LONDON VEGFEST 2015

Hi guys!

I have been meaning to write this post for such a long time but I've been so busy at school. This is my post on what I ate and did at vegfest 2015. If you didn't know, vegfest is a huge vegan festival in the Olympia stadium in London. There was also ALOT of gluten-free and sugar-free food so that was amazing! 

My breakfast was banana porridge with mango coconut yogurt and chia seeds. I made it the same as normal porridge with almond milk but added a mashed banana while I was cooking. Porridge is a great breakfast to fuel you for a long day as it keeps you full for hours and hours with all the fibre!

The first thing I bought when I got there was my first ever bubble tea from Nosteagia. It was peach green tea flavour with tapioca balls, I didn't really like it because I didn't like the feeling of the bubbles in my mouth! But if you like bubble tea its a great alternative as they use only natural sugars.

Koko dairy free coconut milk is my all time favourite milk. I always buy the chocolate one to take in my lunches to school so I was really excited to see their stand. They were giving out free samples and I probably drank about 4 different types - all were delicious! I was also really excited to try their new coconut butter, which isn't in the shops yet. Here is a picture of me trying it.

I got these two nakd badges for free from their stall, and the Eat Kind badge I bought for 50p. While i was a that stall I also bought a wristband advertising Veganuary - where you go vegan for January. Badges and wristbands are a great way to subtly promote veganism without people feeling like you're ambushing them with your views!

I can't remember the name of this stall, but they sold the best gluten-free and vegan sweet treats! I had their raspberry brownie and it was amazing. It was so exciting to be able to find food that I can actually eat!! 

I bought some Rebel Kitchen mylk's as they had a special offer on, two for £1.80!!!! My favourite flavour is chocolate orange, I would definitely recommend these as a chocolate milkshake alternative, they're also refined-sugar free. I took these two to school in my lunchbox the following week.

For lunch we had this AMAZING gluten-free pizza from Venice Bakery. They even do vegan cheese!! We had the Mediterranean with peppers, olives and mushrooms.

For pudding we went to my FAVOURITE raw chocolate stand. Ombar is dairy free, gluten free and sugar free and completely raw! The orange flavour is my all time favourite, I always buy it in our local health store! Of course we made full use of the free tasters!

These are my veganuary wristbands, alongside one that says Vegan Police from the TeenVegan stand! My dad always calls me this so we bought it as a joke (although it is probably true!)

The TeenVegan area was great. There were loads of different activities, I joined the table of people that were making a zine! Everyone could design a page for the zine and it would be entered into a competition. Below are my pages!

 There was also a big poster where you could write what a vegan world would look like! I thought this was such a good idea - can you guess which prediction is mine?

After that I cycle-powered my own smoothie! This was so fun and such a great idea, plus it was only £1! It makes you realise how much energy your blender uses as it took quite a long time to power it on the bike! I had a blueberry, banana and coconut milk smoothie.

Finally thought I would add these pictures with some facts about the meat and dairy industry. I hope reading this post has made you realise how many vegan options there are nowadays and how easy it can be to find substitutes! I can't eat a lot of the meat substitutes as most of them contain gluten but there were SO many stalls selling them - and they're sold in most supermarkets and even corner shops now! It really is easy.

I had such a great day at VegFest, if you went too please tag me in your pictures so I can see them!! I can't WAIT to go next year!

Love Moo x