When I found out we were having a baby I struggled to keep up with the cooking however my creativity was boosted in other ways. I became obsessed with Pinterest and crafts and baby decorations. So I embarked on a project to make as much of the nursery decorations as I could by myself, to … Continue reading
Category Archives: Musings & Contemplations
Introducing our new mini Veghotpot family member! Baby Darryl x
Darryl arrived on 30th April, 10 days early, by emergency caesarian. He is already 2 weeks old I can’t believe it and he is definitely keeping us entertained 🙂 I have found the recovery from the ceasarian a mixed bag of emotions, I have mainly been in the house relaxing but am now starting to … Continue reading
Plant Based Sources of Calcium – and a pregnancy update
Time has flown by and I am firmly into the third trimester of my first pregnancy! I am 31 weeks on Saturday with only 9 weeks to go until my due date!! Everything is going really well and I have been enjoying getting my appetite (I am craving spicy foods like crazy!! Hot chilli sauce … Continue reading
2014 – The year of change!!
Happy Christmas to you all! I can’t believe a year has passed so quickly and we are fast approaching 2015. I don’t know about you all but my 2014 has been eventful and life changing in so many ways. This post is a brief over view of my year outside of the blogging world – … Continue reading
Vegfest London, UK. September 2014
At the end of September I finally went to VegFest London! I have been wanting to go to this event for years but always seemed to be away or it would pass me by unnoticed. This time I saw an advert, I bought my tickets and I made sure I got there! It was packed … Continue reading
A Guide to all those “Happy Hippy” Vegan Ingredients
Before I get stuck in to the puddings recipes (they’re coming I promise!!) I wanted to share a post I have been preparing for a while and thought was relevant to the Vegan Mofo. It will also help any newbie vegans with some of the ingredients in my puddings! 🙂 Plus I found it super … Continue reading
Student Meal Planner – How to budget and What to cook!
It’s that time of year again where students, new and old, pack up from their summer holidays and head off to university. For the brand new ‘Freshers’ this can be an exciting and daunting life changing event, for those returning it can be a chance to wipe slates clean, reunite with friends and take the … Continue reading
Making the most of your freezer: Easy Guides and Tips
I was chatting to some friends the other week and I mentioned how I freeze pretty much everything, and I mean everything, to 1. save money, 2. reduce waste and 3. to have home made food to hand when I’m ever tired and tempted by a takeaway. They found my tips helpful so I decided … Continue reading
Brighton Food Festival – Spring Harvest Review
On 18th April me and my mum caught the train down to Brighton for the bianual Brighton Food Festival! Spring harvest is in April and the Autumn Harvest is 4th – 14th September. I had been so excited in the build up to the day trip and it didn’t disappoint, we had such a great … Continue reading
Live Below the Line – Day 3
Isn’t it annoying how when your told you can’t have something you want it even more? I lay in bed last night thinking of all my favourite cereals, even though I hardly ever normally eat cereal!! Today was another repeat of porridge around 9am, split pea soup around 12.30- 1pm, a banana around 3pm and … Continue reading