Why Vegan? 7 Weds 7 August Taunton Vegans Meeting

Taunton Vegan Fair Sat 3 August 2013

Welcome to the fourth Taunton Vegan Fair - our biggest yet! The fair is a celebration of all things vegan/veggie and everyone is welcome. A main feature is the free food tasters, with savouries, cakes and chocolates available to sample. There are also cookery demos, workshops, a vegan cafe, face painting, information stalls, local producers and ethical fashion. We hope today’s taster of vegan food and lifestyle leaves you wanting more and that’s where this booklet comes in. It includes local vegan information, recipes from today’s free food table and lots more: see the contents below. Finally, a massive thank you to our sponsors for their support and helping to make it possible. They are Animal Aid, The Vegan Society, VegFund and Naturalife. Also a big thanks to our food and cosmetics donors who are listed on page 37 and to all the volunteers who have worked so hard.

CONTENTS Taunton Vegans Stallholders 3 upcoming events: Why Vegan? 7 Weds 7 August Taunton Vegans meeting. The Vegan Toolbox 11 From 7pm at Mambos, Your Questions Answered 13 Taunton. Vegan on a Budgtet 14 Sat 10 August Pot luck picnic at the Vegan Food in and around Taunton 16 Green Cathedral, near Recipes 21 French Weir, Taunton, from 12 noon. Check Savoury Dishes 21 website for weather Meal Suggestions 27 updates or email Sweet Dishes 30 [email protected] About Taunton Vegans 35 Sat 28 September Vegan pop up cafe night Food and Cosmetic Donors 37 in Taunton with Useful Resources 39 Spotless Leopard. Email info@thespotlessleopard. co.uk to book tickets.

Printed on Taunton Vegans recycled paper. tauntonveg.moonfruit.com [email protected] 2 Stallholders Ann’s Aloe Shop Pure aloe vera based products to help you look and feel great naturally. annsaloeshop.com

Avalon Elf Coats Purveyor of handmade upcycled attire for mythical beings, elves, pixies, fae folk and the general public. facebook.com/AvalonElfCoats

Beverley Draig Medical herbalist who uses plant medicines for a wide range of health issues. Free blood pressure checks. healthinyourlife.co.uk

Crafts for Animals Handmade crafts and jewellery sold in aid of Hillside Animal Sanctuary. [email protected] Devonshire Klotted Kream Cupcake Decorating Makers of Klotted Kream, a new dairy- Come and decorate your own vegan free clotted cream alternative. cupcake with chocolate chips and Klottedkream.co.uk sparkly bits! All donations to Taunton Vegans to help cover costs of the fair. Evolve! Campaigns tauntonveg.moonfruit.com Non-profit organisation educating about the many benefits of a cruelty-free Deliciously Raw vegan lifestyle. Deliciously Raw sells deliciously evolvecampaigns.org.uk nutritious raw food including granolas, crackers, truffles and cookies and other Firebelly Bakery rawly scrumptious treats. We offer pop- Selling a range of sourdough and up dining and training intensives on yeasted breads, savoury snacks, vegan how to be a raw chef. croissants and pastries. deliciously-raw.co.uk [email protected]

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Fleecehaven Will be raising the profile of their charitable work, as well as selling a range of sheepy and handmade craft items to raise much needed funds. fleecehaven.org.uk

Heavenly Organics Skin Care Handmade, vegan, organic natural skincare products. heavenly-organics.com

Hempish Clothing, bags, food and bodycare made from hemp, organic cotton and bamboo. MimsEmporium.co.uk hempish.com

Holland and Barrett Health foods and free samples. Mim’s Emporium hollandandbarrett.com Victorian themed stall catering for speciality diets, including baby and Incredible Edible Somerset toddler, diabetic, gluten-free and pet Grassroots network of growers around products. See their online shop at the the county who are involved in growing website below. food, community projects and sharing MimsEmporium.co.uk skills around food production. incredible-edible-somerset.ning.com Ms Cupcake London’s first entirely vegan bakery. Intuition Nutrition They make cakes everyone can enjoy. Group set up by Ladrhyn Bexx, healer Their first book is out now! and Shamanic raw foodist based in mscupcake.co.uk Somerset. Brings together like minded people to share ideas and stories for Naturalife Wholefoods health and spiritual self discovery. Wholefoods, supplements and meetup.com/intuitionnutrition bodycare products. naturalife-wholefoods.co.uk Lush Fresh handmade cosmetics. lush.co.uk 4 Nurtured by Nature Soapnuts Fairtrade and ethical products: clothing, Living naturally soapnut shells are an toiletries, mineral cosmetics and organic detergent that literally grows on complementary therapies. trees. Eco-alternative to other laundry [email protected] cleaners. soapnuts.co.uk Plowright Organic Home grown fresh vegetables from Sosatec Stowey Rocks Farm. Makers of award winning devices that plowrightorganic.co.uk help to reduce probable stress from mobile / cordless phones, wifi, and EL Razzle Dazzle Ices and R frequencies. Dairy-free iced desserts made in wellbalancer.com Taunton, Somerset. razzledazzleices.co.uk South Devon Animal Rights Selling vegan cakes and promoting Somerset Badger Trust hunt sabbing. Information on badgers, bovine TB and hsa.enviroweb.org the badger cull. [email protected] Sublime and Peachy Chocolate, cakes and puddings. sublimeandpeachy.co.uk

Tara Fae Face Painting All areas of Somerset covered. Can travel further for larger events. faerykingdom.co.uk ORGANIC VEGETABLES STRAIGHT FROM THE FARM Taunton Deane Green Party Southwest.greenparty.org.uk/ l Free home delivery tauntondeane- l Choose exactly what you want green-party.html from our on-line list of home grown seasonal vegetables Taunton Transition Town Information about secure community FARM SHOP: open Thursday, Friday food: free food in the wild, local food and Saturday 10 til 6. and growing your own. Building a resilient community to create a See our website sustainable and better future. plowrightorganic.co.uk tauntontransition.wordpress.com or ring Richard on 01278 734580 Continued overleaf

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Tombola All proceeds from the tombola go to Taunton Vegans to help cover costs of the fair. tauntonveg.moonfruit.com

Vegan Organic Network Aims to promote vegan organic cultivation and ways of feeding our communities that don’t rely on animal exploitation. veganorganic.net

Viva! Vegan cookery demo and small selection of Viva! merchandise for sale and campaign materials. viva.org.uk veganrecipeclub.org.uk

Wikaniko Vegan Caterers A selection of vegan products including cleaning, dental care, laundry Fairfoods and chocolate! Providing vegan snacks and meals in livetheecolife.com the small hall. Pizza, quiches, salads and more. Based in the south west, Fairfoods offer vegan catering for events large and small. Free Food Tables fairfoods.org.uk Find free food - sweet stuff, cakes and chocolate - in the small cafe right The Spotless Leopard at the back of the venue (when you Vegan food van serving hot and cold come in, instead of turning left into the food as well as delicious cakes. main halls, carry on to the end and go Regularly at markets and left). events in the Bristol area. See thespotlessleopard.co.uk for upcoming Find savoury free food in the small events. hall right next to the main hall. thespotlessleopard.co.uk

6 Why Vegan? It has never been easier to go vegan, with great recipes, restaurants and shops, going vegan doesn’t mean missing out. Here’s more about the reasons why.

CHOOSE TO BE KINDER TO being kept in a shed with limited access ANIMALS to outside and to limited land.

You can choose to cut out animal Even in the better free range/organic products and make a powerful egg farms, all male chicks are killed statement that it’s time to stop within hours – useless by-products treating animals as commodities. as they do not lay eggs and are too scrawny for meat. All animals kept for When cases of cruelty involving cats farming are prevented from mixing in and dogs occur the public are rightly normal social groups, for example dairy horrified, but somehow as a nation cows often have their calves separated many of us seem indifferent to the from them at one or two days old and suffering of farmed animals. We might the male dairy calves, useless for beef point the finger at countries in the Far production, are then killed. East for their consumption of dog meat, but pigs are just as intelligent as dogs Continued overleaf and they deserve to be treated with just as much respect.

The recent horse meat fiasco is another case in point - it seems that as a nation whilst we are horrified at the thought of old unwanted horses being used as filler in cheap burgers, most people do not care about the clapped out dairy cow spat out before her time by our dairy industry.

Farm animals are bred for the single purpose of being killed at the end of what is usually a life of misery. Whilst many people might point to ‘higher welfare’ free range and organic farming, this option still leads the animals to suffer in many ways.

