An honest and real account of a family attempting to be vegan
The last thing we need is another Covid post, right?! But, I think it’s safe to say that the current global pandemic has meant we all have more time, more time to think, more time to spend with our immediate families and more time for self-care...... it’s one of the small positives to come out …
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Since starting to convert to my vegan(ish) diet I have been struck by the way in which my non-vegan friends and family see veganism as an absolute. In fact, now that I think about I think many within the vegan community see it as an absolute too. It seems that it is acceptable to be …
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Everything we buy from a supermarket has an impact on the environment........ everything! I recently found an amazing online resource that informed me that my 1 cup of coffee a day generates 155kg of greenhouse gases per year. That’s equivalent to driving a petrol car for 397miles or heating an average house for 24 days! …
I have already mentioned that I recently completed my first Veganuary, I was joined by my husband who came along for the journey to be supportive but hadn’t expected to enjoy it as much as he did. As adults we have made the decision to stick to a vegan(ish) diet but we haven’t yet decided …
The morality of each individual is a personal choice. Just how vegan you are is entirely up to you. For me, veganism is a spectrum not an absolute. Having said that, I completely respect everyone’s choices so there is no judgement here, just my perspective on one of what I have found to be the …
“I have been blown away by how easy it has been to be vegan” Ok, so as promised my top 10 reflections from my Veganuary........ 1. Plant milk is better than cow’s milk This has to me the most life changing thing to come out of my Veganuary. I am never going back to dairy …
So, like many others I was feeling a bit ‘icky’ over the Christmas holidays. All that luxurious, indulgent food! I decided the New Year would be a good time to focus our family’s diet on more vegetables and pulses etc, time to get more nutrition from our food. Now, being that I don’t live under …
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton Welcome to Vegan(ish) So here we are, at the end of Veganuary and I find myself (with my husband and 2 sons in tow) at a bit of a dietary cross roads. Having successfully completed our first month …
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