Something For The Weekend is your new weekly BONUS Simply Vegan episode – a short, sweet 15 minute episode live every Friday to inspire you with plant-based cooking ideas for the weekend ahead. Short on time or just don't want to cook? Tune in for our quick vegan meals and genius cooking hacks! Nutritious plant-based dishes ready in minutes. Hurrah! Notes from today's episode and ways to support us… • Check out Molly's recipes from today's show at @mollyaliceeats • Become a friend of the...

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly Johnson and Molly Pickering. This week, we're examining how veganism can help us to feel better about the world around us and positively affect our mental health, along with conscious eating, nutrition and gut health. We're joined by Green Chef nutritionist Anna Tebbs to delve more into the topic – Anna explains which foods are good for our gut and how a healthy gut can...

Something For The Weekend is your new weekly BONUS Simply Vegan episode – a short, sweet 15 minute episode live every Friday to inspire you with plant-based cooking ideas for the weekend ahead. It's National Picnic Week and the sun is shining here in the UK so we're sharing our plant-based picnic tips for your next al fresco outing. Find out how to create easy, fresh and nutritious dishes and avoid a beige buffet of pastry and boring sandwiches. And as we're all eco-conscious these days,...

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly Johnson and Molly Pickering. This week, we're exploring what it means to be a 'healthy' vegan. Is vegan meat ruining our diets? Or does it actually offer health benefits? And who better to join in the conversation than The Vegan Butcher AKA Zacchary Bird! Zacchary joins us from Australia to discuss his view of what it means to be 'healthy', how he deals with online...

Something For The Weekend is your new weekly BONUS Simply Vegan episode – a short, sweet 15 minute episode live every Friday to inspire you with plant-based cooking ideas for the weekend ahead. We start by sharing our tips for what vegan, plant-based food to take to a festival – things that are light to carry, cheap to buy and don't require any refrigeration or heating!   Then we delve into camping, where you might have the luxury of being able to park next to your tent and maybe even a...

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly Johnson and Molly Pickering. This week, we're discussing easy ways to start growing some of our own food. Not only does this mean less plastic and pesticides and increased biodiversity and soil health, but it will save you money too! From strawberries and basil to more weighty veg, we share the ups and downs of veg growing and some practical tips on vegan-friendly...

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly and Molly. On today's show, we’re chatting to PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk following the announcement that she's updated her will to send parts of her body to King Charles, the French president, Crufts and Aintree Racecourse so that her activism can continue after her death. Ingrid tells us what PETA have achieved over the past 40 years following their campaigns against...

The Simply Vegan podcast is your weekly dose of plant-based food, news and topical chat with Vegan Food & Living's Holly and Molly. On today's show, we’re focusing on the power of plants to help improve athletic performance and overall wellness.     We discuss the ups and downs of our fitness routines, accountability, running (and not running), cycling and recovery. We're then joined by film maker and Vegan Runner Tom Pickering who has launched a new campaign, Running on Plants.   Tom...

On today’s top 10 vegan and plant-based podcast, we’re focusing on 20 minute meals. Can we create healthy and delicious dishes in such a short time? Hell yeah! Discover how to use walnuts to make bolognese, air fryer hacks, tips for making quick and easy marinades and more. And in part 2 of The Simply Vegan Podcast, we chat to The Great Cookbook Challenge star Calum Harris, who joins us to share his own speedy cooking tips along with his experiences filming with Jamie Oliver. Links for...

On this weekly vegan podcast, we share our passion for plant-based cooking, enjoy a bit of topical vegan debate, review new vegan food and interview some of the world's best vegan chefs and bloggers. We also love to share your own tips and experiences, so please do get in touch! You can email us at [email protected] or connect on socials @simplyveganpodcast or @veganfoodandliving. This week, we're delving into the world of Indian cooking. We start off by discussing our hits and misses...

On today's episode of our top 10 vegan podcast, we discuss the delicious vegan recipes we've been cooking up lately, including cheese and courgette scones, vegan quiche, Niki Webster's heirloom tomato tart and a sweet strawberry galette. Following our discussion about margarine last week, a listener shares an all-natural recipe they've discovered in Richard Makin's (AKA School Night Vegan) new cookbook. We also review new vegan picnic food from Squeaky Bean and Molly tries to convince us that...

It's our 150th episode! Join us for an action-packed celebration as we discuss our favourite guests, Caribbean vegan recipe ideas and why tv chef James Martin thinks margarine should be banned. And in part 2, we're super excited to be joined by Rachel Ama, a cookbook author, vegan chef and YouTuber who takes her inspiration from her African and Caribbean heritage. From how to cook rice and peas and jerk oyster mushrooms to why we need to add more seaweed to our diets, Rachel has 10 years of...

OK, so it's not strictly food related, but we start today's episode by discussing peri-menopuase and why it's not just a female issue. Holly shares the symptoms she's experiencing, including hair loss, and how a plant-based diet can help. But don't worry – it's not all hormone-talk! We soon get onto the topic at hand… urban foraging! Molly shares her tips on how to sustainably forage for wild garlic, where to find it and what to cook with it. We then delve into our bank holiday plans and...

