Plant milks!

Hello! Sorry it's been a while since I've written a proper blog post, but I'm back! Well, I've had a good idea for one! I was in Asda and noticed a 'new' own brand oat milk. So it got me thinking, where are the cheapest plant milks?! Well, hopefully this blog will answer it, and maybe a bit more. I'll be comparing the 4 main supermarkets of Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons and Asda, looking at soya, oat, almond, rice and coconut milk (plus some notable mentions). Tiny disclaimer in bold: I have not tried all the milks I'm suggesting. If there is vitamin D in the milk, I have done my best to check it is from vegan sources. Let's get to business!

Soya

Cheapest I've found: Tesco unsweetened Everyday Value longlife at 59p

                                Asda smartprice unsweetened longlife at 59p

Others to note: Morrisons do a sweetened and unsweetened longlife for 60p each.

Oat

Cheapest I've found: Asda's new own brand longlife oat milk at £1

Others to note: Alpro frequently have offers on oat milk, for example, when I made this post, Morrisons, Sainsburys and Tesco had Alpro longlife oat milk for £1.

Almond

Cheapest I've found: Sainsburys longlife (both sweetened and unsweetened) at £1 permanently.

                                Asda have a variety of fresh and longlife, sweetened and unsweetened own brand                                        almond milk for £1

Others to note: Alpro is again often on offer, with Tesco selling the Alpro roasted almond longlife milk for £1 as I type this!

Rice

Cheapest I've found: There appears to surprisingly be no 'cheap' rice milk. However as I type this, Rice Dream is on offer for £1 in Morrisons and Alpro is £3 for 3 there too.

Coconut

Cheapest I've found: Asda chilled free from coconut milk at 97p

Others to note: Tesco currently have Alpro longlife coconut milk for £1, (as do Sainsburys and Morrisons) and Koko dairy free chilled at £2 for 2. Morrisons also have Coconut dream for £1 and appear to sell fresh Alpro coconut milk for £1 all the time (not an offer price!).

Hope this helps a little. If anyone chooses to say 'veganism is so expensive!' feel free to point this blog at them, tapping the 59p soya milk, then staple a print out to their forehead. No don't. Please don't. ;-) 

Oumph! on offer at Tesco!

Hello! The popular brand Oumph! which recently launched in Tesco is on offer! Until 25th June you can get the Kebab style, the chunk and the pulled for £2 instead of £3.49. This is both in store and online.

For online, just head here: Oumph!

Nice and simple. These might be good to stock up on ready for Summer, such as the pulled being added to a BBQ, or kebab being used for, well, kebabs!

Hope this helps!

Aldi veg offer!

Hello! Not only do Tesco have their festive 5 offer on, but now Aldi also have a super 6 Christmas veg offer! The veg included is:

Brussel sprouts 500g bag for 19p

Carrots 1kg bag 19p

Parsnips 600g bag 19p

Broccoli 19p

Maris Piper 2.5kg bag 28p

Swede 28p

This offer is available from today (20th) until the 31st December. Good for New Year too then! There is different veg available that may suit you better than Tesco, plus you may be a regular shopper of Aldi so this offer will help more! Plus saving lots of 10 pences builds up!

Hope this helps!

Asda mince pies!

Hello! I'm seeing lots of people asking about mince pies, so in case you didn't know, Asda have officially marked their mince pies vegan! They in the packaging below. What's better is they are currently on offer at 2 for £1.50! Bonus!

Just to point out, for some reason a few people have found boxes which only say vegetarian. I don't yet know why this is. So if you can, best to get the ones marked vegan!

Hope this helps!

Ocado offers!

Hello! Ocado have a lot of offers which may be useful over the festive season! Below is a little selection where there are a good few items on the offer, plus there is a link at the bottom to all 'vegan' offers on Ocado.

First, Fry's have launched a new 'chilled' range which features a pasty, pies, and their strips in a chilled state. These are now available in Ocado with 20% off until 26th December. You only have to order by this date to get the offer. All offers below end on the 26th!

They also have a third off Fry's soy and quinoa country roast (good for Christmas day?), nuggets and sausages rolls.

Linda McCartney foods are also on offer on any 2 for £3 including sausages, burgers and country pies.

Coconut collaborative have offers of their yoghurts (2 for £3) and frozen products (2 for £8).

There's lots more smaller selections on offer too at Ocado at the moment (such as Alpro go on, a range of milks, Vivera foods) so to save this being the worlds longest post, click here for everything on offer under the 'vegan' search: Ocado offers

Don't forget to check places such as vouchercodes to see if there are any money saving vouchers you can use! Also don't forget there may be a delivery charge and the minimum order is £40.

Hope this helps!

Chestnuts offer (and the many uses for them!)

