Women’s health, gender bias, extraordinary stories, and the menopause conversation, served with honesty, humour, and heart by authors and lifelong friends Jinty and Lou.
Every Sunday we spill the tea on the stuff society shies away from: hormones, health, relationships, equity, midlife pivoting, and finding your confidence again, plus menopause, because it keeps coming up for good reason. No topic’s off-limits and no conversation is too awkward. With expert guests including Menopause specialists, GPs, Gynaecologists, Nutritionists, Sleep Therapists, Advocates, and Comedians, we mix evidence-based facts with real talk, real laughs, and the occasional faux pas.
Beyond the podcast, we’re authors of Tackling Gender Bias in the Healthcare System: What Patients Stories Teach Us About Implementing Systemic Change, and our #WheresMyClinic campaign helped bring the NHS Devon Menopause Service to life. We founded Exmouth’s first Menopause Café and hosted BBC Radio Devon’s first-ever menopause café.
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New episodes every Sunday, grab a cuppa and join us. It’s time to spill the tea.
We have snuck in an extra episode of our Spill The Tea podcast for Christmas and it’s full of sparkle, so settle in with a mince pie and a mug of tea.
This week we meet Big Lil and the Headscarf revolutionaries, four women who in 1968 changed the face of fishing in the UK proving that when women get together positive change can happen.
There is also a pitch perfect musical recital as we play Christmas carols on the kazoo (earplugs optional for that section!)
In the Book Collective we conclude our book for the series, Miranda July’s All Fours. Did it deliver? Listen in to find out.
Plus, we asked you, “What’s the best thing about life after menstruation?” Your insightful, positive answers didn’t disappoint!
You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.
Finally, we tackle the idea of the “Menopause Militia” with a frank and lively chat about us ‘women of a certain age’, and leave you with a thoughtful nugget to ponder over the holidays.
It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.
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This series, we are spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change.
Today we are thrilled to be spilling the tea with the incredible Bianca Sprague.
Bianca is a self-identified ‘super lesbian’ and a dedicated mother who is deeply committed to addressing issues such as, queer care, combating fat-phobia in medicine and exploring women’s rage.
She is also a passionate educator and advocate in the doula community who focuses her expertise on supporting women and queer individuals with fertility, birth and postpartum care.
We thought with Christmas so close we could all do with a bit of chat around the topic of rage!
Bianca has given us a discount code to use on her website: www.bebomia.com/wkc use the codeWCK15 for 15% discount.
In the Book Collective we will be finishing our book for the series, Miranda July’s All Fours, next week and going through your answers to the question 'Whats the best thing about life after menstruation?'
You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.
It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! There’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a thought for the week.
So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we spill the tea!
Here you can find updates, photos and some inclusive content we won’t post anywhere else and your donation will help us ensure we continue to bring you great quality of content and sound.
Sea Swimming & Sewage with Campaigner Jo Bateman
Season 11 · Episode 1
Saturday, September 28, 2024 • Duration 41:44
In our new series we will be spilling the tea on topics that affect our health and well-being from the extra-ordinary women that are raising their voices for positive change. And what better way to kick-off our new look Series than with campaigner Jo Bateman.
Jo is campaigning for cleaner seas and is taking South West Water to court; the water company have repeatedly dumped sewage into the sea preventing Jo (and many others) from sea swimming. For Jo sea swimming has helped her both physically and mentally, but the red flag has been flying for most of the summer on Exmouth beach warning swimmers not to enter the water because you will quite literally be swimming in shit. An empty beach has also impacted massively on businesses that have suffered financially. Jo is not backing down; she is fighting for her right to swim in clean waters and to keep the environment safe for other water users and wildlife. She says, ‘it is simply unacceptable, in the 21st century you can land a spacecraft on Mars but we haven’t got a sewage system that disposes of our waste without polluting the rivers and oceans.’
We also launch our Book Collective with our new book for series 11, All Fours by Miranda July.
You can join in with our Book Club, send us a DM or voice note with your thoughts on the book.
We chat about our week, there’s comments, a WI (weekly invitation) and a quote.
