I’m getting ready to take a couple of VERY long flights this week and, as a vegan of many years, I understand that my emergency snack game has to be on point.
Take a look below at everything packed in my carry on bag.
Vegan Snacks on a Plane
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New monthly vegan subscription box
I love getting free gifts and I love it even more when those gifts are in the form of boxes filled with vegan treats!
Vegan Junk Box is a new monthly subscription box out of the UK focussed on plant-based sweets and treats that are sometimes difficult to locate in stores.
The company gifted me with a box in the hope that I would like it enough to share the news with you all… and guess what?
I’m sharing the news with you!
And you can even get a discount on your first box as an FGV reader.
The monthly box costs £13.99 but you can get £5 off your first box by using code ‘FATGAYVEGAN’ at checkout.
Visit the Vegan Junk Box website now to investigate now and decide if this monthly box is for you.
You can also follow Vegan Junk Box on Instagram.
Vegan Quarantine: Day 67
Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 67. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charity, and musicians.
Links for everything discussed can be found below.
Shop for vegan snacks from Will’s Vegan Store for UK and EU shipping:
https://wills-vegan-shoes.com/grocery-box.html…
Mindful Atelier is an artisan ceramic and embroided vegan-friendly jewellery maker with an Etsy shop. Current discounted sale happening now with worldwide shipping:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MindfulAtelier
DoppioZero Pizza Romana is a pizza restaurant in Mexico City with incredible vegan options. Follow them on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/pizzadoppiozero_mx/
See my latest vegan haul from the restaurant:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAd-38EJ3tk/
Left Coast Culture is an artisan vegan cheese company in the Scottish Highlands. You can buy via TheVeganKind Supermarket:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfinr2F-qf/
Recipe of the day. Sliceable Cashew Cheese:
https://lovingitvegan.com/sliceable-cashew-cheese/
Music recommendation of the day. No Myth by Michael Penn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxkJHX7ukKE
If you would like to financially support this daily video series, you can make a donation via my PayPal account:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP
Vegan Quarantine: Day 66
Welcome to Vegan Quarantine: Day 66. This daily video series is my way of keeping spirits high within the vegan community while also supporting independent business, charity, and musicians.
Links for everything discussed can be found below.
HURRY. Final hour for this vegan-friendly vintage and fairtrade clothing auction on Facebook with Loaf vegan b&b:
https://tinyurl.com/yb2zppmp
Supernature are an Irish company making gorgeous chocolate coated snacks and you can buy online for Ireland and UK delivery:
https://supernature.com/
Follow Supernature on Instagram as well:
https://www.instagram.com/supernature_snacks/
Plant-Based Pit Stop has a give from VIDA Bakery on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfNCUZJTjS/
Durty Vegan Burger Club is doing weekend delivery and curbside collection in Glasgow with their decadent takeaway:
https://www.durtyveganburgerclub.com/
Follow Durty Vegan Burger Club of Glasgow on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dvbcglasgow/
Recipe of the day. Summer fruit punch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMIR98r7Gao
Music recpmmendation of the day. Rain On Me by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoAm4om0wTs
If you would like to financially support this daily video series, you can make a donation via my PayPal account:
https://paypal.me/pools/c/8oikSipsfP
Best new vegan snack
I’ve found them. You can all sop looking now.
Here are the best new vegan snacks in the UK.
How much glory can there be in one photo?!
These packets were picked up by my greedy fingers yesterday during Vegfest Scotland when I saw them hiding away on the Alternative Stores stand.
I almost couldn’t believe my eyes.
I’m very familiar with this brand due to their hummus and quinoa chips, but I didn’t even know these puffs existed.
Where else have you seen these? Can I buy them in any other places apart from Alternative Stores?
You can order your own packets for home delivery from the Alternative Stores online shop.
Vegan snack extravaganza
I’m currently in Los Angeles which means a lot of snacking.
Check out some of the food and drink stuffs that have been making me smile these past few days.
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Gorgeous #vegan kale Caesar salad with crispy tempeh from @veggiegrill
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These gorgeous things made the cut during my #vegan snack frenzy today.
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Devilled #vegan eggs at Los Angeles Vegan Beer and Food Festival
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The double down burger by @theherbivorousb at Los Angeles Vegan Beer and Food Festival today. #vegan
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Not a bad array of snacks, hey? Anything take your fancy?
Extra note: all these photos originally appeared on my Instagram account.
Vegan snacks at Disneyland
Even though this is intended to be a brief blog post about vegan snacks available in Disneyland, I can’t go past telling you how problematic a trip to the theme park was for me.
Some of the old-fashioned attractions are straight up racist and I can’t believe they still exist in 2016. From animatronic cannibals and head hunters on the Jungle Cruise to the drum rhythms and sexualised dancing of ‘Africans’ on the Small World ride, the park is a colonial throwback like nothing else I’ve seen.
I half expected Michael Caine to shoot someone with a pistol at some point during the day.
The rest of the park features sexist language and imagery, romanticised depictions of frontier times and heteronormative merchandise like ‘his and hers’ matching Mickey Mouse t-shirts.
I felt extremely confronted, as though I had been transported back to a time before people knew better.
Now that is off my chest…
If you find yourself at Disneyland in California for any reason, here are a few vegan snacks you might purchase to help get you through the torrent of essentialism thrown at you.
Crispy newness
Check out these fab new crunchy snacks I discovered in my local Co-operative supermarket.
They are not stunning, but they are cheap and cheerful. I didn’t stop eating once I tore the bag open, but I’m not sure that is a yardstick for quality.
You can also look out for the new lentil curls in the same range which will probably be sitting next to these on the shelf.
Have you tried these new snacks? What do you think?
Tortilla chips from Sainsbury’s
I found a new food love today.
Sainsbury’s has launched a new range of tortilla chips and two of the flavours are marked as being vegan. You can see the two packs in the photo below.
Drunk eating
During my recent trip to Manchester, I found myself staggering around the city centre after a few too many vegan beers in need of late night snacks. Thankfully a 24 hour shop had something to fill the void.
The late night/early morning convenience store on Piccadilly Gardens carried the Forest Foods range of products, a range with a surprising number of vegan options. I can’t say the items I picked up were incredible or even above average but they certainly sent my tummy to bed with more than just a few litres of beer in it.
Check out the photo I took of my goods below. Not the best photo, but a drunk FGV stumbling around a Travelodge at 1am will never do much better.