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1 Jun: @AnimalAid Vegan Festival of Britain, stall on #Todmorden market, can you help?

Vegan Festival of Britain 2017 logoAnimal Aid are celebrating their 40th anniversary with the Vegan Festival of Britain, running 20 May to 10 June 2017. 3 Valley Vegans are joining in by hosting a stall on Todmorden open air market on Thursday, 1 June.

The information stall will be a celebration of veganism and will promote all things vegan. We will provide information about how and why to go vegan and where to buy and eat vegan food in the area. There will be lots of vegan recipes for people to take away and free samples of vegan food for people to try.  If anyone would like to help out either by baking or creating some food samples to give away or by helping out on the stall then please contact Elizabeth on elizabethking@talktalk.net

  • 3 Valley Vegans vegan information stall
  • Thursday, 1 June 2017
  • Start: 9.00 am
  • Finish: 3.00 pm
  • Location: Todmorden outdoor market, OL14 5AJ

Contact: Elizabeth on elizabethking@talktalk.net

Edit: here are some photos of the event, including the tart made by That Crusty Vegan.

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Todmorden Choral Society spring concert 2017 catering

Catering for Todmorden Choral Society spring 2017 concert
Some of the savoury dishes served. Inset: the sweet dishes.

Yesterday (30 April 2017),  3 Valley Vegans was asked to cater for the Todmorden Choral Society spring 2017 concert at Todmorden Town Hall. After the performance of Herakles, a new oratorio by Tim Benjamin, supper was served.

We are delighted to have been invited by Cllr Anthony H. Greenwood JP, and are indebted to the volunteers who prepared and served the tasty finger food dishes. The entirely vegan catered event was very well received, especially the bruschetta and chocolate ‘crack’ dishes. Thanks again, Hilary, Andrew and Angie for cooking, and Elizabeth, June and Phil for serving.

The ‘profit’ that 3 Valley Vegans made from this catering activity will be donated to Animal Aid, a charity who campaign peacefully against all forms of animal abuse and promote cruelty-free living.

Choral savoury dishes
Clockwise from top-left: curry pasties, bruschetta, ‘egg’ and cress butties, ‘cheese’ and grapes, sos rolls, sliced ‘meat’ baps, falafel wraps, corn fritters.
Choral shortbread
Shortbread, with vanilla creme icing and fresh fruit.
Choral chocolate crack
Chocolate ‘crack’ (warning: very more-ish)
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4 Feb: 3 Valley Vegans Fair, #Todmorden Methodist Church, 1pm-4.30pm

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Poster and programme cover for the 3 Valley Vegans Fair, click for PDF [3 MB]

With support from the Vegan Society, we will show you how and why to go vegan for a month – free goodie bag if you pledge!

  • What can I cook?
  • Where can I shop/eat?
  • How will I be healthy?
  • Why do it?

£1 entry, children free. Entry to the fair includes a hot drink and:

  • Free food tasting
  • Films and talks
  • Art and craft stalls
  • Health information
  • Children’s activities
  • …and more

When and where is it?

1pm to 4.30pm, Saturday 4th February 2017
Todmorden Methodist Church
(behind the market carpark)
Union Street, OL14 5AW

Facebook Join the event on Facebook or Adobe PDF file download the programme [PDF, 3 MB]

How can I help?

If you would like to volunteer even an hour of your time towards running this not-for-profit fair, we would love to hear from you! Please phone or email us on 01706 816848 or elizabethking@talktalk.net – thank you.

Edit 10 February: Did you come to our fair last week? We would really appreciate any feedback you may have, good or otherwise!

 

Main dishes, Recipes

Easy scrambled tofu recipe, as enjoyed at National Vegetarian Week #NVW16

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Big Veggie Brunch plate
Scrambed tofu and other vegan treats on a sample plate from the Big Veggie Brunch.

We had a wonderful time running the Big Veggie Brunch last week as part of National Vegetarian Week in Todmorden, offering free vegetarian and vegan breakfast foods to all. One of the most popular dishes was Andrew’s scrambled tofu. Here is the recipe for you to try it yourself!

Ingredients

  • Large block of plain tofu (cheaper stuff, e.g. from Chinese supermarket, works better for scramble due to higher water content)
  • Sunflower oil
  • Turmeric
  • Soy Sauce
  • Seasoning

Method

  1. Scramble the tofu using a fork on a chopping board (or directly in a wok)
  2. Heat in a large wok and mix in 1 tablespoon of oil
  3. Heat on a medium flame for approximately 12 minutes, stirring often, until most of the water has evaporated and it has started to (very, very slightly) brown. The consistency should look like scrambled egg.
  4. Stir in 1 tablespoon soy sauce, 1/3 teaspoon ground turmeric and other seasoning (e.g. ground salt/chilli/garlic) to taste

The yellow colour of turmeric with the salt of the soy sauce helps to make this look and taste a bit like scrambled eggs (but better, in our opinion). Feel free to change the flavours to whatever you like, perhaps Mediterranean herbs or Chinese five-spice.

Frying scrambled tofu
Cooking scrambled tofu (photograph by Estelle)
The Big Veggie Brunch images
The Big Veggie Brunch photo collage (images by Estelle and Phil)
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21 May: The Big Veggie Brunch, Todmorden (part of National Vegetarian Week)

Poster for The Big Veggie Brunch, part of National Vegetarian WeekIn our biggest event yet, 3 Valley Vegans is part of National Vegetarian Week 2016! The theme is “Celebrate your food, stories and traditions”. With the help of Incredible Edible Todmorden, we are doing this by hosting a free community brunch at Pollination Street, the community green space next to Todmorden market.

Come and test out vegan versions of traditional breakfast and brunch items, plus a few original ones. Make up your own plate combination and tell us what you think of it — you might be surprised! Twitter icon#NVW16

There will also be a children’s activity, where we will provide paper plates for children to draw their favourite brunch item of the day on. These will be attached to a wall and collected as a local art piece.

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How can I help?

To make this event a real success we’ll need plenty of help. We need people to set up (from 9 am at least) and to pack away (from 2 pm)
We need people prepared to cook and hand out food, to work with the children, to give out info and generally to engage the public. If any of these tasks sounds like something you’d be able to help with, please email Hilary.