Monday 25 May 2015

Huddersfield Vegans Potluck


 Vegan Potluck!!



Aloha Vegans!

This weekend I had the pleasure of joining the Huddersfield Vegans for a potluck. A potluck is basically where a group meet up , everyone brings a dish and you get to try lots of new foods and share recipes. It was my first time attending a potluck and I left feeling full and Inspired.
In total there were 10 of us which i think is fab for our first event of this type. Everyone who attended had a really great time and i was lush to try new foods and get some new ideas.

Above you can see a picture of the group, as you can see it was a great mixture of people, ages and we all go along wonderfully! 

Chrissy, who is an all round legend and the the wonderful organiser of the event also bought some top notch goodies from vegan tuck box to try and buy also!!

I bought all of these wonderful goodies:



For the potluck itself my contribution was home made sushi and some tofu sticks from the oriential superstore in town! I must say I was really proud of my presentation also! Many compliments!!



While I was there I had a full plate of goodies:

Pie, curry,  eggplant rice, beans..NOM
Pudding  I had cinnamon swirls, crumble and some cookies



Overall I left super full!

Below are more detail pictures of some of the dishes which people bought to the meal.



















overall it was a great event. As a group we have planned even more activities and hope to grow in numbers!

Thanks for reading!

Much Love

VeganRibs

xxxx

Saturday 9 May 2015

VeganRibs: Food, hair, family time, life updates, more food

Cocktails with my family <3
Aloha Vegans
I am terrible at keeping my blog up to date.. and I am going to try and be wayy more on it! Might even start youtubing soon!!
So Life in general has been crazy busy..i mean to be fair, when isn't it crazy busy!
Anyways thought id do a few life updates and then just loads of food pics..

So new things:

I now have TWO vegan tattoos
I will be starting a new job in June as a Youth Worker..YAY
I have PINK hair
I have learnt to make the BEST COOKIES
Vegan food is Hard to find at Alton towers
The election results made me very sad
I still LOVE vegan life..and its getting easier and easier!

Now then pictures of the last month..with all my vegan living and happiness and such..oh and food


Pink Hair :D

Election ..cast my vote..full of sads at the result

My new addiction!!..SOO GOOD

Pizza after a night out..which i added vegusto to...

My friends are so perfect..they provide me with colins

Cocktails

Drinkies

Vegan Hair Dyes

Vegan mexican feast

Games night with my girls..Lots of vegan snacks..theyre all soo supportive

New Ink

Experiment..home made potato cakes..deep friend tofu and veg tempura in a home made satay sauce

I am he queen of cookie making..recipe on its way

Alton towers food..Panini and Chips..this took lots of conversations to get....its basically bread and chips


One of my girlies made me an amazing chilli with a pesto on top

Home made curry

Massive pie loving

My new tattoo..literally after it had been done..looking sore ..feet are gross

Searching for inspiration

Finally got to try an Amys breakfast sandwich...SOO DAMN GOOD

Hot veg salad..nomm

During break time my students drew a picture of me...legends!!



Overall the last month has been soo busy and so full of exciting things. I am LOVING vegan life..it just gets better and better. Lots of new adventures ahead!!

Much Love

VeganRibs

xx

VeganRibs dyes her hair Pink!



Aloha Vegans

I hope you are all well and happy! :) 
Since i was about 16 I have constantly changed the colour of my hair as I just love being bright! I have had pretty much every colour of the rainbow, but my favourite will always be pink! Since I've been teaching/Training to teach over the last 2 years I've had to repress this part of me..and it has sucked..I just want silly hair!!! I am now leaving education as  finally the opportunity to start my dream job as a full time youth worker for a charity has happened! Im sure I will go back into teaching in the future as I have really enjoyed it..but right now..I know that youth work is the right place to be.
This means that I can be a bit more expressive..so I bought the dye and here we are. 

After a really shocking election result I needed a pick me up..so what better way than to dye my hair pink..

When going vegan i never even thought that it would effect this..so i spent a while doing some research about what products to use.

I found that crazy colors..the dye i had always been using was Vegan..someone in a group shared the email from a company..I was BUZZING.. The final question was the bleach!..Smart Beauty, found in my local savers store was the answer, they state their vegan and cruelty free status on their website.

Heres the results:

Pre Dye

Mixing the smart beauty blonde

Bag on the head

Post bleach ginger!..i i wanted to be fully blonde i would need 2 goes i think, but its not great for your barnet!

The Results!! Lovely bright pink!..I also got a hair cut after i had it dyed 

The products I used..Crazy Colors cyclamen and Smart beauty bleach. The hot purple was a bit creamy and didnt really take!!
Overall I am super happy with the results..my hair is a lush pink!! And it was an entirely cruelty free process..Winning

Much Love

VeganRibs

xxx

Out of this world food store in Leeds

Aloha lovely Vegan folk
I hope you are all well and loving the nice new sunny weather.
This weekend I was in leeds for a meeting and on the way to the station I saw this health food shop called Out of this World
I though that it would be silly not to take a look...little did I know that I was going to enter Vegan Heaven!
It was amazing..shelves and shelves of yummy vegan finds!..Happyness ensued and I had to take lots of pictures!


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A fridge one can only dream of!

All that cheeeese!! NOM

This deli counter flled me with joy..some not vegan..but loads of fully vegan treats..I spent a fortune



My Haul! I got soo many epic treats!..

How amazing does that look...

Id seen these in soo many groups and wanted to try for ages....They were both AMAZING



That chocolate slice..was insane


Tofu Fritters

As you can see..it was AWESOME..I loved it..and spent far to much money, however, its nice to have a treat and try new things! Overall I'm really pleased and would highly recommend a visit if in Leeds. Just be warned that its not amazingly cheap!

Much Love

VeganRibs 

xxxx