I’ve come down with a horrible cold this week – you know one of those nasty ones where your throat feels like glass, then your nose is streaming, your head feels like a pressure cooker and before you know it your coughing like the cookie monster! But I really think I am managing to get…
Month: January 2016
RECIPE: QUICK, EASY FALAFELS!!
Falafel – together with houmous and kale it makes up the holy trinity of vegan foodstuffs. I LOVE falafels so much but I have never really got down to making them, which is silly because they’re actually super easy – you can just chuck everything into the blender. I used to think they were really…
MUSIC OF THE WEEK: COLDPLAY, MUMFORD AND SONS, KENDRICK LAMAR AND MORE
This week I’ve ended up listening to a lot of songs with great guitar bits in them and quite expansive songs that are really full of layers. They’re generally pretty uplifting and great mood boosters!
REVIEW: VEGAN HAZELNUT CHOCOLATE BAR
OMG I bought this chocolate bar today at my local health foods store and it is quite potentially the best dairy-free chocolate bar I’ve ever had! I know – quite a statement…
10 REASONS: To Write Letters and Postcards
I think writing letters and postcards to your friends and family is such a lovely thing that we all need to do more of – here are 10 reasons why…
QUOTE OF THE WEEK: BE YOURSELF!
So the quote of the week is: Be Yourself. Everybody else is already taken. Oscar Wilde
RECIPE: White Chocolate Oat Peanut Butter Cups
Have you ever craved something so sweet so badly but had no real dessert or sweet ingredients in your cupboard? That was totally me yesterday evening, I realised I had a bar of vegan white chocolate and in desperation created these white chocolate oat things from what I had and I have to say they…
Fitness Fashion Wish List
So I am a great believer that buying a few nice sporty clothes is a really great way to motivate yourself towards your fitness goals. Awesome sports clothes make you feel more confident and can make getting into shape more fun, if you can reward yourself with something nice. So as January inevitably sees loads…
RECIPE: VEGAN KORMA
I love korma so much – even though I love a lot of Indian food, I always come back to the classic that is that creamy, full of flavour korma. Until now I have never been able to make a really thick and creamy korma sauce, but the revelation that is cashew cream has allowed…
MUSIC OF THE WEEK: Ellie Goulding,Texas and more Tori Kelly
This week I’ve been listening to sparkly and big music that conjures up images of the starry night sky (hence the picture) and songs that have great builds to huge choruses. I’ve been refinding some amazing stuff particularly in the form of Ellie Goulding’s earlier work and some awesome new stuff from Tori Kelly and…
Sunny Kitty 