tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-510960 2013-05-23T09:06:23+01:00 An intuitive eating, diet-free vegan food blog with innovative vegan recipes & sweet treats, showing how easy vegan living really is... TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef0192aa325641970d 2013-05-23T09:06:23+01:00 2013-05-23T13:31:43+01:00

So called because it costs about 70p to make a large loaf of this bread (soda bread at the supermaket is much more expensive), and it also stays fresh for at least 5 days, my Oaty Austerity Soda Bread recipe...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef017d3c92ba50970c 2013-05-20T08:00:00+01:00 2013-05-23T13:35:08+01:00

How to make this Tuscan Soft Rice Cake, vegan stylee, and then save it for eating the next day? THAT my dear vegan foodie loving reader, is the question! Having experimented a couple of times with this recipe now to...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef01901c31eacb970b 2013-05-17T09:49:56+01:00 2013-05-17T09:11:11+01:00

Could you live on just £1 a day? The figure (well, $1.25 to be exact) was set by the World Bank as being the definition of 'extreme poverty'. Right now, around 1.4 billion people globally live in such extreme poverty....

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef0191021d6095970c 2013-05-15T08:45:43+01:00 2013-05-14T12:55:34+01:00

Oh my, oh my, oh my. If you have been craving a serving of thick, creamy, pasta stodge, and haven't quite managed to find that in vegan form yet, then this Spaghetti Alla Carbonara Vegan Style is just the thing...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef01910216da48970c 2013-05-13T16:33:32+01:00 2013-05-13T17:07:40+01:00

Are you are forager? If so, get out and start harvesting the wild garlic that is in season right now! It won't be around for much longer, and gone by June, but you can still find plants that are ripe...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef01901c0dd0a1970b 2013-05-11T14:32:52+01:00 2013-05-11T14:51:59+01:00

Call me slow on the uptake, but I've just heard about this thing called 'intermittent fasting', after getting the latest issue Red magazine which has a plan formulated by Amanda Hamilton. And I'm intrigued, because the most palatable version of...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef017d43221f89970c 2013-05-03T15:35:08+01:00 2013-05-04T15:43:52+01:00

I'm REALLY looking forward to the end of May bank holiday weekend this year. After all the fun at Brighton VegFest in March, there is now Bristol VegFest 2013 to get excited about. The festival is pretty much the veggie...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef01901b9211b1970b 2013-04-25T15:01:08+01:00 2013-04-25T15:18:08+01:00

In France, among the gastronomics, there is debate as to whether tapenade was traditionally always a vegetarian (though I say, vegan) delicacy, rather than the fishy version. And Monsieur Rémy Pierre, olive grower and tapenade-maker in Octon, in the Languedoc,...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef017d428c8bf7970c 2013-04-10T10:36:05+01:00 2013-05-16T14:52:20+01:00

I dreamed up this recipe and idea! Yes, I actually conjured it in my sleep! I was dreaming about whizzing nuts and cocoa in a blender with some oil to make a nut-choccy sort of spread, reminiscent of Nutella, and...

Andrea Wren tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c0e7053ef017ee9fa4990970d 2013-04-05T10:21:50+01:00 2013-04-05T10:20:33+01:00

I cannot be MORE excited about vegan mineral cosmetics brand Just Pure Minerals and the fact that I am able to give my readers the opportunity to win one of their amazing products, a fabulous Luscious Vegan Lipstick in the...

Andrea Wren