super living expo

This past weekend was the super living expo at northcote town hall. i realise these events are kind of hard to organise, and that there aren't necessarily a million vegan companies willing or able to exhibit, but was anyone else kind of disappointed?

There was lots of interesting stuff, I guess, if you're into pamphlets. Maybe it's just me, but I felt like it was all stuff I knew about/could get from the internet. That said, Vegan Perfection were giving away samples, and Enlightened Cuisine were selling food which was decent.

I also didn't attend any of the workshops/talks, so maybe those were killer, I don't know.

All that aside, can we please stop making the assumption that all vegans are hippies who listen to whiny acoustic music? Apologies to the performers and their friends/family/fans, but it was not exactly easy listening. I'm pretty sure there are better vegan performers in this city...

This rant probably came off harsher than I meant it to. I really appreciate the work that went into organising this expo, and I think it's awesome that Melbourne has enough of a vegan community that something like this is warranted and worthwhile. So, enough negativity for now. Go super living! yah!

you don't win friends with salad

or do you?

i am aware that this is the most boring post ever, but I don't care. anyone who knows me irl is very aware of my domestic ineptitude. i ruin just about everything. and i realise it's near impossible to mess up a salad, but i was extremely proud that i made something edible.

it was just - baby rocket, mango, avocado and mushrooms. then i mixed together a teaspoon of ground cumin, a teaspoon of garlic powder and 1/2 a teaspoon of chili powder. voila - dinner.