In case you are unaware, Veganuary is where people pledge to become vegan for the month of January. They have loads of information available on their website and if at the start of the month you take the vegan pledge then they send you emails every day about advice and tips and tricks to help with your journey, you can check out their website here.   

Honestly, I found going vegan a lot easier than I thought, there are so many vegan options available and the Greggs vegan sausage roll was honestly delicious. I have discovered new foods that I love and it has encouraged me to start cooking from scratch again. It has made me meal prep a lot more for when I am going into University saving me so much money from buying my lunches at the shop.  

I have also made the decision to switch over to non-dairy milk. Going vegan really made me aware of the truth behind the dairy industry and it is something that I do not want to buy into anymore. I have currently tried soya and oat milk and oat is by far my favorite. 

going forward, I have decided that I am not going fully vegan as especially this year I have a lot of traveling coming up. In my everyday life, I am going to try my hardest to choose vegan options when I go out and live as vegan as possible. One of my goals for this year is to try and live a more sustainable lifestyle and change my makeup and skincare so that they are all cruelty-free.

I decided that one of the most beneficial things to do would be to research what foods I could and couldn't eat so that I didn't spend the whole month just eat hummus (something I wouldn't be opposed to). One of the things that I quickly discovered is that milk is in everything, even things that you wouldn't expect like crisps. 

Before it turned January 1st I decided that it would be beneficial to go to the supermarkets and stock up on everything Vegan. I got butter, pesto, snacks, chocolate and pretty much everything else I could find. looking through all the free-from sections in Tesco and Sainsbury's. Some of the best things I have tried so far are the coconut collaborative chocolate and salted caramel flavor pots, oatly oat milk, and homemade apple crumble using Vega butter for the crumble topping.

xoxo

Isabelle