For example, so-called free range egg farms may involve thousands of hens 7 There is increasing recognition of or vegan it would have the same the role of animal farming and meat environmental benefit as talking half of and dairy consumption in the growing all cars off the road. problem of human resistance to antibiotics, thought to be responsible The meat and dairy industry is for superbugs such as MRSA. responsible for 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions. This is Farm animals are given antibiotics to more than the whole of the transport make them grow and to fight infections sector combined. that quickly spread due to poor, cramped conditions on factory farms. Livestock farming contributes to: l Climate change - animal agriculture If you feel that you are ready to reduce releases approximately 100 million or even eliminate your consumption of tonnes of methane a year; other animal products, you can further l Deforestation - 70% of the forest in relieve the suffering of animals by the Amazon has been cut for going vegan. It is an unavoidable truth livestock grazing; that the production of eggs means the l Land degradation - 20% of pasture gassing of “useless” male chicks, and land is considered degraded due to that the dairy industry is the meat grazing; industry. l Wasting water - it takes at least three times the amount of water to feed a meat eater compared with CHOOSE TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON that used to feed a vegan. THE EARTH l Water pollution - from animal waste, antibiotics, hormones, Switching to a vegan diet does more fertilizers and pesticides; to combat climate change than any l Land take - livestock uses 30% of other single action you can make to the earth’s entire land surface and, reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to feed these animals, we As one of the biggest environmental use 33% of the earth’s arable land. issues on the agenda, everyone is doing their bit to combat global warming - turning off the lights, driving CHOOSE TO HELP PROTECT THE less, making fewer short haul flights, HUNGRY eating less meat - but switching to a plant based diet reduces your carbon The environmental impact of the meat footprint more than any other and dairy industry described above behavioural change. also has consequences on food availability. Quite simply, we do not In fact according to research by have enough land to feed everyone Professor Nick Hewitt of Lancaster in the world on an animal-based diet. University published last year, if At a time when the world’s population everyone in the UK went vegetarian is increasing and viable agricultural 8 lands are diminishing it seems likely to die from any cause”. This story obvious that industrial animal farming was picked up by many of the major is unsustainable and unjustifiable. newspapers including the Daily Mail This summer the MPs on the UK and the Telegraph this summer.1 Parliament’s International Development Committee concluded that the UK Balanced vegan diets are in fact often population must be encouraged to rich in vitamins, antioxidants and fibre. eat less meat “over time” in an effort A vegan diet can decrease the chances to make the global food supply more of suffering from diseases such as sustainable. But you can choose to diabetes, heart disease, stroke and help protect the planet right now by some cancers. Well-planned plant- living a life free from animal products. based diets are suitable for all age groups and stages of life.2

CHOOSE TO BE HEALTHY Red meat, especially processed meat, contains ingredients that have A healthy vegan diet! been directly linked to increased A balanced vegan diet meets current risk of chronic diseases, such as healthy eating recommendations cardiovascular disease and cancer.3 such as eating more fruit, vegetables and wholegrains and consuming less These ingredients in red and processed cholesterol and saturated fat. meat include saturated fat, sodium nitrite and carcinogenic chemicals In fact you may have read that a produced by cooking red meat. We are vegetarian diet increases your life all aware that cigarettes cause cancer, expectancy. As a study recently so smoking is greatly discouraged. But reported: “Over a six-year period, how many people are aware of the vegetarians were 12 per cent less Continued overleaf 9 links between eating meat and How to maintain good health: developing cancer? information for vegans

Obesity is on the rise in England Eat plenty of: – more than 15% of children and Brightly coloured fruit and vegetables 26% of adults in the UK are obese.4 including dark leafy greens. Vegetarians and vegans generally Wholefoods (such as brown bread weigh less than meat-eaters. Evidence and brown rice). shows that a plant-based diet is the healthiest option for weight loss or to Make sure you get enough: maintain a healthy weight, and that Vitamin B12 (3 micrograms daily) replacing meat with a plant-based from fortified foods or a supplement. alternative can help control weight.5 Vitamin D2 (10-20 micrograms daily) from sun exposure, fortified foods or a Diabetes is less frequent among supplement. vegetarians and vegans as shown by Iodine (100 to 150 micrograms daily) a 21-year study of over 25,000 adults either 15-30 grams of kelp (kombu) in the USA. Those on meat-free diets per year or take a daily supplement. had a 45% reduced risk of developing Calcium (500 micrograms daily) from diabetes compared to the population foods rich in calcium or a supplement. as a whole. Meat consumption was Omega 3 daily amount: one heaped associated with diabetes in both men tablespoon of ground flaxseed or two and women.6 tablespoons of rapeseed oil. More information from There are many ill-informed opinions vegansociety.com/lifestyle/nutrition and urban myths about a vegan diet. A couple of examples: References (Many thanks to Viva for l Lots of people think that the only their help and information with this way to get calcium is from milk and section). cheese. There are actually a lot of 1. These newspaper articles are based on other foods that contain calcium, a paper first published in the Journal of the including green leafy vegetables, American Medical Association. 2. Leitzmann C, 2005. Vegetarian diets: what are fortified foods such as soya milk and the advantages? Forum Nutr. (57) 147-56. white flour, calcium-set tofu, oranges, 3. BMC Medicine 2013, 11:63 doi:10.1186/1741- figs, black molasses, and even 7015-11-63. Published: 7 March 2013 drinking hard tap water. 4. The NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre report, published in February 2012 (data l Increasingly people are becoming refers to studies in 2010). aware of the need to consume 5. Newby PK, Tucker KL, Wolk A. 2005. Risk of Omega 3 oils to stay healthy. Fish oils overweight and obesity among semi-vegetarian, are widely promoted as “the” source lacto-vegetarian, and vegan women. Am J Clin Nutr. 81 (6) 1267-74. of Omega 3. However, a heaped 6. Snowdon DA and Phillips RL, 1985. Does tablespoon of ground flaxseed or two a vegetarian diet reduce the occurrence of tablespoons of rapeseed oil a day diabetes? Am J Public Health. 75 (5) 507-512. gives you all the Omega 3 you need. 10 The Vegan Toolbox Quick and easy tips on moving towards a vegan diet

VEGANS... ii. Identify foods you eat which can do not eat or use any animal easily be converted. 1products including meat, fish, Most dishes can be transformed into milk, eggs and honey; leather, silk and a vegan option, some with great ease, wool. others with a little ingenuity. A vegan diet is based on fruits, e.g. if you use butter, change to vegan vegetables, nuts, seeds, beans, pulses margarine; use vegan vegetable stock; and grains. replace cows’ milk with soya, rice or oat milk; use vegan mayonnaise instead of These can be made into a huge variety egg mayonnaise; use vegan of dishes including pasta, curries, dhal, margarine in pastry; use vegan cheese salads, pizza, pies, falafel, lasagne, in a sandwich or pie; use vegan soya quiche, spicy bean chilli, casseroles, mince in chilli; use chickpeas in curry. stir fry, shepherd’s pie, spaghetti bolognese, pasties, nut roast, TRY OUT NEW FOODS macaroni ‘cheese’, fritters, burgers, Identify some new dishes: find chocolate cake, cupcakes and scones. 4a recipe for egg-free cake, tofu quiche or vegan lasagne. See the WHY VEGAN? recipes in this booklet! These websites Ask yourself why you want to go also feature delicious vegan recipes: 2 vegan? Finding out more about the benefits of a vegan diet can help vegetarianrecipeclub.org.uk you to stay on track, and help you mouthwateringvegan.com explain your choice to family and veganvillage.co.uk/recipes friends. maplespice.com theppk.com Reading ‘Why Vegan’ on pages 7-10 is a good place to start. IDENTIFY LOCAL RESOURCES Find out what your local shops TAKE INSPIRATION FROM have to offer vegans. Our quick YOUR CURRENT DIET 5 reference list gives details of vegan Many of your current foods can 3 ingredients and where you are likely be taken with you into your vegan to find them, to give you a jump start. lifestyle so take a good look at them: Whilst this list is a useful guide, it is not i. Identify foods you eat which are definitive as shops often vary from area already vegan. to area. If they’re already vegan, you can Shops/Restaurants in and around immediately add them to the list of Taunton Please see pages 16 to 20. foods you will eat; Continued overleaf 11 Vegan Toolbox products and food samples. Continued from previous page See Veggies for an events list: veggies.org.uk/arc.php or 0115 960 Health food shops 8254 or 0845 458 9595 (low cost). Dried fruit, nuts, snack bars • Vegan cheese, vegan chocolate, vegan IDENTIFY NATIONAL mayonnaise, soya, rice, oat and nut RESOURCES milk • In the chiller: vegan ready-meals, 6For that specialist product that yogurts and fresh soya milk • In the you can’t get locally order freezer: vegan burgers, pies, sausages, online from mimsemporium.co.uk or polony and ice cream. veganstore.co.uk Health food shops can often order For support when you initially go items in for you if they aren’t in stock. vegan, why not take a vegan pledge? Supermarkets The Vegan Society runs a pledge which Many basic vegan items • Long-life offers the email support of a vegan and fresh soya, rice and oat milk, soya mentor who can help answer any cream and yogurts • Some organic questions that come up during the vegetables • Frozen and chilled pledge: vegansociety.com/veganpledge vegan ready-meals, firm and silken tofu, vegan mince • Vegan cheese PLAN AHEAD (some branches of Tesco, Waitrose With a little know-how and and Sainsbury’s) • The Co-op and advance planning, situations Sainsbury’s label most of their vegan 7 where vegan food might be scarce items which can assist greatly. (e.g. meals out, day trips) are easy to Many corner shops deal with. For example: Soya milk. i. If you sometimes find yourself Specialist food shops, (e.g. Asian leaving work hungry and in need of and Chinese) some instant food, identify ready-meals Specialist vegetables • Chinese shops or local veggie/vegan eateries or chat often sell tofu at a low price. to your local takeaway and find out what vegan food they offer; Local organic veg box scheme Organic vegetables to your door. ii. If you have an office party coming up, identify some eateries that Local markets everyone would be happy with and ask Cheap fruit, vegetables and nuts. You them if they can cater for vegans. may need to pick and choose to get good quality products. FURTHER READING Local greengrocers For everything you could want Vegetables and fruit. 8 to know about going vegan and more see theveganapproach.com/ Vegan fairs and festivals Home/getting-started Not always local, but well worth attending for specialist vegan 12 Your Questions Answered

Any tips for replacing cows’ milk in What alternatives are there to my tea and coffee? cheese?

