Experiments in Living
Posted in Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on Jun 13th, 2009
So I got into one of those conversations with The Apprentice which makes me wonder what they teach kids in school these days.
The Apprentice: So you can’t eat honey? Why not?
Me: I can eat honey, but I choose not to.
TA: So why do you choose not to?
Me: Well, I avoid animal products, and honey comes [...]
Posted in Product Reviews, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 28th, 2009
I got chatting to a girl at work about the Mooncup menstrual cup today. I’ve been using the Mooncup for a couple of years now, and although the idea of a re-usable sanitary device sounded a bit weird at first, I wouldn’t swap it for towels or tampons now.
The Mooncup appealed to me as it [...]
Posted in Favourite Recipes, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 28th, 2009
This is a yummy chocolate cake which I made this weekend for my housewarming party.
Sift together 100g plain white flour, 75g wholemeal plain flour, 50g cocoa powder, 1tsp baking powder, 1tsp bicarbonate of soda, pinch salt.
In a separate bowl, mix together 375ml soy milk, 125ml rapeseed oil, 2tsp vanilla extract, 200g sugar.
Combine the wet ingredients [...]
Posted in Campaigns, Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 24th, 2009
Unfortunately I didn’t have the time to write the lovely series of articles that I had hoped to do for National Vegetarian Week. It’s been crazy busy at work, out of work, and with starting my new business venture. Phew!
Anyway, I’ve put together a mini-collection of some of the most popular vegetarian and vegan articles [...]
Posted in Vegetarian and Vegan stuff on May 18th, 2009
Just a quick one as I’m still halfway through reading this report by M. Butterflies Katz Very interesting reading, and I wonder if anything like this has been done before (imagine, 750 real live vegans!). The section “Do you date only vegans?” was particularly interesting. I haven’t made up my mind about whether I [...]
