Food Archives - Mummy Lauretta

Reducing Food Waste with Too Good To Go

11/02/2024 Comments Off

With the cost of living rising and the price of food, bills and fuel soaring, we can all try to do our best at budgeting and living as economically as possible. If that’s by meal planning, trying to use our cars less or by turning down the heating by half a degree, it all helps the budget. One of my bugbears is food waste as we are all guilty of buying too much of something or forgetting about something in the back of the fridge and then having to throw it away.

Chocolate Sponge with Salted Caramel Sauce & Popcorn – Guest recipe from Kindling Restaurant, Brighton

03/04/2022 2 Comments

This decadent dessert is dairy-free, suitable for vegans and can even be made gluten free as well, but you’ll never be able to tell! Rich moist chocolate sponge, topped with creamy caramel sauce and crunchy salty popcorn. Serve with chocolate sorbet or dairy free ice cream for a luxury finish.

Vegan Spring- How to keep Veganuary going – Guest Post by Helen Long

13/02/2022 Comments Off

If you enjoyed Veganuary, why stop the fun now? You’ve probably got the hang of everyday eating, so here are some more lifestyle things to think about in Spring… Being vegan- a holistic lifestyle When your old animal products break or run out, you can replace them with vegan versions. Vegan Family Guide explains how […]

How to Create a Vegan Diet for Kids – Guest Post

11/06/2021 Comments Off

A few years ago, an Australian couple made the news as they appeared in court where they pleaded guilty to failing to provide for a child and causing serious injury. The child was malnourished. In the press, much was made of the family’s vegan diet, but the court acknowledged that the mother’s depression had played a significant role in the poor care given to the child. The plant-based food being given to the child wasn’t a problem because it was vegan, the problem was that the food being fed to the child wasn’t providing sufficiently balanced nutrition. This could easily have happened with a meat-based diet, because one of the major issues in the case was lack of knowledge.

Love Corn – Our Family’s New Favourite Snack

19/02/2021 69 Comments

With two hungry growing boys in the house, we are always looking for new foods to offer them. They always have their head in the pantry searching for a snack and will more often than not pull out a chocolate biscuit or a packet of crisps. Love Corn offered to send us some of their snack bags to try and I jumped at the chance to give the twins (and their Dad!) something healthier to graze on.

Gluten Free Vegan Rocky Road Bars from Mummy Meagz

30/01/2021 9 Comments

I’m always looking for new snacks or new treats to try. I seem to get stuck in a rut with eating the same things and so it’s great to try new foods and new flavours. I’ve been doing Veganuary again this year and trying to vary the snacks I can have has been challenging especially […]

Chocolate Oat Cookies

13/01/2021 19 Comments

Cookies are a great thing to bake with kids and with the UK currently in lockdown I decided to try to create a new recipe that I could bake with the boys but which would also fit in with what I’m eating during Veganuary. They have been taste tasted and approved by the boys and their dad and I’ve already been asked “Mummy! When can we make those new cookies again?!”

Raspberry & White Chocolate Blondies

04/12/2020 18 Comments

I think that brownies and blondies are my favourite thing to bake. They are super easy to mix, don’t take too long to bake and are cooled and ready to eat quite quickly too. This is important as I’m not a very patient person so I can’t wait to eat the cake that I’ve made! These Raspberry and White Chocolate blondies are gluten and dairy free and are really easy to make.

Vegan pregnancies – are they healthy? Guest Post

11/10/2020 3 Comments

We vegans are well used to the (usually well meaning) advice from family and so-called ‘experts’ on the subject of veganism. However, throw vegan pregnancy into the mix, and suddenly it becomes about moral choices. Veganism is ok it seems when it’s our own choice, but can be questioned when we’re dealing with an unborn child.

Cherry Bakewell Blondies

30/09/2020 20 Comments

Bakewell tart was one of my favourite puddings as a child. I remember my Grandma always making one for me when we would go down and visit. One of Ethan’s favourite cakes to pick in the supermarket is a Cherry Bakewell. We both love that almond marzipan taste however I’m not a fan of glace cherries.