TEA HARD CHEESE Try replacing it with soya milk, The three main hard vegan cheese rice milk or oat milk. Sweetened is brands available are Bute Island recommended and Alpro soya milk is a ‘Sheese’, Redwoods ‘Cheezly’ and good one to start with. These milks can Vegusto ‘No-Moo’ . be found in supermarkets, health food shops. Also check your local corner Redwoods Melting Cheezly is at the shop for soya milk. smoother and softer end of the hard vegan cheese range and perfect on Soya milk has a distinctive taste and pizza and lasagne. Melty Sheese by it may take your palate a little time to Bute Island also works really well. adjust. Experiment with different soya milks to find your favourite. You might find it beneficial to stop eating dairy cheese for a couple of Rice milk has a silky taste and is easy months before trying vegan cheese, to to adapt to. It is slightly thinner than give your taste buds a chance to adapt. cows’ milk, as is oat milk. Also try it in cooking before eating it on its own. COFFEE When it comes to coffee, it helps to use VEGAN CREAM CHEESE a bit more soya milk than you would Toffuti or Bute Island make a vegan cows’ milk. Alpro soya milk works well cream cheese. Both are very smooth or try Sunrise Cafe Expert which has and creamy. The plain versions of been especially made for use in tea Toffuti and Bute Island cream cheese and coffee. make a great ‘cream’ for a cream tea.

Weaker coffee is also less likely to ENGEVITA YEAST FLAKES curdle and it helps if the soya milk is These give a nice cheesy flavour and heated and the coffee is allowed to cool can be put into lasagne, cauliflower slightly before adding the milk. If all cheese, scones and many other else fails and the coffee curdles, tip in recipes. They are also nice sprinkled extra soya milk, stirring all the time. into salad.

If you like just a splash of milk in your Any tips for eating cheaply on a coffee, try rice milk. It does not curdle, vegan diet? but because it is thinner than soya milk, Good question, so we’ve dedicated a is not very creamy. whole section to it - see overleaf. 13 Vegan on a Budget Tips for saving money on a vegan diet

Shopping Cooking

Save money and stay healthy: order If you don’t know already, learn how an organic veg box. Their prices may to cook as this can hugely cut costs. be lower than supermarket organic There are recipes in this booklet and vegetable prices and often compare millions of vegan recipes on the web. well with the cost of non-organic veg. We also list some of our favourite recipe websites on page 39. Local Shop seasonally – locally grown Libraries often have vegan recipe seasonal produce tends to be cheaper. books that you can take out for free. If the library doesn’t have any, they can Shop once a week – if you can limit often get them sent over from another your shopping it can save on time, library or order them in, so put in a petrol and there is less chance to request. impulse shop. Make your own basics – homemade Make a shopping list and stick to it bread, cakes, sauces, mayo and so you don’t impulse shop. Likewise go dressings etc. are usually cheaper. shopping on a full stomach and you are Double or triple the recipe to save less likely to impulse buy. time and put the extra in the freezer or fridge until required. Join up with some friends and put in a bulk order at a health food supplier Have foods available that you can such as Suma (a workers’ coop) for use to whip up a super-quick meal lower cost rice, nuts, seeds and much, when required: pasta, frozen or fresh much more. Health food suppliers veggies, tinned tomatoes and beans, usually have a minimum order hence silken tofu etc. If you are in a rush and the benefits of joining up with other know that you have no quick-fix meals people when you put in the order. at home it is all too tempting to eat out. Frozen ready-meals/home-made meals Look out for special deals. can also be useful if you are in a spot. l Vegetable markets often sell off leftovers cheap at the end of the day so Salted peanuts can now be obtained check them out. Be discerning though, very cheaply from supermarkets, just some will not be good quality. rinse the salt off them and you can l Holland & Barrett often have special substitute them for other much more offers on nuts, seeds and dried fruit. expensive nuts in a nut roast. Also l Tofu is often cheaper at Chinese look out for value cashews. shops. 14 Compared to other tinned pulses, Budget Veggie Burgers economy baked beans can be very cheap, washing the sauce off them 3 oz (85g) rice, brown or white means they can be used in place of 1 round teaspoon yeast extract more expensive beans in a whole 5 oz (140g) peanuts or cashews range of recipes. 5 oz (140g) onion, finely chopped 5 oz (140g) carrots, grated Dried soya mince is one of the 3 oz (85g) oats, processed into coarse cheapest forms of protein you can buy, flour it is fantastic added to curries, chilli 31⁄2 oz (100g) breadcrumbs and spaghetti bolognaise sauces 2 tablespoons soya sauce* where it will absorb the flavours of the 1 flat teaspoon salt food and fill you up. Good grind of black pepper

Freeze your extras – fresh herbs, 1. Boil rice until it is cooked. Cool by lemon zest, leftover bread (for use running under cold water in a sieve. in bread pudding etc., or turn into Mix in yeast extract and store covered breadcrumbs) and tomato puree all in the fridge until ready to use. freeze well. Make sure they are in a suitable container for freezing. 2. Meanwhile grind nuts coarsely. 3. Place rice and nuts in a large bowl. Add onion, carrots, oats, breadcrumbs, Grow your own tamari and half the salt. Mix well to Grow your own herbs and sprouts. combine to a stiff mixture. Taste and if Herbs are easy to cultivate on your necessary add more salt. windowsill and bean sprouts can be 4. Using slightly wet hands, shape into sprouted in a jar. burgers. Cover and leave to stand in the fridge for at least half an hour if At work possible. Take a packed lunch to work every 5. Add 2 teaspoons vegetable oil to a day (or every other day) instead of frying pan, get the oil hot, then add four eating out. of the burgers. Cook for 5 minutes on each side or until burgers are browned. Useful resources Makes 8 burgers. They freeze well and l animalaid.org.uk/images/pdf/ can be cooked from frozen. booklets/Meat-Free.pdf - cheap vegan recipes These work out at about 25p each. If you use salted peanuts or cashews there is no l frugal.org.uk - packed with frugal need to wash them, just adjust the added living tips and vegan recipes salt accordingly. l cookery book ‘Vegan on the cheap’ *Tamari soya sauce was used in this recipe by Robin Robertson. for its great flavour. It is strong so if you use another soya sauce you may need to add a bit more. 15 Vegan Food in and around Taunton

Places to Eat in Taunton Olio & Farina Pegasus Court, St James Street, Unfortunately there are no vegetarian/ Taunton TA1 1AE. vegan restaurants in Taunton. The Tel - 01823 257466. following venues offer good vegan Italian franchise. Willing to adapt menu options. Please note that it is usually a to provide vegan meals on request. good idea to phone ahead or mention Give prior notice for greater choice. that you are vegan when you book a table. Roots Cafe The Corner House, 27 North Street, Pop up Vegan Cafe Nights Taunton, TA1 1LW. Tel - 01823 283277, These are vegan! Taunton Vegans Open Mon-Sun 8am-5pm. occasionally team up with local vegan Wheelchair accessible. caterers to arrange vegan cafe nights Centre of town cafe with ethical/ in Taunton. Check our website or environmental ethos. At least three Facebook page for details: vegan options (sandwiches/breakfasts). tauntonveg.moonfruit.com facebook.com/tauntonveg Thai Jasmine 49 East Reach, Taunton, TA1 3EX. Lotus Flower Thai Restaurant Tel - 01823 256 688. 89-91 Station Road, Taunton, TA1 1PB. Open Tues-Sat 12pm-2pm (lunch), Tel - 01823 324411. Mon-Sat 6pm-10pm (dinner). Open Tues-Sat 6pm-11pm, Sun 6pm- Thai restaurant with several vegan tofu 10.30pm. dishes. Takeaways available. Excellent Thai food with many vegetarian and vegan options. Very Castle Green Inn accommodating and willing to adapt Castle Green, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 dishes for any dietary requirements. 4AE. Takeaways available. Tel - 01823 283277

