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…
REVIEW: Lush Haul
Okay so Lush is fast becoming my go-to shop for all vegan toiletries. Of course they are fabulous because the vast majority of their products are clearly labelled vegan and they all smell delicious and are made from natural products. And all the staff are lovely and they really know about all the ingredients, they’re…
RECIPE: Perfect Boiled Rice
For years I felt that producing lovely separate, fluffy grains of rice was an enigma that could never be solved. But for the last couple of years I have perfected a recipe that consistently delivers beautiful separate grains of rice and can also be applied to a lot of other grains! All you need is…