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Dear everyone.
This is the best dessert in the history of desserts.
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My 4th annual vegan Day of the Dead party on Sunday was incredible. From the food to the guests to the atmosphere, the event was outstanding fun.
One of the most-loved dishes served up by Chef Julio (and his helpers Carlos and Josh) was the decadent dessert. This final plate of the night broke sweetness records and pushed the boundaries of sugar decency.
Check it out:
What do you think?
The plate featured a gooey chocolate brownie in a sea of choc fudge sauce, topped with vanilla frozen yogurt dusted with a mix of chile, hibiscus, salt and sugar.
I want to give a massive shout out to Coconut Collaborative for the vanilla frozen yogurt alternative. The company furnished our party with a mammoth freezer bag of the good stuff.
You can buy all of their flavours in most major supermarkets and independent health food stores. My favourite is the chocolate version but this vanilla was perfectly suited to the brownie dish.
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:
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?
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
How much money have we raised for Hugletts Wood Farm Animal Sanctuary so far?
Watch the video below for an update!
Make sure you have the sound on to hear my hilarious voiceover right at the start.
Donate to our Hugletts campaign here.
Check it out, people.
The words ‘Fat Gay Vegan’ have been emblazoned across the cover of the latest issue of Vegan Life Magazine.
I was recently interviewed by editor Maria Chiorando about my blogging history, vegan food in the UK, why I do what I do and so much more.
This issue is now available via the Vegan Life app which can be downloaded here.
Physical copies of the issue will be hitting shops on Thursday. You can find Vegan Life Magazine in Sainsbury’s, WH Smith and many independent and chain newspaper stores.
In addition, check out this story about my monthly Dear FGV advice column starting in Vegan Life Magazine this December!
I’m taking a moment out of my busy overeating schedule to say thank you.
I was nominated in the recent VegfestUK Awards for the Best Vegan Lifestyle Website category. It was an unbelievable playing field which saw me going up against the giants of the vegan world such as Animal Aid, The Vegan Society, TeenVGN and Viva! Campaigns.
I want to give a sincere and heartfelt thank you to every single one of the 970 people who voted for me, placing me as runner up. This is a tremendous result and it has humbled me greatly.
To be only 200 votes behind a 70 year old society with over a quarter of a million fans on Facebook is staggering and I am moved by the number of people who wanted to put my name on their ballot. Second place feels like first with such overwhelming support from my readers.
Also, thank you to VegfestUK organisers for placing my blog within a field of such hardworking and highly respected groups and organisations.
See you all at VegfestUK Scotland in December!
I was invited to talk (by Kim Stallwood) as part of a panel at VegfestUK London this weekend just passed.
The topic I was invited to talk about? What’s the most effective way to campaign for living as a vegan and make vegan values mainstream?
This is a rough version of what I said. It has been transcribed from the notes I took into the talk, meaning it doesn’t include all of the ad-libbing I did such as saying hello every time I saw one of my friends in the audience or any of my hilarious (!) of-the-moment wisecracks.