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Kids dig into mock meat as German school goes vegan

Priya Menon| Updated: Aug 14, 2017, 08:40 AM IST

CHENNAI: Germans love their bratwurst and schnitzel . But, down here in Chennai, the German International School has traded in the sausages for the lentils and the salami for the broccoli.The school, located in Palavakkam , has declared itself completely FROM AROUND THE WEB vegan from this school year, serving its This miracle cream is students breakfast, lunch and snacks that are Shark Tank’s biggest only plantbased. discovery. AD: COLLAGEN The school was inspired to cut out all animal Students of the school chose to go vegan after the school opened its products after it began throwing open its Sharanya is vomiting gates to injured and abandoned animals. gates to injured and abandoned animals. As blood and needs help Thomas A Pallushek, advisor for international AD: MILAAP schools, Asia Pacific, puts it, it became tough to eat mutton with a pet goat on the lawns nearby. "We felt it was ethically not right. We wanted to reduce the human impact on the environment and Muni wants to Live for eating less meat is the simplest way," he says, adding that turning vegan is also healthier. his two small Children AD: MILAAP So from the middle of 2016, the school that had been serving chicken, beef, fish and cheese, decided to first cut down on the consumption, even while increasing awareness among students. LATEST VIDEOS "We watched a couple of informative documentaries on veganism with the students and also included it in our ethics classes," says Pallushek. Parents were informed and invited to a vegan CHENNAI buffet in December last year. "They were very surprised to find it both delicious and nutritious," he says.

The school, now 100% vegan, makes its own mock meat, produces vegan cheese from cashews, Watch: Thai chefs Watch: Juvenile meticulously carve whale shark washed and bakes its own bread. Care is taken to see that nutritional requirements are met, by substituting out beautiful shapes ashore alive at animal products with protein-rich food such as quinoa, lentils, seitan, beans and hemp seeds. The from fruits and Vedhalai beach CveITgYetables menu ranges from cucumber avocado toast, zucchini bread and apple sauce, to ratatouille, flavoured rice with dal curry, pumpkin spice muffins and fruit smoothies.

Neha Banerjee, whose daughter Tishta, 9, studies in the school, is happy that she is being On 75th anniversary India hoists 360-feet introduced to healthy fare. "We are a nonvegetarian family. At home, I can't get her to eat of Quit India high Tricolour at Movement, children Wagah border ahead vegetables. But in school, she is eating a variety of vegetables and also other grains such as ragi meet 103-year-old of Independence Day and barley, and getting wholesome nutrition," says Banerjee, adding that they continue to eat non- freedom fighter veg at home.

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