Hello! Merchant Gourmet whole chestnuts are on offer in Tesco for just £1 (usually £2.25)! They're labelled vegan too, which is what I'd expect from a chestnut, but these days it's always nice to have it confirmed (I'm looking at you milky pickled onions!) These are on offer until 26th December.

This is great for Christmas, however I love these chestnuts and have many uses for them, which may give you ideas too! These include:

• With sprouts, cooked in buttery spread
• In a mushroom pate (using mushrooms, chestnuts, onions, garlic and herb cream sheese, a little plant milk to make it pate-like
• In a stroganoff
• In a nut roast style main
• As a puree

Hope this helps!

M and S Alcoholic Drinks offer!

Hello! Earlier in the week I said I was planning a post about M and S Alcoholic drinks, here it is! Whilst M and S are perhaps not the best shop for vegan food...they are really awesome at marking their alcoholic drinks! They mark it either by the purple v on the front, or by writing 'suitable for vegetarians and vegans' on the back. These labels seems to be mainly on new drinks, so there may be older bottles that are still worth checking to see if they're vegan (like the fizzes etc).

These are to show the logos and labels to look out for!












Now for the exciting part. They have recently released a creme brulee liqueur and even more recently a chocolate coconut drink! I am drinking the coconut one as I type this *hic* and IT'S JUST HOW I REMEMBER BAILEYS!! Both of these drinks are on an offer too! They are £12 each, or 2 for £16!!

I couldn't see a date for when this offer ends, so I suggest getting some sooner rather than later if you want them! It possibly says 1st January, but I can't confirm it yet. I'll edit this when I can.

Also (not on offer) was a whole range of delicious sounding drinks, including 'melt in the mouth' chocolate liqueur, clementine and ginger liqueur, pineapple and lime daiquiri, blood orange negroni and a Christmas cobbler cocktail to name just a few. All labelled!

What a time to be alive!
Hope this helps!

Freedom Mallows on Offer at Sainsbury's!

Hello! Popular marshmallow brand Freedom Mallows have recently launched in Sainsbury's and are currently on offer! Until 12th December you can get the mini mallows and regular vanilla mallows for £1.50! This is in store and online.

The mini mallows are particularly good in a hot chocolate (I like to heat up chocolate oatly milk as my hot choc!), so good for winter!

Hope this helps!

Bulldog Skincare on offer in Boots!

Hello! Bulldog skincare is currently having an offer where selected products are buy one get one free in Boots! This is in store or online. Bulldog have a range of products which are aimed more towards men, however, as a woman, I can also confirm their products are great for all! Below is a picture just to show a little idea of what products they sell.

I cannot find an end date for this offer, so it'd be worth checking online if the offer is still on before heading out to buy anything (or just shop online!).

They also have 3 for 2 mix match on Bulldog giftsets. Very nice!

Hope this helps!

Linda McCartney sausages on offer in Tesco!

Hello! Linda McCartney is usually on an offer somewhere, however this recent offer on their sausages at Tesco is one of the better ones! Until 21/11/2017 you can get a pack of 6 of their regular sausages for just £1.00! This offer is online and in store. Now might be a good time to get a few packs if you want them ready for Christmas (I'm sorry!)

That's the only item in the range on offer this time...for now...

Hope this helps!

Oatly at Morrisons

Hello! Morrisons have all the varieties of Oatly on offer, including Barista! All varieties are currently £1.25 until 7th January 2018! So there's a while to stock up!

Very simple. Hope this helps!

Frys Ocado offer!

Hello! Frys is on offer at Ocado again. Yay! This deal is a particularly good one too. Most of their products are currently half price, meaning they are under £2 a box (except the country roast which is more expensive to begin with). This offer seems to happen twice a year, so now would be an excellent time to stock up ready for Christmas.

This offer is available until 31/10/2017, however stock keeps selling out, so if you see all of your favourites in stock it's worth getting your order in! Don't forget to consider postage if you don't have a voucher which makes this free.

Just head here to see what's on offer: https://www.ocado.com/webshop/getCategories.do?tags=%7C20000%7C11616%7C19998

Ocado also have lots of offers available, particularly for first time shoppers, both on their site and from places such as vouchercodes.co.uk, so have a quick look to see if there is an offer that suits you!

Hope this helps!

Animal Aid Sale Items!

Hello! The wonderful charity Animal Aid has an online shop full of delicious and useful things, including household and toiletries. At the moment they have a few lovely things reduced, including Pernigotti bars, Booja Booja truffles and a variety of toiletries.

To find all the sale items, just click here: http://www.animalaidshop.org.uk/specials

There are postage costs, with orders under £15 costing £2.50 postage. However by buying from Animal Aid you're also supporting a great charity!

Hope this helps!