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Follow Your Heart now in Tesco

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Do you love vegan success stories?

Let’s have a round of applause for vegan food company Follow Your Heart and their new listing deal with Tesco stores around the UK!

So what can you buy from the Follow Your Heart range in Tesco stores?

Vegenaise is the best vegan product on the planet (in my fat, humble opinion) and the plant-based mayo is now in over 550 Tesco stores.

You will also be able to find the Smoked Gouda slices and Medium Cheddar slices in 300 Tesco stores.

The Californian brand launched in the UK in 2015 after decades of selling their products around the world and are now available via Ocado, Holland & Barrett, Sainsbury’s, Whole Foods Market, Planet Organic, The Vegan Kind, and independent retailers.

And now in Tesco, too!

Follow Follow Your Heart on Instagram.

Join the Follow Your Heart UK Facebook group to swap recipes with other consumers.

Döner Summer is open in Leeds

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Döner Summer started life with their decadent comfort food and cocktail menus in York, but have now branched out with a location in nearby Leeds.

Josh popped a long on the weekend and sent me these photos to share with you all.

Check out the gorgeous interiors and tasty-looking food below.

How great does this all look? And being on Call Lane is the icing on the cake. It’s a great part of the city centre.

If you love food, cocktails, and ice cream then you probably want to follow Döner Summer on Instagram and dine with them soon and often.

Vegan pizza in Sheffield

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If you haven’t heard, I have recently relocated to the UK city of Sheffield.

First call of order is of course to find as much vegan food as possible and eat it all as quickly as possible.

I made a start to this task by ordering a whole bunch of vegan pizzas from Nether Edge Pizza Company.

This independently-owned pizza company has two Sheffield locations and an impressive vegan-friendly section on their menu.

Check out my dinner selection from tonight below.

Click through to the Instagram post to see all the items I ordered.

Everything was delicious, especially the garlic bread. I can’t wait to eat with them again.

Click here to visit the Nether Edge Pizza Company website.

Five vegan takeaway meals in the UK

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During the past two weeks, I have been living in a London hotel room in order to follow the Government mandated self isolation.

I was originally booked into a hotel with a fridge but during my flight back from Mexico, my booking was cancelled. I ended in a room above a pub with no kitchen and no fridge.

And that means takeout food for two weeks.

Here are my top five fast food items I enjoyed during my stay.

Margherita pizza from Franco Manca

This Isn’t Chicken curry from Pho

Veggie sushi collection from Itsu

Vegatsu seitan katsu curry at Wagamama

Vegan box from wasabi

https://www.instagram.com/p/CCdYibDFvRf/

Buy vegan soap to support LGBT charity

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Great news!

Bars of Hope is ready to sell you gorgeous vegan soap AND you can help them raise funds for a London-based LGBTQ+ charity.

The independent soap company is selling soap to raise money for a different charity each month. They started the fundraising project in June 2020 and raised £332 for The Innocence Project.

This month, Bars of Hope is supporting Opening Doors London.

Opening Doors is a charity that helps older members of LGBTQ+ communities live happy, sociable, and independent lives.

Each bar costs £4 and 50% goes to charity while the other 50% covers expenses of producing and distributing the soaps.

Click here to shop for soaps (UK delivery) and support this crucial charity.

Bars of Hope are especially excited about their Pride soaps!

Follow Bars of Hope on Instagram.

Discover more about Opening Doors London online.

Virtual vegan cheese making class

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This Saturday 11th July, 2020 between 4pm and 6pm, you can join Made In Hackney for an online vegan cheese making class.

The suggested donation for the class is £20 but any donation amounts will be accepted accepted. All money raised will be used to provide free healthy eating cookery classes for community groups across London.  

The class will take place via Zoom with details being provided via email (usually the day before the class).

Buy a ticket online!

The Event

Let vegan cheese producer Bruna Oliveira show you how to whip up a quick, easy and delicious cheesey dish from 100% plant-based ingredients. You’ll also discover how to create the amazing textures, flavours and health benefits of raw, fermented nut cheese.

In this class you will learn how to make:

  • A quick, easy and nutritious Vegan Parmesan 
  • A delicious Plant Powered Mac n Cheese
  • A gorgeous Fermented Almond Ricotta with herbs (ready to eat within 48 hours)

About Bruna

Bruna Oliveira is the founder of London Nut Cheese Co and studied Naturopathy and Naturopathic Nutrition at CNM London in order to pursue her passion for healthy and natural living. Bruna loves creating delicious recipes with the aim of inspiring people to transform their lives through making positive changes in their diet. 

Fee: Suggested donation £20 but any donation amounts accepted. All money raised will be used to provide free healthy eating cookery classes for community groups across the capital.  

