There's still some dispute as to how this actually became a reality :D but the idea was seeded when we discovered the blog and website 'Deliciously Ella'. We were interested in Ella's approach to her diet (vegan, gluten-free, no refined sugar, lots of raw food) and what a positive impact she felt that changing her diet had had on her health and well-being.
We wondered if we would feel any benefits from cutting out animal products and gluten from our diet. We're particularly interested in finding out if it's really possible to fit this kind of eating in to a busy life with un-limitless budget and time, and whether it will provide us with enough energy for work, family and exercise. And will it be tasty and satisfying? And will our meat-loving partners be able to put up with it?!
For the past month we've been doing a bit of experimenting, getting used to vegan-friendly ingredients like spirulina, chia seeds, hemp powder and nutritional yeast, and seeing what we would need to do to make this work practically. What we learned so far is that planning is everything and that having a supply of vegan snacks readily available is key, particularly during a hard day at work when the munchies hit and NHS shops and cafeteria don't really do any vegan options (except bananas!).
We both love food, but I for one feel like I've been in a bit of a rut for a while with my diet. I'm hoping this adventure will inspire me and widen my foodbag horizons.
Oh and one of the best things about this is that chocolate is still allowed. Raw chocolate that is - made with cacao powder, cacao butter and a sweetener (I've been using date syrup which has a lovely malty mellow flavour).
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