VegaOne in the UK | VegaOne review | Soy free dairy free Protein powder

So, it's Saturday night. It's been a long week, with New Years Eve, a poorly Seth whom has had tonsillitis and a fever for days, ( thankfully it's passed now, and he's getting better ) and work. Now it's the weekend and I'm still super busy. It's 10pm and I haven't eaten since lunch ( which was late, as I got carried away going through the boys clothes that they've outgrown to take to the thrift charity shop !) then we headed out and had so much fun on my sisters farm, got back and I flooded the kitchen. FUN!

So, as you can imagine, I'm not in the mood for cooking, which is RARE for me, as I would live in the kitchen. So, this post is going to be about my go to product. Yes, You guessed it..... Vega One. 

Vega One is a meal replacement powder/ protein powder that has so many amazing things packed into it, it's hard to believe. Per serving it contains

• 50% daily intake of vitamins and minerals
• 15 g protein
• 6 g fibre
• 1.5 g Omega-3
• Antioxidants
• Probiotics
• Greens
  So, it's pretty lovely to be able to go and grab a quick product that is super healthy, raw and packed full of goodness. Pauly isn't a fan of Vega - he's more of a Sunwarrior fan as he mixes his with lots of frozen fruit and almond milk, but I love Vega so much that I just have it with water or Koko coconut milk.
  
  Pauly bought me a big tub of it as one of my Christmas presents, odd gift you might think?! I'm all about the food and he knows that! ( I love food related gifts the best, I'm not really bothered about clothes, or shoes, it's all about the food. )
  
  I have tried them all over the last 2 years, and my favorite flavour is Vanilla Chai, it has a fresh 'green' taste to it, which is kind of refreshing yet warming in an odd way?!
  
  You get 22 scoops per tub, and it averages at around £50-55 a tub depending where you buy it. Yes, it is pricey, but you get what you pay for! I know what you must be thinking, that's £2.50-3 per scoop but Pauly and I don't drink, smoke, have TV, spend loads of money on clothes or other materialistic things.  We prefer to spend our money on nourishing our bodies, which obviously includes Seth and Opeie. So I'm fine with buying protein powder, after all a pint of beer , or glass of wine in a pub is alot more.
  
  I can't imagine not having Vega One, it's utterly divine and I'm so pleased we're now able to get it in the UK.
  
  ( Also, a thank you to the lovely folk who emailed me this week with a few tip offs to someone copying my Instagram photo's and links to the persons Vegan blog who had mirrored many of my blog posts. I understand that some things circle the vegan world when a product is new but, copying personal photo's and blog posts is something else. So thanks guys! )

 

A Recipe for Raw Chocolate | 'Cooking With My Smallest Chef | Raw Vegan Toddler / Children Ideas

Opeie decided that he wanted a kitchen for Christmas whilst shopping in Ikea . He was so excited by the idea of making things and cooking that I couldn't wait for Christmas morning to come . ( Even though we celebrate Christmas Day on Boxing Day in our house ) It was totally worth the wait ! 

Opeie has been cooking up a storm in his Diner but the other day he asked if we could make some chocolate together , as chocolate making is one of my favourite things to do , I quickly started melting the Cacao Butter , while Opeie carried the equipment from the main kitchen , to the Diner kitchen . 

{ I need to get some non-glass containers for him to play with however, as yesterday these fell off the shelf and almost smashed. Any ideas of nice plastic, bpa free containers, comment below! }

I decided to use his empty advent calendar tray as a mould so we could talk about recycling as we made them . Despite being 2 1/2 Opeie understands the concept very well .I'd like to get some good 'Ice lollie' shapes ones so that we could make raw ice cream too, but all the ones I've had in the past don't support well, and the ice cream always topples off.... anyway...

We also made "raw Reece's peanut butter cups " which I'll come to later-  if you're wondering why there's peanut butter on the table . 

I'd recommend using a toddler safe bowl while making these, something that has grip to the bottom as you don't want a chocolate-y mess everywhere, we used our trusty Oxo Tot bowl from the Small & Large Set  as I knew these wouldn't move around while Opeie was stirring. I'd also recommend using a silicone whisk as i find the metal ones are abit slippy if they get the cacao butter on the handle, which happened to us (we didn't have one however)

To make enough chocolate to fill 25 small moulds and to cover 12 Raw Reece's . 

0.5 cups melted Cacao oil / butter 

0.5 cups melted coconut oil 

12 tablespoons cacao powder

6-8 tablespoons maple syrup or agave

Pinch of salt 

Scraped vanilla pod 

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Mix the melted  cacao butter & coconut oil together, Add the salt , vanilla and syrup ( I prefer to use less syrup - around 6 tablespoons , and opted for agave ) 

Once mixed, slowly add the cacao powder, whisking to make sure it's not lumpy . 

Fill the moulds until almost at the top , we decided to use the moustache moulds we had for Christmas also since there was a little left over . When they're all full - put in the freezer for 15 minutes to set, or the fridge for 30 mins if you're not impatient ! 

(  Opeie's favourite part, licking the utensils clean afterwards ) 

When the moulds are cool - pop out of the tray and eat , or store in a airtight tub ! Enjoy ! Have you made anything nice lately ? Are you on a post Christmas diet ? Is your New Years resolution to loose weight & be healthier ?