Choc Chip Muffins

Yesterday was Valentine's Day, and to celebrate I baked some vegan, gluten-free muffins.

Although, calling it baking might be a bit of an exaggeration because these muffins are so easy!

Ingredients:

-Glutagon Choc Chip Mix (Found at Dis-chem)

-240ml Soy Milk (You can use rice milk or almond milk too)

-60g vegan margarine (I use Cardin but find other alternatives here )
-Icing (I used Nicoletta Glitter Writing Icing but later saw that the red/pink contains cochineal derived from an insect so only buy the purple, white or blue)

Method:

Mix the first 3 ingredients together, spoon into a 6 tray muffin pan and bake for 21-23 minutes at 180'C

I told you it's too easy to be called baking!

Now the fun begins... decorate!

Wine List

Arendsig Hand-Crafted Wines                                               

Audacia Wines        
Beau Joubert WinesBlack ForestBon Cap OrganicsCranefields
Creation (White wines only)
Brampton Wines
Boschendal Sauvignon Blanc
D'Aria Winery
Diemersdal Estate
Elberti
Evolution
Fairview Wines
Goats Do Roam Rose
Kaapzicht
Kleine Draken
Kumala Organic
Laibach
Leopard's Leap Wines

Boschkloof Wines

Lord's

Lothian Vineyards

Louis Wine

Long Mountain

M'hudi Wines

Marianne Wine Estate

Matzikama Organic Cellar

Merwida

Mt Vernon

Mullineux Family Wines

Neil Joubert

Neil Ellis

Opstal Wine Estate

Third Millenium Chenin Blanc Chardonnay

Seven Sisters

Spice Route Wines

Spookfontein

Stellar Winery

Tall Horse

The Green House and Bon Cap

Waverly Organics

Additional information available on http://www.vegansa.com/foodstuffs-wine.php

Where do you get your protein?!?

As a vegan, one of the most common questions I get is "Where do you get your protein?"

Well when last did you ask an elephant where they get their protein from?

PLANTS!

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People tend to think that the only source of protein is found in meat and dairy... 

This couldn't be further from the truth!

 Protein is found in leafy greens, nuts, legumes and seeds.

We do not need animal protein to function as healthy and happy humans.

This being said, protein deficiency is common in both meat-eaters and vegans.

So in order to make sure you are eating enough protein you can do this simple calculation:

body weight x 0.8 = g of protein needed on a daily basis

eg: 60kg x 0.8 = 48g

The average woman needs about 46 grams and the average man 56 grams.

Pregnant woman need up to 71grams a day.

So here are a few examples of how to get your protein in as a vegan.
(Please note that the following are brand and product specific and are just meant to be used as ideas to proof the point that protein can be obtained from plants)

250g soy milk  - 8g

50g nuts - 9g

1 cup of chickpeas - 15g

1 Fry's original burger - 13g

= 45 grams

See, easy!