Shopping can initially feel a little different as a vegan but don’t worry! As you’ll realise from my Cupboard Essentials page a lot of ingredient’s you’ll be buying stay the same but of course, some will change a bit.

Once you’ve found your veggies and base ingredients etc the best place to start is in the ‘Plant based & Vegetarian’ and ‘Free From’ sections of the supermarket. However, as these sections cater for vegetarians and for people with gluten and other intolerances too, you need to be careful not to pick something with egg or milk in.

When you pick something up in the shop the first thing you want to check for is a vegan label; if it has one you can be sure that this is fine to eat. If not have a look for a vegetarian label to be sure there’s no meat derivatives in it, and then take a look at the ingredient list. The obvious thing to check for is milk and eggs…they will often be in bold because they are allergens, which makes them really easy to spot. If you can’t see any of these, the last thing to check for are the ingredients below.