![Writer/producer Marieke Hardy, who's a vegan, in her kitchen of her Daylesford home with some of her favourite products. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer Writer/producer Marieke Hardy, who's a vegan, in her kitchen of her Daylesford home with some of her favourite products. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/f7c89625-01c2-494a-b906-337ec433d7d4.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Writer/producer Marieke Hardy, who's a vegan, in her kitchen of her Daylesford home with some of her favourite products. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
!["Salt freak" Marieke Hardy cooks her mushroom bourguignon with Massel's beef-style stock. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer "Salt freak" Marieke Hardy cooks her mushroom bourguignon with Massel's beef-style stock. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/5cf6f4fd-23a0-4152-ad49-f7f46f66608b.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
"Salt freak" Marieke Hardy cooks her mushroom bourguignon with Massel's beef-style stock. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
![Marieke Hardy says Daiya cheddar-style shreds are great for melting. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer Marieke Hardy says Daiya cheddar-style shreds are great for melting. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/a4063280-82a5-4ec5-943d-2367a37158f6.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Marieke Hardy says Daiya cheddar-style shreds are great for melting. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
![Vegusto vegan cheese gets a big wrap from Marieke Hardy. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer Vegusto vegan cheese gets a big wrap from Marieke Hardy. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/96ebd5fd-9c80-4ef7-ab71-d3611a13e46e.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Vegusto vegan cheese gets a big wrap from Marieke Hardy. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
![Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook, written by two "vegan high priestesses" from the US - Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, is Hardy's go-to kitchen bible. Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook, written by two "vegan high priestesses" from the US - Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, is Hardy's go-to kitchen bible.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/9a9823ff-34c0-4443-907d-e621b6ec6dc8.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Veganomicon: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook, written by two "vegan high priestesses" from the US - Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero, is Hardy's go-to kitchen bible.
![So Delicious cashew-milk ice-cream is actually delicious, Hardy attests. So Delicious cashew-milk ice-cream is actually delicious, Hardy attests.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/d356a024-b027-40d5-99ac-c3ffc75b4ec0.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
So Delicious cashew-milk ice-cream is actually delicious, Hardy attests.
![The Ned savignon blanc is Hardy's favourite white wine of the moment. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer The Ned savignon blanc is Hardy's favourite white wine of the moment. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/90bbfd79-c750-4878-89b8-dcd329bc615a.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
The Ned savignon blanc is Hardy's favourite white wine of the moment. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer
![Plastic-topped spatulas are Hardy's favourite kitchen utensil. Plastic-topped spatulas are Hardy's favourite kitchen utensil.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/083c1f59-d35f-4cc5-9123-06dc64da24ff.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Plastic-topped spatulas are Hardy's favourite kitchen utensil.
![A partial view of Hardy's Bob Hawke "take the piss out of Bob" wine keg was the perfect gift for Hardy - a political junkie. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer A partial view of Hardy's Bob Hawke "take the piss out of Bob" wine keg was the perfect gift for Hardy - a political junkie. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/silverstone-feed-data/7c6024ce-7712-43aa-a748-223237f007fe.jpg/r0_0_1024_684_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
A partial view of Hardy's Bob Hawke "take the piss out of Bob" wine keg was the perfect gift for Hardy - a political junkie. Photo: Simon O'Dwyer