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Vegan Health Problems – Vegan Children at Risk?
Published on 2010-05-01 18:51:01
In 2008 a child in Lewisham was taken to hospital after collapsing at home where doctors alerted social workers to the case. They suggested that the child’s meat and dairy free diet caused him to have rickets, being low in various nutrients. Social > read more
Vegan Health Problems – Vegan Children at Risk?
Published on 2010-05-01 18:51:01
In 2008 a child in Lewisham was taken to hospital after collapsing at home where doctors alerted social workers to the case. They suggested that the child’s meat and dairy free diet caused him to have rickets, being low in various nutrients. Social workers then got a restriction order preventing the family ‘snatching’ the child [...] > read more
First salad of the summer – carrot salad recipe
Published on 2010-04-24 11:38:51
The sun has been out and when that happens I always start thinking salad and for the first one of the summer I rustled up a special carrot salad, but without raisins. I just can’t bare them in salads. I always used to go for the simple cucumber > read more
First salad of the summer – carrot salad recipe
Published on 2010-04-24 11:38:51
The sun has been out and when that happens I always start thinking salad and for the first one of the summer I rustled up a special carrot salad, but without raisins. I just can’t bare them in salads. I always used to go for the simple cucumber and tomato style salads of my youth [...] > read more
Agave kills!
Published on 2010-04-23 12:26:33
A while back I wrote about agave syrup and it’s use as an alternative to processed sugar. After writing the post I came across a fair amount of opinion opposed to the use of commercially derived agave syrup. There is some debate as to whether t > read more
Agave kills!
Published on 2010-04-23 12:26:33
A while back I wrote about agave syrup and it’s use as an alternative to processed sugar. After writing the post I came across a fair amount of opinion opposed to the use of commercially derived agave syrup. There is some debate as to whether the claims for it being a wonder food are just [...] > read more
Making the farmer think…?
Published on 2010-04-10 04:22:38
In this article a farmer condescends to have a pint with a vegan couple. He mentions that they were decent enough and while it’s clear he won’t be switching to growing food for humans while giving up eating meat it does makes him think > read more
Making the farmer think…?
Published on 2010-04-10 04:22:38
In this article a farmer condescends to have a pint with a vegan couple. He mentions that they were decent enough and while it’s clear he won’t be switching to growing food for humans while giving up eating meat it does makes him think about farming practices in general. This has to be a good thing, so [...] > read more
Carrot, Sweet Potato and Leek soup
Published on 2010-04-09 06:58:55
I love soup, and I do make a good batch now and then. When I first discovered how easy soup was to make, I was amazed. I always thought that it would be impossible to replicate those Heinz tins. The good news is that it is easy to vastly improve on a > read more
Carrot, Sweet Potato and Leek soup
Published on 2010-04-09 06:58:55
I love soup, and I do make a good batch now and then. When I first discovered how easy soup was to make, I was amazed. I always thought that it would be impossible to replicate those Heinz tins. The good news is that it is easy to vastly improve on any tinned soup! I [...] > read more
Frosty Easter Fruit
Published on 2010-04-04 16:12:38
As a result of the Veg Wars I mentioned on here a while back, I ended up with more mangoes than I could handle. So I decided I’d try to make some sorbet, on the hoof. I didn’t research it at all I just went ahead with my recipe. I peeled > read more
Frosty Easter Fruit
Published on 2010-04-04 16:12:38
As a result of the Veg Wars I mentioned on here a while back, I ended up with more mangoes than I could handle. So I decided I’d try to make some sorbet, on the hoof. I didn’t research it at all I just went ahead with my recipe. I peeled and pureed four large [...] > read more
Healthy snack ideas – nakd & fruitus
Published on 2010-04-02 17:58:58
When I was a kid Milky Way was the sweet you could eat between meals without ruining your appetite. Not an option now but what exactly can you eat to keep you going when you’re out and about? Well here’s a couple of healthy snack ideas yo > read more
Healthy snack ideas – nakd & fruitus
Published on 2010-04-02 17:58:58
When I was a kid Milky Way was the sweet you could eat between meals without ruining your appetite. Not an option now but what exactly can you eat to keep you going when you’re out and about? Well here’s a couple of healthy snack ideas you could try. There’s two new, well at least [...] > read more
Meat Free Monday – Animal Aid
Published on 2010-03-31 12:11:30
Animal Aid have a campaign called Meat Free Monday, easy for me and incidentally for nearly all of my family. However, I do have friends who eat meat who may be open to being nudged towards a meat free Monday. The video is very good clearly getting > read more
Meat Free Monday – Animal Aid
Published on 2010-03-31 12:11:30
Animal Aid have a campaign called Meat Free Monday, easy for me and incidentally for nearly all of my family. However, I do have friends who eat meat who may be open to being nudged towards a meat free Monday. The video is very good clearly getting the message over. I can see no reason [...] > read more
Easter Vegan Fayre in Aid of Animal charities
Published on 2010-03-22 10:36:24
Midlands Vegan Campaigns are holding a ‘Fayre‘ at the Allsaints Church (the big one on the corner of the High Street and Vicarage Road) this coming Saturday. The event will be well worth a visit, I went to the last one before Christmas an > read more
Easter Vegan Fayre in Aid of Animal charities
Published on 2010-03-22 10:36:24
Midlands Vegan Campaigns are holding a ‘Fayre‘ at the Allsaints Church (the big one on the corner of the High Street and Vicarage Road) this coming Saturday. The event will be well worth a visit, I went to the last one before Christmas and enjoyed my lunch there! So even if you just fancy some [...] > read more
Equality for vegans
Published on 2010-03-21 12:24:39
In the recent post on the Vegan Manifesto I mentioned I hadn’t heard that vegans rights were going to be considered a matter of equality so I had a little look. It seems that Harriet Harman is a fan of equality, which is nice. Of course I’ > read more
Equality for vegans
Published on 2010-03-21 12:24:39
In the recent post on the Vegan Manifesto I mentioned I hadn’t heard that vegans rights were going to be considered a matter of equality so I had a little look. It seems that Harriet Harman is a fan of equality, which is nice. Of course I’ve heard of her but I didn’t realise quite [...] > read more