I asked Lisa to accompany me to the Cruelty Free Festival in Haymarket. Even though she is a meat-eater, she also eats a lot of meat substitutes – way more than me! I thought it would be good to try some new vegan foods and see what they had to say about living a cruelty-free life – something I have become more and more passionate about over the past year.
I hoe into one of my favourite foods – corn!
Lisa tries a vegan curry puff.
Close-up – it was so tasty she went back for more!
We went halves in a vegan “cheesy” pie. It was filled with soy cheese and textured vegetable protein. I’ve wanted to try soy cheese for a while to see if I could actually eat it instead of cheese. The answer? No, no I can’t, sadly.
The “Cheesy” pie. Pastry was fabulous, but the insides were another story.
Lots of hippy vegans.
We sat down to eat and listen to some vegan singers and bands.
Faux beef jerky … heavily dosed in honey we thought. Tasted fabulous so Lise got a bulk pack to take home!
Glistening faux meat …
Lise loves coconut juice.
There were lots of stalls filled with vegan cosmetics and skincare products as well as plenty of animal rights groups. I bought a
“Save Babe” tee from
Animals Australia and a calendar from
Monika’s Doggie Rescue. Both are animal charities I strongly recommend supporting.
Pet Rescue stall – I want to save all the cats, dogs and other animals out there in pain. There are just so many of them it’s overwhelming.
Happy, loved vegan dogs chilling out.
Trying vegan pecan pie for dessert. Super pricey and not as tasty as the real thing unfortunately!
After doing our bit for a cruelty-free life, we needed some shopping at Market City’s outlet centre and Chinatown shops to lift our mood (plus a real dose of sugar after all that healthy food!).
In
Morning Glory. They have such cute things … and weird giant stuffed condoms.
They also had keyboard stickers. My personal fave was the “my god!” key. Always a favourite when your computer crashes.
A giant stuffed poo?
Cute kitty – Lisa had to be persuaded to leave it behind.
China Town!
Smiling faces on our way home.
