PLANTIFUL LIVING

PLANTIFUL FARE Sat. Oct. 26 at the Spire on Sydenham St. from 5:00-6:30pm – Registration link. Listen to Dr. Henry Swoboda on the benefits of more plant-based diets, sample delicious foods and take home a recipe book. Make a pledge and enter a draw for a restaurant gift card!
Our food choices matter – for our health, and the environment. Adopting a more plant-based diet is one of the single most impactful individual actions you can take against climate change. The key is ‘more plant-based’ because the reality in western cultures is that we are not all going to be vegans. Eating less meat and dairy (particularly beef and lamb) will make a big difference in emissions if many people become informed and take action. What we eat matters!
Plantiful Celebration Potluck, Nov 3, Sunday at 5:30 pm. It is at 33 Ontario Street, no need to register. Bring your plant-based dishes and let’s celebrate the bountiful harvest and the rewards/challenges of low carbon foods. (Call 3720 on the Directory for Gavin Hutchison to enter).
Come to the Seniors’ Centre on Francis Street on Thursday December 5, 1:00 pm for a talk on Plant-based Proteins – for your Health, and the Environment.

Registration link for October 26th Plantiful Fare: LINK

2023 Webinar Recordings:

Resources linked to these Webinars:

Plantiful News Articles:

- Kingstonist article: Advice on starting your plant-based journey
- Kingstonist article: Learning about types of plant-based diets
- Kingstonist article: Questions answered about plant-based diets

Further Resources:

- GenV – a website covering the positive impact of Veganism
- Plant Based Cities Movement
- Plant Based Treaty – supporting plant based diets and corresponding changes to agriculture

PLANTIFUL RECIPES

Newfoundland Field Cookies

(Cut this recipe in half or… bake half & freeze rest of dough for next week?)

FIRST BOWL:

1.5 cups of your favourite flour

3/4 cup each of: Rolled Oats, & Sunflower Seeds, & Chocolate Chips

1/2 cup each of: Raisins, and ground Flax Seeds

1/4 cup each of: Sesame Seeds & Poppy Seeds & Pumpkin Seeds & Coconut

1 tsp of: Baking Soda & Baking Powder

1/2 tsp of: Salt

SECOND BOWL:

1 cup of: Brown Sugar or less

3/4 cup of: Butter

1 Egg

1/2 tsp Vanilla

Directions:

1. Mix First bowl
2. Mix Second bowl
3. Add together, combine well.
4. Roll into balls.
5. Drop on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper
6. Flatten with a fork
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes

Easy Thai Nut Noodle Bowl (4 people)

Thai nut sauce: (make quickly in a food processor or blender)

-1 large clove of garlic

-2 tbs sesame oil

-3 tbs smooth almond or peanut or any nut butter

–2 tsp grate fresh ginger (opt)

-3 tbs lemon or lime juice

-2-3 tbs tamari (natural soy sauce)

-1 tsp sugar (opt)

In the bowl:

1. Either cooked rice or rice noodles
2. A mix of veggies such as : edamame (a cup or more)

1 pepper diced (not a hot one!)

Small cucumber diced,

4 green onions diced (opt)

A carrot julienned

Whatever is in your fridge.

Topping:

-Cilantro leaves, chopped and sesame seeds!

Lazy Homemade Veggi Burgers so, so many

2 cup oats

1 cup black beans, rinsed

Some almond flour (or your choice)

Carmelized onions &

Sautéed onions & mushrooms & carrots

Roasted garlic (purchase or roast yourself)

1 -2 eggs

Olive oil

Fresh rosemary? Opt.

S&P

Throw it all in a food processor

Makes many burgers. Freeze them for use when needed!

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Sloppy Fun Enchiladas! For 4

Prep time: 15 min

Bake: 45 min (optional)

Basically: Sauté a chopped onion, then add a lot of veggies, chopped finely. Stir in black beans and salsa or tomato sauce and top with grated cheese! Eat right then, or bake with extra sauce (below & above) and extra cheese.

1. Sauté :

1 c chopped onion

In 2 Tbs olive oil, warmed

Add 1 red sweet pepper, chopped

1 small head of cauliflower or a bunch of broccoli, chopped small

1tsp cumin

¼ tsp cinnamon

Corn or peas for fun (opt)

Zucchini chopped up (opt)

5 cups baby spinach to throw in and stir fry briefly at the end

2. Add spices and spinach, stir. 1 min.

3. Dump veggies into a mixing bowl and add :

1 c black beans, rinsed

(possibly mashed)

4. CHOICE:

Either stuff a wrap or a taco shell with that fun mix and sprinkle salsa or tomato sauce on top, then cheese —- or do that and bake it for 15-20 min at 350-400 degrees. If baking, spread some sauce below and across all the top of these cute rolled up enchiladas, with grated cheese over top. 30 min.