February 21, 2017
It's been a tough few weeks here in the Afifi household, Mish Mish is teething. Her mouth has decided that all her molars should to arrive together so night times have been, let's say...tough? Day times have been full of mistakes and each day has rolled in to the next...
February 21, 2017
I love a big supermarket shop. I'd absolutely love to start my cupboards from scratch, ditch those herbs I know I'll never use and fill the cupboards with only the essentials. How nice would it be to open the cupboard to a neat row of ingredients, you know, where you c...
February 18, 2017
The holy grail of salads has arrived. This, my friends, is the gateway salad that will suck you in and make you truly believe that salad is your friend. Well, it tastes good anyhoo...
NUTRITIONAL OVERVIEW
Eating a rainbow means you're taking in a broad range of essentia...
February 17, 2017
Things you should be looking out for when you change to a dairy-free diet are two essential nutrients that can be lost when you change to a plant based and whole grain diet and no, calcium isn't one of them (that's found in plenty of plant based and whole grain foods),...
February 13, 2017
I have FINALLY nailed tofu!!!! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you........ drum roll..... perfect pillows of crunchy (NOT greasy) goodness. Flop to the floor in a heap. Don't worry it's not difficult, a wee bit fiddly is all.
NUTRITIONAL OVERVIEW
Both TOFU and SESAME S...
February 13, 2017
Breakfast inspiration more than a recipe here.
This morning I used my homemade cashew and almond nut butter, sliced on some banana for the photograph's sake, I usually mush half a banana chunk on to the each slice with a fork, nice and fast but your eyes deserve a...
February 12, 2017
How do you like your eggs in the morning? In the form of tofu of course! Face plant. I NEVER thought I'd be writing these words. I mean, scrambled tofu? blurgh. But actually, these are good. They're not eggs, but the scrambled eggy texture is there and flavour is most...
February 12, 2017
I'm usually too lazy in the mornings to make much for our breakfasts, actually no I'm not lazy, I'm exhausted. Being a mum is hard sometimes, let's face it, being is hard sometimes! But it really only takes a maximum of 10 minutes and is a little bit more exiting than...
February 1, 2017
This blog is the product of the responses and reactions I get from people more recently when they discover I'm vegan. A lot of people are genuinely interested in how and why, which was not the case before and I think the reason for it is people are becoming more aware...