Who am I?

Hello, I’m Georgina, I’m a stay at home Mum and I’m vegan. And I’m also very tired. Well, shattered actually. Tired but very happy.

So what else? Well, I really enjoy cooking. I have days when I can’t be bothered, but overall I love dishing up good food for my family to eat. I’m interested in everyday cooking. Things that can be made fairly easily, cooked in bulk, frozen in portions and meals that do not cost a fortune. And cakes too. Lots of cake.

Why blog about it?

I became vegan in 2008. I didn’t make the change gradually. I just decided this was for me. I knew what I needed to cut out of my diet but I had no idea what to replace them with. Of course, the internet was the most valuable source for me, and this blog is here to store all that information in one place. Hopefully it might make it easier for others making the change.

How does this site work then?

All the recipes on this site are totally vegan.

Not all recipes will be a success and I’ll be sharing my failures as well. Sometimes I use or alter recipes taken from other blogs, sites and books and I will always give credit to them where possible. Other times, I just make recipes up and can’t even remember how much stuff I put in. Hopefully you’ll be happy with vague instructions such as ‘a handful’, ‘a bit of’; after all it’s about having fun and giving it a go. I don’t have the patience to write down everything as I do it…I’m usually far too hungry for that.

Also, please, please let me know your tried and tested vegan recipes. Whether you are already vegan, thinking of converting or scarier still, having a vegan over for dinner, then I hope this site has something to help you on your merry way.

Why did I go vegan?

I’ve been vegetarian for over twenty years and had toyed with the idea of being vegan for a while. But it was becoming a Mum that made me decide to cut out all animal products from my diet completely and in January 2008 I went vegan.

Breastfeeding my daughter was such a wonderful experience and it started me thinking…surely cows milk was meant for baby cows? Yeah I know, hardly rocket science, but questioning the true cost of our food, can lead to some uncomfortable answers. And boy are the facts shocking.

I won’t go into all the details here, there are plenty of sites that do that far better than I could. So, if you are interested, and I hope you are since you’ve got this far, then check out Viva and Milk Myths. And if you’re still here after that, then thank you, and I hope you enjoy keeping up to date with my kitchen antics.

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