The future's bright, the future's vegan

As 2016 winds down and 2017 beckons, here at Friendly Foods we've been reflecting on the year now nearly past. And what a year. A year that saw our whole family embrace all things vegan and in the process create Friendly Foods. A true whirlwind of a year. We've met many great people and introduced ourselves to endless great vegan products. A list that just keeps growing.

So we sat down and asked ourselves what were the vegan foods that most excited or surprised us. Or just even the ones we just really really loved.

In no particular order here is our vegan family's New Year Honours list for 2016:

• Pro Fusion Hemp Pesto

• Sgaia's Streaky Rashers

• Vegolinos

• Eat Real Cheese Puffs

• Vegusto Piquant cheese

• Wheaty Smoked Slices

• Wheaty Seitan medaillons

• Tofurky Tempeh bacon

• Wheaty Spacebars

• Equinox Kombucha

• Anandas Roundups

• Mex It Up (for the most sublime loaded nachos ever)

• Passionfruit V'urd from The Vegan Cakery

• Any cleaning products from the wonderful Humblestuff

• The West Midlands Vegan Festival

• Oasis Marinated Tofu

• Sweet Revolution Matcha Latte

• Explore Green Lentil Lasagne

• ProBios Rice Bechamel Sauce

• Vekine Raw Hemp Crackers

• Hodmedod's Yellow Pea Flour

• Follow Your Heart Vegan Bleu Cheese Dressing

2016 was a landmark year for our vegan family. 2017 will we hope be even better. And if you visited our little shop in 2016, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We look forward to seeing you all again in 2017. And remember, vegans aren't crazy. We are from the future.