A quick visit to a plant-based themed small expo in Brighton vegan festival

Personally I had been to art & craft expo, design expo, motor industry expo, pharmaceutical expo.  Often expo-goers can see /experience/ taste things way before the mass see them in high syrret shops/ supermarkets.  Nice😄

Since I may not be travelling to London for the big one mext month, so, on Saturday I went briefly to the small one organised by Viva!

Hilton Metropole Brighton.

 It has catering hall, talks and many different kinds of stalls in the large hall.

 Not too big - a comfortable size.  

I got some nice stuff.

I only managed to go there around 4 pm. Official entrance fee on the door is a fiver. But there were early birds tickets & other packages.  

(No need to walk all the way from hotel main entrance.  Use the side entrance from Cannon Street  to the exhibition hall.)

To avoid missing things out, and to prevent impulse buying, I started with a quick walk through. Then I got a mixed fruit juice before revisited some stalls. 

I could not buy everything I was interested in but good to see interesting things. 

The guy at the artisan green tea and macha stall  gave me 2 magazines😄 which he got from other stalls.  So as a recipocate gesture, I bought a pair of wooden chopsticks from his stall. (I could not drink tea that quick after the juice)  That stall sells nice glass tea pots, ceramic tea cups, too. And macha protein balls.

 In the 2 magazines,  and the official Viva magazine(not photoed), there are lots of recipes and useful informations.

I only bought a Spanish ceramic grating dish, and a natural hand-made shampoo soap bar.  Ha!

Another thing I surprisedyself is I only picked up a leaflet or two, plus, from the general area outside the hall a Great Taste Book 2017-18.

Many people have misconceptions about vegan "festivals" . They are basically another themed expositions (expo) , or  exhibitions ,  where products, services & talks , music, etc, took place. 

👫Who are interested in such event?

Those who care about
🌳Health, youth, beauty, healing.
🌳Animals
🌳 Envirnoment
🌳 Spiritual & religious purity,
virtues & integrity
🌳 Catering / beverage

Diary-free egg-free versions
of chocolate, cakes & desserts...
Kind products...

And naturally , related  businesses showcase their products & services under one roof. Handy, isn't it?
 
The first time I tried plant based and raw vegan stuff was about 9 or 10 years ago from a particulat pioneering group far away from where I live. Not much choices in where I lived.

Isn't it that such "festival",  or expo , a nice way to see things outside high street shops and see beyond the limitations of average supermarket? 💡

😄Good to see more plant-based food, drinks, snacks, etc , are reaching different supermarkets & shops this year.

❤May all people live a healthy life with plant-based food.
🌿🍒🍐🍓🍈🍇🍍🍎🍋🍉🍌🍅
🍏🍊🍑🌰🌻🌾🌽🌼🍃

lazy healthy fast food veg fruit smoothies

Not beer. Nutritious. Great for busy city life. Very fast. Quick to be prepared. Fat free. Help to slim.

Fast.
Just put in powerful blender
 for less than 30 to 40 seconds.

Seeded grapes🍇,
sweet bell pepper,
1 mixed leaves salad bowl (which has cherry tomato, onion rings)
 extra herbs,
 celery,
 lentil shoots,
filtered water.
Ginger is optional.

🍷enjoy slowly😄 Nutritious👍❤

Good for you & your loved ones.

Then, the water you use to
rinse the blender & glass ...
keep & use for your plant.
Nutritious.

⁉❓❔Why is it better?❔❓⁉

Usually people put in too many sauces, seasoning & oil in salad.
Juicing removed the dietary fibre.

Fruit veg smoothies make life simple & healthy😄

confession of my diet about Seafood

I am learning to be
 & aspired to be a
 vegetarian, vegan,
raw vegan.

Not quite yet.☺
🍣🍤🐟🍥🍢🍌

I still love chocolate, cakes, seafood.

With all I have read about the problems with modern mass-produced meat,

it is easy to ditch flesh/meat
 with 4 legged animals which have
heart, brains, eyes, mouth, ears;
emotions, feelings,
mother-offspring-ties
& games/poultry/fowl.

I am saving myself from anti-biotics, growth hormones,
GMO & accumulated pesticides herbicides, toxins, & cruelty.

Ocassionally I also read about water pollution, too.

So, for the time being, I am trying to choose seafood
which are

not farmed,
not from Pacific Ocean,
not from known polluted rivers & deltas (eg, Vietnam, PRC China).
not frozen if possible,
not defrozed if possible.
not huge size fishes 
    which are higher up in food chain
not crayfish and those 
    which feed near polluted rubbish/debris. 
not turtoise or turtle types. 

For health.  

Not expensive.
Cheaper than getting fish & chips
when I buy relatively  fresh ones
and boil at home,
serve with noodle, etc.

Of course, when I eat out,
 there is not control over
 the sources or types of seafood
 in the shops or restaurants.

Not sure when I can get over
 this Pescetarianism stage.


I know that the 
evolve stages/levels
 more or less like this:

carni vore

omni vore

flexi tarian

Pesce tarian

ocasional vege tarian (twice a month / once a week etc etc)

vege tarian

vegan , and herbi vore

fruit arian

Liquid arian (juice, water)

super long term fasting / Breath arian

Basically I would like to respect the original design of the
design director as listed in the blue print
Genesis 1:29

(I do feel uneasy buying or eating seedless produce.
 There is no long term study on the effect of eating food with the
reproductive gene shut-down, that includes some GMO )

my meals with veg & fruits

Recent years more people are becoming health-conscious.
Meatless Monday, Green Monday, 5 a day, Healthy-eat, etc.
I am not a vegetarian yet.
But I do have more veg & fruits everyday. 

This is made by a local restaurant when I asked for mixed vegetable cook in water.
Not very imaginative.  Great if he can add peas, beans, etc.
I added a bit of ginger, spring union, sesame, pepper.

This cream colour mashy stuff is
organic houmous (from chickpea, cooked and seasoned)

More and more vegetable +fruit juices/smoothies are available on shelves.
Different brand names, even supermarkets' own labels.
I also like young coconut water/juice.
Preferably unsweetened and no additives.

This one below
I added taramasalata, spices and sesame oil.
Rarely do I use ready made salad dressing or sources.
I like variety of adding good
vinegar / salsa / curry / houmous / taramasalata / organic yogurt...
+ good spices,
+ good oil like coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil, sesame oil...

Fruits, melons, vegetables, potatoes familes,
beans, peas, sprouts, nuts, seeds, seaweeds,slow dried fruits, etc.

Eating these raw, "living food", 
we can enjoy the life force, the enzymes, many vitamins & minerals, etc.

Heating above 45 degree Celsius will destroy most of those!

I will try raw vegan when weather is warmer
and
ideally after I bought really powerful blender.

I gave my Vitamix to my sister/parents.

That is great for making fresh smoothies,
especially green smoothies and even banana icecream.

Wait till I settle down later this year or next,
 I shall buy one again.

(I eat lots of chocolate)  ;)