This is an entrance to Steak House on Swanston st in Melbourne. It's sad that in modern day and age we have advertisement that directly equates meat with strength and masculinity. This is the center of Melbourne, thousands of people see this picture every days and get this association formed in their brains, especially young people. There is nothing illegal about this of course, but it is just sad to see the meat eating culture being reinforced in such prominent way while anything related to plant based products remains a rare occurance in our cities.

I've developed Type II diabetes and my dietitian wants me on a 1600 kcal / 120g per day protein diet. That's an average of 30% protein - yikes!

I'm trying to make a vegan version of this diet & so it looks like a lot of tofu, tempeh, protein enriched pasta, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, etc. The dietitian wants meat, hard cheese and high protein yoghurt but I'm trying to avoid it.

I cant find any Australian high protein cereal with no added sugar. In the UK there is Surreal High Protein Cereal with 39% protein and no added sugar, ingredients include soy & pea protein.

I was thinking on making my own high protein muesli with lupin flakes, oats, pumpkin seeds, peanuts, almonds, and maybe desiccated coconut, chia, flax.

Thoughts?

A friend just shared that Vego Fest (a vegetarian/vegan festival) is on this Sunday in outer Melbourne.

https://vegofest.com.au/

Anyone been? Is it worth trekking out to the outer burbs for?

Hi team!

My family are holidaying in Coolum Beach for a week and would love some recommendations for eating out! We're staying in a holiday house with a kitchen but it'd be nice to eat something I haven't cooked. ☺️

TIA!