book. Harissa aubergines is on my list to do!</div>
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<u><b>Day 3 Fort William</b></u></div>
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On day three our car broke down, but after a lovely visit to Loch Lomond, and two castles, and Glen Coe, so we still made the most of the day. We quickly found some accommodation, checked in and headed out sharply for some food. <u>The Geographer</u> luckily had a table for us, and had a few vegan offerings including okra gumbo with rice and sweet potato fries (delicious) they swapped the mayo for hummus, and the falafel dish was ok. The meal came to over £30. </div>
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<u><b>Fort William</b></u></div>
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For breakfast in our last minute B&B, we were very grateful to have some fresh hot scones and oat cakes with vegan butter, and oat milk for breakfast at our guest house <u>The Gantocks</u>, followed by walnuts and mushrooms, pepper, garlic on sourdough toast. It was about £145 per night to stay here.</div>
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<u><b>Day 4 Fort William</b></u></div>
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In the centre of the town was <u>The Wildcat</u> which was the perfect brunch spot after our walk up Ben Nevis. We had avocado, edamame, mint smash on rye bread, and homemade beans on toast. To drink we had turmeric root & ginger latte with coconut milk and a chai with oat milk. They also do a selection of zero waste items, and other treats to purchase. I really liked this cafe, and wish it wasn't so far away! I cant remember the price, but this was all fairly reasonable and very tasty. I think around £18. </div>
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<u><b>Day 5 Isle of Skye</b></u></div>
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On this day we did a huge sight seeing mission all around the cloudly Isle of Skye, stopping briefly for a thankfully hearty lunch at <u>Columba 1400</u> a cafe just off the A855 and is an organisation that invests in young people. In the cafe we had a vegan burger, and a jacket potato with veggie haggis and for hot drinks they had soya milk. About £17 for lunch for two. </div>
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After our epic day of sight seeing we needed to find somewhere near our campsite that still cooked food before 8;30pm, thankfully <u>Old School</u> in Dunvegan answered our hungry prayers. They had a special of chickpea tagine with couscous and flatbread, and a mushroom pie made vegan for us. This restaurant would require a booking, otherwise you may have to wait for a table, but thankfully they are open very late in the evening. About £35 for dinner with drinks, and amazing service. </div>
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<b><u>Day 6 Inverness</u></b> </div>
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I had heard really good things about <u>The Alley Cat</u> its one of the reasons we stayed in inverness, the cafe is fairly new, opened early 2019, and all vegan menu. There were so many great options, the highlight was the sticky toffee pudding to finish, and the amazing marshmallow rings. They had a great selection of healthy and junk food options, the haggis hot dog was delicious, and made with mushrooms. The pie is a scotch pie, which I realised after ordering that my love of fried food was being tested by Scotland, and so I ordered a side salad to go with my meal. About £35 with two mallow treats for the road.</div>
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Breakfast in inverness was tricky, so we thought, Alley Cat not opening until 10am, and another cafe locally not open either. a stroke of luck we found a sign saying vegan options outside a pancake house, named <u>Wild Pancakes</u>. </div>
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We asked before being seated, and were delighted to find out pretty much all the pancakes could be made vegan, as they had vegan topping, and would just remove the whipped cream from them, and had milk chocolate alternatives. So we ordered to stacks of 4 pancakes each! One classic lemon and sugar pancake, and one hazelnut chocolate and strawberry. Could see some chia seeds were used to make the pancakes, and these did distinguish them for the non-vegan batter. We were really happy and full of tasty pancakes. what a great find. I didn't really find this place when searching #VeganInverness so take note, and tell your friends! Just over £20 for two people with teas. </div>
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<u><b>Day 7 Edinburgh</b></u><br />
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We arrived late and so had time for dinner, we had a lot of options but a few we had tried on our previous visit. I had heard about these giant nachos, but at the time we weren't planning to go to Edinburgh, I think I found them researching vegan Glasgow. <u>Auld Hoose,</u> was the name of the place, it was a really cool pud with a focus on food, somewhere our younger gig going selves would have frequented back in the day! The nachos were quiet spicy, I would eat less of the chillis next time, but it was an awesome meal for two, you cannot doubt the potion, I think it was about £13, £20 with drinks, and the limey Guac was amazing!</div>
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Our very last stop in Scotland was <u>The baked potato shop</u> - we had visited here in 2013, and remember it fondly, great portion sizes and lots of vegan options. I opted for the salad, as I was missing my vitamins, and everything looked so tasty! We also shared this large potato with Vegan haggis! Lunch for both of us was less than £10, we ate it in the car with our reusable cutlery. </div>
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Highlights of the food tour were: hot scones, of which we have now sources the recipe, yay!<br />
Pancakes. Copious amounts of Irn-Bru. Vegan haggis (McSweens is available at Watirose) And those giant Croissants!<br />
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0Scotland, UK56.490671199999987 -4.202645800000027547.764661199999985 -24.856942800000027 65.216681199999982 16.451651199999972tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-17597852885780496912019-02-03T11:30:00.000-08:002019-02-03T11:30:14.855-08:00Vegan in Prague <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In November we had a romantic city break for 3 days in Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Our trip was Saturday to Monday leaving London that morning. For brunch we had sampled the new vegan offerings at Yo Sushi at Gatwick airport.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We arrived around lunch time, and still had some Pret baguettes we had picked up for the flight.<br />
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We couldn’t check into our apartment until 2pm, but could drop our bags off.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> So</span> we explored a bit of the city, got our bearings from the Charles bridge and found a vegan 'chimney cake', which is kind of like a pasty, bread with cinnamon sugar, the origin of these is debated, but it's a touristy treat.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Both vegan cinnamon swirlies were found west of Charles bridge, heading towards the castle. </span></div>
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That evening we visited the fairly new Forkies which was right beside where we were staying. Ordering one burger and mixed fries (potato and sweet potato!), and one broccoli noodle bowl, and two awesome smoothies with tahini.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> The restaurant is self service, order at the counter. There is more seating downstairs. Meal for 2 was about </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">£</span>15-<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">£</span>20. </div>
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It was still early after dinner, around 6pm, so we walked all round the city together exploring the beauty of the bridges, and castle at night.<br />
