The Princess, A Story By Esme ( 4 Years)

The Princess, A Story By Esme, 4

As transcribed by Mummy (me), Read by Charlie.

Vegan Pizza @ The Stable, Cheltenham

Vegan Pizza @ The Stable

The Stable has been in Cheltenham for quite a while now, but we have only recently caught onto it's Vegan Pizza menu!! So we rolled down to town (not literally!!) to eat all their Pizza!!

We are quite lucky in Cheltenham as we have a Zizzi nearby, which also makes Vegan Pizza, a large Wholefoods which sells Vegan Pizza (without the v-cheese), plenty of health food stores that sell pizza brands like Redwood with vegan cheese, so we are spoilt for choice really! I have to say though, so far, The Stable do the best Pizza! The base is thin but tasty, plenty of melty vegan cheese (which I hear is the ever popular Violife), and also a large Garlic Bread complete with violife, delicious!

It was fairly steep price wise, but great if you are having a treat. It might be because we bought quite a few drinks too though! 

Whilst we were eating there was live music playing, the atmosphere was really relaxed and family friendly. There was also plenty of vegans there which is always a good sign!

Overall a really good experience, and highly recommended! 

Finn decided he would rather have his milk than pizza, oddly enough :)

The ''I don't have time to have breakfast'' Vegan Flapjacks

Time for school!!

My daughter Esme had her first day at school last week, she is such a grown up girl! I figured there would be many days we would be in a rush and wouldn't have time for breakfast, sometimes so much of a rush that we have to grab something on the way to school, so I threw a load of ingredients together, and made a flapjack of sorts. This is Gluten Free too, so tummy friendly :)

The ''I don't have time to have breakfast'' Vegan Flapjacks

The question is, what are the measurements for the ingredients? The answer to this is, I haven't the foggiest! I would really just add until you get the right consistency. Right now I have an 11 week old baby so I don't get a lot of time so make food, so a recipe throwing everything in a bowl is ideal really!!

This is a mysterious recipe, like that on the great british bake off *rotfl*

Ingredients:

Cup of dates, soaked 

Cup of Cashews, soaked

Slug of maple syrup (no not a real slug ^_^)

Tablespoon of melted non-dairy marg

Quinoa Flakes

*Whizz up the dates and cashews in a food processor or nutribullet

*De-cant into a bowl, add the Quinoa flakes and mix until they are all combined.

*Melt the non-dairy marg in a pan, add the maple syrup

*Pour into the mixture and stir

*Line a tin with baking parchment, press down mixture into the tin, then throwww in the oven!

*Bake for 15-20 mins, take the flapjacks out and cut into squares.

*Cool the flapjacks and put them in a tub, ready to eat!!

I plan on making these again soon with a carob style chocolate on top (chocolate makes my daughter rather loopy!) They are nutty and delicious!

Quick top up shop vlog - Vegan at Aldi

Quick top up shop vlog - from Aldi!!

I am obsessed with Aldi! It is super cheap! :) The only problem is that the veggies go off quickly, so you will have to chomp them quickly, which is no problem for me of course :) I love veggies!! We are trying to eat less processed foods in my house. Esme is not currently convinced, and still wants pizza and chips constantly!!