I am sorry... I lied.
Back in 2018, I decided to get back to blogging. I have never been more wrong haha. As I noted in that post, I went into teaching a week after that, and since then, I have never been busier (or happier!). I have so many hilarious stories from the classroom that I will save until I retire, but for now, here's an update.
I'll be honest... part of the reason I didn't update my blog is because of the huge spiel I made about healthy eating, getting back down to a size 10/12 and losing the 7kg. I have done none of the above. However, I have made a big change in the past 8 months... which, done properly, could help me achieve this goal.
Back in July 2019, I decided to go vegan. I had been toying with the idea for years and tried when I was about 14 and lasted two weeks. I like cheese so much, that I thought it was going to be impossible. However, when my family came home from Dubai, I decided to give it a go. Just for the summer whilst they were here (easy, as my dad cooks like a boss). But then it stuck, and here I am, 7 months on and never better!
I am definitely going to stick with being vegan. It's so much easier than I thought it would be. I thought my first post back could be a bit of a top ten list of things I've tried and loved from mainstream restaurants; because people always say that being vegan is too difficult (it is not!).
I want to do a quick disclaimer that I am not trying to convince anyone to go vegan. Everyone is entitled to their own choices without judgment. I just want to shed some light on some ways you could try vegan food if you were interested. There is SO much out there now that is not even known about outside the vegan community; and without jumping straight into that, people are missing out on some amazing things. Anyway... let's just do it.
1. Subway Meatball Sub (sans the vegan cheeze as it's not for me) and also vegan patty
2. Zizzi's jackfruit pepperoni pizza.
3. Pizza Express' jackfruit pepperoni pizza.
4. Papa John's jackfruit pepperoni and sausage pizza (see a trend yet??).
5. Greggs vegan sausage roll.
6. Chiquito's vegan fajitas (omg these are incredible).
7. KFC Vegan chicken burger.
8. Yo Sushi's pumpkin/ tofu katsu curry with a portion of vegetable gyoza on the side.
9. Nando's Supergreen Burger with pineapple and portobello mushroom.
10. Costa's vegan breakfast panini with a soya gingerbread latte on the side
These are not in any particular order, and I have not even explained my choices. I will add pictures of these amazing things another time, as I do have them! However, all of these are firm favourites whenever I go out, and there's still so much I haven't tried yet. Veganism is booming in the UK at the moment, and I hope it continues!
I'm not going to make any empty promises about when my next blog post will go up (not that anyone is sat here waiting around for it..!) but I hope I will get a chance to write one soon.
For now... TTFN!