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Then time came to try some vegan ice cream. Creme de la creme; great choice of vegan options, both fruity sorbets and creamy rich . Had to buy the biggest possible. I can’t help but think of a favourite drag queen.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> (BenDeLaCreme)</span></div>
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Sunday we hit up Loving Hut for an early<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>lunch after a look around the city. Loving hut was inside a mall and pay by weight, and it was epic! Loving hut is a world wide brand, usually our only resource for vegan food years ago whilst backpacking in Asia, it has some religious connotations, which is also why it is all vegan, however you wouldn't be able to guess that from eating here. All kinds of mock meats, asian dishes and western foods were available. </div>
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Luckily the waffle-shop has loads of vegan options and it was blooming delicious and beautifully presented. They only took cash, luckily I still had some. The menu was how you chose your toppings, including cereals, fruit, and vegan Notella and Biscoff. They also had some good smoothies.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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For dinner we hit up Forkies and Creme de la Creme again as we didn’t want to use public transport or go too far.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> This time trying the fish and chips and the hot dog, the curry dip with it was lush. </span></div>
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Our last day came around too quick. We found a second shop selling tunnel cake. Thanks to Instagram. Both happily munched on that hot cinnamon goodness. Slightly different to the first both good in their own ways.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Craving some traditional Czech food we had planned to visit a restaurant we spotted on the first day thanks to its huge banner. 'Vegan's Prague'. We ordered the daily special burger in a beet bun with crispy potatoes. Then some more traditional steamed dumplings with tempeh in a lovely roast vegetable sauce. Followed by dessert steamed blueberry dumplings in berry sauce.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Around </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">£</span>3</span>0 for two meals, a dessert, and beers.</div>
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Inside security I really struggled to find anything vegan to eat. The airport had an odd layout like L shaped and hard to find anything. We grabbed some sweet wafers, pretzels and crisps to munch. But as our gate was called we found a Mexican place, and asked about vegan options, (usually fairly easy to get vegan at a Mexican place). It was probably the most expensive food in Prague and we just got two burritos (20 quid). But we were happy to have a good meal as we knew we wouldn’t be landing in England until around 11pm.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div>
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Please contact me if you can't find any of the above mentioned places, I've listed the addresses and you should be able to find links on my instagram @theHungryDropkick<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cinnamon bread swirl named 'Trdelnik' <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><br />
<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Waffle point U Kajetana - (cooked fresh, some wait) - Nerudova 248/17, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Sweet Dream Czech bakery - Mostecká 281/7, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia</i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Forkies - Veleslavínova 93/10, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Loving hut - Spálená 2121/22, 110 00 Nové Město, Czechia</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Creme de la Creme - Husova 231/12, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Creme de la Creme 2 - Národní 23, 110 00 Staré Město, Czechia</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Waffllin' - Francouzská 230/10, 120 00 Praha 2-Vinohrady, Czechia</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cafe by narrow alley.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Bakeshop - U Lužického semináře 99/22, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Vegan's Prague.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> Nerudova 221/36, 118 00 Malá Strana, Czechia</span></span></i></div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0Prague, Czechia50.0755381 14.4378004999999849.749331100000006 13.79235349999998 50.4017451 15.083247499999981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-47771505358451065552018-12-04T07:55:00.001-08:002018-12-04T07:55:02.123-08:00 Zero waste, plastic free bathroom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue";"><span style="caret-color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-size: 12px;">The kitchen is the first place you can start reducing your plastic intake, buying fruit and veg without packaging. Only buying what you need, so you don't end up binning food. But after you've got your head around that, the bathroom is the next best place to start making some eco choices!</span></span>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue";"><span style="font-size: 12px;">In my first zero waste post I talked about getting the trial pack from Who Gives a Crap, since then we have had our first full order. It was great that they emailed to say the order would be dispatched in a few days, so we could cancel or move the delivery. We didn't, we got the delivery. I had them delivered to work. Im really happy with the rolls, they last ages, due to being double length and 3 ply. We haven't used the kitchen roll or tissues from the trial box yet, as its not part of our routine, so we decided not to add anything onto the order. I'm hoping to use the paper wrappers from the rolls to dry the compost bin and see how quick they compost. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue";"><span style="font-size: 12px;">We are very happy with the swap and hope to keep it up long term. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue";"><span style="font-size: 12px;">In fact about 6 months on we still have about 20 rolls left, I personally love not having the mental weight of needing to remember to buy and check on loo rolls, buying loo roll twice a year suits me. The patterned paper is cute enough that I don't mind them being on display, and have been reusing and the paper wrappers. The red roll is the emergency one, don't open this unless your next order is on its way!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px;">Next up we were running low on shampoo and conditioner. I have been going to Lush for over 10 years, and previously bought the solid shampoo, even took one travelling around Asia. The solid conditioner bars were newer, I think I've used one before but it wasn't the same shape bar. I am in love with both the fragranced of these bars, mixed together they are lovely too. Jason and the argentine oils, and Jungle avocado and banana conditioner bar. My hair is nice and soft and my bathroom looks better without the bottles. me and the other half both have long hair, and have both been using theses bars in the bath and shower, and are happy with them. The conditioner is harder to apply, as you cant really tell if its on your hair, like with normal liquid ones, so just kind of wing it and check it all feels a little covered.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px;">We did find a zero waste shop, that refills with shampoo and conditioner, and found this a lot more expensive, which in turn meant we were more sparing with the amount of product we used. When we ran out on conditioner, we weren't able to get to that zero waste shop, so we went without conditioner for a few week. The first few times my hair missed the conditioner, but after a few weeks, I felt like my hair was used to it, and I could wash my hair less often without it feeling oily. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px;">When I was in Brighton a few months ago I saw cotton washable sanitary towels, for me theses are the best option, however there are other options on the market, like moon cups/ diva cups, and pants to be worn during those days of your cycle. However it depends what you're already used to and how heavy your flow is. </span><br />
