Vegan Honeycomb!

Hi guys!

I hope you've all had a lovely Easter and eaten faaar too much chocolate! I had my grandparents over for Easter Sunday and wanted to make something that they wouldn't know was vegan! I made these honeycomb chunks dipped in chocolate and they went down a treat.

They're super easy to make, however they are NOT sugar free in the slightest - but its easter who cares! Hope you enjoy making them! I think they would be great as a present for someone, wrapped in cellophane with a bow on top.

You will need:

• 365g sugar 
• 140g glucose syrup
• 110ml water
• 1tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2tsp baking powder
• 1 bar dark chocolate, melted

Get all of your ingredients weighed out, and your equipment ready first. Equipment wise you'll need  a pastry brush in a cup of water, a bowl lined with non stick paper, and an oven mitt. Put your sugar, glucose syrup and water into a pan and put it on high heat. Stir until it begins to boil, then wash down the sides of the pan using your pastry brush. This dissolves any sugar crystals, so when your honeycomb boils up it doesn't stick to them. 

Leave the mixture on high heat without stirring, until it begins to brown in one spot. This will take about 5 minutes but keep your eye on it. If you add your bicarb too early it won't set, and if its too late it will taste burnt. 

As soon as you see a light golden brown patch, remove it from the heat, whisk two times and add in baking powder and bicarb. Then whisk 3 times until combined. It should now start to bubble up and look like honeycomb. Make sure you don't over stir, and pour it immediately into the lined bowl. Leave it for 3 hours-ish until its completely cool. It will sink in the middle - this is normal! 

Once its cool, peel off the baking paper and smash it. Then dip into your melted chocolate, and leave to set! 

Hope you've enjoyed this recipe, as always if you make it please tag me @moosfood and use the hashtag #moosfood!

Love Moo x 

TEEN DO!

Hello guys

Today I'm going to be talking to you about a really exciting event that I'm involved in organising! For the past 8  years, my Dad and his friends have been organising and running a 3 day event called The Do Lectures. Once a year, speakers and attendees gather in Wales to create ideas together. Phones are left at home, the internet is switched off, and people talk. It is a place for optimism, wonder and inspiration to bubble up. 

It's a small event, with only 80 attendees and 24 speakers. Chickens run around. People swim in rivers. Music plays long into the night. Great local food. Coffee made by top baristas. Tea like you have never tasted before. Local beers brewed just down the road. 

It is not a conference. It is not a festival. No one really knows how to describe it. But people leave 3 days later, and things are different for them after that. 

So now on to my really exciting news... This summer we are launching TEEN DO! We planted the seed of Teen Do last year, and this August it's blossoming.

"AT LAST YEAR’S DO LECTURES, WE GOT ON STAGE TO ANNOUNCE THAT TEEN DO WOULD BE HAPPENING IN AUGUST 2016. NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND SPONSORS, FIND SPEAKERS, FIND CATERERS, FIND MUSICIANS, FIND TENTS, FETCH, CARRY, SWEEP, CLEAN AND DO LOTS OF WASHING UP."

So what is Teen Do? 

60 teens (age 14-17)

Live music

Healthy food

Hands-on workshops

12-14th August, The Do Farm, West Wales.

Today's teenagers are digital pioneers. We are the first generation to grow up in this new social media world. No other generation has grown up with such amazing tools that allow access to information, entertainment and endless connectivity.

At a time where we are trying to define who we are and what we want to become, we are bombarded with hundreds of images telling us who we could and should be.

Teen Do's purpose is to help teenagers just like us. To put us on the right track by teaching us things that we don't learn in school. Even better, the talks will be filmed and put on the Do Lectures website to benefit teens all around the world.

Some of the things we’ll learn:

• How to look after yourself
• How to follow your dreams
• How to fight for what you believe in
• How to get off the internet
• How to listen to your instinct
• How to 'be' as well as 'do'
• How to find your purpose
• How to fail
• How to embrace the outdoors

I'm so excited to be part of such an amazing, inspiring event that will change the lives of today's teenagers. Not only is it for teenagers, but Teen Do has been imagined, organised and brought to life BY teenagers too! 

You can find out more by going to www.thedolectures.com/events/teen. Applications open soon, so please register your interest online so we can keep you updated!

And make sure you're following us on Twitter & Instagram @theteendo.

I hope you've enjoyed learning about this part of my life, and hopefully I will see some of you there! 

Lots of love

Moo x