Hi there and welcome to The Tofu Diaries, a leading vegan blog full of tasty vegan food, all things travel, and living a cruelty-free lifestyle!
Here’s what you’ll find:
- plenty of plant-based vegan recipes inspired by a love of trying new ingredients and international cuisines
- travel tips and guides to prove you can be meat-free anywhere
- ideas for exploring new places both in the UK and further afield
- restaurant reviews of both veggie and veggie-friendly places
- little vegan treats of every kind
- cruelty-free cosmetics and ethical shopping
- introductions and interviews with bloggers I love
- cute animals from time to time
- lots of photos and more in between!
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Behind the blog
My name is Natalie Tamara, a thirty-something living in Leeds. I do digital marketing and communications for a charity by day and develop recipes by night. Both involve a lot of photography and a lot of social media. I started The Tofu Diaries in 2014 as a productive outlet for the photos I’m always taking, to inspire me to write down the recipes I create, and as a way to share my tips and insights into being a meat-free traveller in over seventy countries and counting.
I’ve been vegetarian for almost as long as I can remember, and was cooking almost exclusively vegan for years, before going fully vegan since January 2016 (so you might still find the occasional old blog post on here that’s focused on vegetarian food). It has a huge influence on not only the food I eat, but the way I travel, the products I buy, and the clothes I wear.
I’ve also had itchy feet for as long as I can remember and am always on the lookout for an adventure, near or far. Four years of my twenties were spent living abroad and travelling and, even though I’ve settled in Leeds for the time-being, I still fit in as many trips in a year as possible.
I hope you’ll stick around and if you do like what you see, why not sign up over in the sidebar for updates on new posts from The Tofu Diaries?
Natalie Tamara x
Hi Natalie! I’m a 21 year old vegan student and blogger from the US and I am spending my summer in London! I came across your blog looking for restaurant recommendations am absolutely loving it. Such a great minimalist vibe and killer content. I’d love to get in touch as it looks like we are covering similar subjects. Either way, feel free to check out my blog at marieconcilus.com/marieonthemove. Hope to talk soon!
Hi Natalie,
I just discovered The Tofu Diaries as I was wandering about One Green Planet magazine, and I am so glad I had the curiosity to follow that little link. I’ve just started exploring your blog but it’s so full of positive vibes, great photos and enthusiastic writings that I could not stop by and tell you how much I like your diaries already. I will sure follow you very closely from now on!
Greetings from France,
Orr
Hiya,
I’ve just nominated you for the Creative Blogger Award as I really love reading all your posts. Have a look here & nominate others that inspire you. https://saretaskitchen.wordpress.com/2015/07/21/creative-blogger-award/
Keep up the fab work! x
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I just stumbled across your blog. I’m looking forward to trying some of your recipes. Keep up the amazing work!
I’m so happy you did Carissa! Thank you for your kind words and taking the time to comment 😀 x
Hello! You have very interesting and colorful blog! I enjoy it.
Thank you so much Vlad, I’m happy you’ve discovered it! Appreciate you stopping by and taking the time to comment, hope to see you again soon 🙂
Hi! I just stumbled across your blog via the picture house antiques facebook page and I’m really glad I clicked! I’m also impressed and happy that you managed to find good veggie food in France! I’m moving back there in June after having spent 2 years in Hebden Bridge and I’m a bit worried about the food options in Alsace (I grew up in France, so I know that chicken and lardons “are not meat, you can eat them”!). Your post made me feel better! I’m also a huge fan of the Beefayre products and matcha tea! Anyway, congrats on your lovely blog, it’s right up my streeet! xx Caroline
Aw thank you so much Caroline – it’s always nice to know how anyone has found their way over here too! Fortunately it does look like there’s some change in France and the focus on organic/healthy eating is certainly good for us veggies 🙂 Thanks so much for popping over and for your lovely words. Natalie x
Hi, I know you have a lot of followers but I nominated your for a Liebster award.
Have a look here https://onevegandayatatime.wordpress.com
enjoying your posts
thank you
Beverley
Hi Beverley, I don’t know how but your comment completely passed me by and I’ve just spotted it now! So apologies for the late thanks, but thank you so much! It’s very kind of you and I really appreciate it 🙂 Natalie x
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Hi Natalie, thanks for liking my post and following my blog too; hence I found your lovely blog. Stay in touch xx Happy blogging 🙂
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You’re welcome, thank you for returning the visit 🙂 I really enjoyed your dosa recipe – I’ve had it in restaurants before but would love to try making it for myself!