It’s another episode brimming with chat and all the usual sweary shenanigans! So, go and get the kettle on and settle in for our weekly collective chat while we sill the tea!
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Feminism, Politics and Art with illustrator Rosie Johnson
Season 3 · Episode 7
Saturday, February 19, 2022 • Duration 01:23:51
This week we sort out all the worlds problems with our guest Rosie Johnson of Rosie Johnson Illustrates. We are very lucky that Rosie is based here in Devon but her creative talents are an international success, producing Prints, cards, fashion, Jewellery and pins. She also does design work, book illustration and as if that’s not enough she’s invented a great card game for children, Natter Matters. We get angry this week at topics in the news, especially footballers and their sponsors and how raising our voice can be very cathartic. There’s fashion news – are we ready to embrace the most uncomfortable item of clothing that’s making a come-back? Our #wheresmyclinic campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon has now launched a website with the petition and template letters to send to your MP and local CCG. https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk In the Book Collective we are on our penultimate week of Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other. The Foodie continues with our theme this month, Chinese cuisine. Rosie was a primary school teacher for 15 years, But has been illustrating for nearly 6 years. A self confessed bleeding heart lefty snowflake who loves marmite who invented a card game called Natter Matters to help children and adults talk through difficult emotional subjects. We created our own Natter Matters Womenkind Collective styl-ey and discussed all the important things in life in Rosie’s unique way. To find Rosie’s online shop click on the link. https://rosiejohnsonillustrates.com The Book Collective continue with Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other, the grammatically different book is so beautiful how the characters are all entwined and we discuss how our opinions of the characters change from the start and end of their chapters. It’s raw and totally enthralling read that every woman should read. It’s another cooking day for Jinty in the Foodie this week, and it’s a very tasty and nutritious salt and pepper tofu stir fry. Our Wine Collective as we approach the end of the month is announced with Lou choosing Trivento Malbec a well-balanced velvety red from Argentina and priced in supermarkets around £9. Our WI learning to dance Cameo’s Candy Dance routine, and it’s marginally better this week although there is still an issue with knowing our left foot from our right! To sign our petition to get a Menopause Clinic here in Devon click on the link: https://www.change.org/p/wheresmyclinic For further information about our campaign head over to our website: https://menopauseclinicfordevon.co.uk--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message
Turning the tables on Menopause with Ruby Walsh
Season 3 · Episode 5
Saturday, February 5, 2022 • Duration 01:28:41
In this week’s podcast Jinty and Lou get interviewed by their guest Ruby Walsh who is researching for her book. We speak openly and honestly about the menopause through the dark times to now being able to understand what are bodies were going through and how women are not considered valid in society once they can no longer produce children. We look at some of the more unusual menopausal symptoms in an A-Z of symptoms and it’s not all about hot flushes and brain fog!We discuss the positives of friendship and how through the pandemic we might have unwittingly ‘pruned’ our friends and Jinty has some breaking fashion news, we also discuss Ricky Gervais’s Afterlife and the lasting legacy the series has given us. Do you know where ‘Pinch, Punch first of the month’ came from? Neither did we until Jinty investigated!There’s a new book for The Book Collective, Girl, Woman. Other by Bernadine Evaristo who we discovered after reading The Female Lead, we loved her story and are looking forward to reading up to page 150 for the next week.In the foodie we celebrate Chinese New-Year with a traditional Chinese tea ceremony.And there’s a new WI from one of the Collective. Our guest this week is 24 year old Ruby Walsh who wants to find out more about peri menopause, she asked if she could interview us, well obviously we agreed - mainly because menopausal women are so often only written about in the very stereotypical way- hot flushes and being chaotic! And although both these things may happen it certainly does not represent most women.We thought it would be nice to chat with Ruby on the podcast so we can find out more about her and she can turn the tables and ask us some questions about our own menopause which we thought may resonate with some of you. It’s an open conversation and no topic is off limits. Ruby says, ‘as women, we experience a lot of pressure in our lives, from being “too this'', or “too that”, reminded of the time-restraints, that our fertile clock is ticking and that, if you are not fertile, your value as a woman is diminished. We go through stages in our lives, constantly changing and evolving, and yet one very important change, is not spoken about enough, especially not inter-generationally, and that is menopause.’ In the Book Collective we are looking forward to starting Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo, the Booker judges rated this book as ‘passionate, razor sharp, brimming with energy and humour, a must read about modern Britain and womanhood…dazzling.’ We are going to read up to page 150 for next week’s book discussion. For the Foodie as it was Chinese New-Year when we recorded the podcast, Jinty prepared a traditional Chinese tea ceremony - we learn the correct way to drink the tea and how to appreciate the flavours. There’s a new WI and it’s from Elena one of the Collective and she has invited us to learn a dance routine…as we both have no coordination it’s going to be a fun month dancing! As our campaign for a Menopause Clinic in Devon begins to build momentum we have a new email address for anyone to send their testimonies into about menopause care in Devon: menopasueclinicdc@gmail.comWe also have new hashtag #wheresmyclinic A petition is coming soon along with a campaign Facebook group Stay in touch Jinty and Lou --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message
Weight Loss Surgery – Tim’s Story
Season 3 · Episode 4
Saturday, January 29, 2022 • Duration 01:15:48
We continue our relationship with food and mental health month with our guest today who is combining both after having gastric sleeve surgery 6 months ago, we find out how Tim Barnes has now started the next stage in his life and how the surgery has changed his life, it’s a very vulnerable and frank conversation and we loved talking to him.We conclude our Book Collective book of the month, The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others, by Edwina Dunn. And announce our new book for February.In the Foodie there is a delicious recipe for vegan vanilla cupcakes and we tell you what you can do with TVP (textured veggie protein)As it’s the end of the month we delve into our Wine Collective choices for the month with some very surprising results! There is lots of talk about BMI, low rise jeans and do we really need calories on our restaurant menus?Our guest this week is Tim Barnes, along with wife Kelly own the award winning Krispies Fish & Chip Shop in Exmouth, Devon. In July 2021 after years of struggling with his weight Tim took the decision to have gastric sleeve surgery, a life changing surgery.Tim has always had an unhealthy relationship with food and this was impacting on his health, at 43 years old he hit rock bottom. With the support from his family, he decided on gastric sleeve surgery (VSG). Tim is open and honest about his struggles with yo-yo dieting, the lack of support for men with weight issues and how he is now working on a life that he has control over.Tim has an Instagram page detailing his journey, @becomingtinytim_vsg on one of his pre-op posts he says he’s another step closer to the next stage in his life. You can catch the full interview with Tim on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA The Book Collective very sadly conclude the amazing book of the month, The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn. We cannot say enough how much we have been uplifted by this book; each woman has a powerful story to tell that will resonate with every woman that reads their stories. We love that we have learned so much more about the international women that are shaping our World.Our next book comes from one of the women featured in We Rise By Lifting Others, Bernardine Evaristo, Girl, Woman, Other. In the Foodie Jinty has cooked some delicious vegan vanilla cup-cakes that are truly scrummy, a recipe below Lou’s WI comes to an end, her month of Veganuary. But will she continue? And there’s a whole new WI for the Collective from Jinty. As it’s the end of the month it’s the Wine Collective, but as many of you are taking part in Dry January, we’ve opted for low and non-alcoholic beverages this month!Lou opts for a low alcohol rhubarb and ginger cider, it’s a 0.05% and from Marks & Spencer, it’s tart rhubarb and fiery ginger and costs £1.60 for a 500ml bottle. Jinty’s choice for a non- alcoholic drink is Everleaf https://www.everleafdrinks.com/collectionsVanilla fairy cakes from https://www.sixvegansisters.com/2018/04/05/vegan-vanilla-cupcakes/--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message