INGREDIENTS LIST

  • 300g ground almonds 
  • 300g blanched almonds (or otherwise cashew nuts or sunflower seeds, but bear in mind sunflower seeds have quite a strong flavour)
  • 1 pot nutritional yeast 
  •  15g garlic powder (or otherwise fresh garlic to taste)
  • Sea salt
  • Dried oregano 
  • Whole grain or gluten free pasta (like penne)
  • ½ head broccoli 
  • ½ head cauliflower 
  • 200g raw cashew nuts (whole or pieces) 
  • 500ml plant based milk 
  • 50g tapioca flour (or cornflour)
  • 1 small jar roasted red peppers (or use tomato paste to add flavour)
  • 30ml olive oil 
  • 15ml miso paste (optional)
  • 1 lemon 
  • 10g mustard powder (or use regular mustard)
  • 10g onion powder 
  • 5g smoked paprika
  • 15ml apple cider vinegar (or white vinegar)
  • 1 clove garlic 
  • 1 vegan probiotic capsule (any vegan probiotic capsule with at least 1 billion CFU. If your capsules contain less you can use 2 capsules instead of one). 
  • 1/2 bunch parsley (optional)

EQUIPMENT LIST

  • 2 medium bowls
  • 1 small bowl 
  • Blender
  • Cooking pot (large)
  • Pyrex dish (large)
  • Sieve
  • Muslin cloth/nut milk bag/cheesecloth
  • Measuring spoons and cups

Click here to discover more info about the class and Made In Hackney.

Purezza set to open another location

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They just can’t slow down.

Only days after announcing their third location will be opening in Hove, superstar vegan pizza chain Purezza has announced ANOTHER location is on its way.

This time in Bristol.

Not long after tripling the size of their Camden branch to become the biggest vegan restaurant in the UK, Purezza will be opening at 79-81 Gloucester Road, Bristol which just happens to be the site of a former butcher before being taken over by Pigsty, a pork and BBQ restaurant.

They are reclaiming the space for the vegans!

The ethos and ingredients behind Purezza’s plant-based Neapolitan pizzas may be a far cry from the building’s previous occupants, but they are nonetheless loved by foodies globally, having won National Pizza of the Year in 2018 in the UK, Vegan Restaurant of the Year 2018, and being prize winners in the World Pizza Championships in 2019.


Purezza is known for crafting its own plant-based mozzarella, and a unique sourdough pizza base made with organic wholegrain flours. These are used in a range of pizzas from classics like the Margherita, to unique inventions like the Parmigiana Party which uses aubergine parmigiana and meat substitutes for its toppings.

The restaurant will also serve a full gluten-free menu, a large range of creative cocktails, and raw dishes including a raw pizza using a base made with seeds and nuts, and raw tiramisu made using finely blended cashew nuts. Food will also be available via local delivery services.

Follow Purezza on Instagram.

FINAL Vegan Quarantine: Day 100

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Welcome to THE FINAL Vegan Quarantine: Day 100.

This daily video series was designed to keep spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charities, and musicians.

Thank you so much for joining me EVERY DAY for more than three months. It has been an incredible pleasure to help support my community and amplify voices.

But now I am leaving Mexico City tomorrow and relocating back to the UK.

If you have enjoyed these daily videos and/or think they have been valuable, I would greatly appreciate any and all donations to my paypal account:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

Check if your alcohol is vegan friendly with Barnivore: Vegan-Friendly Booze Guide:
http://www.barnivore.com/

Please donate money to the Justice for David Dungay Junior campaign fund:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/d9qkb6-justice-for-david

Buy the music of Colour Me Wednesday, a fab indie band from London packed solid with vegans:
https://colourmewednesday.bandcamp.com/

You can follow all my food adventures, including what’s coming up as I relocate to Sheffield, on my Instagram account:
https://www.instagram.com/fatgayvegan/

If you live in the UK and would like to order a copy of my book, it would be fab if you could order via Hive:
https://tinyurl.com/y2x4w7bp

If you live outside of the UK, you can order my book via Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Gay-Vegan-Drink-Live/…/184899351X

Once again, you can donate to my Paypal account as a show of appreciation for these 100 days of videos and to help with my relocation expenses: https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

Thank you so much for joining me across this MAMMOTH video series. I almost can’t believe I made it to day 100.

I’ve appreciated your company every step of the way.

Vegan Quarantine: Day 99

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Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 99. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent vegan business, charities, and musicians.

Links for everything discussed can be found below.

A vegan fried chicken restaurant called TLC Vegan Kitchen has opened in Texas. Follow them on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/tlcvegankitchen/

Read about TLV Vegan Kitchen on VegNews:
https://tinyurl.com/ybmemaqn

Made In Hackney Community Cookery School is hosting a FREE bread making class tomorrow. Details here:
https://madeinhackney.org/whats-on/event/bread-making-4

L U X E vegan hair salon is opening from July 4 on Abbeydale Road in Sheffield. Follow on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/luxesheffield/

Recipe of the day. Sweet potato lasagne:
https://plantbasedonabudget.com/recipe/sweet-potato-lasagna/

Music recommendation of the day. Promises by Beach Bunny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFQDssE693M

You can support these daily videos by donating to my PayPal:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP

You can become a FGV Patreon supporter here:
https://www.patreon.com/FatGayVegan