<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px;">These towels are made in India, and the company is funding job and better sanitary care for the people there. They are very cute bright colours, and have a little popper. I stopped using the disposable ones a while ago, I didn't like how bad they were for the planet, and they didn't feel very nice either, the plastic would get too warm, the wings sticking to everything and just uncomfortable. I think I have some leftover in my cupboard still, but I will donate these. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px;">Cotton face pads, instead of cotton wool pads for taking off make up, I bought 3 cotton reusable pads. They are so easy to wash, I do it in the bathroom by hand, and I just pop them on the radiator to dry. I don't wear a lot of make up, so 3 in rotation is good for me. I've even taken one on holiday in my make up bag to clean my face. They're great, and were cheap too. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "helvetica neue"; font-size: 12px;">Speaking of cleaner, I have a bottle of white vinegar with some chopped lime rinds, this makes the smell a little bit more pleasant for cleaning, mix with bicarb for great cleaning action!</span><br />
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-3075591674856468402018-12-03T02:55:00.003-08:002018-12-04T01:41:03.807-08:00Plastic free, Zero waste Christmas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u>Rule number one; </u>an obvious one, get the person something you know they need or will use! Don’t get them something you love or use a lot, if they won’t use it, it is a waste. </div>
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I think it is really important not to support companies who don’t need any extra support. I don’t plan to shop at amazon, they don’t need my business and if you think about shipping and packaging, it just not very eco. (Having said that I totally understand it hassle free and great for those who are less able or willing to be going around the shops during this busy time).</div>
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Wood, Glass, Metal, Paper, Ceramic, Fabric. These cover a wide range of items you can gift. </div>
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Note with all these, are only good presents, if they will not gather dust in their home; </div>
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<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Books, second hand, with a note inside as to why you chose this book. </li>
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<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Alcohol, mostly plastic free and glass is easily recycled. Homemade infused alcohol is a really special touch too. Or a bottle of Prosecco and a few flavours to spruce up each glass.</li>
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Homemade gifts are not a cop out, they are thoughtful and one of a kind. Do bear in mind any allergies and dislikes. </div>
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Fudge, cookie baking jar, infused alcohol, dried fruits, baked biscuits, gingerbread, spicy nuts, cinnamon nuts.<br />
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Vintage markets, Charity shops, antique shops, Lush sells lots of packaging free products, online eBay and facebook market place, Etsy, your local craft shop. Support small or local businesses, and homemade! Christmas markets sadly are usually not more eco than shopping in the supermarket, the gifts are likely mass produced and imported, but talk to the vendors to find out!</div>
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I went to Winchester vintage market looking for a gift for a friend and bought two vintage cups and saucer, a vintage scarf, a broach, and it all came to about 20-30 quid, the same as I would have spend at John Lewis or Amazon. </div>
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Don’t buy wrapping paper, it doesn’t get recycled, instead choose fabric which can be reused(like a scarf, or a fabric bag, which can be reused every year), and isn’t disposed of immediately after. Or brown paper which can be composted, or reused, some gardening twine that’s biodegradable too. You can dress it up with a potato stamp cut into a tree shape, and some ink. Add a pine cone, a few leafs, dried orange slices (left over from mulling wine). </div>
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Remember it isn’t about cost. Especially if there is no expectation for that gift. If you have something you think a friend will like or see something you know they need, gift it without expectation of a reciprocal gift in return. If you make a tray bake of Rocky road, and know its your friends favourite, slice it up, put it in a jar with a cute (recycled) ribbon, and wish them a happy festive holiday. </div>
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I’m a little reluctant to encourage gifting these things, as it kind of promotes a different kind of trendy consumerism. I would happily accept a Bamboo toothbrush as I have to change them every few months, but there is only so many plastic straw alternatives someone 'needs', and reusable coffee cups, and bamboo cutlery, so check what your friend already has before buying them a duplicate. Recently I have purchased, a soap bag, a cotton string tote bag, a bamboo straw, and some cotton face pads, for some inspiration of zero waste shopping.</div>
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Not so long ago I realised that other people were following the same eco concept as me, and it had a name, 'Zero Waste', because of this I found out there is also a plastic free July challenge.</div>
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This month, I've found myself refusing more plastic than usual, it is easier to refuse by saying to yourself or others that you're doing this challenge, and next month you can buy that thing (in reality you probably wont need to buy it next month, but its easier to deprive yourself of something you think you need if you believe its only short term).</div>
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Since starting plastic free July, I haven't managed to completely eliminate plastic from my day to day life.</div>
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<li style="text-align: center;">People buying you things. (Talking about why I try to be plastic free should help this).</li>
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The benefits of plastic free July, include that I'm eating better, less processed foods and more seasonally. Secondly we haven't put our dust bin out this month, and our Rubbish bin is empty, and our recycling can wait another few weeks until it will need to be taken out. We don't have to worry about it being rubbish day, and needing to not miss this for fear of over filled bins. Thirdly, the cost and frequency of shopping, Ive started shopping less, I wont pop into a shop and pick something up, because its hard to find much that is plastic free, instead we are utilising our veg box, and existing pantry foods, and then when planning meals we will do a bigger shopping with lots of plastic free veg and staple foods. </div>
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So far making a few switches like taking my own lunch and taking snacks when I go out, taking tubs out with me is really helping. Buying loose bread and rolls, is usually more pricy, but they taste good too. But my biggest temptation is probably crisps, I've been trying to find good replacements, but when I'm out and about and craving something savoury this is still an issue. things like chocolate are easier to find in just foil and card, which can be recycled, but I'm not craving chocolate too much, you can always buy chocolate drinks without packaging too. </div>
