December Vegan Swap and Mission complete confirmed!

I got my exam results on Friday, which confirmed I had passed my Insurance Law exam and in doing so I had completed my Diploma in Insurance! This also means my lovely company will give me a £600 in my January pay packet, just what I need to clear my Xmas bills!

Also Friday was my team do. We went to Roadhouse in Covent Garden and had a great time. I looked at the menu in advance so knew I had to have two lunches as there wasn't any vegan friendly food. In the evening I had some chips and even those I had to ask for without cheese! (who doesn't have normal chips on their menu?!)

When I got in on Friday I was delighted to find my Vegan Food Swap box had arrived. http://www.tohappyvegans.com/wordpress/uk-vegan-food-swap/ from Laura http://icahlua.blogspot.co.uk/ 

I quickly tried the Belgian dark chocolate with hazelnuts from Waitrose, which was delightful, basically a dark choc version of a Cadbury's Whole Nut which I used to gobble down by the truck load with my house mates at university. I also quickly chomped my way through the dairy free chocolate covered raisins. I'm not a great lover of milk chocolate as I find it too sweet but these were lovely as I don't think I've had choc covered raisins like this since going vegan. I loved my hickory smoked primal strip, last month I had the BBQ one in my vegan box. These are a great snack and I think I'll have to work my way through the rest of the range. I fell in love with chipotle sauce at www.fatgayvegan.com 's Dia de los Muertos fiesta in November and have been meaning to buy some ever since so I was excited to see a chipotle tabasco in my parcel, I tried it on my McCain Smiles and think it won't last in my cupboard long! The hot and sour Ainsley Harriot soups are coming  straight to work with me as I get a mid afternoon slump that usually sends me down to Starbucks for a soya latte (with sugar free hazelnut syrup!) So this will save me time, calories and money! I have had harissa in shop bought sandwiches and at restaurants, but I have never cooked with it at home so I'm looking forward to trying this out and adding it to a few dishes. The pack recommends mixing it with mayo to make a dip and I have an unopened bottle of vegan mayo so I'm going to give this a go. The product I'm most looking forward to try is the Worcestershire Sauce Glaze from Marks & Spencer. I have been meaning to make some seitan from scratch (with vital gluten flour, I don't know anyone with the time to separate the gluten from normal flour!) and this has given me the motivation to do it so I can slather this glaze on. Results to be shown in my next post.

I sent my box (photo in last post) to my swapee Shadé on Monday so hopefully she receives it soon. I hope everyone enjoys their treats this month and it inspires more people to get involved!

Until next time Vegheads!

Vgirl Xx