OUTSIDE THE BOX Family dinner – crazy, festive and vegan … It was just before Christmas when the FaceTime symbol lit up urgently on my mobile phone, and the screen showed quite a number of familiar faces. It was the entire family clan, smiling from various windows and reminding me that it was my turn…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Our cookie challenge – friends, flour and much more This evening, my mates and I are having a guys’ night in again. Things are about to get wild. Inhibitions are going to be cast aside. And it seems like the “ménage à trois” we’ve arranged is going to involve resisting more than…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Fashion for animal lovers Vegan Fashion – your wearable halo My choice to be a vegan is motivated by my own passion – and the main reasoning behind my decision to eat a purely plant-based diet is to cause less suffering to animals. At least, that’s what I thought. Until, one day,…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Vegan detox Vegan detox – fasting is almost no effort at all As the end of the cold season approaches, our warm jackets are disappearing into the cupboards, and woolly pullovers are making way for light and airy t-shirts, but the spare tires our midriffs have collected during winter are still making…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Vegan dating Thinking outside the meat-based box … The way to a person’s heart is through their stomach – even if things don’t quite happen as you expect them to … A friend of mine recently told me excitedly about a romance with a surprising twist – and it’s such a good…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Veganuary – vegan in January The old year has made its exit, and old habits are being assessed. Bring on the next cycle of positive resolutions! While our calendars may still call this month January, in the now ever-expanding cosmos that is vegan lifestyle, this month of change and transformation is quite…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Vegan Christmas Christmas – the celebration that brings everyone together – is here again. However, if you look closely, you’ll notice that it’s very rarely the time of peace and contemplation that it’s meant to be. In the supermarkets’ overflowing freezer aisles, crowds of stressed people fight over the last fattened geese…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Supply and demand?! I recently learned firsthand (again) that demand doesn’t necessarily determine supply. To be precise, I attended a business dinner with my boss and some colleagues which left me not only with question marks written all over my face, but also with a gaping hole in my vegan stomach. While…

OUTSIDE THE BOX Vegan reflections on barbecue season Summertime, sun, barbecues – and endless invitations to open-air and garden parties. I love summer: long evenings on one terrace after another, the associated conviviality and, of course, the delicious food, which in my case consists primarily of plant-based delicacies. As a dedicated flexitarian whose diet is…