1.0Vicky Goodenhttp://www.vickygooden.comvickygoodenhttp://www.vickygooden.com/index.php/author/vickygooden/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="AKrBesxdUm"><a href="http://www.vickygooden.com/index.php/2017/01/07/6-vegan-recipe-resources-veganuary/">8 vegan recipe resources for Veganuary</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="http://www.vickygooden.com/index.php/2017/01/07/6-vegan-recipe-resources-veganuary/embed/#?secret=AKrBesxdUm" width="600" height="338" title="“8 vegan recipe resources for Veganuary” — Vicky Gooden" data-secret="AKrBesxdUm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=http://www.vickygooden.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> http://www.vickygooden.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/headerv-1024x508.png1024508Almost 3 years ago I came home and opened my kitchen food cupboard to be greeted by a whole host of utterly baffling packaged stuff. Pulses and seeds and lentils and powders and beans and legumes. Not a chocolate digestive in sight. Mr G had gone vegan. And I was in a huff. His story is a commendable one; man turns vegan initially for the undeniable health benefits but stays vegan for the sake of our planet and the animals. But god I loved eggs. Milk I was never bothered about. It was just something that went in my sugary tea. Cheese, I was. I used to host Christmas cheese night for Christ sake. Beef, pork and lamb, again not bothered. In fact during one trip to Gaucho in Hampstead just before his departure as a carnivore I was really ill. The whole place just smelt like blood and flesh to me. Death. And I literally had to sprint to their loos. So I was on board with the no meat thing really easily. Anyhoo, fast forward to now and it’s been very difficult for me to not adopt a mainly vegan diet, especially at home – I sometimes have […]