Holistic Vegan

It's 1st January and along with many other New Years Resolutions that seem hard or even impossible to achieve, I'm aware that lots of people - probably more than ever before are taking on the Veganuary Challenge. Now you'd think that as a vegan I'd be all for this, and one the one hand I am. But I can also see how this challenge can bit a bit too...er challenging? When I went 100% vegan in September 2012, I'd already switched to a vegetarian diet in the January before that and quit dairy shortly afterwards. Going vegan for me took some time, and I didn't have the money or desire to throw out everything that would be considered "non-vegan" as that would have been more than I could cope with or afford. So is it wise to ask people to go a full 30 days completely vegan? Well I'd say if you've had time to prepare for it, then quite possibly, yes. All the better if your significant other is already vegan, or you have vegan friends and co

*I just edited this recipe on Christmas Day because I've found the perfect proportions! No Christmas would be complete without a few glasses of your favourite tipple, and I've been missing this classic for a few years now. M&S do a very good alternative but it's hard to get and they only keep it in around December so I thought I'd have a go at making my own. Most of the recipes I've found use coconut milk as this seems to do a good job at being creamy and relatively stable, but they have a nasty tendency of hardening when chilled so I've used a cheapy Coconut Milk here which stays liquid at room temperature. It's not pure a coconut milk, but it does the trick very nicely and at 59p from Pound Stretcher it also suits my budget! This is the updated recipe that uses a proportion of Alpro Soya single cream. If you don't have any of that, you can just use 400ml of coconut milk instead. So here is my version of this classic creamy booze