Tag Archives: UK vegans

Vegan in the UK: High Street Sausage Roll Wars

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Jenny

Back in January, the UK’s dominant high street bakery, Greggs, created national headlines (and attracted the ire of Piers Morgan) when they launched a vegan sausage roll. I was displeased that they introduced it the day after I flew back … Continue reading →

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Vegan Products: M&S Plant Kitchen Range – Part Two

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Jenny

Great news: the second wave of M&S’ Plant Kitchen range has made it to Prague! (Actually, I think some of these were first wave, but they’ve only made it here recently, so they’re still new and exciting to me.) I … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Birmingham: Natural Bar & Kitchen

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Jenny

As a rule, I don’t trust eateries with the word “natural” in the title. For one thing, as scientist Dr HH delights in telling me, ‘natural’ is not synonymous with ‘good for you’. “Arsenic is natural!” he fumes, whenever anyone … Continue reading →

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Vegan Easter Haul

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Jenny

I haven’t been buying as many chocolate bars or sweets since moving towards the zero waste lifestyle, but sometimes I really need a little something chocolatey. Easter is one of those occasions, and Mama HH was good enough to send … Continue reading →

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Vegan Products: M&S Plant Kitchen Range

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Jenny

If you are a vegan who does not live under a rock, you may have noticed that Marks & Spencer has released a new line of vegan ready meals, known as their Plant Kitchen range. This has inspired the usual … Continue reading →

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Vegan in Manchester: GRUB

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Jenny

People often ask me if I eventually plan to ditch Prague and move back to Manchester, and I always tell them that I hope so. When pressed, my reasons are 40% to get all my old stuff back from my … Continue reading →

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Vegan Products: Tyne Chease

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Jenny

For the third year in a row, I was desperate to try the Tyne Chease selection box at Christmas – and for the first time ever,  I was successful! Both previous years I was unsuccessful because they had already sold … Continue reading →

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Vegan in London: La Suite West (Festive Edition)

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Jenny

There’s nothing I love more than having an afternoon tea when I return to England for a holiday. It’s always an extremely classy and civilised affair (or almost always…), and it’s just such a lovely occasion. I don’t think I … Continue reading →

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VeganMoFo 2018: The Real Greek, London

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Jenny

Cuisine: Greek When I was mapping out this theme for VeganMoFo, I made a list of cuisines that I could easily tick off (Indian, Italian), and those that I could try to find but would be unlikely to succeed in … Continue reading →

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Vegan in London: Picky Wops

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Jenny

You may have heard that there’s been something of a heatwave hitting the UK. It’s also boiling hot in the Czech Republic, you just don’t hear us moaning about it all the time. Nor does it cause public transport to … Continue reading →

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