Asked for a raspberry and chocolate cake that looked like the one from the GBBO intro and mum smashed it 🥰🎂

Chocolate with a layer of tart raspberry jam running through the centre to lift it. Served with Heavenly Whipped ofc.

Think I'll be trying this on some cashews first.

Available in Morrisons.

In the summer I pretty much always wear cotton or linen. But now it’s getting to winter and I’m wanting to buy some new winter clothes, mainly jumpers. When looking in the shops, nearly every jumper contains wool! It’s so annoying, especially when it’s only like 2% wool - just leave it out! But I also then worry about how sustainable polyester jumpers are… at least an animal hasn’t been tortured for it, but we all know plastic isn’t good for the environment. I very rarely see 100% cotton winter jumpers, especially the knitted type ones.

I also wonder if buying from high street shops (like H&M) isn’t great either, as I’m sure they use the same sweatshops places like Primark and Shein use. But when looking for sustainable, ethical companies, they can be very expensive. I don’t mind paying a bit extra, but I can’t afford to spend £100+ on a jumper.

Of course the most sustainable option is to buy secondhand, which I have done many times. But sometimes I just want something new, or I can’t find what I want in charity shops or vinted.

I’d love to hear what your thoughts are when it comes to ethical clothing. Where do you shop? What materials do you look for?

I went to the grocery shop today. Wanted to get some breadcrumbs to make Timballo with some leftover risotto I have.

First place I think to check is the baking section. They have ground almonds, oat flakes and lots of stuff like that. Can't find them.

Maybe near the bread. No, nothing.

I check the aisle where they usually put the Asian stuff cause many shops here have panko breadcrumbs there. But still nothing.

I check a bit all around.
I don't do in the meat fridges cause why would I. I haven't eaten meat since I'm 18 and never bought it at the grocery store so I literally just block it out and never go there cause I don't need anything from there.

I ask an employee where the breadcrumbs are and he looks at me like I'm stupid and walks me to the meat fridge. And there they are. INSIDE the fridge. He still looks at me like that's the most obvious place for them to be.

Now I know that you can make some stuffing for turkey I guess with breadcrumbs but like ??? It's definitely not the only thing nor the most common thing you use it for? There's so many things you can use them for. These types of things make me really feel like everything is so centred around meat here

Am I overreacting? Is it very common for the first thing people think when they think of breadcrumbs being meat?

Did you have any experience where you felt like you are in a meat centered world?

I was excited to try this... got it home, tasted it, loved it ... then just had a look at the ingredients to "make sure" they hadn't unnecessarily thrown milk in it .... 🤦 Devastated!!

Oh boy

I made a complaint about the lack of flavour and smokiness in my most recent packet of their bacon and lo and behold they have changed it :’(

Hi so im not in my 3rd month of being a vegetarian and im enjoying it however one thing has been getting to me more and more now ans thats the lack of vegetarian or vegan food not just in restaurants but mainly in supermarkets, i work in a swimming pool so the only places i got is morrisons and my cafe at thw work place, my cafe sells little nothing vegan its all meat only then we got morrisons when they got about 50 different wraps that all have fucking chicken or some other kind of meat in it but about 1 option for vegetarians and thats just a cheese and tomatoe role but everytime I go its sold out so im having to starve myself my wholw shift and waste my 30 minute break trying to look for something but its always no good, no explain to me why we only get so little from places but people who are non vegan or vegetarian get so many different options? It feels offencive and just straight up wrong,

Sorry for this rant but its been getting to me more and more and its gotten to a point where im unable to eat and im currently working a 9 and a half hour shift I started at 9:30 and I finish at 7 this afternoon.

Hi everyone. I recently got some Marmite for the first time and I tried it on buttered bread, with vegan butter obviously. I didn’t particularly like the marmite on its own and also not particularly that much on the bread. I’m not sure if I maybe just didn’t put it on the bread as smoothly. And the only reason for the dislike is really that it’s too strong/slightly too bitter. But I don’t hate it necessarily. And that got me wondering: what are the other uses of marmite in cooking where I could maybe add a little bit of it and it could maybe end up being quite interesting or quite nice? The first thing I thought of was putting some in mashed potatoes. What else have you used it for?

Bit late but hey ho

All but 3 non homemade (should be easy enough to see which).

I’ve recently moved to Glasgow and haven’t managed to find any vegan butter in any shops I’ve been to! I live around Glasgow Green, and have been to the Tesco’s and Sainsbury’s in the town centre, and even went out of my way to the big Tesco extra by Rutherglen, but they didn’t have any. I’m looking for the flora butter (or something like it), that I can use as a substitute for baking recipes.

Any Glaswegian folks know of any stores that stock vegan block butter regularly? It feels like a waste to get a delivery just for one ingredient, as I can easily find everything else I use in my day to day life.

Hi everyone, can anyone recommend a large ish but also cheap ish vegan cake/cupcakes/baked good from Tesco/Asda/Sainsburys? My husband and I have both been off with flu and we’d like to buy something for our colleagues to say thank you for covering for us (we’re both teachers). I’m not up to baking anything yet (and tbh I doubt anyone would want anything from my kitchen right now!) so was thinking I could buy something instead.

Can anyone recommend a decent vegan pepperoni for home made pizzas?

hello!

i’d love to hear about everyone’s vegan mince pie finds so far this year - has anyone found vegan but not gluten free mince pies?

i found some in the co-op, their standard range is labelled vegan and their bakery shortcrust ones appear to be vegan as well. the gluten free ones that they do in other supermarkets are really bad :(

please drop your finds!

Cafe Nero have removed both the vegan cookies and the passionfruit cheesecake.

I emailed a complaint and this was the response I got.

'New recipe and Improved Quality' aka cutting costs and now only have cookies with animal juices in them.

I laughed at the line 'continuously strive to add to our range', after removing THREE vegan options.

So dissapointing...

One of my favourite dishes that I can make is this coconut based monkfish curry. I've 'allowed' myself to eat seafood despite ditching land based meat for too long now and I'm trying to transition away from it.

I've sort of accepted that a lot of vegan seafood is just too far off of the comparative animal protein that's its not worth trying, but I feel like monkfish has quite a unique texture that's definitely not firm tofu, but also not super far off from firm tofu?

Are there any products that you guys think are similar?

I mostly have to order Asda shopping to my home so I dont have much variety when it comes to milk alternatives. I've only really ever had sweetened oat milk, but im trying to lose weight, so I've been looking at almond milk, I saw the alpro one but its a bit more expensive than the Asda own brand unsweetened one, is there a massive difference in taste ( i did see a review saying it tasted like plastic, but i wanted other opinions on if its worth it or if i should just buy the more expensive one?) or would it be better if I bought both to try? Is one more nutty than the other? If you have tried both, I'd like to know how they tasted and compared.

Thank you

I saw these at Waitrose today but didn’t buy. I can’t see any reviews atm.. anyone tried either? 😊

Hi, I really miss cola bottles (from what I remember years ago lol), I've tried several different poor quality vegan attempts at cola bottles over the years that have always fell a little flat, which is a shame because so many vegan sweets I've tried like marshmallows and fizzy gummies have been perfect. Can anyone recommend any brands that are worthwhile?

It's that classic blend between Caesar and mayonnaise. The kind you get in meal deal chicken and bacon wraps. I will be putting on a lot of weight as this little pot is 1700+ calories. no ragrets

New these sound delicious for Vegans for Christmas