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  • In all seriousness, and I typed about this before but deleted it as I didn't think you'd find it useful, but when I was vegan and couriering I'd go to Pak Supermarket in Cape Hill 2 or 3 times a week for fresh veg (mainly peppers, courgettes, tomatoes and spinach), and get a load of tinned chickpeas, broad beans, cannelini beans, dried lentils, brown basmati etc. Every day try to eat 3 or 4 veg in your evening meal, plus beans or lentil for protein, with brown rice or pasta. There is bound to be somewhere similar to Pak Supermarket in Balsall Heath, and they're much cheaper than the likes of Co-Op or T*sco especially for fresh veg and spices. Problem is if you lack time it can be difficult as you need at least half an hour to prepare something decent. In addition to fresh veg, pulses and grains try to get some spices in. Spices apparently have a good mineral content (shoot me if this is bullshit, but I read it on the internet so it must be true) and this might explain why I always feel fucking awesome the day after eating a home made Indian style dish. Try to find a book called Truly Italian by Ursula Ferrigno in Bham Library or second hand on Amazon, it's full of really good vegetarian recipes, most of which are veganizable. Also check Quick Inidan Cooking on the web, some good veggie recipes on there too. Obviously this is only useful to you if you have the time and energy to cook. Can't really give you any advice about snacks except that tahini on brown toast is awesome, if a bit dry. I tend to stick honey on it to balance out the dryness/slight bitter taste. Also, I forgot what else I was gonna type, probably some bollocks

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