Online resources

The internet is a wealth of information about plant-based living. Blogs, news, reviews, podcasts, forums and recipe sites can be helpful sources of information, entertaining and fun. Here I’ve listed a couple of my favourites.

Food:

Vegweb - A wealth of plant-based recipes uploaded by users. Don’t miss General Tao’s Tofu!

Post Punk Kitchen - Home of Isa Moskowitz and Terry Romero’s vegan cooking show and some fabulous recipes. 

News:

Vegan.com - Erik Marcus, prominent animal rights activist, covers news and posts articles and recipes relating to veganism.

Vegan soapbox - Food, theory, activism and resources from real life vegans.

World vegetarian and vegan news blog - Get the goss on vegan products, campaigns, people and more.

Forums:

Compassionate cooks - A great place to discuss vegan issues with other compassionate folk who listen to Colleen’s popular podcast, ‘Food for Thought’.

The vegan forum - Discuss recipes, health, relationships and more with like minded people. 

Vegan world - Vegan world is a social networking site geared towards vegetarians and vegans. It has loads of features, including a lively forum. 

Post Punk Kitchen - A forum dedicated to post punk vegan banter, anarchy and ‘live nude tofus’.

Vegan freak forums - Vegan? freaky? you’ve found your people. Discuss everything from political activism to gardening with ‘Vegan freak‘ podcast listeners. 

Podcasts: 

Food for thought - Colleen Patrick-Goudreau discusses everything from sheering sheep to eating eggs.

Vegcast - The latest in vegetarian news and health.

Vegan freak radio - It’s Bob & Jenna with news, voicemail and random banter of the cruelty-free kind.

Blog world:

Vegan Dad - Vegan? Got kids? Then this is a must read. Even those of you who don’t have children will marvel at the baking and cooking this chap gets up to. Yum!

What the hell does a vegan eat anyway? - Vegan haute cuisine! With one day a week dedicated to raw food. 

Bitter sweet - Cookbook author Hannah Kaminsky shares her wonderfully decadent vegan desserts.

Fat free vegan - Double layer pumpkin cheesecake, Okra and lima bean masala, Sweet dumpling squash and more!

Cake maker to the stars - Join Kittee on her adventures with candy sushi, cakes and craft.

Gluten-free vegan - Vegan coeliacs rejoice! A great blog with loads of brilliant recipes and musings on all things veg. 

The urban vegan - An all vegan blog from Philadelphia. Baking, cooking, reviews and snippets of plant-based life. 

Vegan vice - With dessert turkeys made from oreos and candy this blog will give you plenty of kitchen inspiration.

Vegan yum yum - Award winning blog with amazing food photos, great recipes and plenty of handy tutorials. 

Yeah, that ‘vegan’ shit - Join Lindy loo as she cooks up some good vegan eats.

VegBlogs - A vegan blog tracker to keep up with plant-based news from across the web!

Animals:

Vegan peace - Info on animal cruelty, recipes and veganism, as well as other stuff like organic foods, sweatshops and gun control. ‘Striving towards peacefully sharing our earth’.

The Humane Society of the United States - Find out about the campaigns and legal action this leading organisation is taking on behalf of animals. 

Compassion over killing - Campaigns, investigations and vegetarian cooking. 

Vegan Outreach - Ending cruelty to animals through promoting veganism. Some great leaflets available. 

Animal aid - News, campaigns and more. 

British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection - UK’s premier anti-vivisection organisation. 

Brute ethics - Your online guide to animal ethics, animal rights and how you can help.

Shopping & eating out:

Happy cow - Global guide to vegetarian restaurants and shops. 

Herbivore - Get kitted out in style with Herbivore’s funky range of cruelty-free fashion and accessories. 

Vegan essentials - For all your vegan shopping needs: books, clothing, food, sweets, home products and more.

Moo shoes - Stylish shoes and accessories for the compassionate fashionista. 

Vegan store - Your one stop vegan shop. Cosmetics, clothing, chocolate and more. 

Pangea - A range of vegan products including belts, shirts and products for companion animals.

Got a link to add?

If you’ve spotted something I’ve missed or would like your site to feature here, send a message to sarahATtheveganmentorDOTcom