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ISSN 1176-9335
WINTER 2021 VOL. 77, NO.4
TALIA’S STORY
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FOR ANIMALS
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These last few months health on page 1. Several new Approved
seem to have been a and Certified products are introduced
bit frenetic with people on pages 6 & 8, and Anna Valentine has
seemingly trying to given us some more delicious recipes to
make up for time “lost” try out (pages 10 & 11).
last year, but life should never be too busy The Annual General Meeting of the
to take time out to investigate links to NZ Vegetarian Society is coming up
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interesting articles sent in by members. on August 28 - see page 3. This year
Tofu Sausages. See The Guardian recently ran a piece it’s to be held at the EAST Vegetarian
recipe at the bottom of about the number of chefs in cafés and Restaurant which is reviewed on page
this page. For more recipes get a copy of our restaurants now moving to create vegan
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on our website.
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their menus, most of them aiming to cover on the veg~n front this past year!
Cover Articles both vegetarians and vegans with the one
As we head into the depths of Winter,
option. ......Mind you, the writer of the
P1 | Talia’s story encourage the children/students in your
article also feels that even though there
family and neighbourhood to put their
P4–5 | Advocate for animals are estimated to be 1.5million vegans in
thinking caps on and create an entry
P10–11 | Recipes England and over 3million vegetarians,
for the Think Kind competition. There’s
instead of comparing the ‘virtues’ of
P16–17 | Think Kind Colouring plenty of scope for putting their creative
veganism and vegetarianism, maybe it
talents to work and maybe even win
would be better to concentrate on the
the top prize for their school – see the
94% of people who still prefer to eat
Society’s website www.vegetarian.org.
animals!
EDITORIAL TEAM nz for more details.
Margaret Johns, Jeanette Blackburn Another piece in The Guardian concerned
Remember, if you’ve ever felt inspired
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Epsom, Auckland to the ethics, economy, humane or
Covid.” I found this piece quite fascinating
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TALIA’S
STORY
BY JEANETTE BLACKBURN
Talia’s journey towards veganism has been
more challenging than most. I’ve known
Talia’s mum, Lorna, since Talia and my older
son were babies and we’ve kept in touch
over the years, watching our children grow
and follow their own paths to adulthood.
About 3 or 4 years ago Lorna and I
resurrected a small group of friends to meet
more regularly and support each other as we a mastectomy in December 2019. Various fundraisers
headed towards retirement age. The timing were held for funds to cover treatment and loss of
was fortuitous. By this time, my son had income, and both Talia and Jesse are enormously
moved to London where he still is, trying to grateful to both families and all their friends for the
get through UK Covid lockdowns. Talia had amazing support they received. After the third round
followed her childhood sweetheart, musician of treatment the couple received positive news that
Jesse, to live in New York where he had a the tumour is no longer visible, although she has to
record deal and played at festivals such as take a hormone therapy drug for the next 10 years
Coachella. After 6 years there, they travelled and is currently receiving Herceptin.
around Mexico, Guatemala and Europe, As Talia slowly started the road to recovery during and Talia has since remained
including a trek in Nepal, as Talia’s parents 2020, she became aware that it might help to look vegan at home, but sometimes
had done over 30 years ago. seriously at her diet to see if making any changes vegetarian when out. She has
would make her feel better. Going vegetarian had found that this option is proving
Realising that they wanted life to slow down
been something she had thought about for years, more flexible and sustainable for
a bit, Talia and Jesse felt the time was right
even following a mostly vegetarian diet for 5 years her and her family.
to start a family, so they returned to New
Zealand before baby Navy was born, Lorna’s while living in New York, but when she returned to Being challenged on such an
first grandchild. Our little group shared in New Zealand she slipped back into her old habits of important issue by those close to
Lorna’s joy as she was the first to become a eating meat and fish. her would have made the whole
grandmother. Then suddenly Talia and her “Going vegetarian/vegan is something that really process much more difficult, so it’s
family’s world turned upside down. A small aligns with my values, but I needed some more been a big relief for Talia to have
lump in her breast, noticed during knowledge and tools on how to make the complete support and acceptance
her pregnancy, was initially change.” And although Talia’s sister has by both her family and Jesse’s.
