A guide to healthier shopping and eating
Dairy-free, Hassle-free
Once you get the hang of the vegan basics, it is very simple. Dairy-free
options are available from all major supermarkets now, ranging from chocolate
to ‘cheese’, from sausages to soya milk! We’ve given
you pointers about lots of new products. If you’d like to find
out even more, check out the L-Plate Vegan, £1.50
inc p&p or the Animal-Free Shopper, £4.99 plus £1.00
p&p. Both available from Viva!.
Eating at Home?
It’s a piece of (yummy vegan) cake, as you’ll see from our recipes!
Eating Out?
Have no fear! There is far wider knowledge of what dairy-free and vegan
mean nowadays, simply because our eating habits have changed so much over
the last decade or so.
Many mainstream coffee outlets, service stations and restaurants provide
soya milk and dairy-free meals. See Chain Gang,
a quick guide to where and what.
Ethnic food such as Thai (as they use coconut milk instead
of dairy milk in cooking); Japanese (again, don’t cook with dairy),
Chinese, Indian, Italian, Middle Eastern and Greek restaurants usually have
plenty of dairy-free options on their menus.
Pizza is still good without cheese. Pizza Express and Domino’s
Pizza both provide a dairy-free base – just get them to pile on extra
tomato sauce and lots of luvverly veg. Pizza Express even sells vegan
cheese pizza and soya cream in a few branches, so keep asking!
Ring ahead of time – any half-decent restaurant will
be happy to accommodate you with a bit of notice.
Motorway services are getting there – just. Many
are brilliant and provide both soya milk and dairy-free meals. Others…!
Again, keep asking nicely.
Airlines – usually quite good at providing for different
dietary requirements, but make sure you confirm before getting on flight,
as they sometimes forget!
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