• Recipes

    Vegan drunken noodles

    This vegan recipe for drunken noodles, aka pad kee mao, is delicious and easy to make!…

    September 19, 2021
  • Miscellaneous

    New Shop from The Vegan Twist!

    Announcing new vegan products for sale! As some of you may know, I do art and illustrations in my free time, and I am so excited to announce that I have created a new…

    May 24, 2021
  • Interviews

    Interview with vegan ultra-runner Fiona Oakes

    Last year I had the opportunity to interview Keegan Kuhn who was one of the Executive Producers behind “Running for Good,” a documentary which follows ultra-runner Fiona Oakes’ remarkable personal story. For those who…

    December 11, 2019
  • Restaurant reviews

    Huns Vegan Chickhun

    On Saturday the very popular Huns Vegan Chicken celebrated its 1 year anniversary by doing a kitchen takeover at Pomelo & Rocket in Leicester. I’ve been lucky to eat at Huns a couple times…

    November 19, 2019
  • Recipes

    Vegan spinach pesto

    When I lived in Italy in my early 20’s I was OBSESSED with pesto. My roommates and I would head to this little forno (Italian bakery) near our apartment and buy a big tub…

    June 8, 2019
  • Restaurant reviews

    Sanctua in Oadby

    **2020 update: Sanctua is no longer open** Sanctua is a brand new, fully vegan restaurant that just recently opened in Oadby, and is the first of its kind in Leicester. I first heard about…

    May 1, 2019
  • Travel

    Air travel advice for vegans

    I do a lot of travelling, especially internationally, which is the nature of being an American expat in the UK. Since going vegan about 5 years ago, I’ve noticed the vegan options at airports…

    February 16, 2019
  • Restaurant reviews

    Cosy Club Leicester

    I first visited the Cosy Club in Leicester when it had just opened back in 2014 and at the time the vegan menu was a little on the thin side and what we ate…

    January 29, 2019
  • Interviews

    Rescuing dogs from the Chinese meat trade

    I have recently become more involved with local Leicester vegan groups and have met some truly incredible people, one of whom is Abbie Gomersall, a 23-year-old trainee geography teacher from Leicester. Abbie has been vegan…

    November 27, 2018