Mint and Mustard The Cosy Club 10 Station Road, Taunton, TA1 1NH. Hunts Court, Corporation Street, Tel - 01823 330770. Taunton, TA1 4AJ. Open 12pm-2pm (lunch) and 5pm- Tel - 01823 253476 10.30pm (dinner) every day. Southern Indian restaurant, several Pitcher and Piano vegan options. Takeaways available. Corporation Street, Taunton, TA1 4AJ. Tel - 01823 350104

16 Places to Eat in Somerset Hundred Monkeys - Glastonbury 52 High Street BA6 9DY. and Devon Tel - 01458 833386. Mon-Fri 8am-9m, Sun 9am-5pm. Flavours - Wellington 59 High Street, TA21 8QY. Not a vegetarian restaurant, but has a Tel - 01823 662006. number of vegan options labelled on menu. The Engine Room Cafe - Bridgwater 50-52 High Street, TA6 3BL. Terrace Arts Cafe - Seaton, E. Devon 01278 433187. 6 Marine Crescent, EX12 2QN. Open Mon-Fri 10am-4pm. Tel - 01297 20225. Vegetarian and egg-free. Huge range F.east - Ilminster of vegan options including desserts, 57 East Street, TA19 0AW. and many gluten-free options. Often a Tel - 01460 53183. long wait but it’s worth it! Highly recommended vegetarian restaurant, very vegan friendly. Evolution Crystal Cafe - Exeter 117 Fore Street, EX4 3JQ. Tel - 01392 340061. Lime Kiln Inn - Langport Knole, Nr Long Sutton, TA10 9JH. Vegetarian cafe open during the day, Tel - 01458 241 242. with vegan options. Offers a vegan dish and the soup of the day is normally vegan. Herbies - Exeter 15 North St, EX4 3QS. Tel - 01392 258473. Blue Note Cafe - Glastonbury 4a High Street, BA6 9DU. Veggie restaurant. Generous portions Tel - 01458 832907. and there are lots of vegan options including cake. Highly recommended. Cafe Galatea - Glastonbury . 5a High Street, BA6 9DP. The Plant Cafe - Exeter Tel - 01458 834284. 1 Cathedral Yard, EX1 1HJ. Tel - 01392 428144. Rainbow’s End - Glastonbury Vegetarian cafe open during the day, 17a High Street, BA6 9DP. with chunky rustic food.They always Tel - 01458 833896. have vegan options including cake. Vegetarian restaurant with excellent selection of healthy vegan food Cavern Club - Exeter including a selection of salads and 83-84 Queen St, Devon, EX4 3RP. several vegan dessert options. Tel - 01392 495370. By day a veggie cafe with all day veggie/vegan breakfasts and snacks.

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Eating Out - Tips

Chains and independents The following have an allergy list and some vegan options: l Pizza Express, Pizza Hut, Prezzo, Wagamama, Wetherspoons.

Indian, Chinese and Thai restaurants / takeaways These are usually good for vegans. Check for ghee (clarified butter) with Indian food. In Chinese/Thai restaurants ask about chicken stock and fish sauce.

Generally... Most pubs and restaurants will make you something vegan if you ask. Give County Stores - Taunton 24 hours notice if you can. 52 North Street, TA1 1ND. Tel - 01823 272235. If you want food on the run many coffee Not a health food shop but it does stock shops and supermarkets now include a good range of vegan alternatives. pre-made vegan salads and savouries. Lush Cosmetics - Taunton Places to Shop 2 North St, Taunton, TA1 1LH. Tel - 01823 339375. Naturalife (formally Sunseed) - Taunton Huge selection of vegan cosmetics, all 28 Bridge Street, Taunton, TA1 1UB. labelled. Lush also run a high profile Tel - 01823 325111. campaign against animal testing and Extensive range of wholefoods: help fund animal welfare charities. vegan staples and beauty products. Nurtured by Nature - Wellington Naturalife - Taunton 25 South Street, TA21 8NR. 8 The Courtyard, St. James Street, Tel - 07511 929954. TA1 1JR. Tel - 01823 252843. Ethical fashion, organic products and complementary therapies. Holland and Barrett - Taunton 5 Old Market Centre, TA1 3TP. Tel - 01823 274347. 18 Paprika - Wellington Fairfoods - Catering 14 Fore Street, TA21 8AQ. Tel - 01884 34974 Tel - 01823 669777. fairfoods.org.uk Independent gift shop with ethical, fair Devon-based vegan catering: festivals, trade ethos. fairs, weddings and community events.

Sunseed - Wellington The Spotless Leopard - Catering 12 South Street, TA21 8NS. Tel - 07925 641299. Tel - 01823 662313 thespotlessleopard.co.uk Big range of vegan foods, wholefoods, Vegan mobile food van based in cosmetics and supplements. Bristol. Cakes made to order and buffet catering available. Earthfare - Glastonbury 45 High Street, BA6 9DS. Fern Tor Guest House Tel - 01458 831004. Fern Tor, Meshaw, South Molton, Large wholefoods shop. Offers local Devon EX36 4NA. delivery of groceries. Tel - 01769 550339. Award-winning vegetarian and vegan Toucan - Minehead guest house. Pets welcome. 3 The Parade, TA24 5NL. Continued overleaf Well stocked health food shop. Veggie/ vegan cafe upstairs.

Ceres Natural Foods - Yeovil 9-11 Princes Street, BA20 1EN. Tel - 01935 428791.

Ganesha Wholefoods - Honiton, Devon 1 Dolphin Court, High St, EX14 1HT. Tel - 01404 43225.

Other

Marlborough House - Natural health Treatments 1 Middle Street, Taunton, TA1 1SH. Tel - 01823 272227.

Sublime and Peachy Chocolate, cakes and puddings. sublimeandpeachy.co.uk Tel - 01278 663 684 19 Vegan Food around Taunton Continued from previous page

Bluebird Bliss - Yoga, Reiki and Retreats Tel - 07811 344621/01984 624197. bluebirdbliss.co.uk

Razzle Dazzle Ices Tel - 01823 241241 razzledazzleices.co.uk Dairy-free iced desserts made in Taunton, Somerset.

ReSource Spiritual Retreat 3 Broomfield Hall, Enmore, Bridgwater, TA5 2DZ. Tel - 01278 671679 Run by vegans, they also run a monthly raw vegan pot luck.

Robin and Jenny Littman Or learn how to adjust your look forward to welcoming ‘normal’ lifestyle to be able you to our Raw Food B&B in to incorporate more fresh Enmore in the Quantocks. and living foods for the sake of your health, weight, Come for a relaxing longevity, and taste buds! weekend, or to take part in a detox healing retreat, with See our website raw food, juices, gentle resource-me.com exercise and therapies. or call 01278 671679

20 RECIPES - Savoury Dishes

Black Olive Tapenade Spicy Peanut Sauce

1 tin (350g) pitted black olives, drained 10 oz (275g) peanut butter 1 tablespoon olive oil 8 floz (230 ml) boiling water 1 clove garlic, chopped 2 tablespoons soya sauce 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs 2 cloves garlic, crushed 1 rounded teaspoon tomato puree 2 cm fresh ginger, grated - optional Pinch black pepper 3 teaspoons mild curry powder Fresh chilli, finely chopped, or chilli Put all ingredients into the bowl of a sauce to taste food processor and blend until 2 teaspoons lemon juice - optional everything is combined. 1. Put peanut butter into a bowl and Based on a recipe by Vegan Village. add boiling water. Stir until peanut butter has dissolved and you have a smooth mixture. Butterbean and Fresh 2. Stir in remaining ingredients and Herb Spread leave to cool. Store in a sealed container in the fridge. 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 onion, chopped finely The chilli sauce we use in it is Encona hot pepper sauce. 1 tomato, finely chopped 1 x 15 oz (400g) tinned butterbeans, drained and rinsed 1 heaped tablespoon fresh basil, finely Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed chopped with Pesto Salt and pepper to taste Cherry tomatoes 1. Heat the oil in a saucepan and Your favourite vegan pesto saute the onion until translucent. Add tomatoes, cook for a minute, then 1. Cut top off cherry tomatoes in half remove from the heat. and carefully scoop out the insides 2. Put butterbeans into a bowl. Mash with a teaspoon. Turn upside down on coarsely, leaving some of them whole. kitchen towel to dry them out. Stir in onion mixture and fresh herbs. 2. Fill the tomatoes with pesto, using a Season to taste, piping bag or teaspoon. 3. Place in a bowl and mix in the fresh herbs. Leave to cool then chill in fridge. Alternative: fill with vegan cream cheese mixed with chopped chives.

