Jaide Poppy | A Colourful Vegan Life

Pancakes on Pancake Day is something that brings so many memories of being young and trying to eat as many as I could, and would layer with anything and everything. These days, my pancakes have to be very different to back then and am limited in terms of toppings (thank you IBD). But this doesn't mean I can't make incredibly tasty ones!  Mrs Crimbles is a great company that specialise in FreeFrom food and have brought out these packets of batter and pastry mix which is a huge help to the freeform community, and give us some convenience in terms of having 'normal' food. Being gluten free is one thing, but I'm also vegan so am always making things from scratch to ensure they are edible and go along with my dietary requirements, so having these are great to have in the cupboard.  The pancake batter mix is completely gluten free and asks for you to just add add and milk. In my case, I decided to mash us two bananas to act as the binder (instead of

Well, we've had it. The day that everyone pretends to be romantic. I'm not a fan of Valentines day (you've probably already guessed) but thought I'd join in with sharing a bit of colour in my life. Normally being a monochrome lover, these pink trousers are very out there for me and I'm so loving it. They're fun, comfortable and were an absolute bargain in the Topshop sale.  No matter what you guys are up to on this 'Day of love' I hope you are happy, well and spending your time with someone or people that you love. Don't worry about roses and chocolate. It's the time you spend together. And bright pink trousers rule!  Layering, mixing textures and colour blocking is something I'm trying to experiment with. Like I said, these trousers are so out there for me, but, I feel pretty comfortable in them which is both great and strange. I saw a whole rail of them in my local Topshop so go down and grab some as I can't find the