Emotional Eating With Nutritional Therapist Marcelle Rose
Season 3 · Episode 3
Saturday, January 22, 2022 • Duration 01:24:50
In this week’s podcast we carry on our food and health theme for this month with our guest, Marcelle Rose, a registered nutritionist and health coach who specialises in binge eating, bulimia, emotional eating and yo-yo dieting.It’s been a difficult week in the news and we ask why, in the UK now, there is a greater prison sentence for pulling down a statue than there is for rape! We’re furious that our right to protest is now under threat.In the Book Collective we continue with the magnificent The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn.We’re still on Veganuary and today we cook up Sticky Tofu from Dr Gemma Newman’s cookbook, The Plant Power Doctor. Marcelle Rose is a registered nutritionist and health coach she specialises in helping women beat binge eating, bulimia, emotional eating and yo-yo dieting so they can make peace with their body and heal their relationship with food. For many women this is a transformational experience, so they are able to live life to the fullest.We learn about the artificial sweetener lie, why many people binge eat, how we can stop the yo-yo dieting. Can the menopause and hormonal changes effect our digestion? We get all the answers from Marcelle in this no-holds-barred interview full of facts and useful tips to help you break the diet cycle. We also ask Marcelle what her ‘significant object’ is. In the Book Collective we continue reading The Female Lead, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn, in this week’s read we meet Dr Jasvinder Sanghera, founder of Karma Nirvana and learn of her fight for women not wanting to enter into arranged marriages, there’s the inspiring Joyce Banda, president of Malawi whose education program for girls has now enrolled 6,500 females into education. We meet Kathrine Switzer the first woman to officially run the Boston marathon, only because they didn’t realise she was female! There are so many others in this truly amazing book. For the Foodie,Lou cooks up Sticky Tofu from a recipe in Dr Gemma Newman’s cookbook, The Plant Power Doctor. Thankfully it’s a triumph with Jinty! There’s some great tips on the best ways to cook tofu. The WI is still Lou doing Veganuary…how is she doing? She spills the beans on what it’s like to miss her milky tea’s! You can catch Marcelle’s full interview along with our other guests on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA Marcelle Rose, BANT Registered Nutritionist ® & Health CoachDigestive Health, Emotional Eating & Eating Disorder SpecialistNCFED Master PractitionerWebsite:www.marcellerosenutrition.co.ukFollow on FacebookFollow on Instagram Today’s Recipe:Ingredients:Tofu1 block of firm tofu. Pressed and cubed2 tbsp of cornflour½ tsp of chilli powder (optional)Sweet and sour sauce50 ml of soy sauce25ml of rice wine vinegar50 ml of pineapple juice1 tsp apricot jam½ tsp of Chinese 5 spice½ tsp of garlic powder½ tsp of chilli powder1 tsp of cornflourStir-fry2 tsp of sesame oil (optional)1 red pepper cut into chunks100 grs of mange touts or asparagus or broccoli spears100 grs of baby corn2 cloves of garlic15 grs of ginger finely choppedServeSpring onions shredded, brown rice or noodles.How• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, line a baking tray. Coat the tofu in the cornflour and chilli. Place on the baking tray and bake for 15-20 minutes.• Whisk all the sweet and sour sauce ingredients together except for the cornflour and set to one side.• Heat a wok add the oil. Add the vegetable, garlic and ginger, fry for 2-3 minutes.• Pour in the sauce and simmer for 2-3 minutes then mix in the cornflour, stir constantly until thickened. Add the tofu and simmer for 1 minute• Serve with rice or noodles with shredded spring onions or coriander --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message
Navigating the Menopause with Elizabeth Joseph
Season 3 · Episode 1
Saturday, January 8, 2022 • Duration 01:18:55
Welcome to series 3 and a very happy New-Year to you all! We are starting 2022 off with a fabulous guest, Elizabeth Joseph, a woman navigating menopause and trying out (so that we don’t have to) all the good, bad and the downright ridiculous inventions that will help (or not) you through menopause.We find what you think about New Years resolutions, motivational or are we setting ourselves up to fail?We begin January 2022 with a new book for the Book Collective, The Female Lead, volume 2, We Rise by Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn.On the foodie front there is a combined Foodie Collective and WI with Lou starting Veganuary. If you need to be cheered up in this, often difficult, month, then this episode won’t let you down.Elizabeth