I’m a food-obsessed vegan blogger and Mum to one amazing daughter. As a baking geek, I get a special kick out of ‘veganising’ recipes which seem impossibly non-vegan in their original form! I also love making sourdough (current starter is named Agatha) and coming up with new family meals. As a vegan since 2017 (vegetarian since 1996) sometimes I adapt recipes from books, and sometimes I make things up. Occasionally a memory of something eaten somewhere exotic triggers the slightly manic need to recreate it!

The Great British Bake Off

Fun Fact: I once applied for The Great British Bake Off. After several auditions, screen tests and interviews, I made it to the final 50 contestants (out of 20,000+ applicants) for the 2015 series. Although I didn’t get to meet Paul Hollywood or Mary Berry, I am still rather proud of making it so far. It’s probably for the best that I didn’t make it ‘into the tent’ – I would likely have been the one rocking in the corner after some kind of cupcake disaster – but it was a fantastic experience and really boosted my confidence in my baking skills.

Baking With Honey – A Bonding Experience

My daughter has been helping me in the kitchen since she was three years old. Often this meant more cake batter on the floor than in the mixer and cookie dough was nibbled long before making it into the oven! I didn’t mind one bit. I love to see her getting involved, and I enjoy teaching her the basics about nutrition, preparing and cooking all kinds of food – skills she will use for life. Baking with her has been, and continues to be, the best bonding experience I could’ve imagined for us; for that very reason this site was originally named Baking With Honey, after her. I made the difficult decision to rename it Oat Milk & Cookies in June 2019, to better suit a plant-based recipe blog.

Happy baking!

Katy x

Email: oatmilkandcookies [@] gmail.co.uk