Veggie Eats

Sticky buns (also known as cinnamon rolls) are sold at most bakeries and supermarkets, but often with inferior ingredients, and packed in plastic. Usually made from leavened dough, they include ‘sticky’ ingredients like maple syrup and sometimes nuts. Vegan Sticky Cinnamon Buns (Rainbow Nourishments) are buttery and soft, and easy to make with everyday ingredients. They…

Naturally Coloured Frosting (Crowded Kitchen) Did you know that many conventional foods are coloured with animal products? Many pink and red foods (and cosmetics) use carmine/cochineal, which comes from dead red insects? Sometimes black foods use endangered caviar. And most food dyes are also tested on animals. It doesn’t have to be this way. There…

To make your own cake frosting (icing) is really easy to do, without animal ingredients, refined sugar or plastic packaging. You can use these as they are, or colour them with vegan food dyes to match your cake. Naturally coloured frosting (Crowded Kitchen) uses everything from purple acai powder to green matcha to charcoal powder for…

Making your own birthday cake means you can safely avoid factory-farmed animal ingredients, refined sugar and palm oil. It also means you don’t have to worry about plastic packaging. And this cake is zero cholesterol and tastier than anything in shops. Prettier, too. This Gluten-Free Funfetti Birthday Cake  (Crowded Kitchen) is perfect for special days….