There are many reasons to eat less meat. Here are some ideas from local residents, shops and cafés to inspire you.
And please get in touch if you want to tell us about a local café or restaurant that offers great vegan/veggie options, or with a recipe you want to share.
Meat-free menus
If you’re on this website, the chances are you’re looking to try to minimise your impact on the planet. One of the changes that we can make to minimise our carbon footprint is to switch to a mainly plant-based diet. But life is short and food is one of its pleasures, so how can we…
Meat-free Meals Out
New Year resolutions come in many forms, and for many it may mean fewer meals out, but others may resolve to eat more healthily or take up a plant-based diet and now wonder which pubs and restaurants offer good value, great flavours and a side of inspiration. Or, you may be a vegetarian or vegan…
Meat Free Mondays
As part of our support for Meat Free Monday, we bring you a selection of the recipes used in the campaign locally!
Meat-free menus – Soup
Veggie soups are the ideal follow-on from our first recipe. They are, like the cauliflower cheese, their own thing! They aren’t a ‘meat-free version’ of something. They taste the way they are supposed to taste. Blended soups in particular are filling and hearty… and topped with croutons, some toasted shaved coconut or a swirl of…
Meat free menus – a heap of veg!
This post isn’t so much a recipe as an idea – that a heap of roasted veg can take you in all sorts of delicious directions! We’re still on the theme of trying to make eating a more plant-based diet delicious but straightforward. One of the most versatile ways to use veg as the basis…
Substitutes for meat: Pulses
Over the past couple of weeks we’ve looked at some dishes that make for very easy and familiar meat-free meals so far. These are a great place to start as there’s no sense of compromise. However, there are loads of great meat recipes out there which can become vegetarian and equally delicious if a little…
Substitutes for meat: Veg proteins
The market for vegetable protein meat alternatives is huge and growing fast. They vary enormously in texture and flavour. From traditional staples like the Quorn and Linda McCartney ranges to newcomers such as The Vegetarian Butcher, Beyond Meat and Richmond’s Meat Free products, there has never been so much variety. Some of these products aim…
Substitutes for meat: Quorn
The last of our meat substitutes series covers an old favourite – Quorn. Its a product that comes in different shapes and sizes with different flavour profiles, and has a satisfying texture. This recipe from Green Southwell member Sally is another, wholesome, spicy favourite. It’s quick to make and vegan, without the sour cream The…
A substitute for egg!
Whilst meat substitutes are now ten-a-penny, we are less used to looking for egg substitutes. However, vegan foods are also strongly on the rise and are very earth-friendly, and an egg substitute can come in handy when you’re whipping up, for example, a vegan brunch…to sit alongside your vegan sausages, beans, fried mushrooms, grilled tomatoes…
Vegetarian Staples – India
Many cuisines across the world have developed without an abundance of meat and feature vegetables loud and proud in their favourite dishes. Some also have religious or other cultural reasons for avoiding meat. These different approaches to food provide ample inspiration for nutritious vegetarian and vegan recipes that don’t stint on flavour. In the next…
Vegetarian staples – Middle East
We’re continuing our mini-series of recipes that are innately vegetarian, or in this case vegan. Different cultures around the world have developed foods that don’t depend on meat for all kinds of reasons. This example from the middle east is festival food when made with meat, but the version without meat is an everyday food…
Vegetarian staples – pickles from around the world
Pickles can be snacks, meal accompaniments or used to pep up something otherwise a little bland (think cheese sandwich or fried rice). These Japanese, Indonesian and Korean pickles can be used in much the same way. Thanks so much to Angie from the Hop Barn for these suggestions! Japanese Pickles Eat these as snacks in…
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