The start of a challenge!
So I proposed a challenge to my boyfriend last night...I asked him to go completely vegan for a week (starting this Sunday), with breakfast/lunch & dinner to all be vegan meals. All cooked and...
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Article 21
This is the first dinner of two, that I think helped my boyfriend (it's too long typing "my boyfriend" all the time, so for the sake of anonymity I'm going to call him "S") get closer to accepting my...
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Article 20
Yep, look at that strained manic look on his face. That's simple enjoyment if ever I saw it. This is the night I made him ditch his chicken pasta to savour this little eggplant dish...He was pleasantly...
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The Subject & The Challenge.
Subject: SHeight: 6"Weight: 75kgCurrent Diet: Vegetarian mostly by default (he lives with a vegan: me, so has not a lot of choice in the matter), but a meat-eater any other times.Vices: An addiction to...
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The Menu Plan for the coming week...
Knowing my lack of skills at anything 'computer-savvy', these two menu pics will probably be illegible...but if they are it doesn't matter too much because I'll be blogging the meals daily. But...this...
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Dinner...Day ONE
I've had a quick look over other foodie blogs on this site, and I have NO IDEA how they get their food photos to look so enticing...mine have a fair way to go. Ok, so dinner was hard. Really hard. I've...
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Breakfast/Lunch...Day ONE
Day One of the challenge proved to be a lot more time in the kitchen than I'd anticipated! Argh! And a lot more mess. For someone who's a terrible cook, and a really messy cook, I think I coped pretty...
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Embarrassing Fact # 2...
Embarrassing Fact #2: I've never baked a cake... (not since I was twelve), so needless to say my first attempt at baking a vegan cheesecake, turned out like this one. Burnt.I think the key is not to...
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Breakfast/Lunch...Day TWO/THREE
Day three in, and so far so good! Yesterday was a kitchen-free day (yay), and as I mentioned last blog, this challenge allows for extra food to be made so that leftovers are had for the next...
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Dinner...Day TWO/THREE
Dinner!Brown rice with shoyu and toasted sesame seeds,Tuna Salad Sandwich (kinda...the vegan version), andCabbage, Radish and Cucumber Pressed Salad.And...as you can see the smell must have been...
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Breakfast...Day FOUR
Today breakfast started off as it had yesterday, with miso soup (a staple of this Superhero menu plan), and something AMAZINGLY yummy and addictive called Pan-Fried Mochi.Personally I'm beginning to...
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Breakfast/Lunch (another free choice for S)...Day FIVE. The night after Meet...
B'fast today started off with miso soup, some bok choi drizzled with Ume Vinegar, and instead of the Barley with Sweet Rice and Corn, I made some brown rice porridge with fresh plums, linseed, pumpkin...
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Dinner...Day FIVE
Tonight I got to make my favourite dish (of which now I am getting quite adept at making), Polenta Casserole with Seitan. I don't know if A.Silverstone came up with this one herself, or whether she...
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After a short hiatus...here's the finale! DAYS 6 & 7.
For all my healthy habits, unfortunately I still get bad head colds...and so after a couple of days out of action with a lot of couch time, I'm back to post the closing to The Challenge. But first, the...
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What is this amazing creation you ask??
Yep, again it's mochi!Mochi Waffles Drizzled with Lemon-Walnut-Rice Syrup (page 286).I really can't say in words how truly delicious this breakfast meal is...very decadent! I am so lost for descriptive...
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Group Cooking Class
Ahem ahem *cough cough*...It has been quite a long time since I've posted anything on here and it's now time to cough my way through the dust and get back on track! A lot has happened in the year since...
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Cruelty-Free Beauty Products
The other week a couple of friends emailed me asking what skin care products I use, so I thought I'd do a post on the cruelty-free skin-care, body-care and make-up products that I use daily. Where...
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Of Love and Ethics...
Being in love isn't easy all the time. And it certainly isn't easy when you don't eat/drink/wear animal products but your partner does... I met the love of my life before I became a vegan. We moved in...
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The Media... A love/hate relationship
Without a doubt, the media has power. Power to communicate, power to influence and power to promote change. The latter is what's been seen with the mass turn out yesterday of over 20,000 Australians...
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Run Lola Run
I run. A lot.Ever since the age of about seven, I've been running. A big part of my childhood was Saturdays spent at Little Athletics competing against other gangly-limbed kids all entertaining...
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Oscar's Law -The Reality of Puppy Farms.
Nearly three years ago my partner and I walked past a Pets Paradise store and decided on the spot that we would buy two puppies. Impulsive. At the time we knew nothing about puppy factories -hadn't...
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Funky Vegan Handbags!
When I need to buy a new handbag or a pair of shoes, I have to admit I tend to shop online. I find that with a bit of research I can get something that fits my style and is within my budget, and that...
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Meat Free Monday?
If I had my way, it would be a meat free day, every day. Paul McCartney first inspired the Meat Free Monday movement to encourage people to give up meat for one day a week in a bid to "save money,...
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