Joseph is a woman who has gone from invisible housewife plagued by peri menopause to a social media guinea pig! She has tried out a range of products and approaches, from womb massage to fart pants all in the name of research. She is both funny and honest.Elizabeth says that her hope is by speaking up about this shit storm in our lives with honesty and humour so no other woman need ever stumble into peri menopause clueless, lost or alone. Elizabeth talks us through her journey and we discuss the the stigma that surrounds peri menopause and why we should all tell each other what is happening to our lives and bodies. Watch the full interview on the Womenkind Collective YouTube channel. How did your Christmas go? Were there some shopping, sale or food disasters, we tell the truth on our Christmas cock-ups. Do you set yourself New-year resolutions? There’s a divided opinion with the Collective but the over-riding thought is that you should not put pressure on yourself to achieve resolutions. The Book Collective begin the wonderful, The Female Lead, Volume 2 by Edwina Dunn, we read up to page 78. It really is the most beautiful and uplifting of books full of inspiring women, we look at Julia Gillard the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and discuss her ‘misogyny speech.’ We will read up to page 128 Nadia Murad for episode 2. The Foodie this month is all about Veganuary, Lou has been challenged by Jinty to become vegan for the month of January. There’s a nightmare shopping trip and Lou finds out what you can actually do with tofu! The health benefits of a vegan life in menopause are proven to have a positive effect.And Jinty has an easy recipe for you to try (see below) Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUAElizabeth Joseph: Instagram. @elizabethjosephnavigatingJinty’s Easy vegan chicken pieIngredients2 leeks2 large carrotsSpinachBroccoli (or any veg that needs using up)Butter beans (optional)Alternative milk of choice (I use oat)- approx 250mlWhite wine vinegar or apple cider vinegarVirgin Olive oilTbsp plain flourChicken alternative (I used Linda McCartney’s no hoisin duck)I pack ready roll vegan puff pastry1 tsp oreganoMethodHeat oilAdd chopped leeks and chopped carrotsCook on a low heat for 10 minutesAdd broccoli or any other veg you likeCook for a further 5 minsAdd fake chicken, cook for a couple of minsMake a well in the centre, add a little more oil if neededAdd flour to well and then mix everything together for 2 minsAdd tbsp of ACV and mix to deglaze the panSlowly add the milk, mixing all the timeAdd until you have a constituency you likeCook for 20 minutesPut in a pie dish and cover with puff pastryCook on 180 for 30-40 minutes--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message
Christmas Party, Guests, reviews, books and wine
Season 2 · Episode 18
Saturday, December 18, 2021 • Duration 01:23:54
Christmas Party Just as we are hurtling toward the end of 2021, we are coming to the end of Series 2 of the Womenkind collective Podcast. And we are celebrating this with a Christmas Party and you are all invited-So get your party poppers, your Christmas hats, your favourite tipple, or tea, and have no HOGO worries because for this party we are staying In-In, so slippers are not only welcome- they are a necessity! We have two guests from the Collective that have supported us on our journey, Annie from The Bees Wreath and Mumford and Mum and Laura Dentith an avid fan of the Book Collective.You can catch the full unedited version of the party on the Womenkind Collective YouTube Channel.(All Covid restrictions were followed at the time of recording) We are so fortunate that many of our amazing guests and listeners have sent Christmas messages for the Collective which we play throughout, in-between the drinking and eating!At our Christmas party we bring out our favourite wine and non-alcoholic drinks, and there’s a super espresso martini from Jinty. Our foodie Collective is a mix of homemade vegan mince pies, vegan chocolate truffles from Jamie Oliver, along with a super healthy green salad from Emma Ellice-Flint.We discuss the highlights of the past 2 series and reveal our most listened to podcast.In the Book Collective we go back over the books we have read and the books we have mentioned and used for research, and there’s definitely some you might want to add to your Christmas list or to consider for the New-Year. How are you getting on with our high-fiving WI? Who’s adding the extras in? Jinty also has a WI - a suggestion for a better night’s sleep over the Christmas period. We would like to say a huge heartfelt thank you to each and every one of you for listening and any contributions you’ve made, we really could not do it without you. Wishing you all a peaceful and healthy Christmas and love and laughter for 2022.See you for Series 3, 9th January 2022. Jinty’s espresso MartinisI part Toffee Vodka2 part Vodka2 part espresso 1 part Tia Maria Crushed IceShaken not stirredYou can find Annie on Instagram: @thebeeswreath and @mumfordandmumEmma’s green salad;https://emmasnutrition.com/avocado-watercress-walnut-salad-w-chunky-pesto/Jinty’s Vegan mince pies;https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/vegan-mince-piesRecipe for Jamie Oliver’s vegan truffles (balls): https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/chocolate-recipes/dairy-free-chocolate-truffles/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message