Join us for a chat and a rant about burning issues this week, including the UK-wide protests at the World Snooker Championships in Sheffield, the Grand National at Aintree and Extinction Rebellion's The Big One in London this weekend. With only SEVEN YEARS left to make huge changes, it's no wonder we all have eco anxiety. But don't worry, it's not all doom and gloom! We discuss how a new discovery could mean mushrooms can help us rid the planet of plastic waste and then in part two, the...

Holly and Molly are on holiday this week so we bring you a special, longer length interview with combat veteran SGT Vegan. He shares his experiences of going vegan 30 years ago to annoy his mum and watching the events of 9/11 unfold on the TV and immediately deciding to join the US military. He explains what it was like being on the front line in Afghanistan and why he believes women are not necessarily more compassionate than men, before delving into what he ate when no vegan meals were...

• It's Stress Awareness Month so we start this episode by discussing the lovely issue of eco anxiety and why vegans can often feel overwhelmed with the meat-eating world they live in. Holly also updates us on her Vegan Runners journey (yes, she survived the 10k!) and Molly shares some Easter delights that she's cooking up this weekend. • Head to part 2 to hear from French Michelin-star chef Alexis Gauthier. After protestors arrived at his upmarket Soho restaurant, a spark was ignited which...

We're SUPER excited to be joined by vegan actress and singer Kate Nash in today's episode and we just can't stop singing Foundations this week. But before our interview, Holly discusses her recent weekend away and being 'the only vegan'. Are us vegans living in a bubble? And what happens when it bursts? We then get onto the price of vegan meals versus meat dishes along with some exciting news about artisan nut cheese FINALLY hitting the supermarkets. Molly also shares her recipe for a...

***Trigger warning**** This episode is about fasting. You may want to avoid if you struggle with eating disorders. Today we have a super interesting episode for you in which we delve into the world of fasting, raw veganism and the frugivore diet.   We start by discussing our experiences with cleansing and fasting and the importance of doing it for the right reasons. In part 2, we're joined by Doctor Eduardo Corassa, a nutritionist and health coach from Brazil who advocates a whole food,...

Today's action-packed episode is all about the food! In part 1, we take you on a little trip to London to sample a 'tree-course meal' with Treedom and Plates London before stopping by at 123V – a new vegan restaurant from Michelin-star chef Alexis Gauthier.  We try the sushi, made from vegan salmon and crab, a Korean kimchi burger and chickpea fries. We also sample some incredibly creamy vegan cheese from Julienne Bruno that you can buy online or find at Harrods.  Stay tuned for part 2...

We kick off our latest episode by discussing the highs and lows of hummus. Why is it SO hard to make? What are the best shop-bought varieties in terms of flavour and nutrition? And how can we liven up our dips? We also discuss the joys of WhatsApp messages, our upcoming trip to London to review a new plant-based restaurant and Molly's latest meal creations. Part 2 is our interview with Brian and Anna Clement, directors of globally renowned Hippocrates Wellness in Florida, which is...

Regular co-host Molly is taking a break so in part 1 of today's episode, Holly is joined by the brilliant Jake Yapp to discuss the worst vegan meals they've been served, following the news that a business class passenger was given a banana as a pre-ordered vegan breakfast. We conclude that bananas are not worth the effort, a risotto is never an acceptable replacement for a roast dinner and that vegan celebrity Pamela Anderson is not Jake's biggest fan. In part 2, we meet Lina...

We kick off this episode by discussing Molly's love of accidentally vegan cereal, how much we hate food shopping at weekends and why Holly is currently sleeping on an air bed. We then dive into the hot topic of hormones and how we navigate our monthly cycles with food, exercise (or lack of) and chocolate. But we leave the sensible talk to the experts, so we're joined by Bailey Ruskus, also known as Chef Bai, who specialises in hormone health and is author of best-selling book Cook. Heal....

In today's episode, we're focusing on the global fashion industry and its impact on animals, humans and the environment. We start by discussing whether we would wear secondhand leather and what wearing leather portrays to non-vegans and then delve into the world of wool – is it a natural, cruelty-free material after all? And in part 2 we meet Rebecca Cappelli, producer of new film SLAY. A previous fan of fur and luxury leather goods, Rebecca went vegan and opened her eyes to what these...

In today's episode, Molly shares her excitement about a vegan cookbook she's discovered from the 1980s (The Vegan Cookbook by Alan Wakeman and Gordon Baskerville). We marvel at the amount of flans and mousses and the lack of long lists of ingredients and Molly promises to test out some of the recipes. We also debate the government's possible u-turn on fur and foie gras and Kylie Jenner's controversial lion head dress. Should we be offended? Or are we being hypocritical? In part 2, we're...

Today we kick off part one by discussing meal ideas for all our Veganuary graduates or  anyone feeling a bit stuck in a rut with their cooking. From apple and cinnamon baked oats to chia porridge, beetroot coconut curry and Vego chocolate spread, we share all our best tips and recipes. Molly also explains what TVP is and how to cook with it (and yes, she was right – it is made from soy flour!), whilst Holly chats about prepping things like raw slaw and homemade sun-dried tomato pesto for...