21 Garlic Mushroom Salad Tartare Sauce

14 oz (400g) mushrooms 3 oz (90g) silken tofu 1 clove garlic, crushed 4 oz (120g) vegan mayonnaise, e.g. 12 ml olive oil Plamil 6 ml or to taste tamari soya sauce 3⁄4 teaspoon mustard 2 oz (50g) capers, finely chopped 1. Wash and chop mushrooms into bite 2 oz (50g) gherkins, finely chopped size pieces. 2. Add garlic, oil and tamari. Mix well 1. Blend silken tofu, mayonnaise and and leave for half an hour to allow mustard in a food processor until mushrooms to marinate. Serve 2-4. smooth. 2. Stir in capers and gherkin. Store in a sealed container in the fridge. Guacamole Use all capers, all gherkins or a mixture of 1 large or 2 small ripe avocados both, depending on what you prefer. Few drops of fresh lime juice, to taste Half clove garlic, crushed Salt to taste Massaged Kale Salad

1. Peel and mash avocado with a fork. 1 head kale, shredded 2. Add a little garlic, lime juice and salt 1 med-large avocado, mashed with fork – too much garlic can kill the taste of 1 tablespoon olive oil the avocado, so adjust carefully. Serves 1⁄2 teaspoon toasted sesame oil, two. optional Make sure the avocados are ripe. 2 teaspoon lemon juice To vary, add diced tomato, finely chopped 1⁄2 teaspoon salt fresh coriander and/or a little chilli. 1 clove garlic, crushed, optional 1⁄2 teaspoon hot chilli sauce, optional Potato Salad 2 spring onions, sliced 1. Using your hands, massage 1lb 6oz (650g) new potatoes avocado, oils, lemon juice, salt, garlic Half bunch spring onions and chilli sauce into kale until they are 7 oz (200g) vegan mayonnaise, e.g. well incorporated. Plamil 2. Stir in spring onions then leave to 2 tablespoons fresh dill, finely chopped, stand for at least half an hour. Serves 4 optional as a side.

Boil or steam potatoes until cooked. The avocado, oil, lemon juice and salt Drain and cool. Mix with remaining in this salad soften the kale and give it a ingredients and serve. Serves 4-5. creamy dressing.

22 Pasta Bake carrots and sunflower seeds and cook slowly for another 10 minutes. 300g broccoli 3. Add stock and sun-dried tomatoes 300g pasta and bring to a boil. 6 tomatoes, chopped 4. Slowly, in a continuous stream, pour 200g tin chopped tomatoes in the polenta, stirring all the time. Cook 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil gently for 1 minute, cool slightly then 2 dssp soya sauce pour in a well-oiled tin and allow to cool 2 tsp dried basil and set. At this stage you can cover the 150g frozen peas polenta and keep in the fridge for up to Salt and pepper, to taste 2 days. 45g melty vegan cheese, grated 5. Turn out and cut into squares. Place on an oiled baking sheet and bake in a 1. Steam broccoli, put into a large bowl. pre-heated oven at 200C/400F/Gas 6 2. Cook pasta as per instructions on for 10 minutes or until they are starting the packet. Drain and add to broccoli. to brown. Serves 3-4. 3. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Taste and if necessary season Alternative. Replace the vegetables for your with salt and pepper. Put into a large, favourites - cook before adding the polenta. oiled casserole dish and sprinkle grated cheese on the top. Cook at 200C for 20-30 minutes until piping hot and Smoky Tofu & Aubergine cheese has melted. Serves 4. 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 1 small onion, chopped Sun-dried Tomato and 1 small garlic clove, crushed 7 oz (200g) smoked tofu, cubed Mushroom Polenta 9 fl oz (250ml) apple juice 4 tsp tomato puree 6 sun-dried tomatoes 3 tsp marjoram 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 large aubergine, chopped 2 small-med (6 oz/170g) onions, finely 1 large red pepper, chopped chopped 6 oz (170g) mushrooms, finely chopped 1. Heat the oil in a pan and add the 3 oz (85g) carrots, grated onion and garlic. Sauté for 2-3 minutes. 11⁄2 oz (45g) sunflower seeds 2. Add the tofu to the pan and sauté for 1 litre (13⁄4 pints) vegetable stock a further 2-3 minutes. 6 oz (170g) polenta 3. Add the juice, tomato puree, marjoram, aubergine and red pepper. 1. Prepare sun-dried tomatoes Bring to the boil, then lower heat and according to the packet and then dice simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes finely. or until the aubergine and pepper are 2. Gently cook onion in the vegetable cooked. Add more liquid if required. oil until very soft. Add mushrooms, Serves 4. 23 Cashew Nut Roast add onions and fry gently for 5-10 minutes or until soft. Add flour and fry gently for 1 minute. 8 oz (225g) cashew nuts, ground 2. Slowly pour in water, stirring 6 oz (170g) breadcrumbs constantly. Add yeast extract and bring 1⁄2 teaspoon basil to the boil, stirring occasionally. Simmer 1 teaspoon thyme until it starts to thicken. Add more water Pinch black pepper if required. 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 3. Add a few shakes of tamari and then 2 large onions, finely chopped liquidise. Serves 4 1 clove garlic, crushed 3 oz (85g) plain wholemeal flour 71⁄2 floz (215 ml) water 1 dessertspoon soya sauce Cheezy Lentil Slice 1 dessertspoon tomato puree 1 dessertspoon yeast extract 6 oz (175g) split red lentils 12 floz (340 ml) water 1. Mix cashew nuts, breadcrumbs, 4 oz (115g) grated vegan cheese* basil, thyme and black pepper together 1 medium onion, finely chopped in a large mixing bowl. 2 oz (55g) mushrooms, finely chopped 2. Heat the vegetable oil in a large 11⁄2 oz (40g) breadcrumbs/cooked millet pan and fry onions and garlic for a few 1 tablespoon vegetable oil minutes. Add flour and cook gently for a 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs couple of minutes, stirring continuously. 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3. Add water, mix and bring to the Salt and pepper boil (you may need to use a whisk to ensure the flour is mixed in completely). 1. Put lentils and water into an Add soya sauce, tomato puree and uncovered medium-sized saucepan. yeast extract. Take pan off the heat and Bring to the boil and simmer very gently add the nut mixture. Mix thoroughly. until lentils are tender and all the liquid 4. Place the mix in a greased baking absorbed: 20-30 minutes. If necessary tin. Bake at 200C/Gas 6 for 45-60 add a little extra water but keep it to a minutes. Serves 4. minimum. 2. Add grated cheese, onion, mushrooms, breadcrumbs, oil, mixed herbs and lemon juice to the lentils, Rich Gravy mixing well. Season to taste. 3. Place in a well-greased oven dish 1 tablespoon sunflower oil and bake at 175C/Gas 4 for 45 1 onion minutes or until golden-brown on top. 1 heaped tablespoon plain flour Can be served hot or cold. Serves 4. 1 heaped tablespoon yeast extract Dash tamari *We recommend using non-melting Redwoods Cheezly as other vegan cheeses 1. Heat oil in a saucepan. When hot, don’t work as well. 24 Red Pepper and 1⁄2 teaspoon salt 85 ml rapeseed or sunflower oil Courgette Mini-Quiche 140 ml water

2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1. Sieve flours and salt together. 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2. Add oil and water and stir in quickly 1 medium courgette, small cubes to form a dough. Cover in cling film and 1 medium red pepper, chopped small refrigerate for 30 minutes, then use. 10 oz (285g) firm tofu, cubed 1 level teaspoon mixed herbs 1 dessertspoon tomato puree 1⁄2 level teaspoon salt Potato, Onion and Vegan Generous pinch black pepper Cheese Pie Generous pinch ginger 1⁄2 pack vegan cheese, grated Pastry - use 2/3 of previous recipe Soya milk 3⁄4 lb (350 g) potatoes, large dice 3⁄4 lb (350 g) onions, chopped 1. Pre-heat the oven to 200C/Gas 6. 2 tablespoon (45 ml) vegetable oil 2. Make or use your chosen pastry as 1 oz (25g) margarine per recipe below. 4 oz (100 g) vegan cheese, grated 3. Roll out pastry and use a 41⁄4 inch 2 tomatoes, chopped cutter to cut 12 circles to fit Yorkshire 2 garlic cloves, crushed pudding tins. Bake without filling for 8 1 tablespoon (15 ml) soya or rice milk minutes in pre-heated oven. Salt and pepper to taste 4. Fry onion for a few minutes in the oil then add courgette and red pepper. Fry 1.Roll out pastry and use to line a 9 until they begin to soften. inch quiche dish. Prick the pastry with 5. Take off the heat and add the tofu, a fork a few times and bake without the herbs, tomato puree, salt, pepper, filling for 10 minutes at 200C/Gas 6. ginger, cheese and enough soya milk 2. Boil or steam potatoes until tender. to make the mixture moist. Sauté onions in the oil until really soft. 6. Divide mixture between cases and 3. Put potatoes and onions into a bake for about 30 minutes or until medium bowl. Add margarine, cheese, lightly browned. Makes 12. tomato, garlic and milk. Mix well and season well to taste. 4. Cool a little, then use to fill the pastry Pastry case. Bake in the oven at 220C/Gas 7 for 22-30 minutes, until golden. Serves Most Jus Rol ready-made shortcrust 6. pastry is vegan, check the label. Or use recipe below:

71⁄2 oz (215g) plain white flour 3 oz (85g) plain wholemeal flour 25 Falafel making sure there are about 4 inches of extra water on top for when you add the cauliflower. Bring the potatoes to a 1 onion, finely chopped boil. Once boiling, add the cauliflower 4 garlic cloves, crushed and lower the heat to a simmer. Let 1lb (450g) cooked chickpeas simmer for about 15 minutes, until the 2 oz (55g) breadcrumbs potatoes and cauliflower are tender. 1 rounded teaspoon cumin 2. Drain them in a colander, return 1 rounded teaspoon coriander them to the pot, and use a potato 2 tablespoon finely chopped fresh masher to mash them a bit. Add the parsley olive oil, salt and mustard and mix well. Black pepper, to taste Taste for salt. Serve warm. Serves 4. Olive oil Simple but good! Based on a recipe in 1. Put onion and garlic into a mixing Appetite for Reduction by Isa Chandra bowl. Mash chickpeas and add to bowl Moscowitz. It works well with broccoli together with breadcrumbs, cumin, instead of cauliflower. Also nice with half the coriander, parsley and black pepper. potato replaced by swede or sweet potato. Mix thoroughly until mixture binds together. 2. Take rounded dessertspoons of the mixture and roll into balls with the palm White Bean, Cherry of the hand. Shallow fry the balls in hot Tomato and Basil Salad olive oil until golden, drain on kitchen paper and serve warm. Serves 6. 520g cooked cannellini beans (equivalent to 2 x 400g tins, drained) Tip. If mixture is not binding very well add a 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar small amount of gram flour. 1 tbsp soya sauce Original recipe from ‘A Vegan Taste of the 3 shallots, finely chopped Middle East’ by Linda Majzlik. 2 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves , finely sliced 400g cherry tomatoes Cauliflower Mashed 1⁄2 tsp dried thyme Potatoes (Caulipots) 1⁄2 bunch fresh basil, chopped

2 large potatoes - cut into 3⁄4 inch 1. Marinate beans in vinegar and soya pieces (11⁄2 lb) sauce for at least two hours. 1⁄2 head 1 lb) cauliflower - in florets 2. Cook shallots gently in a little olive 1 tablespoon olive oil oil, add the garlic, tomatoes and thyme 1⁄2 teaspoon salt and turn the heat up. Fry for five Mild mustard - to taste minutes, then add beans and season. 3. Heat beans through and stir in basil. 1. Place potatoes in a large pot in Drizzle with more oil. Serve warm or at enough cold water to submerge them, room temperature. Serves 6. 26 Meal Suggestions Quick, easy and tasty vegan meals 7 breakfast ideas 8 snack lunch ideas

Toast, bagel or crumpet with jam, Vegetable spring rolls, samosas peanut butter or yeast extract. and onion bhajis with dipping sauce. These items are usually vegan but Weetabix, weetabix organic or check the packaging to make sure. oatibix with sweetened rice milk, soya milk or almond milk. Paté (e.g Suma), avocado and salad sandwich, or on oat cakes. Full breakfast with Linda McCartney, Redwood or Fry’s sausages, baked Jacket potato with baked beans and beans, fried potato or hash browns, salad. Also look out for other suitable grilled tomatoes, toast and mushrooms. fillings such as sweetcorn or veggie chilli. Scrambled tofu on toast Fry half a finely chopped onion in a little Super salad... Leafy greens, beans, oil. When lightly brown add half a level and sliced salad veg tossed with teaspoon turmeric and 1 clove crushed bottled dressing or some oil, tamari and garlic. Stir well for 1 minute. lemon juice or vinegar. Make it extra- Add 350g tofu and stir well, mashing it special by adding avocado, toasted down. Add 1 teaspoon soya sauce and nuts or seeds, fresh or dried fruit, or if desired, some vegan vegetable grated vegan cheese. bouillon to taste. Serve. Vegan cheese, pickle, sliced apple Flavoured soya yoghurt and fruit and lettuce sandwich. with a handful of nuts. Vegetable Indian meal and rice. Porridge made with oats and your These are available from most favourite vegan milk. supermarkets – check the ingredients.

Green smoothie Make a fruit smoothie Toffuti cream cheese on bagels. Add and add spinach, kale or other leafy cucumber or other salad. greens to pack in the nutrients. You could start with 2 bananas, 1/2 cup Soup and roll. Make your own of apple juice and then add spinach following a recipe or just use whatever to taste (spinach is softer and blends you have to hand. This is a great way more easily so is a good one to start of using up leftovers. Or buy a vegan with). Add enough apple juice/water to ready-made soup. achieve the desired consistency and sweetness. Continued overleaf 27 Meal Suggestions your dishes are cooked with vegetable Continued from previous page oil rather than ghee (clarified butter). There are a number of shop-bought curries, including Innocent ‘Veg Pots’ 10 evening meal ideas and Sainsbury’s own, check for the vegan ones. Or choose your favourite British night recipe and enjoy with rice. Vegan sausage, mash and gravy with steamed broccoli, carrots and peas. Chinese night Stir-fried mushroom, beansprouts, red Mexican night (i) onion, spring greens and marinated Burrito - freshly cooked re-fried beans tofu with rice noodles and soya sauce. with lettuce, tomato, avocado and seasoning in a wrap. Serve with rice Moroccan night and salad. Mediterranean vegetables, such as onions, peppers, aubergine, courgette Mexican night (ii) etc, roasted in some olive oil, garlic and Quesadilla - place thinly sliced vegan balsamic vinegar. Add some falafel and cheese and tomato between two wheat serve with couscous and home-made tortillas making a sandwich (no or shop-bought houmous. margarine is required). Toast on both sides in a dry frying pan, then cut into Sunday night quarters. Serve with rice and salad. Traditional Sunday roast with all the trimmings. You could make your own Chilli night nut or seitan roast from a recipe, use Make a quick chilli with frozen veggie vegan sausages or buy Redwood’s mince, a can of tomatoes, a small can roast available in health food shops of kidney beans, plus any other and online. vegetables you fancy. Add chilli, yeast For gravy, you’ll find that every main extract and a little cocoa powder to supermarket stocks Bisto Original taste, plus a pinch of cinnamon. Serve Powder for Gravy, Bisto Onion Gravy with rice. If any is left, use as a topping Granules and Oxo Onion or Vegetable for baked potato the next day. Gravy Granules and these are all The same basic veggie mince and vegan (NOT Bisto complete Gravy tomato sauce base can be used for Mix). The Co-op also sell Gravy Mix spaghetti bolognese, lasagne and and you can also ask in your local shepherd’s pie (leave out the chilli, health food shop as there are many cocoa and cinnamon). more out there such as Naturally Good Vegetable Gravy Powder. Indian night Do you fancy takeaway, shop-bought Italian night in or from scratch? There are plenty of Pasta with broccoli, mushrooms and choices. Indian takeaways tend to olives or other favourite veggies in your have a good choice, but check that favourite pasta sauce. Most are vegan 28 but check the ingredients. Try adding Shepherd’s Pie chopped braised tofu - available from Holland and Barrett. 3 tbsp vegetable oil, divided 6oz/170g onion, chopped Italian night out 1 clove garlic, crushed - optional At Pizza Hut the pan pizza, stuffed 2oz/55g green lentils crust and Italian and gluten-free pizza 850ml/1.5pt water bases are currently vegan if you ask for 1 tbsp veg bouillon them without cheese. 7oz/200g red lentils 8oz/225g carrots, diced At Pizza Express the pizza bases and 7oz/200g mushrooms, quartered tomato sauce are currently suitable 3.5oz/100g frozen peas for vegans. Create your own pizza by 2 round tsp yeast extract ordering without the cheese and adding 1 tbsp tomato puree an extra topping. 2lb/900g potatoes Salt and mustard to taste Or make your own, as follows: 1. Fry onions and garlic in 1 tbsp Quick and Easy Crusty Pizza vegetable oil for a few minutes. Add 1. Mix 60g tomato puree, 1 finely the green lentils, water and bouillon chopped tomato, 3 tablespoons olive oil and simmer for 10 minutes. Add red and 3⁄4 teaspoon mixed herbs together lentils and carrots and simmer until just (and give it a mix again just before cooked. Take off the heat and stir in using). mushrooms, peas, yeast extract and 2. Mix 100g vegan cheese and 3 tomato puree. Allow to cool. tablespoons soya milk in a blender 2. Boil potatoes and mash with 2 tbsp or mash together with a fork until you vegetable oil. Add salt and mustard to have a paste (or use 100g melting taste. Cheezly, sliced). 3. Spread the lentil mixture in a baking 3. Split a large vegan ciabatta in half dish and spread the mashed potato and spread tomato mix onto the top of over the top. Bake at 180C/350F/Gas each, followed by cheese mix. Add your 4, for 30 minutes. Serves 5. favourite pizza toppings: sweetcorn, tomato, olives, red onion, red peppers, pineapple, vegan sausage, chilli etc. Onion rings and breaded tofu, 4. Bake at 220C/Gas 7 for 10-15 mushrooms or aubergines minutes. Serves 4. Try out this batter recipe to cover your onion rings, tofu and vegetables: theppk.com/2010/10/omg-oven-baked- onion-rings. It’s the best batter recipe we’ve come across. You can add spices and other flavourings and use soya milk. 29 RECIPES - Sweet Dishes

