Happy New Year! Happy Veganuary?

Merry 2016 all! Where did 2015 go? 

What a friendly crow

It was an eventful year for me: returning to university after my internship, being reunited with my beautiful housemates, turning 21, travelling to different places in the UK and Europe, and meeting Ryan. I finished it off in style as a redhead, surrounded by great people, in the city I love: Leeds. Now the resolutions come pouring in all over Facebook #newyearnewme, going to join the gym, diet starts today etc.

Well I'm setting myself a challenge. Three challenges to be exact.

New Year seen in with the best friends

I have three resolutions (but will I actually stick to any? We’ll see!) 

1. Blog more: DO IT. DOOOOOO IT. YOU ENJOY IT, BECKY, SO BLEEDIN’ DO IT!

2. Tone up. Yes, this will last two seconds. Everyone says they’re going to lose weight in the New Year, but it never lasts. Last year, I lost a bit of weight after January, but it’s all come back (blame the boyfriend, beer, and desserts), but I’d like to tone up in some areas to feel a bit better about the way I look.

3. Eat more consciously. Now this brings me onto my post’s title. We as a nation eat too much meat. Too much meat is bad for you and it is also bad for our world. We are eating meat at an unsustainable rate. After visiting a Vegan Festival, I discovered amazing foods that don’t contain meat or animal products. Shock horror! I couldn’t believe it either, does anything taste good without bacon? 

Anyway, I was going to take part in Veganuary: a scheme where you become a vegan for the whole of January, but then I remembered…dairy. No cheese, no chocolate, no milk for my Yorkshire Tea, and no eggs for my yorkshire puddings. I’m just not ready for that kind of commitment. Yes, there are alternative ingredients to eggs, milk, cheese etc. but it's just not the same. 

So instead, I’m trying my own thing: Vegetaruary…it works if you say it fast. I will go all of January without eating meat. We’ll see how I get on, I’ll blog regularly, share recipes and how I’m finding the whole thing.

My ALDI shop

A Yorkshire lass can't live without her gravy

I spent £18 in ALDI on my weekly shop. I can already see the benefits to vegetarianism as my usual weekly shop comes to around £26 when buying different meats and seafood. From looking at what I’ve bought, none of the foods are standalone meals, but I’m excited to mix flavours and foods together to see what I create. Wish me luck!

Ta loves

Becky