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It’s that time of the month again – time to open a box full of vegan goodies! As you may have noticed I set up the lovely vegan contents to take a pic and got photobombed by our new kitty! lol! 🙂 **NEWSFLASH! I won TVK photo competition with these kitty pics!! – check it … More September TVK Vegan Subscription Box Review & Kitty Photobomb!
An amazing thing about London is that you can stumble upon market stalls anywhere selling an array of fresh fruit and veg from all over the world. On the way to an art exhibition in Finsbury Park we managed to grab this lot for less than a fiver! Have already used the aubergine and ginger … More London Fruit & Veg Haul and Art in a Skip!
I love buying plant based cookbooks and have a kitchen full of them! Below I’ve listed this weeks top 10 vegan and vegetarian cookbook best sellers on Amazon.co.uk. Own any of these already? 1. Vegan Mediterranean Cookbook by Tess Challis 2. Veg by Jamie Oliver 3. Deliciously Ella: Awesome ingredients… by Ella Mills (Woodward) 4. … More Top 10 Best Selling Vegan & Vegetarian Cookbooks
This summer the amazing nature inspired glass sculptures by Chihuly returned to Kew Gardens. The sculptures are dotted around the whole gardens and you can get free guide tours and see the artworks after dark. After a full day enjoying the art and gardens you can grab a vegan pizza a short walk over Kew … More Vegan Pizza and Chihuly at Kew Gardens
I love a good walk and a new stretch of the Thames path has opened up near Old Isleworth, West London. The sun was shining so we decided to check it out and along the way we discovered some great vegan products! As the sun shone a priority was getting an ice lolly! This Lickalix … More Vegan Finds on a Thames Path Walk
It’s TVK vegan lifestyle subscription box time again 🙂 As always it’s a cracking box. Highlights this month include… A gold foil sheet mask from Oh K!, an exciting touch of cute Korean beauty. My face felt soft and hydrated after using this last night. Ingredients include gold!!! apple, wild cherry and chamomilla flower extract. … More TVK August Vegan Subscription Box Review
I’ve gathered another crop from my edible balcony, some tasty jalapeño peppers! Now I need to decide what to make. I’ve seen a delicious looking recipe for Vegan Nachos on the BBC Food site. If you have any other recipe suggestions let me know in the comments 🙂
I got my hands on 2 great new plants to add to my edible balcony collection from the Brentford Dock Community Greenhouse. I got myself an exotic looking black tomato plant and spicy jalapeño plant. The Brentford Dock Community Greenhouse is an amazing place which is maintained by dock residents. Every Sunday residents can go … More Brentford Dock, the Most Plant Based Place in London?
I’ve just seen a new vegan food deal on the Time Out website which I had to share. Genesis is located in Shoreditch, London and the offer includes a burger or ‘fried chicken’ and a Lo Bros passionfruit kombucha for £7.95. The deal ends Sept 14. Full details on the Time Out Site. Enjoy!
Something amazing happened yesterday which I had to share. Something caught my eye crawling on my bedroom floor – it was a large fluffy bumble bee! It was very dozy and must have become exhausted trying to fly outside again. I remembered reading a piece about feeding bees sugar and water in an emergency to … More Reviving a Bee in an Emergency.
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