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Vegan pizza is the new trend in food, it would appear.
Following on from the news that Firezza is now offering vegan cheese as an option, another restaurant has started advertising a vegan pizza on their menu.
Check it out!
ICCO is a much-adored Italian restaurant on Goodge Street that claims to offer ‘London’s most authentic Italian pizza’.
That authentic pizza now comes vegan if you want it!
This screenshot shows the newly-added vegan option on the ICCO website.
You can find out more and view the menu here.
Has anyone tried this pizza? Would you recommend it?
Calling all comedy fans for this sidesplitting night of compassionate laughs and ethical nibbles presented by Fat Gay Vegan.
This comedy event is proudly sponsored by The Fry Family Food Co. and is being staged to raise crucial funds for Hugletts Wood Farm Animal Sanctuary.
Join a stunning roster of comedians for hours of hilarity, including:
Need some vegan Halloween candy?
You got it!
Get into Co-operative supermarkets this week for these inexpensive bags of lollipops that are handily labelled as being suitable for vegans.
Do you hand out vegan sweets on Halloween at your house?
Here is a super quick post to inform you of one of my favourite fridge staples.
Josh and I always have a packet of this gorgeous mango and curry flavoured tofu in the house. It is the perfect accompaniment to pasta and rice dishes.
The only real problem with this product? About half of it ends up in my belly before it can make it into whatever we are cooking.
Check out this fab stir fried rice featuring broccolini, green beans, mushroom, spring onion and red pepper that we topped with the mango curry tofu.
So very delicious!
Is this your favourite tofu? Or have you got another go-to flavour?
Yep. It’s that time of year, folks.
Vegan advent calendar time!
I saw this early Christmas treat on the shelves of my local Sainsbury’s this week.
Have you tried it? Have you seen any other vegan Christmas items out and about already?
Now, here’s one for the history books.
Mark this as probably the first time you have read about vegan Chianti wine that is produced, bottled and packaged with the strict exclusion of animal products.
Yep, even the glue on the label and the tape on the cartons has been sourced for their vegan status.
Hey kids. FGV is on a rant.
Have you noticed the rise in bloggers and commentators trying to tell us that when we draw a line in the sand with our veganism that we refuse to cross, we are doing a lot of harm to the vegan movement? Some of these bloggers even go as far to suggest to that being an inflexible (i.e. dedicated) vegan contributes to the suffering of animals.
How do they arrive at this conclusion?
The idea some pundits are spouting runs something like this: if we make veganism appear a difficult choice to embrace with rigid humourless rules, people won’t want to go vegan therefore we are responsible for them eating animals.
Enough of this bullshit!
This is a bit late seeing as the event has almost sold out, but below is the 5-course vegan menu I am serving at my 4th annual Day of the Dead dinner on November 1.
Aperitivos: Mini tortillas with guacamole, salsa verde & pico de galloFirst course: Esquites with Vegenaise, epazote, fresh lime juice and chile powderSecond course: Black bean & lime soup with smoked paprika, chipotle and cuminThird course: Flautas filled with chorizo and potato served on a bed of lettuce, drenched in salsa verde and topped with marinated onionFourth course: Albondigas de lentejas (lentil meatballs) with adobo sauceFifth course: Chocolate cake with sticky spiced chocolate sauce, served with vanilla ice cream and hibiscus-chile sprinkle