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Hi Natalie! Thank you so much for following my Ann Arbor Vegan Kitchen blog. So nice to discover yours, too! It’s beautiful! Please stay in touch! : )
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Thanks so much for returning the visit Vicki, looking forward to following you 🙂
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Happy to know about you 🙂 it was a wonderful reading.. i love to try your recipes.. Thanks a lot for stopping in my place 🙂 <3
Thanks so much for returning the visit, I’m happy to hear you enjoyed reading it 🙂
Hey Natalie! I’ve just nominated you for a Liebster Award! Although now I see you have already been nominated 🙂 If you’d like to participate you can find the questions in this post: http://thandieatsvegan.com/2014/12/10/liebster-award/
Aw thanks so much Thandi! I’m a huge fan of your blog so it means a lot to me! I have indeed had a few nominations but have yet to find a moment to blog about them, hopefully one day soon 🙂
I love your travel blog especially because it’s vegetarian too! I nominated you for a Liebster Award. Us, vegetarian travelers need to support each other, right? http://sangriastainedlips.com/2014/10/22/liebster-award/
Aw thanks so much! I really appreciate it, we definitely do! I’ll take a look 🙂
Hello Natalie,
I’m new to blogging, though not to travel and vegetarian food – I just read your tips for travelling vegetarian, and concur with all, and now after reading your ‘about’, I’m looking forward to reading more posts and trying your recipes… I also plan to include recipes in my blog, but haven’t got there yet, still in the early stages! Happy travels 🙂
Joanna xx
Hi Joanna,
Thank you for stopping by and for your kind words. It’s always great to hear from other travelling veggies and of new blogs about travelling as a veggie. I think the more information about how possible it is out there the better! Good luck with your blogging journey 🙂 Natalie x
Hi Natalie, thanks for visiting my site and introducing me to yours. I’m looking forward to following and trying some of your recipes too 🙂
Thanks so much for returning the visit, hope to see you here again 🙂
hey Natalie, thanks for stopping by, your blog is beautiful, can’t wait to read more of it x x han
Thanks so much for both your kind words and for returning the visit 🙂 Looking forward to following you too!
Really glad I’ve found your blog – you have some very tempting recipes on here.
Thanks so much! Hope to see you here again 🙂
How do you do – thanks for the follow 🙂
You’re very welcome, looking forward to reading more 🙂
Lovely to meet you Natalie!! Sweet blog you have here!! 🙂
Aww thank you so much for stopping by and for your kind words. Hope to see you again 🙂
Thanks for stopping by my blog Natalie! Looking forward to connecting with you here! I’ve just had a sticky beak around yours and it looks fab!! Farianti
Thanks so much 🙂 Looking forward to following your blog too!
Thanks for following my blog! So it lead me too your lovely blog here! I already made 2 tasty recipes & love your cool blog too! Greetings from a Foodie from Belgium!
Hi Sophie, you’re very welcome. Thank you so much for all your lovely comments and for taking a look around. It’s so good to hear you’ve tried out some of my recipes too! I really enjoyed your blog too and hope to see you here again 🙂
I like to see you on my blog too! 🙂 x
Dragon’s Loyalty Award for you- Check it out 🙂
http://yesiamvegan.wordpress.com/2014/06/14/homemade-raw-vegan-energy-bars/
Aw thanks so much, what an honour! I’ll take a look 🙂
Anytime Nat 🙂
Hi 🙂 You follow my blog, The Siren’s Tale (thank you!). I’ve ended The Siren’s Tale + started a new blog named: Belong With Wildflowers. I’d love to have you follow my new blog as well, please stop on over for a visit: http://belongwithwildflowers.com 🙂
You can follow my new blog through email subscription, RSS, Bloglovin’, or any other blog reader. Hope you’re having a great week! –Caitlin
Thanks for letting me know Caitlin. Your new blog looks beautiful 🙂
I love the beautiful map you have on your header! Looking forward to doing some armchair travel through you.
Aw thank you! Hope you enjoy and hope to see you here again soon 🙂
Natalie, your blog looks wonderful. I am excited to try your recipes!
Looking forward to following you,
-April
Thank you so much! I’ve just started having a nose around your blog and it looks like you have a lot of wonderful recipes to explore too 🙂