Highlights
Articles in this newsletter:
- New VegCurious Course Starting May 4th
- Alpha Farm’s Burger Mix
- Spotlight on: Susan Hanson, NW VEG board member
- How to Meal Prep Without Losing Your Mind
- Recipe of the Month: Breakfast Quinoa Bowl with Apples
Local in-person events:
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The Importance of Plant Foods, Dr. Daniel Redwood, Holladay Park, 4/3 7:15-8:30pm
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Vegan Egg Hunt, Leaven Community Ctr, 4/19, 10:30am to 1pm
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Westside Potluck, Environmental Impacts of Food, WHUUF, 4/20, 5-7:30pm
Partner Events:
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New VegCurious Course Starting May 4th
(Tasty samples included)
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Would you, or someone you know, like to discover what being vegan is all about? Are you a former or current vegan or vegetarian who would like some additional information and support? Would you like to be at a healthy weight and did you hear that going plant-based is one way to achieve that? Or are you just in the mood for some delicious samples and want to try some new recipes?
NW VEG is offering a six-week VegCurious course this May and June for anyone wanting to learn more about a plant-based diet.
The details:
- Sundays, May 4 – June 15 (excluding May 25)
- 3pm – 5pm
- Tabernacle Seventh Day Adventist Church
- 26 SW Condor Way
- Portland, OR 97239
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Cost: $60 total for all six classes with additional discounts available
Presenters will discuss what a vegan diet can do for our health, the environment, and the animals, and cooks will demonstrate a variety of plant-based dishes including a 7-Layer Dip, Soy Curl Salad, Chili, and Chocolate Pudding with plenty of samples. If you can’t commit to the whole series of classes, please consider the variety of volunteer positions available now or on class day (which includes free samples)! (email Reynolds@nwveg.org to volunteer)
So come satisfy your vegan curiosity with this VegCurious Course and find out what a plant-based diet can do for you!
Click here for more information and to register
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Northwest VEG Sponsoring
VEGAN EGG HUNT with Vegan Scouts
Saturday, April 19
10:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Leaven Community Center
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Vegan Scouts provides an inclusive scouting program for Portland-area vegan kids, emphasizing civic action on animal welfare, environment, health, and social justice.
This year Northwest VEG is sponsoring one of Vegan Scouts’ main events – the Vegan Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19. The event is open to all children with their parents, including non-scout families. Join us for a fun time with a whole set of activities, including:
· Two vegan egg hunts (for younger and older kids)
· Bunny tea party with delicious food
· Crafts and Activities
· Prizes
· Photobooth
· Meet and greet rescue bunnies with Avalon Microsanctuary
Tickets are a $5 suggested donation per child (with sliding scale options). This includes all activities at the event (egg hunt + prizes, photobooth, rescue bunny meet-and-greet with Avalon Microsanctuary, crafts, and other activities), except for the Bunny Tea Party, which is an additional suggested donation.
The Bunny Tea Party will take place in an adorably-decorated area of the event, and will include a variety of scrumptious finger sandwiches, sides, desserts, and a wide assortment of all-you-can-drink beverages.
- $12.50 suggested donation for a large plate (recommended for an adult).
- $7.50 suggested donation for a small plate (recommended for a child).
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Can you help out?
We’d love your help as a volunteer before and/or during the event. And we can thank you by providing you with a free “large plate” at our Bunny Tea Party. Please send an email to info@veganscouts.org if interested!
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Alpha Farm’s Burger Mix
By Louise Harmon
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I was first introduced to Alpha Farm’s Alpha Burger mix during NW VEG’s Compassionate Living Festival in September 2024 when I stopped to check out their pre-packaged plant-based burger mix. The ingredients were impressive—a mixture of wholesome legumes and gluten-free grains with no fillers or additives. Other ingredients needed to be added during preparation such as chopped vegetables, but the package made 12 burgers—enough for several meals with lots of extras to freeze—so I plunked down $15 for a bag. Before I left, I asked the vendors how they came up with the recipe and was told the burgers had been a staple of the Alpha Farm community for years.
Click here for full article
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Spotlight on:
Susan Hanson
Northwest VEG board member
Each month we highlight a Northwest VEG board member, employee, or key volunteer.
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I read Diet for a Small Planet back in the ’70s, and I became vegetarian for the planet. I was teaching in Burlington, Vermont and helping a friend who was starting the food co-op there. I cooked soybeans from scratch, ran them through a meat grinder, and made burgers. I got married in 1973 and moved to Oregon, but as life got busy with work and children, my diet shifted to more of a standard American diet. Then, 22 years ago, I had a health issue that caused me to look for answers other than drugs. I found the book, The Food Revolution by John Robbins, and I was convinced that veganism was the way to go—for my health, for the planet, and for the animals—and I’ve never looked back. I have outlived the ages at which my parents died of heart disease and Alzheimer’s.
It has been an exciting journey to learn how to cook and eat in a whole new way. I found Northwest VEG, and I have volunteered with them over the years—tabling, helping at VegFest, and doing cooking classes at Veg 101. I was convinced to run for the Board a few years ago after COVID had kept us from having VegFest and membership had fallen. I look forward to having another big VegFest someday, helping with vegan cooking classes, and increasing our membership.
I retired from teaching many years ago and I now enjoy biking, hiking, cooking, gardening, volunteering, and traveling. I play the flute in the One More Time Around Again Marching Band, and I am active with the Portland Raging Grannies. Wherever I go in the world, one of my favorite things to do when traveling is to find vegan restaurants and talk to the owner. It always feels like we are part of a large compassionate community.
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People think meal prep is “a rigid planning system composed of chores to craft gourmet, homemade meals every night.” Of course, they put off meal prep like a colonoscopy! Like everything else in life, you decide how to nourish your body in a way that keeps your sanity. Think of meal prep as a system of enjoyable nourishing meals ready to go.
12 Ways to Support Sane Meal Prep
Click here for full article
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Plant-Based Recipe of the Month
Breakfast Quinoa Bowl
with Apples
By Linda Tyler, the Gracious Vegan
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This is a great dish for using quinoa, rice, or other grain leftovers. The base is like rice pudding, while the cooked apples and sweet almond butter sauce make it special. It’s perfect when you have overnight guests and want to wow them, but it’s not so labor-intensive that you can’t make it for yourself. It only takes about 15 minutes if the quinoa is already made.
Click here for full recipe
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Call for newsletter articles
Would you like to write an article for our newsletter or provide feedback? How about reviewing your favorite vegan restaurant, or telling us about a recent vegan-oriented experience? We are also looking for volunteers to edit and publish this newsletter (training and support included). If you are interested or have any questions, write to hricksant@outlook.com.
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