It's Bake Off time again! Here's a nice easy, delicious, dairy free recipe to accompany a cuppa or a coffee. Ingredients: – 1/4 cup soy mylk (or other dairy-free mylk) – 1 teaspoon vanilla extract – 200g (ish) dark Lidl chocolate (the one in the red packet), roughly chopped, or dark chocolate chips - 1 … Continue reading Favourite Cookies
Three short recipes which can be made plastic-free
This is part 2 of my checkpoint-by-checkpoint account of my first 100 mile race. Part one (here, if you missed it) finished around mile 58, running with Kate through Dacre and into Dalemain, where the dropbags are. It's 1pm on Saturday; I've been going for 19 hours... Running was the best feeling. Hard, but … Continue reading “Confidence. Resilience. Faith.”: Lakeland 100 2018 (Part 2)
Here follows an almost mile-by-mile account of my first 100 mile event – purely for selfish reasons as I don’t want to forget any of it! If you want a bit more background, my account of my 2017 Lakeland 50 race is here. I've split this race report in two so you can have a … Continue reading “Little by little, one travels far…”: Lakeland 100 2018 (Part 1)
(VG) I made this dish after a special trip to Sainsbury's on our way back from Ikea (what exciting lives we lead... my anti-consumerist mindset was not at its best today)... I'd been planning it all day, having seen a picture of some tomatoes on Instagram in the morning. Inspiring stuff. I went fairly all-out … Continue reading Punchy Peppery Pappardelle
Dear Race Director, I really appreciate all of the hard work that you put into events. You must get so many emails enquiring about various things, including food - an email asking what food you provide that’s suitable for vegans might just seem like a whole lot more work. Here's the good news: you probably … Continue reading Advice for race organisers: how to make your event more vegan-friendly
Here's my vegan version of the popular cereal...I developed this recipe as a Christmas present for my mum, who's nearing her first Veganniversary! Ingredients: 440g plain cornflakes (Lidl's are good - keep an eye out for Vit D3, which is usually derived from sheep wool) 100g golden syrup 140g roasted peanuts, no red skins, … Continue reading Crunchy Nutty Cornflakes
These are 'energy balls' with less of the energy and more of the alcohol...
Podcasts are the media I consume the most (apart from social media, ahem) – they’re like free audiobooks for a short attention span, or radio without a schedule. I listen to them when cooking, running, tidying, walking, driving… I listen to a lot, and I like variety. I’m not always in the mood to listen … Continue reading Podcast Recommendations
On my run this afternoon I ended up planning this as a fb post for Vegan Fit UK – a few tips I’ve found helpful in my general fitness journey...it's ended up considerably longer than intended so thought it better to post here! 1. Find a sport/activity you actually enjoy. It was a rocky road, … Continue reading Top 7 Tips to get fit, do more exercise, train more