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I've failed to refuse plastic straws a few times, in that either I've ordered a drink or someone else has for me and it has a straw. This has only happened a few times, and I plan to hold onto my straws and use them for Eco Bricks, until I manage to refuse them better. </div>
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I went to Falmouth for a work conference, and knew I wanted to avoid plastic, I packed lots of fruit, and bulk bought dry fruit. Brought a tea cup, a water bottle, and cutlery. Actually the event was catered, and easy enough to avoid plastic. Not avoiding waste completely, things usually came in Vegware boxes, or paper bags, and ready to be served in their containers. I refused one breakfast, as I already had enough fruit that needed eating so didn't need to take anymore. One of the lunch stands said how they don't use plastic, and I did notice their stand was completely free of it. Catering vans are getting much better with their awareness, hoping supermarkets catch up soon. Falmouth is by the sea and I think they all seemed more aware of avoiding single use plastic because of its impact on the oceans.</div>
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This weekend I went to Hackney Downs Vegan Market, and found that there were lots of options for plastic free purchases. Like the Smoothie and Juice stand offered either a drink in a plastic cup, or in a glass bottle. I asked them to reuse my Starbucks Mug. Which they understood and were happy to do. A restaurant inside that offered plated foods, and various cake stand which you could buy with no plastic. </div>
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Plastic free, minimal waste has been something I have done on and off for a few years, but recently I've discovered the zero waste movement which has loads of top tips and support. We have made small changes over the years, but from time to time we have slipped. Having watched a few Ted talks, and been on a few websites, I'm really pumped to start making bigger changes in our day to day life. Im going to document my journey and hope to inspire others who are also going down this road towards zero waste.<br />
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Rule 1 is "Refuse", this made me realise that just because something can be recycled doesn't mean I should buy it and use it once then throw it away. The production of these things uses a lot of energy, making plastic, coloured cardboard, and paper. Someone has to come collect my bin full of these things and I cannot guarantee they will recycle any of it. So refuse, make your money as a consumer speak for you, refusing someones business because they're using too much packaging is a really great motivator for change.<br />
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Everywhere I look I am advised about the top 5; reusable coffee cups, reusable bags, bamboo tooth brushes, metal straws and a reusable water bottle. I've been doing all these things for a while, but lets be realistic, its only scratching the surface, unless you buy a coffee at Starbucks every day you're unlikely to make that much of an impact. If you really need that coffee, just drink it in the cafe, take 10 minutes for yourself that day. For us making swaps that affect what we do, and the food we eat every single day is going to make the biggest impact. The most important tips are to be prepared and to be vigilant, don't give into 'consumption', society and supermarkets telling us its ok to buy everything so heavily packaged.<br />
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Here are the 7 biggest changes we have made to start reducing our waste, our impact, our consumption. I will be looking to make more changes as we continue down this path.<br />
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2. Plastic free fresh produce shopping: explore you local supermarkets and find what they do that is plastic free. In Lidl I could pick up; sweet potatoes, red peppers, courgettes, aubergines, limes, bananas, apples, onions, swede. Some fruits and veg will always be easier to find plastic free, and you can take your own canvas or produce bags, not just for the check out, but to fill up as you pick too.<br />
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3. Bulk items: so far I have found Pasta by Barilla whole wheat fusilli is in cardboard with a tiny plastic window, not sure why so many foods need windows, they cant see us! Oats, and flour can also easily be found in paper bags. Otherwise you can go to a whole-foods type store and buy loose amounts of what you need. Once we get though our existing rice and quinoa, we will be looking to top these up from a food co-operative. Our nearest bulk/loose food store is about 30 minutes away by car or train, so we haven't yet made the trip, once we reduce what we have though, we will be looking to top up. Hopefully over time, zero waste and low packaging food options will become more common in every town.<br />
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4. Home made: so far we have learnt to make and switched our hummus, granola, nice cream, nut milk and seitan (gluten meat), soon to try tortilla wraps, bread, maybe noodles. Hummus is likely to big one of the best packaging savings, we usually eat at least a tub a week, but now I can buy loose chickpeas, soak and boil them, (freeze any extra I cook), blitz it up with some lemon juice, tahini and olive oil, and it tastes really good. That could be as much as 52 plastic pots, with cardboards sleeves each year not being produced!<br />
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5. Kitchen and Bathroom: toilet roll, we have just received an order of Who Gives A Crap! the trial box from this awesome company that I've been hearing about for a few years, they use recycled paper, and donate 50% of their profits to build sanitation in places which done have working toilets. I was really excited to try them, each roll is wrapped in paper and delivered in one shipment of 48 rolls every few months (depending on your usage), the trial box is 3 rolls, plus kitchen roll, and tissue box. I will report back on this once I've used them. Kitchen wise, try swapping single use kitchen roll for dish clothes, or tea towels, and instead of cling film, try just using pots with lids. Just move away from the idea of single use, including things like foil too.<br />
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6. Buying second hand; from kitchen implements, garden furniture, clothes and shoes, anytime you purchase something second hand, its cheaper, mostly less packaging, and much better for the planet. We recently bought a smaller Vitamix jug, so we can make more small quantities of homemade sauces, and it was half the price second hand than it was on amazon or Vitamix. Then my giant water bottle smashed as I arrived at training, someone suggested replacing it, which usually I would do right away, but I realised I have two smaller bottles in the cupboard that I'm not using, so rather than continuing to consume, why not use what I already have? Again saving money, as well as energy, and making use of what I already have.<br />
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7. Borrowing; how many times do you mention having just bought something, and someone says they have one they aren't using in their home. Recently we mentioned not having a lawn mower and found my parents have an unused push mower in their shed, too small and laborious for their very hilly bumpy garden, but perfect for our small flat garden, and a bit of fitness for us too. We wanted some garden furniture but didn't want to buy anything plastic, new or second hand, luckily my parents had a load of wooden chairs in the shed, so we have take just 2 for our garden, we have a few camping chairs from years ago we can bring out if more guests come over. Equally if I have an event coming up, I'll ask around if anyone has a dress or a purse I can borrow. Ask your friends, and make do. We washed our car this weekend with a sponge and a watering can, we don't own a hose pipe, and we don't need one. We don't have a clothes line, we have a clothes horse, when the weather turns we can bring it all inside in few moments.<br />
