Happy New Year...Happy Birthday blog.....Happy VEGANUARYYYY

Aloha Vegans

HAPPY NEW YEAR...AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOG <3 <3

Yes Im impressed, but im still here, like a year on and still so in love with Vegan life and everything the community has to offer :) Ive made the best friends through my Huddersfield Vegan group and been involved in some AMAZING stuff.
So i shall start the blog  off with some pictures of Hudd Vegan xmas party which was just lovely, we had food, we had drinkies and gifts were exchanged...wooo

Was bloody lovely, im so proud and honoured to be involved with a group of lovely people <3

I also met santa on another night out..just thought id add this cos it made me giggle :)

The MOST important and best part of christmas for me, is spending time with my family. I love living in yorkshire, but i do miss that crazy bunch, even when I go home to visit, I dont get to see them all, so having my family in one room is the best gift of all.

This year Fraz, my brother in law cooked me dinner :)..well everyone, but he made me a lush vegan dinner..i had a nut roast and it was AMAZING

Vegan christmas dinnerrrr

My family are also slightly bonkers, we recorded our own christmas song, it was bad...but the most fun!!!

Ive also enjoyed throwing myself into the world of Harry this holiday season, as i write this im halfway through book 5!!! woo..Santa bought me so booja booja, the perfect book companion!!!!

I spent NYE drinking vegan wine with some of my Huddersfield Family...I looked like this:

I woke up for brunch on January the first and made the mother of all meals....
I think this is my favourite meal....OM NOM NOM

So that brings us to now, January 3rd 2016 :) and we are in Veganuary!!! Last year I posted daily on here what i was eating, this year I'm filming it and will make a video round up once a week, so keep your eyes open for that. Tomorrow I start my new job and this exciting new chapter...

Oh here is my 2015 round up video... <3 <3 <3

HELLO 2016...HELLO VEGANUARYYYYYYYYY

Much Love

VeganRibs

xxx

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

A Very Vegan Easter

Aloha Vegans

Happy Easter

Now this is my very first easter..as a vegan...more challenging than christmas as this really is a chocolate themed event for most of us!..
For the last week my office has been insanely full of temptations..cream eggs, mini eggs, easter eggs, chocolate bunnies..all of this lovely yummy stuff..which in my pregan days..i would go mad for..this year however..I cant eat any of it...however..I am really proud and I have been super strong..so YAYY..go me!!..If in doubt..THINK OF THE ANIMALS!!

I cant even bring myself to watch earthlings or cowspiracy...this reminders keeps my veganisim going..if I slip..i know that i have to watch them..I dont want to..so it keeps me going..FOR THE ANIMALS

My colleagues however have been awesome and have made sure that I can enjoy the festivities, my manager got us daffodils instead of chocolate and other members of my team searched really hard to find me vegan chocolate. These gestures mean soo much to me!

Soo Thoughtful

Good Friday

Good friday involved the longest journey ever from Huddersfield to Paddock Wood (a rural village in Kent) to see my family. I had to say bye to my kitty and get home in time to surprise my mummy for her birthday. We did a meal and my sister made kebabs.

I love my Archi soo much...she got all snug before I left!..Glad she will be on holiday soon!

7 hours later..this smile wasnt soo big! HA

Made it home in time to make my parents house look all cute for my mums birthday

Good friday started off not soo good, but ended with great company and yummy vegan foods

Saturday

On the saturday I slept in until 12!! Woke up to a terrible lack of vegan food and went to meet some school friends. My bestest chummy Dev and my friend Ellie who Id not seen for a good few years. I drank soy chai latte and we had a wonderful catch up. Was also nice to know that her brother is in fact vegan ..were a growing breed!!

Chai Latte with chummies...<3 <3

Easter Sunday

I've been waiting for this day since christmas. Finally my chance to spend the day with my dad at the Harry Potter Studio tour! Now I have heard that they keep their owls in terrible condition, but we saw no animal actors on the day and just enjoyed the many attractions!
What a fantastic day!

My easter sunday started with a lovely Hotel Chocolat milk free egg from daddy rib!!

Me and my dad then set off on our adventures..i bought us matching tops..eeee

We had lunch in the cafe and although crazy expensive, i was impressed with the vegan options and had a roast veg and hummus sandwich. They also had salads and falafel burgers on offer!!

I also bought some butterbeer without the foam..as there was nothing on the internet to confirm if it was vegan. I loved the actual drink..was super sweet..but YUMMM

THE CASTLE WAS AMAZING

I flewwwwwww

Overall Harry Potter studios was AMAZING and really vegan friendly..totally would recommend!!


We got home and had chinese....rubbish picture as we were watching  film at the time (Harry Potter and the half blood prince ofcourse)! I had; sweet and sour tofu, veg spring roles, rice, chips and seaweed!
Om nom nom

This was the best easter sunday...EVER

Monday

So on the bank holiday we decided was going to be our family easter, mainly because I was at Harry Potter world yesterday.

The day started with a lovely catch up breakfast with Sarah, one of my bestest chummies. She fully embraced the vegan noms and even tried vegan bacon.

We had: Toast, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, humus, hashbrowns, rocket and an assortment of drinks, yoghurts etc. Was NOM!! Most importantly it was lovely to sit and eat with a great friend who really supports my lifestyle..YAY..good start to the day!

After breakfast I started helping my mumsy prepare for our family meal. I made lots of nice vegan foods including an avocado chocolate pudding with strawberries. You can find the recipe in another post. Everyone was really impressed with the taste!!!

I also made Vegan cauliflower/Leeks in a cheese sauce..Made from scratch with the following ingredients:

SOOO TASTY...Proud of that!!!

Nutritional yeast, flour, vegan parmesan from VX in london, Almond Milk,Violife pizza block, salt and pepper

Making the sauce, I didnt measure..i just threw it in and hoped for the best!!

I also made Vegan parsnip puree. Again..NOM

Boiled parsnips, almond milk and vitalite butter..SOO TASTY

Although they joke, my family are really starting to get used to VeganRibs and they are slowly but surely embracing my lifestyle choice!!

Even got me a vegan chocolate bunny
NOM

Heres a picture of my complete roast...HOW FIT DOES IT LOOK THOUGH!?!? 

With every meal I have, i wonder why i didnt do this years ago, why if i can eat all this amazing food do we still have to use animals...

My roast! NOM

Yummy Sausages

Pudding: Vegan choc mousse, schlagfix and fruit..NOM

Overall a fantastic easter weekend, with lots of AMAZING food

I hope that you had a lovely day.

Much Love

VeganRibs

xxxx