Chocolate Cake Chocolate Ganache

8 oz (225g) caster sugar 2 floz (60 ml) soya milk 4 dessertspoons cocoa powder 2 tbsp golden syrup 9 oz (255g) plain white flour 4 oz (115g) vegan chocolate 3 oz (85g) plain wholemeal flour 11⁄2 teaspoons bicarbonate of soda 1. Bring the soya milk to a gentle boil in 6 floz (170 ml) vegetable oil a small saucepan. 2⁄3 pint (350 ml) cold water 2. Immediately remove from heat and 2 teaspoons vanilla essence add syrup and chocolate. Use a spoon 4 teaspoons vinegar to mix the chocolate until it is fully melted and smooth. 1. Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F. Oil a 3. Use to cover your cake. If it is too deep 7 inch round springform cake tin. runny, let it cool down a bit before use, 2. Sieve sugar, cocoa, flours and so it thickens up. bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl and mix well. 3. Measure oil, water, vanilla essence Where can I find vegan and vinegar and add to dry ingredients. Mix well to combine. chocolate? 4. Pour into your prepared tin and bake DARK for 1 hour or until a cocktail stick comes Health food shops - almost all sell out clean. it 5. Cool thoroughly. Top with chocolate Supermarkets - check the ganache or chocolate icing (recipes chocolate section and chances are follow). Or split in half: fill with you’ll find some vegan plain chocolate icing and top with ganache. chocolate to munch on. Sprinkle grated chocolate on top. MILKY Chocolate Icing Health food shops - look out for Moo Free vegan milk chocolate 3 oz (85g) vegan margarine which is very popular and available 1 teaspoon vanilla essence from many health food shops. You’ll 1⁄2 oz (15g) cocoa powder, sifted also find vegan milk chocolate 9 oz (255g) icing sugar, sifted by Plamil and Organica (Swiss Couverture) in health food shops. Mash margarine and vanilla Supermarkets - go to the free from essence into the cocoa powder and section, many have vegan milk sugar with a fork until you get a smooth chocolate on sale. thick mixture. 30 Banana Muffins 3. In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, bicarbonate of soda, 2 cups plain flour baking powder and salt. Add in two 1 tsp cinnamon batches to wet ingredients and beat 1 tsp baking powder until no large lumps remain (a few 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda small lumps are okay). 4 very ripe bananas, mashed 4. Pour into liners, filling 3⁄4 of the way. 1⁄2 cup sugar Bake for 18-20 minutes, until a 1⁄2 cup sunflower oil cocktail stick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Transfer to cooling 1. Sieve together flour, cinnamon, rack and allow to cool. baking powder and bicarbonate of soda. 2. In a separate large bowl, mix Chocolate Chip Muffins bananas, sugar and vegetable oil. 3. Fold flour into banana mixture. 50g / 2oz creamed coconut dissolved 4. Spoon into muffin tin with cases. in 275ml / half a pint of boiling water Cook for 20 minutes at 180C/350F until and left to cool. a cocktail stick comes out clean. 225g / 8oz white self-raising flour 1 tablespoon baking powder Very easy and loved by non-vegans! Pinch of salt 40g / 1.5oz cocoa powder 100g / 4oz light brown soft sugar Basic Chocolate Cupcake 4 tablespoons sunflower oil 175g / 6oz plain chocolate chips 1 cup soya milk 1. Line muffin tins with eight muffin 1 teaspoon cider vinegar cases. Pre-heat oven to 180C / 350F / 3⁄4 cup granulated sugar Gas Mark 4. 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil 2. Sieve together the flour, baking 11⁄2 vanilla extract powder, salt, cocoa powder, and sugar. 1 cup plain white flour 3. Pour in cooled coconut liquid and oil. 1⁄3 cup cocoa powder Mix well then stir in chocolate chips. 3⁄4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 4. Spoon the mixture into the muffin 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder trays. Bake for 15 minutes. 1⁄4 teaspoon salt These muffins crumble a bit, but are very 1. Pre-heat oven to 175C/Gas 4 and tasty. line cupcake tray with paper cases. 2. Whisk together soya milk and vinegar in a large bowl and set aside for a few minutes to curdle. Add the sugar, oil and vanilla extract and beat until foamy. 31 Lemon Cake Vanilla Icing

14 floz (400 ml) soya milk 3 oz (85g) vegan margarine 2 teaspoons cider vinegar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 5 floz (150 ml) vegetable oil 9 oz (170g) icing sugar, sifted 9 oz (255g) caster sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Mash margarine and vanilla 2 tablespoons lemon rind, organic or essence into the sugar with a fork. unwaxed . 10 oz (280g) plain white flour 1 oz (30g) cornflour Chocolate Brownies 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 11⁄2 teaspoons baking powder 250 g plain flour 150g brown Muscovado sugar 1. Pre-heat oven to 175C/Gas4. 200g white or light brown sugar 2. Oil a deep 7 inch round springform 1 tsp vanilla essence cake tin or 10 x 8 inch tin. 80g cocoa powder 3. Place soya milk, vinegar, oil, sugar, 120ml oil vanilla and lemon rind in a large bowl. 1⁄2 tsp baking powder Whisk thoroughly and set aside. 15 x 20 cm baking tray 4. In a separate bowl, sift together the flours, bicarbonate of soda and 1.Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F/Gas baking powder. Give them a good stir Mark 4 to combine. 2.In a small pan mix 240ml water into 5. Add flour mixture to soya milk 50g flour, then bring this to boil stirring mixture and whisk well to combine. constantly until it thickens. Take off If you don’t have a whisk, add in two heat. batches. 3. Mix sugars, vanilla, cocoa and oil, 6. Pour mixture into your tin and bake then fold in the water and flour mixture. for 60 minutes (7 inch cake) or 35 4. Fold in the rest of the flour and the minutes (traybake) or until a cocktail baking powder. stick comes out clean. 5. Squidge the dough into the baking 7. Cool thoroughly and top with the tray following vanilla icing. Sprinkle grated 6. Bake for 20 minutes (check it is lemon rind on top to decorate. cooked) 7. Leave to cool, then put in fridge for a This makes a cake with a lovely light texture. We always add in 2 round couple of hours. dessertspoons ground flax seed with the 8. Remove from tin and cut to size, liquids and replace 30g of the plain flour small, as very yummy and very rich. with soya flour, but you will get a good result without these ingredients. From Another Dinner is Possible by Isy and Mike. Highly recommended recipe book.

32 Flapjacks Strawberry Mousse

120g margarine 12 oz (350g) silken tofu 120g soft brown sugar 3 floz (90 ml) vegetable oil 1 tbsp golden syrup 4 oz (115g) caster sugar 240g rolled porridge oats 6 oz (170g) fresh ripe strawberries, Add sunflower seeds/dates/sesame sliced seeds etc (reduce weight of oats 1 tsp vanilla essence accordingly) 1 tbsp lemon juice

1. Pre-heat oven to 400F/200C/Gas 1. Blend all the ingredients in a food Mark 6. processor until smooth. 2. Melt margarine in a pan, add sugar 2. Pour into individual serving dishes and syrup until sugar is dissolved and chill before serving. Serves 4. 3. Remove from heat and stir in oats and other chosen ingredients. 4. Put mixture into a greased baking Chocolate Mousse tray (15x20 cm). 5. Bake for 15 minutes. 1 ripe avocado, chopped small 6. Score top with knife when still hot. 1 cup almond, rice or soya milk 2⁄3 cup dates, soaked and drained 4 tablespoons cocoa powder Tonic Attack 1⁄4 cup almond butter Wheatgrass and Put all ingredients into a food processor Broccoli Sprout Juices or blender and blend until creamy. The crops are grown hydroponically, and fed the best sea minerals to maximise nutritional value. We uniquely harvest both roots and leaves, giving you nutrients from Raw Resources both, thus a more complete diet! Deliciously Raw - mail order treats, These are the most powerful & convenient pop-up dining and training intensives juices of their type you will find anywhere. The sachets pressurised packing delivers on how to be a raw chef. 8+ weeks of shelf-life at ambient deliciously-raw.co.uk temperature. 1 weeks’ supply, 7 sachets, is £14 delivered to your letterbox “next day”. Eat Smart, Eat Raw by Kate Wood For bulk prices please contact Oliver - classic raw recipe book Dowding at: Southdown, Shepton Montague, Wincanton, Somerset BA9 The Fresh Network - online shop and 8JP. produce a quarterly magazine T: 01749 812652 M: 07966 456244 fresh-network.com www.tonicattack.com [email protected]