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Check out Bea Johnson and so many more zero waste videos on you tube, and instagram. Remember its about what the biggest changes you can make are, also its a gradual process, you probably wont be going zero waste overnight, but incrementally day by day.<br />
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-79528873835250853232015-09-21T04:08:00.001-07:002015-09-21T04:33:49.890-07:00Slow cook Spinach tofu lasagna!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Cauldron Tofu, crumbled (pictured below)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>½ cup nutritional yeast<br />
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>1 tbsp lemon juice<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>1 tbsp olive oil<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>1 tbsp garlic powder<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>¼ tsp salt and pepper<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Spinach (Fresh, chopped or ½ a can of tinned spinach or frozen-chopped spinach)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Passata Tomato Sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>1 tbsp dried Italian herbs <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Dried pasta sheets (broken into long pieces) Gluten free can also be used.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>20g Cheezly (or other vegan cheese, grated)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Slow cookers do not lose water or reduce, so don’t add too much water to this recipe. The pasta will absorb some of the liquid from the tofu and tomato sauce.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>If you don’t have a slow cooker you can make this in the oven, I suggest switching to <b>Cannelloni tubes</b> and using a blunt knife to fill the tubes, arranging in an oven dish and layering on tomato sauce, baking with foil to keep moisture in the dish. <o:p></o:p></div>
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First in a large bowl mix together the ingredients to make the tofu Ricotta.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then in the slow cooker, layer, first the tomato sauce, then broken up pieces of lasagna sheets, aim that not too much is overlapping. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Then add a thick layer of the Tofu Ricotta, you should be aiming for only 3 layers of pasta, two layers of tofu. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On top of that Tofu, layer pasta, more tofu, and then last layer should be pasta and then top that with the tomato sauce. Ensure the sauce covers all the pasta evenly; any pasta not covered will dry out and become overly crunchy. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First we ordered 3 starters; Spring Rolls, Steamed Dumplings and my personal favorite steamed and fried Gyoza's (dumplings not vegan, not pictured).</span></div>
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My first ever vegan eggnog was over Christmas in 2011 which we spent <a href="http://dadavegan.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/china-christmas-2011-vegan-set-menu.html" target="_blank">in China</a>, I don't remember exactly how it tasted, but I love how adjustable the drink can be, as long as its thick and creamy with Christmas spice!</div>
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I couldn't find any vegan mince pies this year, so baked some mince pies using store bought pastry and mince filling, even with those cheats they tasted so much better than shop bought! I made a few raspberry jam ones for my papa who doesn't like mince meat.</div>
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The best part is that the whole place is decorated with cat themed stuff, including a Ducati bike that lost a few letters, in the main entrance.</div>
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I wasn't sure my non-vegan friends would want to eat there, but they took a chance, and were very happy!</div>
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We each choose a different burger, as there are lots on the menu. aside from their burger menu they also had daily special, including a wheat free option of the day. The price was reasonable too.</div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-88729231634919110672013-09-20T17:03:00.003-07:002013-09-20T17:03:41.003-07:00Vegan Wedding food<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At our friends wedding mentioned below the bride and groom
are both pretty health conscious and were really concerned about making sure
everyone was catered to, they made sure the venue would have vegan and wheat
free meals available to all guests. Thought this doesn’t sound like a difficult
thing, this venue really excelled!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The wedding was held at a beautiful barn conversion and the
theme was Fuchsia pink. My partner and I were seated with a Buddhist couple who
we had met before, so in all we were a vegetarian table, and I was the only one
who drank alcohol (two bottles per table is a tall order for one person!)</span></div>
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name and menu choices on, and most importantly for the girls a table favour in
the form of butterfly cookie cutter to take home (best idea ever!)</span></div>
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table had an orange soup, I had a beautiful rich Beetroot soup, and oh my, it
was amazing! I’m really addicted to beetroot things (juices, burgers, raw in
salad), and this soup had a really good tomato taste too and was the perfect
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The main course was risotto, I am totally addicted to
risotto too, my Mr doesn’t like it, and so I generally only make it when
I’m having a meal for one. This was a deliciously filling meal; it is very easy
to make a veggie risotto and keep it vegan simply by not using butter and not adding
any cream or cheese until the very end (I noticed the regular risotto had some
cheese on top). I managed to finish the plate, mostly because it was so tasty,
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neighbour at the table as pretty jealous; being vegan is the best way to get
tasty healthy fruit. Though I do like chocolate cake at times!</span></div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-3729599770032520772013-09-20T16:36:00.002-07:002013-09-20T16:36:35.212-07:00Wedding cupcakes and gifts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I recently had the honour of being asked to make some
speciality cupcakes for a friend’s wedding; I made Gluten Free Vegan cupcakes for
the guests with allergies. Specifically I knew one of the Bride’s friend’s
children was a celiac, and hate the idea of any child missing out on cake at a
wedding when everyone else can have some. I decided to stick to simple flavours
to please the crowd, so made lemon cupcakes and chocolate cupcakes, I think
these cover a range of taste (I only know of one person in my life who doesn’t like
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As an unexpected present on the day I was given this gorgeous
Cupcake themed cookbook stand, this is the absolute best gift I could ever
think of! I actually don’t own a recipe book stand and struggle between trying
to balance the pages open and not get cake mix splashed all over the book. This
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tonight I am using it whilst making Ms Cupacke's Blueberry and almond muffins, ( again theses have been made gluten free,)
