1. An update from the latest Jain Vegans Cooking Club event The latest meeting of the Jain Vegans Cooking Club took place on 16th November. Yet again, it was a very productive and useful event. As well as being vegan, all dishes were free from root vegetables. The recipes that were tested this time were:
* chilli tofu
* noodles with stir-fried pineapple, celery and multi-coloured peppers
* vietnamese summer rolls
* pineapple and tomato sweet and sour sauce
* sweet chilli chutney.
If you like the sound of the Jain Vegans Cooking Club, please email
to be invited to future events. We generally meet in North London, and the next event is likely to take place in January. We would typically ask you to prepare a vegan dish to bring to the event, and also to fine-tune/write up the recipe in a standard format with metric measurements, so that we can publish it online. Recipe creators/adaptors will be acknowledged where possible.
Please also feel free to send in any Jain Vegan recipes to
. More information about how we use the recipes can be found further below in this newsletter.
2. Keval Shah's most recent school speaking event
On 18th of November, Keval Shah gave a talk to students at Harrow High School on 'religious views on animal rights'. The talk formed part of their religious education studies. The talk focussed on the 'Golden Rule' - treat others how you would like to be treated - which is a key principle of all religions. Keval also discussed how following a compassionate, vegan lifestyle is not inconsistent with any religion.
If you'd like a speaker for your or your child's class, please ask the teacher to contact
Animal Aid. You also may make a request to have Keval as the speaker.
School talks are an important and highly effective way to convey the important message about why a vegan lifestyle is important for everyone to seriously consider. If you're interested in becoming a school speaker, or even a vegan cookery demonstrator,
please visit this link for further information . 3. Information on some upcoming Shambhu's festive cooking classes
a) Adult class: Festive 3-course meal
Date and time: Saturday 20th December, 1pm to 4pm
Venue: Queensbury Methodist Church, Queensbury, north-west London
Price: £45 per person
Advance booking required:
www . shambhus . co . uk/adults Shambhu's chef, Nishma Shah, will demonstrate how to prepare the following festive plant-based dishes:
Starter: Sweet potato and coconut soup
Main: Chestnut roast with gravy
Accompaniment: Fresh cranberry and apple chutney
Dessert: Chocolate bomb
Light refreshments and recipe pack included.
For further information and to book your place, please visit:
www . shambhus . co . uk/adults b) Children's class: Handmade chocolate treats
Suitable for children aged: 8 to 13 years
Date & time: Saturday 27th December, 10am to 12pm
Venue: Queensbury Methodist Church, Queensbury, north-west London
Price: £30 per child
Advance booking required:
www . shambhus . co . uk/children In this hands-on class, children will be taught how to make:
Picnic bars
Oat & coconut jaffas
Chocolate bomb
The ingredients used to make the above will include: chocolate, dried fruit, cereals and vegan ice-cream.
By attending this class, children will pick up a variety of food-making skills and food-related knowledge. They'll also learn about alternative ways of sweetening foods.
Recipe pack included.
4) Shambhu's awarded for Best Environmental Practice
Last month, the vegan catering business,
Shambhu's, run by Nishma & Mahersh Shah of the UK Jain community (and who are also part of the
Jain Vegans Working Group) was awarded a Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice:
You can learn more about
Shambhu's from their website:
www . shambhus . co . uk 5) Compassionate Derby
A vegan festival based in the Midlands on
Saturday 6th December.
Please see
http ://www . compassionatederby . com/ for further details.
6) Other vibrant upcoming vegan events & socials in London - For information on monthly informative talks, regular scenic walks at different locations in London, social meals at some of the best vegan-friendly restaurants in the city, social meetups in London among like-minded folk, check out the follow links:
www . londonvegans . org . uk/lvdiary and
www . londonveganmeetup . co . uk