SUNFLOWER SEED BUTTER & SALTY MAPLE STRAWBERRY TOASTIES + A COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY! (V+, GF, ChF, NF, DrF, P)
In a rush? Need the recipe for my delicious vegan Sunflower Seed Butter & Salty Maple Strawberry Toasties right now?! Then scroll down!
There are a handful of food bloggers who have influenced me greatly on my own plant-based and food blogger journey. Sarah Britton from My New Roots, is without a doubt one of them. Her recipes have always spoken to me, as has her bubbly genuine personality, her photography and her writing style. I'm also incredibly in awe of where she's taken her foodie career; she is one girlboss I simply can't get enough of. So, you can imagine my delighted when her publishers Jacqui Small/Quarto Publishing got in touch, asking me to review her new cookbook Naturally Nourished and host a giveaway.
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VEGAN CHICKPEA SWEETCORN BURGERS + A COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY! (V+, ChF, GF, NF)
VEGAN CHICKPEA SWEETCORN BURGERS + A COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY! (V+, ChF, GF, NF)
Another day another cookbook giveaway! That's cuz you're the BEST readers any blogger could ever hope for and I consequently LOVE treating you well ;). So what's up for grabs this week? In addition to the recipe for my delicious vegan chickpea sweetcorn burgers, it's the brand new vegan cookbook by Taline Gabrielian, the phenomenally successful social media star who you might also know as Hippie Lane on instagram! Taline's instagram feed if packed full of colourful recipes that has more than half a MILLION instagrammers drooling on a daily basis! And after launching a number of insanely successful apps, Taline has now written her first, much anticipated cookbook entitiled HIPPIE LANE. THE COOKBOOK.
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FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY BACKDROPS PART 3
FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY BACKDROPS PART 3
Hi everyone! Today's blog post is all about sourcing and making wooden food photography backdrops. It's part of a series I started last year about backdrops for food photography. You can find part 1 here, where I talk about using paper (yes, paper!) and concrete (yes, concrete!) as a backdrop and part 2 here where I write in detail about using fabrics and metal.
So are you ready for me to delve right in?
1. Natural wood
Cost: low/medium/high
Effort: low/medium/high
Storage: easy/medium/a tad more complicated
Availability: 9/10
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MAPLE AND MISO GRAIN AND RADISH SALAD + A COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY! (V+, GF, NF)
Lots to tell you about today, so if you just want the recipe for my delicious vegan maple and miso grain and radish salad, you can find it towards the end of this blog post.
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VEGAN LEMON DRIZZLE BUNDT CAKE + VEGAN SUPPERCLUB RECAP (V+, NF, ChF, GF)
Lots to tell you about today, so if you just want the recipe for my delicious vegan Lemon Drizzle Cake, you can find it towards the end of this blog post.
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VEGAN GRAIN-FREE CHOCOLATE GRANOLA (V+, ChF, GF, GrF, P) + THOUGHTS ON THE INSTAGRAM SHADOW BAN
VEGAN GRAIN-FREE CHOCOLATE GRANOLA (V+, ChF, GF, GrF, P)
Hi everyone! This is set to be quite a long, wordy post all about shadowbanning and the future of instagram. If that's not what you're here for and you are just keen to find the recipe for this delicious glutenfree chocolate granola, then please scroll right the way down where you'll be sure to find it. If you ARE here for lots of info on shadowbanning, then I suggest you grab a mug of green tea, curl up on the sofa and prepare yourself for a long read!
Ok, you ready? So, I've noticed that there have been lots of posts on instagram about shadowbanning over the last week or so. But to be honest the whole shadowbanning thing isn't that new; I have actually known about it for several weeks, thanks to this brilliant post by Sara Tasker. Though I think she says it all, things have evolved slightly since then, which is why I thought I'd give you my take on it all if I may...
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VEGAN MUNG BEAN ROSTIS WITH TAMARIND AND TOMATO CHUTNEY + A COOKBOOK GIVEAWAY! (V+, GF)
Hi everyone! I hope you are all having a lovely, wonderful and delicious Easter break! The man and the boy in my life and I have just come back from a week long holiday in Croatia. And I wish I could say I'm still in holiday bliss mode but the reality is my feet have had to hit the ground running; preparations for my supperclub with Silvia are in full swing and then I had today's blog post to share with you all too of course! But, the hard work is worth it as today's amazing recipe for vegan mung bean rostis with tamarind and tomato chutney and vegetarian cookbook give-away are super dreamy.
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VEGAN RED ONION FOCACCIA WITH SALVIA+LIMONE AND TWIGG STUDIOS (V+, ChF, NF)
I can't believe it's already a week ago since the 3-day food photography and food styling course Aimee and I taught has come to an end. We had SUCH a lovely time and in fact today's images, which were taken on day 2 of the workshop really, really capture the essence of what our workshop was about; lots of great food, lovely company and heaps of visual inspiration and creativity. I personally believe the images of day 2 were extra special as one of our 'students', the super talented Silvia, was present and SO generous as to share her delicious vegan red onion focaccia recipe with us as well as her incredible knowledge when it comes to styling.
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3-DAY LONDON FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY AND FOOD STYLING WORKSHOP WITH TWIGG STUDIOS
3-DAY LONDON FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY AND FOOD STYLING WORKSHOP WITH TWIGG STUDIOS
It was probably around this time last year that Aimee from Twigg Studios asked me to run a food styling and food photography workshop with her in what seemed the unbelieveably distant future (March 2017!). Without hesitation I said yes and man, am I glad that I did. Though Aimee and I are VERY different people, us working together always kinda sorta really goes! And, I feel our lovely work connection shone through in this weekend's 3-day food photography and food styling workshop which was held at my humble, cosy home 'studio' in South East London. We only took 4 students each day to allow for lots of 1-2-1 attention and were over the moon that the workshop was sold out :).
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