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-48640168313074828492013-08-11T12:10:00.000-07:002013-08-11T12:10:10.229-07:00Raw day food eats<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I started the day off with a banana and a cup of herbal tea, and then I snacked on coconut filled dates. Mmm dates and avocado are the best things to keep me going in the office.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I then messily ate a whole fresh mango and an orange. I had also prepared some sliced tomatoes with basil and cucumber batons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I really liked the raw garlic in this soup, and have seen a few Green Juices recipes which call for garlic; I’m definitely more willing to try that now! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">After lunch I had peppermint tea and more dates and a few blueberries, I also had a few cashews and almonds. </span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">I wish I had been at home to make a nice big banana and frozen blueberry smoothie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dinner was going to be courgette spaghetti, but after a trip to the shops where I found some young sweet corn on the cob, I opted for a delicious corn, avocado and lime salad instead.</span></div>
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I found about this Thai food and Craft festival via Facebook, so popped down on the Sunday morning. </div>
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As well as hot food stalls, imported Thai foods, they had clothes and kick-boxing and lady boy contests.</div>
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I have been looking for somewhere online to get Kaffir Lime leaves at a decent price. At the super market you can buy a small spice jar of leaves for just under £2. So when I saw a stall full of imported Thai spices, I knew what to get. The huge bags were only £1 each, so of course bought two bags. I can now lavish my home made Thai Green Curries with loads of tasty limey leaves!</div>
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I was scouting for some lunch, and was a little confused about what Jay food was, apparently no onions or garlic, I assume no eggs as well? </div>
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They also had stands selling Mango Sticky rice, which is fresh sliced mango served with coconut cooked sticky rice. I had no room left to eat that after this huge plate!</div>
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Mr Dada had a Thai Tea, (sadly un-vegan) it is made with condensed milk (very popular in Asia) it is made using brewed tea and served over lots of ice. The tea is a special kind that doesn't get too bitter and its a lovely orange colour when mixed with the milk. </div>
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I hope to see more interesting festivals in Basingstoke like this, promoting not only independent restaurants but also different cultures.</div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-87200086291368997762013-08-11T11:26:00.000-07:002013-08-11T11:26:14.331-07:00RAW Day Preparation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For some time now I have been toying with the idea of committing to try a Raw day, I have eaten raw lunches and Raw breakfast, but I’ve never consciously gone a whole day<u> just </u>eating Raw foods.</div>
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If it goes well I might make it a regularly month adventure, much like the source of my inspiration Vegan Crunk, if it goes really well I might extend it to a few days or even a week!</div>
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I realise to anyone who is living raw or doing a detox this doesn’t sounds like much of a challenge, but with no restaurants nearby that offer Raw food and very limited health food shops, I’m going to have to do a lot of preparation myself. </div>
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<u>1<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">st</span></sup> of the month Raw day</u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>©<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt;">Lunch:</span> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Avocado Salad/ Lettuce tacos/ Gazpacho / coleslaw / carrot & raisin salad</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span>©<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; font-size: 10pt;">Dinner:</span> <span style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style","serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Spaghetti courgette with tomato and basil sauce / Raw Mexican wraps</span></div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-21685864413070273522013-06-26T15:46:00.000-07:002013-06-26T15:46:21.044-07:00Doughnutsssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Inspired by my friend and fellow vegan Cassie {TeaBeardsandCake} I bought a 6 hole doughnut oven pan from Amazon and used this recipe from <a href="http://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2013/02/22/homemade-krispy-kreme-doughnuts-the-healthy-version/" target="_blank">Chocolate Covered Katie</a> to make vegan krispy Kreme doughnuts!</div>
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I was kind enough to test out the first batch on my omnivorous family, who absolutely loved them!</div>
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I am not the best person to be a critic of doughnuts, as in my 7/8 years of being vegan I've only had 3 doughnuts and 2 were from this batch! </div>
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The only other doughnut I have had was on my first visit to <a href="http://www.mscupcake.co.uk/" target="_blank">Ms Cupcake</a> in Brixton, where I waited for one to come fresh out of the fryer and it was warm and deliciously sugary! Mmmm!</div>
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I checked with my family and they said you cant really tell that these are baked and not fried, they aren't as oily as fried would be but they are perfectly sweet and soft.</div>
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On my second attempt I threw together a chocolate icing {seen above}, which was so delicious and even after a few days {how did they last that long?} they still tasted amazing, the chocolate icing seems to melt more into the doughnut! Definately my favourite.</div>
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In my trials I realised the way to add sprinkles to an iced doughnut isn't to throw tiny colourful sugared balls all over you kitchen, but in fact to cover a plate with sprinkles and press recently iced the doughnut into them, who knew!?. </div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-66218941756605089392013-06-12T13:43:00.001-07:002013-06-12T13:43:32.766-07:00Chickpeas & Avocado Caesar Salad and Sprouting Seeds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I saw <a href="http://www.theppk.com/2013/06/classic-vegan-caesar-with-avocado-chickpeas/" target="_blank">Post Punk Kitchen's</a> recent post on a very vegan Caesar salad, and realised my fridge was loaded with chickpeas and avocado that needed eating, I took this as a perfect opportunity to actually follow a recipe (I like to improvise too much) for once!</div>
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I’ve never made a dressing with Tahini and was so surprised how it easy it was to thin the tahini with water, I added the mustard and garlic (losing friends because I added too much) the dressing had a very rich nutty taste. Actually the garlic flavour had really mellowed by the following day.</div>
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It inspired me to dig out my Appetite for reduction and start making more of my own salad dressings.</div>
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The salad came together really easily and the Tahini is really nutty, the chickpeas were out of a jar, yum! It also made a tasty lunch the next day and my work colleagues didn't notice the garlic.</div>
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At my local corner shop, they sell a lot of ethnic foods, mostly Indian and Asian, the other day I was picking up Rose water, dried chickpeas and Thai green curry paste (HOT) for my friend when I spotted Chickpeas in a jar! </div>
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When I spent a month in Rome I became totally addicted to jarred chickpeas. I could scoop a spoon full out onto my salad and add some raw garlic and Italian extra virgin olive oil and lunch was sorted.</div>
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So of course I bought a jar, in fact they were the same price as a can of chickpeas, but they taste so much better! They are really well cooked and soft enough to eat straight up. </div>
