Orgran Gluten Free Pasta & Vegan Eggs

Vegan & gluten free alternatives

How do you like your eggs in the morning? How about gluten free, vegan and easy. The guys at Orgran have recently introduced me to their Vegan Easy Egg product which has solved my problem in the I like eggs, but seeing the red blood spots make me vom department. Not to mention the cruelty of the dairy industry, this article on 

why everyone should go vegan

is a great read and should be read by everyone in the hope to change their perceptions. 

So, I’ve been a pescatarian for a while now and I’ve been gradually adapting to going full vegan, I’ve been drinking soya, coconut and almond milk, buying diary free butter, vegan cheese and buying whatever food I can find in my local supermarket that has vegan on the packet. But I had yet to find an alternative for my eggs, until now. 

At home, I can find it easy to eat vegan, but because I’m such a picky and indecisive eater (ask my friends they hate eating out with me!), I struggle when it comes to eating vegan when dining out if the menu has limited options for vegans. But after reading that article from the Independent it’s made me want to snub anywhere that doesn’t have anything vegan on the menu from now on.

Orgran Gluten Free Vegan Easy Egg

The Orgran Gluten Free Vegan Easy Egg is a yellow powder that makes scrambled eggs, quiche, omelette and frittata when mixed with water and vegetable oil. All Orgran products
are gluten free, wheat free, egg free, dairy free, yeast free and vegan. The vegan eggs are a good source of fibre, are cholesterol free and contains 7.5g of protein per serving.

My first attempt at making vegan easy egg, wasn’t that easy as I wasn’t so sure if I had cooked them right on the pan as the consistency was a little strange. But I’ve been making them most days with vegan & gluten free seeded toast, spinach and mushrooms with a sprinkle of sea salt and chilli flakes which I really enjoy and certainly sets me up for the day along with a cup of green tea. I’ve been eating the vegan eggs scrambled mostly, although I attempted to do an omelette with peppers and mushrooms but it didn’t turn out very photo worthy – I’m rubbish at flipping the pan, so it looked more like scrambled eggs again.

Nonetheless, I’ve been really enjoying eating the vegan eggs, they taste good and are guilt free, I’ve now found a great egg alternative that gives me all the goodness of real eggs just without the added cruelty.

Orgran Gluten Free Super Trio Pasta

Now onto the Orgran Gluten Free Super Trio Pasta, these are also vegan, yeast, dairy, egg and wheat free like all Orgran products are. But what else is so super about these pasta spirals? They are made from superfoods - millet, quinoa and buckwheat.

To try out the pasta for the first time, I made one of my favourite homemade veggie pasta bake dishes. Although my pasta creation doesn’t look that appealing in photos, I can honestly say it does taste great.

To make the pasta I fry peppers, mushrooms, and courgettes in a pan while the pasta is boiling. After draining the pasta, I mix in the tomato pasta sauce and add in the vegetables and pour into a glass baking dish. I then grate a generous amount of vegan cheese on top and sprinkle with a layer of crunched up crisps to give the meal texture and added crunchiness. I then pop it into the oven for 30 minutes or so for the toppings to melt and go golden. It’s a winner with all the family and is so easy to make.

The Orgran Super Trio pasta is a great alternative if you have food intolerances and want to benefit from a superfood pasta that contains vitamin A & C, calcium and iron.

Orgran have a wide range of free from products, from buckwheat pancakes, quinoa porridge. Chocolate pudding and Crispi rice breadcrumbs. In the UK, you can find them in Holland & Barrett and many other stockists around the world.

Disclaimer: The two Orgran products were sent to me complimentary for review purposes. All other ingredients were paid for with my own money. All photos and words are my own.

How to improve your skin from the inside out

Beauty & Go - Summer Skin Multivitamin drink

We all want flawless skin all year round, but during the summer months I want it more than ever because who wants to be wearing a face full of heavy makeup for it to be a sweaty mess and clog your pores? If your anything like me I prefer to let my skin breath during the summer by wearing lighter makeup (on my skins good days!), like the Urban Decay Naked Skin One & Done Hybrid Complexion Perfector which contains an SPF 20 followed by Rimmel’s translucent pressed powder.

My skin type is oily and prone to hormonal breakouts, besides from following a three step skincare system twice a day, doing my best to eat healthy, avoiding oily foods and changing my pillows every other day what else can I do? According to scientifically proven skincare brand
Beauty & Go, drinking a bioactive beauty drink could help improve my skin from within.

I’m always up for trying new products for the blog, especially if it could be the solution to achieve flawless summer skin. So, I took up Beauty & Go’s complimentary offer to receive eight bottles of skin multi-vitamin drink packed with MacroAntioxidants to consume daily every morning for eight consecutive days.

## Firstly, who are Beauty & Go?

Beauty & Go are a Spanish company who specialise in scientific skincare, by creating beauty supplements in the form of drinks containing 50% of your daily vitamins & minerals, rich in antioxidants and skin firming collagen peptides to take care of your skin from the inside out by improving your skin’s firmness, hydration and elasticity over time.

## What’s in the ‘Summer Skin’ drink?

Two concerns I’ve had in the past with vitamin drinks is their calorie and sugar content. However, Beauty & Go contains only 80 calories per a bottle and has no added or refined, sugars, which isn’t so bad and counts towards your 1 a day.

The Summer Skin bottle contains carrot, grape, coenzyme Q10, collagen aloe vera pulp, camomille, green tea and hyaluronic acid. To be honest drinking my first bottle wasn’t that pleasant as it obviously tastes like carrot. Although, I love eating carrots, I did find drinking carrots a struggle. However, by my third bottle I had got used to the taste and started to enjoy it especially chilled straight from the fridge which is the best way to drink it. Surprisingly the drinks have a long expiry date of over a year, I was expecting them to have to be consumed within a matter of weeks with a lot of the ingredients coming from fruit and vegetables. The drinks are high in Vitamin A, C, B6, B12, E, Panthothenic Acid, Niacin and Zinc which are all skin loving ingredients that are scientifically proven to improve the skin.

## How the ‘Summer Skin’ drink is recommended to be consumed

Beauty & Go recommend the drink to be consumed 1 – 2 weeks before the start of summer. Or in other words for us Brits to drink it before we go on holiday abroad. So, our bodies can increase its ability to withstand UV damage to protect it alongside our SPF. They then recommend drinking it after sun exposure to repair and restore the skins tissues.

## My results

After drinking Beauty & Go Summer Skin drinks for 8 days, my skin was glowing on the 8th day and the breakout I had when I started went quickly, which was great. But as soon as I stopped drinking them my face went back to normal. So, to see visible results and improve your skin’s firmness, hydration and elasticity its obviously something you are going to have to drink for the long term to reap its overall benefits. But unfortunately, at a cost of £28 for 8 bottles its sadly not something I could commit to invest in as an everyday thing. Although, if I had a special event coming up or a holiday planned then I would drink them prior to the day to increase my chances of having better skin by nudging off any breakouts.

Beauty & Go also have other variations and flavours of beauty supplements to improve the skin. If you’re a bit sceptical on the results, (I’ve studied Marketing at university, so I’m always sceptical about claims brands make) and I’m sure most people would be considering the price, then you can read about their clinical trial results.

Disclaimer: Beauty & Go sent me eight bottles for review purposes. All photos and words are my own.