dismissed. But 6 weeks been vegan for some years now, she Her sister is very happy and proud
after Navy was born she had only a minor influence on Talia’s that she has made these changes
realized it hadn’t gone decision to re-visit vegetarianism, to a vegetarian/vegan diet, and
away, and decided to tell as Talia recognized that the although Jesse himself eats meat
her GP. change needed to come from when they are out, he also fully
within herself. supports Talia in her vegan diet at
Talia remembers
home and accepts the absence of
everything moving very It was going through the cancer meat and fish in the house. Two-
fast after that visit. An journey, and becoming aware of the year-old Navy is being brought up
ultrasound turned into impacts of climate change, that made vegetarian but Talia says “It will be
an urgent mammogram, Talia realise she could no longer ignore up to him what he decides to do
followed by a biopsy, resulting in the obvious need to make that change in one day…”.
the horrifying news that she had Grade 2 her diet. The final push came from a surprising win
breast cancer and needed to start treatment in a competition run by the Raglan Food Co, where It’s hard to know when your baby
immediately. Looking back months later Talia and her family were sponsored to take up the is born what kind of journey you
she was grateful for that first six weeks of challenge to be vegan for a month. She was given will be taken on. My friend Lorna
breastfeeding, allowing both her and Jesse the tools and knowledge she felt was lacking, and and her daughter, Talia, have been
that special bonding with their precious “became strong enough for us to move out of my on a more turbulent journey than
baby. Giving up breastfeeding so she Mum’s house and into our own, which meant I had most, but it has been my pleasure
could have chemotherapy was probably the more control over what was and wasn’t in our pantry to see them work through the
hardest part of the whole process for Talia. and fridge.” challenges thrown at them, support
them where I can, and share in the
Friends and family rallied around as Talia Both Talia and Jesse noticed an improvement in how joy as they have overcome these
underwent six rounds of chemotherapy, and they felt over the four weeks in September last year, obstacles.
Vol. 77 No.4 | 1
TRISTAN’S
Happy winter everyone! Remember As a vegetarian, I came up against Now they will need to spend more
this time last year? That surreal, protestations and advice from professionals, time out in the world, without their
post-lockdown time, where we were such as doctors, midwives and well-meaning mother, navigating their own way
all trying to come to grips with the nurses on quite a few occasions, telling me it through the well-meaning advice
reality of a worldwide pandemic, wasn’t possible to have a healthy pregnancy of authority figures, friends and
while simultaneously realising how and raise children without consuming meat. strangers, some of whom won’t
fortunate we were in New Zealand At other times, I came up against friends, understand that it’s OK not to eat
to be getting it under control. The colleagues and even strangers offering meat, and that it’s a choice which
onset of winter 2020 made things similar, well-meaning but uninformed, advice. is nobody’s business but their own.
a bit more daunting and I’m sure it I hope I have taught them how to
was a good reminder for us all to From the time I became pregnant, through handle themselves in a polite and
pay attention to diet and lifestyle to introducing solid food to the babies and respectful manner in the face of
choices, in order to be as robust and through the first few years of school, there criticism, and how to be assertive
healthy as possible in preparation for were people who questioned whether I was yet calm when being pressured to
any hiccups we might have had to being a responsible parent by allowing my partake in anything they don’t feel
face while getting though that winter. children to go without eating meat. That can comfortable with, whether it be
be hard to take. eating meat or taking drugs.
I’m very grateful my children and I
generally enjoy very good health and I don’t have bad feelings towards any of I hope they continue to grow into
I certainly empathise with anyone those people. It’s normal for people to be intelligent young men who can
battling with health issues of any nervous about things they’re not familiar handle bumps in the road and balls
kind as winter sets in for 2021. with. However, it can be quite daunting and thrown from left field. So far on
it serves to illustrate some of the types of their journey of life, I’m proud to say
At the time of my first column being things my children will need to deal with as they’re well on the way to becoming
published in Vegetarian Living NZ, in they grow up. I’m sure they will have it easier great vegetarian men.
the summer of 2011, my boys were than I did as a teenager in the 1980s. This
aged one and three. In the several millennium seems to be much more familiar
years previously, I had been through with plant-based foods and accepting of
two rounds of IVF, two pregnancies, people making a variety of choices about
Tristan Hooker is a full-time writer
two births and successfully how to live their lives.
based in the Waikato. She’s also a card-
introduced solid food to two healthy carrying vegetarian and mother to two
baby boys. My children were very My children are now 11 and 12. They’re
bouncing vegetarian sons.
much wanted and strived for and I strong, healthy, well-adjusted boys, hurtling
towards their teenage years, high school You can see more of Tristan’s work
worked hard, through determination, at www.tristan.nz or follow her on
research and instinct, to make sure and everything which comes with the next
Facebook or Instagram.
they were getting everything they stage of life. They have their own identities,
needed to start them off in life, they know their own minds and they’re both
including the correct nutrition. happy and proud to be lifelong vegetarians.
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Many thanks & farewell
Bachelor of Communications from AUT
University in 2011, she returned to London
to travel and work, before coming back
to NZ to live. She adopted a vegan diet
We bade farewell to Philip I’m sure you will still see articles
4 years ago, after being inspired by the
McKibbin mid-March and were in the press from him, and even
positive health impacts she had seen and
very sorry that Philip decided new books in the bookstores about
heard first-hand from friends. After doing
to leave his role as trademark his passions – being vegan and
some research of her own, she discovered
manager after two years with promoting Maori language. We
the many other reasons to transition to a
us. However he is following his wish him the best with all his future
plant-based diet.
passion and undertaking a PhD endeavours.
in Human-Animal Studies, studying Charlotte really enjoyed the role of Trade
Charlotte Besant, took
remotely with Sydney University on a full scholarship. Manager and was looking forward to
over from Philip
expanding the role and the number of
Philip was a valuable member of our NZVS team and as Trademark
certified products, but sadly received
helped grow the trademark programme, implementing Manager between
some news in May that means she has to
much needed structure and processes. He also did February and
travel back to the UK to be with family. It
wonderful work for the Society in the media, raising June this year.
is with much sympathy and regret that we
the its profile in both print and electronically.
Born and raised say farewell to Charlotte for the time being
He also contributed at an executive level and we really in England, Charlotte and wish her well.
appreciated his insights into strategic goals for the moved to New Zealand with her
society. family in 2003. After receiving a - JULIA CLEMENTS, PRESIDENT NZVS
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Advocate
Animals MAJA SKILLING
MAJA HAS A CHAT WITH AN INSPIRATIONAL NEW ZEALAND ACTIVIST
I recently had the opportunity to talk to centered around working with local
Deirdre Sims, an inspiring animal activist communities to help them effectively oppose 4. As someone who has come face
here in Aotearoa, involved in both the new factory farms being built in their areas. to face with the worst of animal
grassroots activism organisation Direct This work sees us team up with unlikely allies suffering, could you describe
some of the harrowing and painful
Animal Action (DAA) and the New Zealand like rural people, sometimes farmers, and
things that you have encountered?
Anti Vivisection Society (NZAVS), and asked local iwi, to oppose mega-corporations like What kind of emotions did you feel
her what inspired her to campaign tirelessly Tegel and Mainland Poultry. The locals fight upon these encounters?
for a better world for animals. through the system (council submissions
My animal activism over the last 20 years has
and hearings, Environment Court) and we
taken me inside many factory farms (pigs,
1. What was the catalyst that support them through petitions, protests,
brought about your passion for meat and egg chickens) and even inside
media commentary and farm investigations.
animal activism? slaughterhouses.
I’m also the Chair of the NZAVS (New
I grew up eating meat, but I’d always When I am inside these places, I am there
Zealand Anti-Vivisection Society) Committee
considered myself an animal lover. One day for a purpose: to film and photograph what
Board. I work with other board members and
I asked myself “What makes a vegetarian a these animals are subjected to and to then
Executive Director Tara Jackson to achieve
better animal lover than me?” I started doing show this to the people of New Zealand so
the best outcomes for NZAVS, which is the
some research and came across a book that public pressure for change will make
only organisation in Aotearoa solely focused
called ‘Old MacDonald’s Factory Farm’. I decision makers take action.
on ending animal experimentation in our
read the book from cover to cover in a single country. While I am filming and taking photos, I
day and by the end of that day, I no longer feel very business-like. I am there with a
ate animals. At that time, I honestly had no 3. What are some of the projects purpose that will ultimately help animals if I
idea that factory farms existed or that cows you have been involved in over the am successful. It’s not until afterwards, that
were repeatedly artificially inseminated to years? what I’ve witnessed really starts to sink in,
increase milk production. That was about 20 especially if I look at the photos I’ve taken
One of the most memorable projects I’ve
years ago now! or at the footage I’ve filmed. I think the
been involved with as part of my work with
DAA, was a campaign called Stop Craddock reason I don’t like looking at the photos or
2. Tell us about the organisations Farms. In this campaign I worked alongside footage I’ve obtained inside these places, is
that you are a part of, and the type that while filming I’m being proactive about
a local woman called Peta, from the small
of work this leads you to do. something very important to me but looking
village of Patumahoe. A company called
The main animal activist organisation I Craddock Farms was trying to build what at the footage makes me feel helpless which
am involved with is Direct Animal Action would have been the biggest colony cage is harder to cope with.
(DAA). DAA is a grassroots animal activist egg farm in Aotearoa just over the fence from
organisation that was started in 2015 by a Peta’s backyard! 5. I remember meeting a rescued
small group of women, including myself. meat chicken called Peep at the
Peta reached out for help because she animal sanctuary when I was 13. Her
It’s an all-volunteer group that survives on
donations from people who support our
knew she wouldn’t be able to sleep at night story served as a huge inspiration
if 300,000 egg laying hens were confined for me, and ever since she has been
work, and our main campaigns call for
to cages just over the fence from her. Peta my driving force for caring about
legislative change to end rodeo and factory animals and campaigning for their
fought Craddock Farms through Auckland
farming in Aotearoa. rights. Is there a particular animal
Council and then through the Environment
We have run well-attended peaceful protests
that you have got to know during
Court. DAA and I supported her with a your time as an activist that has
outside the Warkworth, Mid-Northern and 10,000-signature petition, many peaceful done the same for you?
Waikato rodeos for the last six years. These protests and lots of media coverage.
protests generate a lot of media coverage Lovely to hear you mention Peep! Peep
The campaign ran for about 2 years but was actually rescued by myself and some
which helps to stir up public debate about
in the end we were successful. With the other DAA members from a Tegel meat
the use of animals in rodeo. We’ve also
combined effort of Peta and DAA, the chicken farm during one of our campaigns
spoken directly with a number of local and
Environment Court ruled that Craddock to stop Tegel building a mega-farm north
central government politicians urging their
Farms could not build their farm! of Auckland. The farm they wanted to build
support for a ban on rodeo.
would have held over 1 million meat chickens
Our factory farming campaigns are largely
at a time and the local community was very
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Above: Protesting Craddock Above: Protesting Tegel
Animal issues have become very popular in
opposed to it. We went to an existing
the media and the public reacts more and
Tegel farm to get footage to show the
more against the ill-treatment of animals.
public the horrendous conditions for
I’ve seen some things banned in my time
the chickens. While we were there,
like battery cages for egg laying hens, exotic
we saw Peep. She was smaller
animals in circuses and sow stalls for pigs.
than the other chickens and had a
However, our animal welfare legislation still
number of red, open wounds from
does not protect animals anywhere near the
where the other chickens had been
way it should. Luckily, we have many great
attacking her. We knew if we left her,
organisations in Aotearoa that are continually
she would die. So, we felt we had no
campaigning for animals, including the New
choice but to take her home with us. We
Zealand Animal Law Association, and which
took Peep to an after-hours vet that night,
are really pushing hard for improvements to
who gave her medication and stitched up her
legislation for animals.
wounds. The next day, we spoke with some
Above: Peep when she was found
friends of ours at a sanctuary who offered There’s also been a massive shift in public
to take Peep into their care. Peep had a awareness around veganism / plant-based
wonderful life at the sanctuary for a few boyfriend, friends, and family. Over my diets. When I first went vegan many years
weeks. But unfortunately, her wounds had a years of activism, I’ve found that it’s really ago, there were hardly any vegan options
deep infection which wasn’t picked up by the important to have balance in my life to and it was much harder! Now there are
vet. The infection eventually overwhelmed ensure that my activism is sustainable and vegan options almost everywhere you
her, and she passed away. We were all very that I don’t burn out. Burnt out, I will be of no go, and more people are very open to
sad and angry at Peep’s death – we were use to the animals! trying vegan or plant-based diets. A lot
angry at Tegel for the suffering they inflict on of this has come from increased public
The parts of activism that refresh me are
millions of chickens just like Peep every day. awareness around environmental and climate
working with other activists who’ve become
The day we found out that Peep had died, change issues – we know what a toll meat
great friends, doing creative things like
we had already planned a big protest outside production and agriculture takes on the
painting placards and banners for our
Tegel’s head office. We felt very emotional climate. But there is definitely also a growing
rodeo protests, having meetings where we
at the protest and dedicated it to Peep. A consumer demand for cruelty-free, kinder
feel really productive and come up with
couple of weeks after that, we got news that food options.
great ideas for campaigns and the feeling
the Government had intervened and told In another 20 years, hopefully all the work
of satisfaction when we’ve successfully
Tegel they were not allowed to build the going on for animals means that animal
achieved great things together as a team.
farm. A victory we again dedicated to Peep. abuse will have come to an end, and we’ll be
7. Lastly, as someone who is living in a plant-based, cruelty-free, vegan
6. How do you stay positive in incredibly well-versed in the NZ world. That’s the goal!
the face of all the difficult and animal rights movement, do you
negative emotions you must feel feel as though we are progressing
having seen what you have? Are as a nation in terms of how we
there parts of being an activist treat our animals and the level of Maja is 16 years old, became a vegan when she
that refresh you and make you feel awareness amongst consumers of was ten and has been campaigning for animal
happy/hopeful? rights ever since. She writes regular articles
factory farming/animal testing?
about animal activism on her blog
I stay positive by making sure I have things Do you feel as though the younger
www.changeforanimalsnz.wordpress.com
generation has more empathy for
in my life that bring me joy and take my and promotes a veg~n lifestyle on her instagram
animals who are exploited?
mind off the horrendous things that happen page @majakir_
to animals. I enjoy spending time with my Since I first got involved around 20 years
two dogs, Poppy and Kowhai, and my pet ago, I have seen progress in terms of the
possum, Daisy. I like cooking, gardening, amount of public awareness about issues
reading books and doing Muay Thai boxing like factory farming, rodeo, the dairy industry
for exercise. I spend quality time with my and live export to give a few examples.
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It’s been fantastic to see recently how many NZ companies are The Baker’s Son are making all of our vegan dreams come true
launching new vegan and vegetarian products. The trademark and have released a 750g family size Vegan Mince & Cheddar pie!
programmes are becoming increasingly popular, with some really Not only this, but you can now try out their tasty new flavour, Vegan
big NZ brands with products currently under review. (Watch this Buttery Chick’n pie, which is available now in supermarkets.
space!)
Among the new certified products, we have Annies new range of
delicious fruit bars. Annies fruit snacks are gluten-free, vegan and There’s a new and delicious plant-based protein powder on the
allergen-friendly. They use honest and wholesome ingredients so scene, courtesy of Everyday Warrrior. Vegan Certified and
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sources into your diet. They are available in alternative – both vegan certified and
health stores and online. available in your local supermarket!
Babich Wines is the oldest family You’ll find the full list of Vegan Certified and Vegetarian Society
owned wine company in New Zealand Approved products at the end of the magazine, and you can stay
and they now have a newly Vegan up-to-date by liking our Facebook page.
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OF WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING TO MAKE
CORNER THE WORLD A KINDER HEALTHIER PLACE
The Go Green Expo was enjoyed
by our volunteers and seemed to
be better attended as well.
YOUR MIND AS A GARDEN…
This came in on my email the other day and I felt it was worth sharing as part of our Kindness Corner – ED.
I came across the little saying below Will this thought help me evolve and thrive If everything is roses in your life right now, it
yesterday and felt called to share it. or will it hinder me? doesn’t mean your inner gardening is done. On
the other hand, if you’re going through a rough
“Your mind is a garden, your thoughts If it passes this simple litmus test, we
patch today, don’t think it’s too late to start
are the seeds, the harvest can either be nourish it. If it is toxic or doesn’t serve our
planting new seeds.
flowers or weeds.” highest ideals, we know it’s time to set up
spiritual shop and trace it down to its roots We humans tend to get “spiritual” in a hurry
Our thoughts often pass behind our eyelids
for further exploration and healing work. when big life challenges arise, but when the
without much investigation into their origin --
rain clouds part, we forget to continue our
as though these assemblages of information “Spiritual life is a lot like gardening. We
higher practices. What we often forget is that
are out of our control, a simple reaction to till and cultivate the garden of our heart,
the deep work we did in the hard times is what
something we just witnessed. planting seeds of presence, openness
sprouted the happy times we’re now enjoying.
and the ability to respect whatever
But are they really so untamable?
arises. We water each one so the things A parting question: Looking within at your
In Eastern religions, particularly Tibetan which are beautiful in us can blossom.” - own inner garden, where is there a seedling of
Buddhism, there is a notion of cultivating Jack Kornfield potential waiting to be watered? Are there any
spaciousness or breathing room between “weeds” just waiting to be compassionately
Master gardeners and small farmers
our inner world and any events that are released back into the ether?”
never stop minding their soil, even in
transpiring around us. It takes a little
times of abundance when the plants are
practice, but if we learn to hold space for NICK POLIZZI
flourishing. In order to create a healthy
whatever the “outer us” is experiencing, we Host of Proven: Healing Breakthroughs Backed
ecosystem, they must be aware of the
can begin to examine the thoughts, beliefs By Science & Founder of The Sacred Science
natural rhythms and character of their
and patterns that are running through our
particular plot.
minds.
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Vol. 77 No.4 | 9Anna Valentine has generously shared some of
her delicious winter recipes with us. See Anna’s
website www.theveggietre.com for information
about classes and more recipes.
1 parsnip, grated
1 apple, grated
juice of 1 lime
2 stems fresh parsley, finely chopped
½ cup onion weed, dandelion, chicory or
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2 gherkins, diced
VEGAN & 4-6 1 Tbsp capers (optional)
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½ tsp Himalayan pink salt
2. Toss together and leave to marinate for
WINTER SLAW 1. Gather your ingredients and prepare
the following into a large salad bowl:
30 minutes. Then add:
½ cup homemade mayonnaise
I love winter vegetables in salads, they are ¼ red cabbage, finely sliced
½ cup pumpkin and sunflower seeds
crunchy, juicy and delicious! And a great source 1 cup silverbeet or kale, finely sliced
of nutrients in the winter time, I very rarely peel a few cracks of black pepper
(approximately 4-5 leaves and stems)
vegetables as the nutrients are usually found in or 3. Toss everything together well and
4-5 florets cauliflower or broccoli, finely
just under the skin so I give them a quick scrub to serve, garnish with pretty little oxalis
sliced
clean off any dirt. Utilising the wild weeds in the leaves if you like. Store leftovers in a
garden is empowering and free so I have added 1 celery stick, finely sliced
jar in the fridge for 3-4 days, I find that
some options for those who would like to add 1 carrot, grated slaws have a great shelf life in the fridge
these to the salad for extra nutrition and flavour. unlike other dressed salads.
HOMEMADE M
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bowl until one-third full. You want to heat
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the bowl so the honey will melt in it, so
leave the water in for 30 seconds then
Making your own mayo means there are 3. Slowly add the following oil 50ml at a tip it out. Quickly add:
no added nasties and it tastes better too. time:
1 Tbsp manuka honey or maple syrup
I’ve added an option for using aquafaba 250ml rice bran oil
instead of egg yolks in the recipe. 1 tsp vanilla paste
100ml olive oil
Aquafaba is the liquid that beans are 2. Stir together well. Then add:
cooked in and most commonly used is 4. When you’ve added about half of the
1 cup (250g) thick plain yoghurt, dairy or
chickpea liquid, however any bean liquid oil, add:
alternative
can be used this way. 1 Tbsp white or white wine vinegar
3. Stir and fold together. To garnish the
I use a mini food processor to make 1 clove garlic, crushed if whisking Cake, prepare the following into a bowl:
this. If you’re doing it by hand, use a
5. Whisk or whizz in well, then continue to 2 oranges, peeled and sliced
big flattish bowl and put a damp cloth
add the oil gradually. ¼ cup hazelnuts, halved
underneath so it doesn’t skate around.
6. Lastly, add: ¼ cup almonds, halved
1. Add to the food processor or bowl:
zest and juice 1 lemon (add half a lemon 2 sprigs of fresh mint, leaves only
2 egg yolks at a time and test for acidity before
OR adding the rest) 4. Mix together and spoon into the center
120ml aquafaba of the cake then drizzle with:
½ tsp Himalayan sea salt
1 Tbsp stoneground mustard 2 Tbsp runny honey or coconut nectar
a few cracks of black pepper
1 tsp unrefined cane sugar Serve with a good dollop of yoghurt per
Scrape into a jar and keep refrigerated.
2. Whisk or whizz together until pale and serve.
Homemade mayo keeps in the fridge well
thickening.
for a couple of weeks, as long as you use
a clean spoon every time you open it.
10 | VEGETARIAN LIVING NZBEETROOT RISOTTO
This makes a pretty pink risotto 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil (or ¼ cup
and is a great one-pot meal for a for dairy-free version)
weeknight when time is tight. It is 2 Tbsp butter
definitely one of my ‘go to’ meals
3. Melt the butter. Add the prepared
and is super versatile flavor-wise.
shallot, garlic, celery and
Grating the beetroot and pumpkin rosemary. Fry for a couple of
makes them melt into the dish minutes, then add:
while cooking and the pumpkin
1½ cup (300g) risotto rice (arborio)
gives a lovely creamy quality to the
risotto. Constant stirring is the key 4. Continue to fry until the grains are
to achieving a really creamy risotto coated and toasted. Add:
also, as it releases the starch from 100ml Marsala or sweet white wine
the rice. or lemon juice with a pinch of sugar
5. Stir through, then add the grated
1. Gather your ingredients. Prepare
pumpkin and beetroot. Next make K
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the following vegetables:
some stock: VEGAN &
2 shallots or 1 red onion, finely
1.2 L hot water, whey or liquid 4-6 GLUTEN-F
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sliced
vegetable stock (omit powder if SE
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2 cloves garlic, crushed using)
2 stick celery, 1 tsp vegetable bouillon powder
½ cup tasty cheese or vegan alternative, grated
1 small stick fresh rosemary, 6. In another pot, stir the bouillon
½ cup Parmesan cheese or a plant-based alternative, grated
leaves roughly chopped into the hot water or whey to
(save some for serving)
¼ pumpkin, skin and seeds make stock. Add the stock to
the rice half a cup at a time, 1 tsp salt
removed, grated
constantly stirring. Add the pitted ½ tsp cracked black pepper
2 beetroot, scrubbed and grated olives towards the end of cooking.