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How to enjoy a stress free Christmas
Season 2 · Episode 17
Saturday, December 11, 2021 • Duration 01:22:54
Welcome to the weekly podcast of Womenkind Collective, in this week’s podcast we talk about how to achieve a stress free Christmas. Do you stress about presents, family and cooking the perfect Christmas dinner? Well, you can worry no more, we have the top 25 tips to help you achieve a stress free Christmas.In the Book Collective we conclude Bella Mackie’s How To Kill Your Family and there’s a perfect twist to the ending of this magnificent book. In the Foodie Collective we continue this month’s theme of Easy Christmas Treats, and once again Jinty has been cooking up a storm.We talk about grief and the loss of a loved one coming up to the festive period and how to get through this difficult and challenging time.How did you get on with the WI? We ask Lou and the Collective how Jinty’s challenge from Mel Robbins is going. Grief is hard at any time throughout the year but can be especially difficult around Christmas time, Jinty discusses her grief from losing her dear dad this year and what she’s planning on doing to keep his memory firmly in the family this Christmas. Christmas can be the most stressful time of the year, so we decided to try and help you achieve a stress-free Christmas by going through the top 25 stresses most people encounter over the festive period, there’s some fun and swearing and also an underlying message of making sure you ease the pressure off yourself, we have tips from the Collective to help and they really resonate. And if all else fails you can do exactly what one of the Collective do and just drink Baileys!You can watch the Stress-Free Christmas Tips on our Womenkind Collective YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCFgmHLcdx28eco-XlkWYwUA In the Book Collective we conclude Bella Mackie’s How To Kill Your Family, and there’s a great twist at the end, could this lead onto a sequel? Bella has written the perfect narcissistic protagonist with Grace, she is an insightful and page turning author. Our new book for January is The Female Lead, volume 2, We Rise By Lifting Others by Edwina Dunn. The Foodie this month gives us easy Christmas treats and Jinty has made Polish cake from her mum’s recipe, but it’s not quite the traditional Polish cake, it’s the most delicious tiffin based cake and it’s also no-bake and vegan! Anyone can make it! The WI challenge from Jinty to Lou and the Collective is working really well, even if sometimes Lou forgets she has now added a new addition to give herself a positive comment when she’s high-fiving in the mirror, please give it a go and tell yourself how beautiful and amazing you are…it really does work! Don’t forget to join us for our Christmas Party next Sunday where we will be rounding up the year, talking to some amazing guests and drinking and eating probably far too much!The Christmas In A Nutshell is available from @spacemasks on Instagram or: https://spacemasks.com for £5 with all proceeds going to Whitstable RNLI. Jinty’s vegan Polish cake Ingredients75g vegan block, plus extra for the tin200g Orange vegan dark chocolate, roughly chopped2 tbsp golden or maple syrup200g vegan ginger nuts - or other fave vegan biscuits25g macadamia nuts50g pistachios, toasted and chopped. Tsp cinnamonTsp mixed spice75g orange choc to top Method STEP 1Lightly oil a 20cm square brownie tin with vegan block,and line the base with baking parchment. Melt the chocolate with the vegan block and syrup in the microwave in 30-second bursts until smooth and glossy.STEP 2Break the ginger nuts into small pieces in a bowl, then add the nuts. Scrape in the chocolate mixture and give everything a good mix to combine, then spoon the mixture into the tin. Use the back of the spoon to smooth out the top and press it down, then chill in the fridge for 2 hrs or until set hard. Once set, cut into 25 mini squares.You could sprinkle a dusting of icing sugar or add melted chocolate on top,set in fridge.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/womenkindcollectivepodcast/message
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