Wednesday, 10 July 2013

Vegan shopping heaven

I love cooking and making our food from scratch. Obviously. But I get such a thrill out of being able to buy food that I actually want to eat, rather than standing depressed in the middle of a food court with little to no options or settling for an unimaginative vegetarian pasta or salad.

On a wonderful friend's recommendation, I recently went to About Life Natural Marketplace in Rozelle, Sydney. It is a whole foods/health food supermarket with a cafe attached. They have quite a lot of vegan products that I see (drool over) on American blogs such as Amy's Kitchen products.

The thing that really impressed me was the amazing array of ready made raw desserts, such as tiramisu, cheesecake, energy balls and chia puddings. They also have a fantastic selection of drinks such as green smoothies (with all of those vegan super foods added!), vegan sweet slices, snacks, salads and other meals.

This raw tiramisu was the highlight. 



I must try to replicate this. 

I'm looking forward to going back there for a meal and more raw desserts.

Here are a few of the other random goodies we bought:









Afterwards, we popped into The Cruelty Free Shop. Total treat!

Details: About Life Natural Marketplace, 605 Darling Street, Rozelle NSW




6 comments:

  1. These are the sorts of places where, frankly, I can not be trusted with finances at all :P It is such a thrill to have a whole selection of foods to choose from, and inevitably such exciting and flavourful ones at that! I'm glad you enjoyed your products :)

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    1. Me too Kari, I get too excited and just start throwing things in the basket!! Have been back since to buy more of the raw desserts :)

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  2. Sounds like a fantastic place - I half wish for one in Melbourne but not sure I need the temptation right now. I am curious about the carrot item - is that carrot noodles - I can't quite read the packet - and what was it like?

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    1. Hi Johanna, they are instant noddles with some kind of carrot miso seasoning, thought Sylvia might like them! Yet to try them though...

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  3. Oh my god Amy's Kitchen soups are amazing! There are a couple of places here in Adelaide where you can buy them and I'm addicted to the lentil soup! And also the no-chicken noodle soup... oh I want some now!

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    1. Oh I'll have to try to find those soups! Thanks for the tip :)

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