Veg Fest 2017 Brighton

Vegan Festival in Brighton

It was veg fest this weekend at Brighton and I visited on the Saturday with my Mum. I wasn't sure what to expect as I had never been to a vegan festival before but I was pleasantly surprised.

New vegan brands

There were so many different vegan brands there, some that I had heard of before but loads I hadn't. It was so interesting seeing all the different things people had to offer. My mum and I mainly went for the food, and we ate so much lol, but there was also different charities, clothes companies, book brands etc there. 

For lunch my mum had a hot dog from the Vegusto stand and omg it was sooooo tasty (I tried some). I got a pizza from the Purezza stand and we also got some vegan ice cream from Yorica. But most importantly we got some brownies to take home from Liberty Loves and OH MY GOD... they were hands down the tastiest brownies I've ever had in my whole life, non vegan brownies included in my list of comparison. My boyfriend who's not vegan even said they were unreal. If I could create those every day myself I would. Well done Liberty Loves **applause here**. 

 

 

Who else went to veg fest?! Let me know what your favourite stall was.

Best Spread for Vegans

Dairy Free Spreads

You'd be surprised as to how many dairy free spreads there are out there in the UK. I didn't even know it was a thing until turning to the green side but they are there and some are better than others. I've not tried many yet but here's my best 3 that are in most supermarkets:

1. My number 1 and the one I now always get is Flora Freedom. It's brilliant and literally tastes like every other margarine I've had prior to quitting dairy. You can cook with it, put it on bread, add it to mash potato, the lot. 

2. Pure. To be honest this doesn't differ too much from Flora but is a bit harder to get your hands on so I tend to not get it as much now.

3. Vitalite. This one is the cheapest out of the 3 and is nice to bake with but not so great when using it on toast or anything savoury really.

Do please let me know if you've found better. 

Vegan Cheese Burgers

Vegan Burger

I made these vegan 'cheese' burgers last night and I am not lying when I say they were absolutely amazing!!!

Not much else to say other than, they were Linda McCartney 1/4 pounders, which I bought from Morrisons plus some Violife cheese slices. I grilled the burgers for around 20 mins and then added the Violife cheese and grilled for another couple of minutes. I was surprised to see that the cheese actually melted too.

Not just for vegans

I made these for my Mum as well who's not veggie or vegan and she absolutely loved them, even said they were better than meat burgers. Win!!!

Go out and try them now if you haven't - let me know what you think.