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Plus you can reuse the glass jar as storage for dried cupboard stables, or even for sprouting seeds.</div>
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This leads me nicely onto...sprouting seeds! With said dried chickpeas, I got out my Bio-Snacky Germinator and began socking my chickpeas ready for sprouting.</div>
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I’ve read that sprouted seeds and beans are really good for you, because they are easier to digest and have lots of healthy happy stuff in them. I have a lot of seeds and pulses I can sprout at home.</div>
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I did read somewhere that you should boil the chickpeas for a few minutes before you consume them.</div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-58156520343957053602013-05-27T07:43:00.000-07:002013-05-27T07:43:03.583-07:00Ms Cupcake Golden Syrup Cupcakes and a Roller Marathon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After the long awaited release date I finally got my hands on a copy of <strong>Ms Cupcakes</strong> recipe book.</div>
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Ive been a fan of Ms Cupcake since my first encounter when I stopped off there before visiting a Roller Derby game in London, Ms Cupcake was at the game too, as one of her staff was a roller girl too. </div>
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I don't get to visit as much as I like, but I am always looking at the tasty photos of their treats online.</div>
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I have always been really impressed with their cakes, especially the Gluten Free ones, as they taste equally as good as the wheaty ones. </div>
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This weekend I skated 26 miles for charity as part of the <strong>South Coast Roll</strong> at Goodwood motor circuit. Our team <strong>Basingstoke Bullets</strong> skated a total of 583.2 miles and raised £500 for the Youth Sports Trust. It was hard work to skate 26 miles but I was so happy to have the support of my team.</div>
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As the tradition seems to go, I make a batch of vegan GF cupcakes for all the gang.</div>
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I have been eyeing up my new cupcake book for a few days and eventually made my choice.</div>
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Im really addicted to golden syrup porridge and the smell of it sends me into a frenzy.</div>
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I thought about making vanilla cupcakes as anything too fancy might not suit everyones taste buds, (cinnamon haters) but when I saw this <strong>Golden Syrup Cupcake</strong> Recipe I knew I had to make them.</div>
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The best things bout Ms Cupcakes book (apart from the beautiful 50's style photos) is the English-American ingredients translation, as I have never known what to use in my frosting/buttercream as a shortening, the book suggest <strong>Trek</strong>, which is pretty solid at room temperate which makes for perfect frosting on a sunny day.</div>
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Ive already spurred a few friends curiosity to buy the book with my cupcake photos on Instagram <em>DropkickNoMercy</em>.</div>
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SarahBynghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429382929135256568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3721920385561535124.post-18992829352260939202013-05-27T05:23:00.003-07:002013-05-27T05:24:50.521-07:00Bath; Roman Spa, Nepalese food and ancient stones<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We found our lovely little hotel <strong>Midway Place</strong>, which was 10 minute drive from Bath, and stopped for a cuppa in our room whilst watching the hairy bikers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The lovely hotel owner gave us a useful map and pointed out a few restaurants, having done my research I knew most of them and had scouted them out on trip advisor, happy cow and vegetarian places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tried to book a table whilst on the motor way to the Nepalese restaurant I has read about. Friday and curry go very together. They couldn't guarantee us a table, so we planned out visit to the later end of the night. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We parked up and walked over the bridge in the rain and strolled past Demuths veggie restaurant before finding our dinner for the night at <strong>Yak Yeti Yak.</strong> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As soon as we walked in the door the smell of incense took us straight back to travelling in Nepal and India. The decor was equally as authentic, with all kinds of colourful fabric we were used to seeing near the Dalai Lamas residence in Dharamsala. <br />The menu looked great and I spotted the word vegan on the dessert section! I'm really not used to seeing that word on menus as we don't even have a vegetarian restaurant in my home town. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had some how missed the bit where they mentioned a Dahl made "with vegan butter" and when I asked the waiter if it could be made vegan he was so well informed and I just had to take off the 'curd' which comes with the meal. We had fresh lime sodas to drink, very comon in India and Nepal.<br /> </span></div>
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I finally got around to making pizza dough from scratch! Ive been meaning to since Octobers Vegan MoFo. It was totally worth the time and effort, this was the fluffiest softest pizza base I've had!</div>
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This recipe does take a few hours of proving, I left it for about 4 hours so it was huge and fluffy, over twice the size!<br />
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Whilst traveling I realised how little of England we had really seen, my partner is actually half Scottish, and I’m quarter Irish but neither of us have visited either. We had the idea to see Edinburgh once we had come home and got jobs but delayed it until February for my partner’s birthday. Last year we were in Vietnam, the year before Chicago...I like this tradition. </div>
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I had been told by everyone that it’s a lovely place to visit, and your first trip there is amazing.</div>
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We arrived in Edinburgh at lunch time, feeling pretty sleepy after getting up so early for the flight. Having a cold didn’t help as I couldn’t pop my ears. I went about 24 hours without being able to hear properly, it was really embarrassing as I would whisper instead of talk and looked like a dear in the headlights when someone spoke to me. We checked into our hotel and along the way found ourselves visually stunned by the Castle erupting out of the ground.</div>
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As it was a rainy day, we though we would visit the National Gallery, thankfully we were just in time for the Turner Exhibition, as it was the very last day it was open. The pieces were amazing, I love his work especially the waterscapes, but really enjoyed seeing some of his mountain range watercolours which reminded me of trekking in Nepal.</div>
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It was Mr Dada’s birthday, we grabbed some breakfast on the way to the<i> Castle</i>, it was a bit rainy again and cold, but we tagged on to the free tour and learn lots of history. We warmed up with a tea and coffee in their cute tea rooms opposite where Monarchs have been born. They had soya milk to add to my 3 cup pot for one of earl grey, yum! At 1pm we rushed to see the canon fire, it was surprisingly loud considering every other day after that we couldn’t hear it, even if we were on the royal mile or Princes Street. </div>
