Hey pals. It's been a long time coming but I'm super chuffed to present you with Guac & Roll's first ever guest post. I'll be using these spaces to share stories, points of view, photo sets and recipes from some of my fave vegan brains. It's the chance to stretch an idea further than an Instagram photo, or talk about discovering a recipe away from the refines of your Twitter feed. If you'd like to share something on Guac, talk to me.

The first guest post comes from Tsouni at @yesitsallvegan. April felt like the perfect time to share this ace guide Tsouni wrote on camping as a vegan, especially as we're planning a camping trip together for later in summer so I'm literally taking notes from this. Tsouni always seems to have so many tricks on everything from re-purposing food packaging to the secret flavour-makers you should definitely carry with you everywhere. I hope you enjoy reading something a little different with your coffee today- It's nice to give someone else the wheel every now and then, right?

Vegan camping in France (or anywhere)

The very nature of travel means that it's usually going to be harder to eat vegan wherever you're headed than it is at home. And I'm not ragging on France, but in my experience it can be even harder there than in other places. So, when I was planning a four-day camping trip to the island of Noirmoutier, off the country's west coast, I decided to leave nothing to chance and go in hard with my prep.

Noirmoutier is a totally beautiful place, with sandy beaches on the edge of pine-tree forests, and while there is a small town there, a quick Google showed no results for 'vegan'. My French is OK, but not good enough to be requesting menu changes and asking what things are made of in restaurants. So, I readied myself for four days of DIY campcooking. Here's my guide to eating like a #vegan king around the campfire.

Equipment-wise, I took a small camping stove with a single gas burner. I also bought a mini non-stick frying pan and saucepan (cute) from a camping store.

Before I went to my local supermarket (and yes, I reckon you should do your grocery shopping at home before you leave – you're familiar with the products and ingredients and won't have to decipher labels in a foreign language), I planned out what meals I'd need to be making. You need to do this – just buying masses of food and hoping it'll be enough might not work out. You will either run out of things to eat, or be left on the last day with a weird combo of things and have to eat noodles and granola together… or something.

So, figure out how many meals you'll need. Arriving in the evening, and staying for two days? You'll need food for three breakfasts, two lunches and three dinners. Write this down and take it to the grocery store, and figure out exactly what you're eating for each of these meals. Embrace being an organisation nerd.

It's obviously got to be dry or long-life stuff that won't turn gross after a couple of hours in a car. Here are some meal ideas that worked out great for me: