I had four beautiful goats. I say ‘had’ because as of today, I now only care for one beautiful goat. His name is Cheech. I rescued Cheech and his friends from certain slaughter as he and his friends were all male. Male in the meat industry equates to a death sentence. As I watched and…
An Interview with a young vegan…
As an adult, it is far easier to make decisions about our own diets but as a child we tend to have had our diets dictated to us by our parents. This was certainly the case for our children when they were small. Our youngest son Dylan has always loved animals, he’s always felt a…
AF & Yoga
Our introduction to AF has coincided with the third week of our first foray into Yoga, and I felt that sharing this experience might help someone. From my point of view (ex-military, contact sports enthusiast), Yoga was something that only wiry little people with a Lulu Lemon fixation took part in, how wrong I was….
Homemade chemical free Toothpaste
Toothpaste was one of the first things to go after we started our research into harmful chemicals that we ingest on a daily basis. Many conventional toothpaste contains Fluoride, Triclosan, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), Artificial Sweeteners, Propylene Glycol, Diethanolamine and Microbeads. All of which can be harmful to our health and in my mind, really shouldn’t be consumed….
Spicey faux red Leicester
This cheese was a doddle to make and worked out way better than my attempt at the feta. I altered the recipe I found a little and decided to add some cayenne pepper to spice it up a bit. Spicy Faux Red Leicester Ingredients: 1 ½ cup raw cashews ¾ tsp himalayan pink salt 1-2…
Baked Almond Feta
Since being vegan means that you can’t have cheese – and cheese is my all time favourite food – I didn’t think I was going to be able to forgo it for long. In order to make my chances of staying vegan much higher, I started searching for vegan cheeses online. I wasn’t disappointed but…
Chicken Gravy………Or is it?
This recipe emerged as an experimental side not on a thread below another Aqua Faba post, and when I saw it I knew I must try it out. Simply put, this gravy is just AF straight out of the can (about 500ml) mixed with the same amount of a fresh batch made with no salt,…
Coconut Oil – Do you know the differences?
Coconut oil, it’s something that I discovered a few years ago after we started to really look into exactly what we were putting in our faces and it soon became apparent that there was a lot more to coconut oil than first meets the eye. Similar to Olive Oil, there are different types, brands and…
Zucchini Bread.
Zucchinis, or Courgettes as I know them, grow in abundance in this part of the world, and when I spotted a bunch nestled amongst the other veggies at my local market, I could not resist trying this recipe. Ingredients: 3 cups of plain flour. 2 cups of unrefined brown sugar. 1 tsp salt. 3 tsp…
Spicy Porridge
A great friend introduced me to the healing powers of Ayurvedic food, but it wasn’t until recently that I experienced the benefits for myself. Porridge has been my go to breakfast cereal of choice ever since I was little, and now that I am what most would consider an adult, I thought it was time…
Vegan Chocolate Mousse
Simon is an absolute chocolate monster and one of his concerns about becoming vegan was having to go without delicious chocolate desserts. That was until he discovered this vegan chocolate mousse. I will be totally honest here and say that we had to use honey which is obviously not vegan but we are still in the…
Make Your Own Aquafaba
Amid the flurry of excitement surrounding our introduction to Aqua faba, Callie and I realised that not everyone will have a working knowledge of this wonder juice. I have tried two methods so far, and there are more to try, but we will start with the most simple and then introduce a more sustainable…
Peaceful Food 