Vegan Shopping
Shopping for vegan products isn't always easy. I've gathered together some good vegan suppliers, as well as links to organic food suppliers, vegan info, local produce, and more.
vegan chocolate | vegan wine | organic food | local produce | tofu | vegan info | vegan cookery | vegan alternative foods | yoga | vegan cosmetics | friends
Vegan Chocolate
The Cocoa Tree does fantastic vegan chocolate - huge, glossy slabs stuffed full of toasted nuts, dried fruits or lumps of candied ginger. You can often get it from delis or health food shops. The site also has some chocolate recipes, which I haven't tried, but look very good.
Troody skrumptious makes the best vegan truffles, all different flavours. Orange ones are particularly good, as are hazelnut. Oh, and the liqueur ones too...
Monty’s chocolates aren't exlusively vegan, but a good selection is. Some really unusual flavours too. The chocolate covered candied lemon slices are divine. The new vegan truffles are also very good.
Sometimes you just can't beat a Green & Black's 70% dark chocolate bar. Their new Dark Almond bars are divine, as are the cherry and ginger ones. And since it's all organic and fairtrade, it seems virtuous to have another slab.
Hotel Chocolat do a good selection of vegan chocolates (more in stores than seem to be on the site). The pralines are particularly good.
Organic Food
Essential Trading supply many vegan, organic, fair trade products through their worker's cooperative.
Local Produce
Use Veg-box Recipes to find a veg box scheme in your area (UK).
Use Big Barn to discover the local food suppliers where you live (UK).
Sound Bites is a very good vegan shop & cafe in Derby, UK. Now selling individual vegan icecreams and choc ices.
The Honest Cabbage is a veg box delivery scheme based in South Derbyshire. They will deliver for free within a 20 mile radius of Aston on Trent.
Tofu
Cauldron's Marinated Tofu pieces are ideal for Thai style stir-fries and curries. The Beech-smoked tofu is also very good.
Taifun's smoked tofu is also very good. It has a firmer texture, and is good sliced thin on sandwiches with avocado.
Vegan Wine
Vegans are from Mars has a really good listing of generally available vegan wines.
Vegan Info
Vegan Village has lots of useful stuff, including directories of vegan brands.
You might also be interested to check out the Vegan Society.
Go Green has links to loads of green products and businesses.
VegiVentures organise eco- and activity-holidays especially for vegans and vegetarians.
Get and write reviews of vegan and vegetarian restaurants through Veggie Heaven
Vegan Cookery
There are loads more recipes on the vegan family site.
Also worth checking out is, what the hell does a vegan eat anyway?
More recipes from Eighth Day, a vegetarian cafe in Manchester.
Vegalicious is a very nice site with some great looking recipes and good pics of them too.
Vegan Alternative Foods
The Redwood Food Company do good vegan sausages. They keep their shape well if you want to cook them for a long time in a jambalaya or stew.
Yoga
Lotus Flower Iyengar Yoga are based in Leeds, UK.
Peak Postures are based in Belper, Derbyshire, UK.
Vegan Cosmetics
SoOrganic do a good range of vegan cosmetics.
Honesty Cosmetics are entirely vegan.
Simply Soaps have a tempting selection of soaps, hair & body care, and gift boxes.
Friends