The Dopey Vegan

UPDATE: I am ashamed to admit when I first wrote this post it was titled my first Buddha bowl. I had seen them all over the internet and ignorantly thought I would make my own, to keep up with current trends. However I now see that using a religious icon to describe a bowl of food, that is in no way connected to that religious culture is wrong. I looked online into what Buddha Bowls are and there is no connection to Buddha and Buddhism so the name in my view is cultural appro

A few weeks back I was sent a couple of samples to try from a company called Abakus Foods. They sent me dried jujube fruits and jujube crisps. Now I'm guessing most of you have never heard of a jujube fruit, I certainly hadn't! And everyone else I spoke to hadn't heard of them either, except my little sister. My sister studies Chinese medicine, and the first thing she said to me was "Oh those are really good for you!". Jujube fruits are also known as red dates, Chinese dates

Growing up in Lewisham I have eaten a fair amount of Caribbean food, within a 10 minute radius of my house there are at least 4 Caribbean restaurants. Since becoming vegan jerk chicken is one of those things I'm envious of meat eaters for eating. But no longer shall I mope about not being able to eat jerk because this recipe right here is the solution! Now I can't take all the credit for this one, me and my boyfriend Jamie came up with this recipe together, and I really neede