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

Winterfest Leeds!!

Aloha Vegans  ♡♡

Thought I would do a cheeky little post on Winterfest in Leeds!

Having been booted off our train we tried to make the
most of the queues for the bus

Winterfest is an awesome vegan festival that had over 150 stalls, talks and cookery demos in the city's town hall. Me and some of the Huddersfield Vegan crew volunteered our time to help the event run smoothly!

Our sheer joy at getting 4 seats together!!

The day started with a million..bazillion train issues that saw us manage to obtain a seat on a rail replacement bus!

It was a nightmare but we got to leeds in the end.

Childrens activity area

I was volunteering for the first 3 hours and did some door watching and  2 hours in the children's activity area, making Christmas cards and decorating vegan cookies!..yay..was so fun and I met some ace people!

After my volunteering shift finished I got to go and explore all the yummy food stalls and check out the offerings of the festival
 There was a lot there and it was ace to see the place so super busy.
For my late lunch I had mock duck and noodles. It was delicious!

Volunteering and LOVING it

I then went and chatted with a few vegan folk and found some of my hudd vegan chums and we explored the stall and ate wayyyy to many things. My highlight being vegan churros and hot chocolate sauce!

I mainly purchased cake this time..so my 11 o clock herbal tea time will be epic this week!!

After the fair we popped to the German market which was super Christmassy but it was awful to see meat and non vegan things everywhere. The magic is lost when you see through all the pretty lights and notice that this event has caused a lot of suffering and harm to our animal Friends.

We then went and waited in a 40 minute queue for a rail replacement coach. We met nice people and I rick rolled and sang happy birthday to a random guy.

All the cake..and some chocolate..NOM

Overall it was great to volunteer at a festival and I felt that it enhanced the experience, I'll deffo be offering up my services to more vegan festivals in the future! There was a good variety of stalls and lots of great good to try. I look forward to the summer event in leeds next year! I think this particular festival was ace because I saw so many friends. I love this community so much and I love days like this that show me that the revolution is happening. I am not the only vegan and together we are a kind, compassionate and caring community!

being a carrot

40 mins in the longest queue...never been happier to see a coach!

Heavenly!!

One happy fat vegan with all the churros

German Market

Mock duck and noodles and winterfest fun

Thank you again for all the love and for reading :)

Much love

Veganribs

 xxx

VeganRibs: Halifax, Austerity,food, London and more!!!

Aloha Vegans

I really apologize for being a rubbish blogger! I have been soo busy starting my new job and my new exciting adventure that I have just not had time to Blog!..Terrible!

But ALAS..I am here, with the usual food pictures!

Sit back, relax and enjoy some nice vegan food that I've been chomping on, some purchases and general things I've been upto whilst living my lush Vegan life!

So the joy of starting a new job in a new town is that I have managed to find some nifty spots to get food during my lunch break! The first place i found is a cafe called Gingers in Halifax. Its a vegetarian cafe but it does a lot of great vegan food..and the BEST cake ever!! Its also really nicely priced! Below is a picture of a beetroot stew with veggies:

 Below gingers (the restaurant)  is a health food shop where i found this new violife parmasan. It is very strong stuff, but really good on pasta.

There is also a lush Thai corner place in the market hall and they make fresh noodles in front of you and they are INSANE...soo good!

 In my new chop we are lucky enough to have a cafe and they have a milk steamer, which I use in soy milk and make the BEST chai latte!!

Its starting to get super warm in the office!..I've just got a fan and have been LIVING off these tesco ice creams..EPIC

Amidst the craziness of getting a new job I also went to London and Kent for a weekend to join the austerity march and visit my sister for her 30th!

Me and my Uncle protesting!

It was an EPIC event. Seeing that many people come together to march for change. Nice to know that you're not alone in your lefty liberal views. I always find marches super inspiring!

Whilst in London I also visited my favorite shop Vx or Vegan Cross and did some serious damage to my bank account. Their food is just epic. I got soo much stuff:

My sister had a 30th BBQ which was lovely! I spent the whole time defending veganism to her friends but it was lush to see my family!

Other things I've been upto include;

Making many cakes to wow my choir and my colleagues!

Cat Loving.....

Spending time with Chummies

and Cooking....

All in all its been an epic month, new jobs, new food, family time, marching around london, cooking, cats and much much more! 

Thanks for reading

Much Love

VeganRibs

xxxxx

Vegan Food Porn!

Aloha Vegans

Since I've been a crap blogger I thought Id indulge you in some of the yummy vegan foods I've enjoyed in the last few weeks..So here we go..a blog dedicated to food porn!..OM NOM NOM

I mean its all going to be grass..because as a vegan, thats all I can eat right?

Wrong

Bring on a post full of naughtiness!!...

Classic Bills Breakfast

Homemade Chickpea Korma

Hangover Breakfast: Tomatoes, Mushrooms, sweet chilli and rocket

1 pot dinner: Linda M sausages, potatoes, carrots, onions, asparagus, leeks...NOM

Home made sushi and noodles

Stuffed mushrooms with bulgar wheat, potatoes, kale and asparagus

Pear cake that a friend delivered to me!

Homemade scones

Pizza express with violife

Homemade poptarts

Homemade coke cake

Vegan Hot dog from primos

Vrevolution burger

Chia seed, coconut milk and strawberry pudding

om nom nom

For more pictures you can find me as Veganribs on Instagram!

Much love

VeganRibs

xxxxxx