33 Lemon and Coconut Cheesecake

Base - 4 oz (115g) marg 1 tablespoon golden syrup 8 oz (225g) rolled oats Topping - 13 oz (375g) tofu, chopped 3⁄4 block (150g) creamed coconut, chopped small 31⁄2 oz (105g) margarine 41⁄2 oz (128g) sugar Juice of 2-3 lemons Decoration - desiccated coconut Grated lemon rind (lemon should be organic or unwaxed)

1. Start by making the base; melt the margarine and golden syrup in a saucepan over a low heat. Remove from the heat and stir in the oats thoroughly. Press down well into a 9 inch flan dish and place in the fridge. 2. Next make the topping; place the Cosmetics and tofu, creamed coconut, margarine, Household Goods sugar and juice of two of the lemons into a food processor. Blend until Cosmetics, toiletries, and household smooth. This will take a few minutes. goods can all contain animal products Taste and add more lemon juice if and be tested on animals. needed. 3. Place the topping into the flan dish There are now a wide range of vegan on top of the base, smooth down and cruelty-free cosmetics and household decorate with desiccated coconut and goods available in the UK from national lemon rind. Chill for a few hours until stores such as the Co-op, Superdrug, set. Lush and Sainsbury’s.

Based on a recipe by There are also many specialist vegan vegancampaigns.org.uk. companies: Tip. If you have time, steam the tofu for five l Astonish minutes, drain, cool and continue as above. l Beauty Without Cruelty Not required, but does improve the recipe. l Green People l Honesty Cosmetics l Little Satsuma and more

34 About Taunton Vegans

Taunton Vegans is the only vegan / and we aim to put on a pop up night vegetarian group in Taunton, it was set approximately every six weeks. up after the first Taunton Vegan Food Fair in April 2010. We invite vegan/vegetarian catering firms from around the country to visit Our principal aims are: us to put these nights on. This means 1. To promote veganism, they are always very different and vegetarianism and a general exciting. See below for details of our reduction in the consumption of next pop up and check our website or animal products, to make a better Facebook page for future pop ups (web world for everyone to live in. addresses are on the next page). 2. To help, support and make easier Campaigning to put more vegan the lives vegans, vegetarians and options on menus in Taunton those with diary intolerances in our area. Our members are already visiting local 3. To help local vegan and vegetarian restaurants to encourage them to businesses flourish. Continued overleaf

We are a friendly, non-preachy and proactive organisation. The annual Vegan Fair at which this guide book is always launched might be our biggest event, but we are also involved in many other activities and these include –

Meetings We have a monthly meeting at Mambos, North Street, Taunton, 7pm on the second Wednesday of each month (back room on the ground floor). If you’re curious and want to find out more, just pop along, grab a pint and join in!

Vegan pop-up restaurants There are no exclusively vegetarian or vegan restaurants in Taunton, so we have decided to make our own. These nights have proved to be very popular 35 About Taunton Vegans our website or Facebook page for Continued from previous page information about future picnics after that (details below). include options on their menus that are Helping local vegan businesses specifically labelled as vegan. We always want to help local We try to emphasise that our events businesses that are aimed at are really well attended and that vegetarians and vegans – the main vegans in the Taunton area are a thing we can do is help with promotion, potentially untapped market. but if you have any other suggestions please let us know. The Vegan Society has provided us with booklets specifically designed However if you are a vegetarian / for non-vegetarian chefs which we vegan trader, it doesn’t matter if you take along with us to make a vegan are a caterer, accountant, hairdresser, option seem more feasible. We have builder or anything else – if you think had great feedback from restaurants we can help please ask! mentioned in last year’s guide book, so if you own a restaurant, pub or café In the media and want to increase your trade, why Taunton Vegans are always ready to not get in touch with us about bringing get involved with the local media both the vegan pound to your business! to bang the drum for local vegetarian businesses and to put forward our pro- Other events vegan message.

Taunton Vegans try to attend as many We have appeared on BBC Somerset local events as possible, so always on several occasions, the last time to keep an eye out for us. give our opinion on the ongoing horse meat scandal. We are also currently in Vegan picnics discussion with a major green lifestyle Last year we held a pot luck vegan magazine to run a special feature on picnic in the living willow cathedral, our area of Somerset to help bring the situated in Lungrun meadows on the much needed green pound to Taunton. edge of Taunton. This was very well- attended and provided an excellent opportunity to meet like-minded people and families, and share food and ideas. Contact Taunton Vegans [email protected] Based on the success of this event, we are holding further picnics during tauntonveg.moonfruit.com the summer months this year, the next facebook.com/tauntonveg one will be Saturday 10 August (one week after Taunton Vegan Fair). Check

36 Food and Cosmetics Donors A massive thanks to all the companies who donated fabulous vegan goodies to our fair, much appreciated.

Amy’s Kitchen - ready meals - Grenada Chocolate - organic dark amyskitchen.co.uk chocolate - grenadachocolate.com Aroma Foods - assorted vegan deli Kara - vegan milk made with fresh snacks - aromafoods.org.uk coconut milk - karadairyfree.com Beanies - Fry’s vegan Little Satsuma – vegan, palm oil free burgers, sausages and pops - soaps & toiletries - littlesatsuma.com frysvegetarian.co.uk Lush - body, skin and hair care - Booja booja - truffles and ice cream lush.com - boojabooja.com Meridian – sauces, jam, nut butters, Bute Island Foods - vegan hard and pesto and more - meridianfoods.co.uk creamy cheese - buteisland.com Miles - tea and coffee - djmiles.co.uk Coop Store, Wellington Montezuma’s - chocolate - Cracker Drinks - crushed fruit juice montezumas.co.uk drinks - crackerdrinks.com Nutritious Delicious - super nutritious Douwe Egberts - coffee specialists vegan truffles - nutritiousdelicious.co.uk - douwe-egberts.co.uk Provamel - make soya milk, desserts Doves Farm Foods - specialists and soya cream - provamel.co.uk in organic and gluten-free flour - Rocks Organics – organic squashes dovesfarm.co.uk and cordials - rocksorganic.com Eskal Shortbread - shortbread and Sweet Freedom - 100% fruit chocolates sweetener - sweetfreedom.co.uk Fullwell Mill - tropical wholefoods Suma - workers’ coop specialising in - fullwellmill.co.uk ethical foods - suma.coop Good Oil - hemp milk and hemp oil Tonic Attack - wheatgrass and - goodwebsite.co.uk broccoli sprout juices - tonicattack.com Granovita – healthy delicious snacks, Vegusto - vegan cheese and meat desserts and pates - granovita.co.uk alternatives - vegusto.co.uk Graze – healthy snacks by post - Waitrose, Wellington graze.com/uk/ Weleda - cruelty free bodycare Green People - skin care, body care products - weleda.co.uk and hair care - greenpeople.co.uk

37 3 GENERATIONS OF NATURAL CARE

�� NO PETROLATUM, SODIUM LAURYL/LAURETH SULFATES, PARABENS OR PHTHALATES 38 Useful Resources Information about going vegan l theveganapproach.com/Home/ animalaid.org.uk gettingstarted 01732 364546 l guidetoveganliving.org.uk Campaign peacefully l vegansociety.com/VeganPledge.aspx against all forms of animal abuse and Viva! vegan guide promote a cruelty-free viva.org.uk/guides/L-plate-vegan.pdf lifestyle. Useful guide to eating vegan, with quick fix meal ideas, vegan product Guide to answering tricky questions lists, vegan toiletries, eating out etc. vegansociety.com/resources/tricky- questions.aspx How to tell if a product is vegan vegansociety.com/lifestyle/is-this- Vegan nutrition product-vegan.aspx Infants and children: vegansociety.com/ lifestyle/nutrition/infants-and- Giving up leather, fur, silk and wool children.aspx vegansociety.com/uploadedFiles/ General: vegansociety.com/lifestyle/ resources/leaflets/feelgood.pdf nutrition/

Recipes l vegetarianrecipeclub.org.uk l veganvillage.co.uk/recipes.htm l fairfoods.org.uk/recipes l theppk.com l mouthwateringvegan.com

Recipe books ‘Another Dinner is Possible’ by The Anarchist Teapot ‘Appetite for Reduction’ (low fat recipes) by Isa Chandra Moskowitz ‘Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World’ by Moskowitz and Romero ‘1,000 Vegan Recipes’ by Robin Robertson

Upcoming events veggies.org.uk/events/animal-rights- calendar

39 Naturalife trading as Sunseed Taunton: 28 Bridge Street, Taunton, TA1 1UB. 01823 325111

For a wide range of vegan food, supplements and bodycare products. naturalife-wholefoods.co.uk