When I went fully veggie over 20 years ago, meat-free convenience foods were in their infancy and you had to go to a health-food store to buy them. Dried TVP mince and Sos-Mix were a couple of the limited range of products available; there were no ready-made veggie sausages, burgers or Quorn products available in supermarkets (that makes me sound old!).
These days, there's a great range of fresh and frozen veggie/vegan-friendly products available, and a wealth of cook books, blogs and apps to inspire you to cook an exotic range of cuisines. I've been particularly encouraged to see so many new young, vegetarian and vegan food bloggers in the (social)media lately. After a lull in vegetarianism, and a rise in the interest and popularity of so called ethically-raised meat, it seems that being vegetarian/vegan is becoming fashionable again.
I hope you'll take a look at some of my recipes and those on the Vegetarian Society website and recipe app and maybe share them with your friends and families, to show them that vegetarian food doesn't need lots of weird fancy ingredients to make it taste good!
To celebrate the week, and to keep in with the share theme, I'm sharing some delicious organic and award-winning Seed and Bean Chocolate with you, by hosting a give-away.
This year Vegetarian Week is all about sharing delicious vegetarian food with friends, family and colleagues, exploring all the amazing tasty offerings that can be enjoyed.
At Seed and Bean we believe in courageous chocolate. Creating, exciting, vibrant flavours, with no ‘hints of’ or ‘flavourings’. If we can’t use real, we don't make it. Bars include Chile, Lime, Coffee, Coconut, Cornish Sea Salt, Raspberry, Cardamom, Poppy Seed, Hemp and are available in either milk, white or dark, with 12 being suitable for vegans.
Some flavour combinations are smooth and easy on the palette, some will rocket your taste buds - but whatever takes your fancy we can promise that Seed and Bean will change your chocolate life forever.
I tried out three of their dark, dairy-free varieties including pumpkin seed and hemp oil, hazelnut, and sea salt. Some of the flavour combinations might sound a bit adventurous, but you won't be disappointed. The dark chocolate is amazingly smooth and rich, and contrasts well the the additional flavourings. With distinctive recyclable, matt packaging in a rainbow of colours, the bars are easy to spot in-store; Seed and Bean chocolate is stocked in Waitrose, Planet Organics, Whole Food Markets, and on line at www.seedandbean.co.uk with a RRP £2.49 for an 85g bar.
To win 4 bars of Seed and Bean chocolate, just enter the Rafflecopter widget below, and leave me a comment telling me which bar you'd most like to try. Please also mark your entry 'vegan' if you wish to win dairy-free chocolate only. Competition ends midnight Wednesday 27 May 2015. UK ONLY
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I received a selection of complimentary chocolate bars from Seed & Bean to review and give-away. I was not required to, or paid to promote the Vegetarian Week. All views expressed are my own.
I received a selection of complimentary chocolate bars from Seed & Bean to review and give-away. I was not required to, or paid to promote the Vegetarian Week. All views expressed are my own.
Lemon & Poppy Seed xxx
ReplyDeleteLove to try poppy seed
ReplyDeleteCoconut x
ReplyDeleteI would love to try the poppy seed one.
ReplyDeleteLove to try poppy seed
ReplyDeleteSea salt sounds good to me :)
ReplyDeleteHazelnut and almond
ReplyDeleteVegan - Mandarin and Ginger Dark Chocolate Bar
ReplyDeleteHazel Rea - @beachrambler
Chocolate Raspberry & Vanilla
ReplyDeleteCoconut & Raspberry
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try the Coffee Expresso flavour!
ReplyDeleteCoffee Espresso
ReplyDeleteCoffee expresso would be my first option although I would love to try the hemp ones too - oh who am I kidding it's chocolate!! I would love to try any and all of them :)
ReplyDeleteI am into coconut at the moment so the one with raspberry
ReplyDeleteI want to try the extra dark :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband loves coffee. I'd like the opportunity to show him that non-cow chocolate tastes good!
ReplyDeleteHazelnut and Almond :)
ReplyDeletei would like to try the coconut bar :)
ReplyDeletecoffee x
ReplyDeleteThese ALL sound delicious but I think I'm probably won over by the Lavender bar. Then again, the Cornish Sea Salt sounds good too. And the Mint. And the Hazlenut and Almond. Oh dear! I'm vegan so would happily demolish ALL the vegan ones :D
ReplyDeleteRaspberry and Vanilla Creamy White Chocolate Bar X
ReplyDeleteCoffee sounds good for me x
ReplyDeleteHazelnut would be my choice. Thanks for the chance. :) <3
ReplyDeleteCoffee is the one I would try first - they all sound wonderful!
ReplyDeleteCoffee Espresso would be my first choice
ReplyDeleteI would love to try the Coconut one - Brilliant competition :-) All entered, thank you very much!
ReplyDeleteHazelnut & Almond
ReplyDeletePoppy seed please :)
ReplyDeleteSicilian Hazelnut Dark Chocolate
ReplyDeleteI would like to try the salt and lime one, sounds delicious. There are so many I would like to try. Yum.
ReplyDeletewould love to try the rich milk chocolate bar
ReplyDeleteCoconut :)
ReplyDeleteany of the dark chocolate variety
ReplyDeleteI had some chili chocolate when I visited Belgium. It's a weird idea, but works surprisingly well.
ReplyDeleteOoh, coconut sounds yummy!
ReplyDeleteI've been vegetarian for over 20 years too and it is amazing just how much the availability of recipes and meals out has changed - interestingly I think the growth of vegan options has made vegetarian seem less extreme than it once was seen - though I can still be surprised when meals are all meat at a restaurant or I meet someone who just eats meat at every meal but this is far less common than it used to be. and I have tasted the seed and bean chocolate and love it
ReplyDeleteOoh, coconut please!
ReplyDeleteThe coffee sounds good
ReplyDeleteHazelnut and almond
ReplyDeletecoconut :)
ReplyDeleteHard choice, but I would love to try the Coconut and Raspberry first!
ReplyDeleteRaspberry and Vanilla
ReplyDeleteI'd like to try the coconut
ReplyDeleteOrganic Coconut & Raspberry Extra Dark Chocolate Bar please!!
ReplyDeleteHazelnut and almond
ReplyDeleteSea Salt
ReplyDeleteWould love to try Poppy Seed ... they all sound yummy ♥♥ Fingers Crossed ♥♥
ReplyDeleteOrganic Fairtrade Mandarin and Ginger Dark Chocolate Mini Bar
ReplyDeleteSea salt
ReplyDeleteI would like to try the Lime sounds different
ReplyDeleteCoconut and raspberry :)
ReplyDeleteLemon and poppy seed :)
ReplyDeleteMint
ReplyDeleteCornish Sea salt sounds delicious
ReplyDeleteSheila Reeves @CakeReev
Sea salt sounds good to me!
ReplyDeleteTrevor Linvell
Cornish sea salt sounds lovely
ReplyDeleteCoffee Espresso Dark Chocolate Bar
ReplyDeleteKelly Ellen Hirst
Extra dark pls :) xx
ReplyDeletePumpkin seeds and hemp oil please x
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