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For lunch we went to the <em><strong>Vegetarian and Vegan Baked Potato</strong></em> shop, I had seen this on <i><strong>Vegan in Brighton’s</strong></i> instagram and blog, and it didn’t disappoint. I am a bit of a baked potato addict, (Irish blood?)</div>
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Here the potatoes come in 3 sizes; small, medium and large, but the large is 3 potatoes, so way too much food! I had hot vegan Haggis and bean with tofu salad, Mr Dada had Haggis beans and sour cream. The haggis was like a mound of oaty steamed veggie burger. I also grabbed a slice of walnut and date cake. There isn’t much seating in the cafe at all, so we shared the bench with a Spanish lady and her child and I got to practice what I’m learning in my weekly class.</div>
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For dinner we went to <i>Bella Italia</i>, because we couldn’t decide where to eat after such a big and late lunch. </div>
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We had breakfast at St Johns before meating up with Mike and Linda, two friends we first met in Nepal and then again in India who have recently moved to Edinburgh. Together we went to find the Saturday market, where me and Linda talked endlessly about food, as we are both such foodies. </div>
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We had a running joke whilst travelling together about Linda eating Muesli for every meal, and at the market she headed straight for the local Oat seller. <i>The Engine Shed</i> also had a stand at the market, they are a charitable organisation who helps to employ people with disabilities and make their own tofu in house! I bought some Vegan Cottage cheese Tofu, made with all of 5 ingredients, but tasted amazing! They also sold Hummus, which Linda bought, and Vegan oatcakes and cookies. I would have liked to buy some of their tofu or smoked tofu too.</div>
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For lunch our friends suggested a really nice (and well heated) café on the corner down a side street with nice art work on the walls. It was called <i><strong>Foodies</strong></i>, I asked about vegan options and as with most of Edinburgh was met with helpful informed advice, rather than a blank expression. I ordered a huge lunch, which I shared, of tomato and bean soup and a falafel toasties, the falafel and hummus and sauce in it was really tasty! </div>
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For dinner we visited <strong><em>Henderson Restaurant</em></strong>, we ordered off the hot plate menu, but regretted it as I think the freshly prepared food looked a lot better. We had a bean burger with well-dressed salad olives and potato wedges.</div>
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<u>Day 4</u> </div>
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The Highland tour. Lunch was provided which was surprisingly good; we both went for the hummus sandwich. There were 4 options 3 of which were vegetarian! Along the journey I was eating my Engine Shed Cottage cheese with Scottish oatcakes, Mmm! </div>
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The tour its self really reminded me of being on the Kiwi bus in New Zealand, the driver would talk as we went along and point things out, like Stirling castle and the William Wallace monument. As well as describing how historically inaccurate Brave Heart is. At sights of scenic beauty, he would pull over and give us time to take a few photos. We were lucky in that one of the peaks which is usually clouded over was clear as we came past. We drove past Ben Nevis, which isn’t clear to the summit many days in the year. The tour got us to a very famous Loch, where we went on a boat ride; we didn’t see any monsters but did see some very brave mountain goats that were clinging on to the hillside for dear life. The Bus ride back into the Capital was filled by a mini history of the oldest pub, Grey Friar’s dog; Bobby and Burke and Hare. </div>
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In the morning we walked in the awful hailing weather to find The Chocolate Tree. We ordered hot choc; mine was soya and Mr Dada had white hot chocolate, if that wasn’t rich enough we then both ordered some cake. </div>
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Having previously seen photos of the vegan slice, I couldn’t believe it was not finish able, but wow it was so rich, like eating a cake made of truffles, it was so gorgeous, and I wanted to finish it but my breakfast cake appetite isn’t what it used to be. I saw that they also had loads of sorbets including my favourite and most missed flavour mint choc chip, they advertised that this could be made into a milkshake (next time!) </div>
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Later that night we met up with our travel friends for a coffee and catch up, they are so lucky to have relocated to Edinburgh, and I hope everything goes well for them. </div>
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<u>Day 6</u> </div>
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We had a lay in and enjoyed the last few hours in Scotland, we went to <strong><em>Hendersons at</em></strong> <em><strong>St Johns</strong></em> for tea and cake before jumping on the air shuttle bus and flying home with out tasty snacks in our hand luggage.</div>
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So amazed at the great vegan food in Edinburgh, so much choice, and really tasty and healthy options everywhere. Its a real<em> cafe</em> city, and I loved having a cuppa Tea and cake and soaking up the peaceful atmosphere.</div>
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My favorite dish in Vietnam, fresh/fried rice paper rolls!</div>
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Here are some healthier uncooked rice paper rolls stuffed with mint, veg and tofu strips.</div>
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We also got to see how rice paper was made, here they are drying them out in the sun, including having a go at flipping these transparent sheets.</div>
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PHO!! Noodle soup with rice noodles, mint and fake meat from Loving Hut Hanoi.</div>
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We got chatting to a really nice local lady at this loving hut, she explained what the special Tet (New Year) 'cake' was and how to eat it.</div>
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Finishing my bowl of Pho (looking a bit undernourished after a month in China)</div>
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More rice paper spring rolls!</div>
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Tet- Vietnamese New Year, we spend their new years day on Cat Ba Island near Halong Bay and were giving tons of delicious food. </div>
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<em><strong>Chuc mung nam moi</strong></em></div>
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A nice local business lady started chatting to us and explained what banh chung was. I still cant promounce it properly. Its a really big tradition in Vietnam, they make these pork filled rice coated parcels and wrap them in Banana leaf before steaming for hours. they last 10 days from being made. </div>
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We had 3 vegetarians on the table on our little island in Halong Bay, and the one meat eater said our veggie version tasted better. It was a spicy pork style filling wrapped in rice, really filling!</div>
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Chilli Lemongrass tofu (bad photo, tasty food);</div>
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After a month without soya milk, ah Vietnam I love you!</div>
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Had a lovely conversation with a shop keep girl in Hanoi about how 'vietnamese people love soya milk and she buys it fresh in huge glass bottles everyday for her family, and its still warm when delivered'</div>
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I only tried various brands of cartoned milk, but I was happy that I could finally have milky tea!</div>
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