Recent Posts – Veggie Runners

Just Keep Swimming

Until about a year ago, the only time I ever went swimming was on holiday. When I was on holiday, I loved it – like in the lake on Vancouver Island in the picture above, the cobalt sea in Croatia, or dips in pools in Greece – but I would forget all about it when I came…

Vegan Apricot and Chia Seed Smoothie

Bibi’s grandma, Shirley*, is going through a bit of a phase at the moment. She’s trying to get rid of clutter and keeps pointing at mad things that I emphatically don’t want and saying ‘That’s yours’. Usually I pretend I haven’t heard. When she pointed to these vintage cut glass crystal glasses though, I said…

Ginger Granola with Quinoa Crunchies

People who make their own granola have a certain reputation for being smug. And, you know what? The smugness is totally earned. In between playing with my new kittens yesterday afternoon (after my trail race and before triathlon swim training!) I managed to make 2 full batches of granola with very little effort at all….

What I’ve learned in Veganuary so far

I am, in a great number of ways, a lot like Beyonce. The most recent iteration of this Bibi-yonce confluence has been our temporary conversion to a 100% plant-based diet. For the month of January this year, we Veggie Runners have shirked the cheese, ditched the eggs and got rid of milk and joined thousands…

Ultimate Veggie Burgers

As we’ve said before, we don’t really believe in “new year, starve yourself” resolutions. I would hope you know us well enough by now to know that. I have made myself one January pact, though – I want to walk with a lighter environmental footprint. Being a vegetarian helps my carbon footprint a lot, and…

Vegan Ginger-Chocolate Brownies

I was given Scott Jurek’s book ‘Eat & Run’ for Christmas and have been devouring it ever since. It’s part running guide, part autobiography of the world’s greatest ultramarathon runner and part vegan recipe book. A proper book review will follow shortly when I’ve gulped the whole thing down. His book couldn’t come at a…

Fit Is For Life, Not Just For New Year

We don’t like the ‘new you’ business that saturates the media at the beginning of the year. What’s wrong with the old you?! OK, so maybe we don’t always look after ourselves well enough. Perhaps we eat too much over the holidays. Maybe we don’t exercise enough when there are so many other things going on….

Spicy Sprouts And Parsnips

Lots of people hate sprouts, or at least they think they do. It may be something to do with overcooking (they do contain sulphur – which we need – but it’s overcooking that gives then that icky sulphurous smell). Or prahps associations with seasonal stress and overindulgence makes them seem somewhat unappetising. We’re going to stick…

Chewy Nut and Oatmeal Cookies

As you know, we Veggie Runners like to make our recipes quick and easy when we can. We also love delicious food that can serve many purposes. This Chewy Nut and Oatmeal Cookies recipe meets all these criteria and more. They’re a doddle to make, freeze well, are really tasty and have a great blend…

Becoming a Runner – My Story

We’ve been asked quite a lot recently which of the two of us started running first, and got the other into it. I can say, hand on heart, that I would not have bothered with the thing if it weren’t for my little mother. For years, the extent of my relationship with running was sitting…