Stir through and serve with a beetroot tops and rocket salad
¼ cup olives, pitted 7. Test your rice is done; it should be drizzled with balsamic reduction, extra virgin olive oil, salt and
2. Put a large pot on the heat and just cooked with a little bite. Add pepper.
add: the chopped celery leaves and:
ORANGE ALMOND & HAZELNUT CAKE
This is like a pudding cake – dense, 5. Pull the oranges apart and remove
moist and absolutely delicious. It also any pips. Put the oranges in a
happens to be one of my all-time food processor and blitz until very
favourite cakes! A mini food processor smooth.
is the best way to achieve a nice fine- 6. Measure the following into a large
breadcrumb texture for the hazelnuts. bowl:
1. Add to a large pot: 250g unrefined sugar
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2 oranges 4 eggs AK x
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26cm REE
enough water to cover completely.
2 Tbsp ground flaxseed mixed with GLUTEN-F
2. Cover with a lid, bring to the boil, ¼ cup orange cooking water and
CAKE
then turn down to simmer for leave to absorb for 10 minutes
approximately one hour, until the
½ cup brown rice flour
oranges are soft. 3.
7. Whisk together well. Add the 2 Tbsp baking powder
3. Drain (reserve ¼ cup of the water
orange purée and:
if you are making the egg-free 8. Using a whisk, mix everything together well then
version) and leave to cool for 10 2 cup ground almonds scrape into the prepared tin. Bake for 50-60
minutes. minutes; the cake is ready when you test it with a
½ cup hazelnuts, ground in the food
4. Preheat the oven to 160°C and line processor until fine-breadcrumb skewer and it comes out clean. Cool in the tin for
a 26cm cake tin. texture 10 minutes, then take the cake out of the tin and
cool completely on a rack.
THE VEGGIE TREE - Winter Schedule:
1. Pot Sticker Dumplings from Scratch - Sunday 4. Eat a Rainbow Kids Class Cauliflower 6. Master Pasta - Sunday 8th August
27th June 3 - 5pm Macaroni Cheese - Thursday 22nd July 3-5pm
2. Sushi Skills - Sunday 4th July 3-5pm 11-1pm 7. Sourdough and Easy Cheese Workshop
3. Indian Thali Cooking Class and Meal - Sunday 5. Specialty Cakes and Decorating Workshop - - Sunday 29th August 3-5pm
11th July 1-5pm Sunday 1st August 2-5pm
Vol. 77 No.4 | 11BAN ON LIVE ANIMAL EXPORT MORE MEAT-FREE ‘MEATS’
BY SEA Sunfed Meats, the company that put
On 14 April 2021, Minister of Agriculture chicken-free chicken on Kiwi dinner plates
Damien O’Connor announced a ban on the launched its Bull Free Beef, made from CARBON NEUTRAL FARMS
export of live animals by sea. The trade vegetables and cocoa butter, mid-May Lake Hawea Station, northeast of Wanaka,
will be phased out over the next two years. this year. Yellow pea protein was used for has been officially recognised as New
SAFE is delighted to see the New Zealand its meaty texture, while beetroot provided Zealand’s first certified carbon zero
Government taking animal welfare seriously, blood-like juiciness, and Rainforest Alliance farm. After two years of work to improve
and for taking this world-leading step certified cocoa butter gave a fatty feel. its emissions profile without reducing its
forward for animals. income, the high country station has had its
Sunfed founder and chief executive, Shama
While this is a historic development, the ban Sukul Lee, said the Auckland-based carbon footprint signed off by environmental
only applies to animals exported by sea. business wanted to offer consumers more certification provider Toitu Envirocare.
Tens of thousands of animals will continue choice and create a new protein industry for Close to 1800 tonnes (71 per cent) of CO2-
to suffer for the next two years during the farmers, while being kinder to the planet. equivalent emissions from Lake Hawea
phase-out period, as well as the animals who Sunfed launched six years ago with a single Station are due to methane from sheep and
continue to be exported by air. product – Chicken Free Chicken – which had beef.
proven there was a good market for “meat
Contact SAFE or the SPCA to add your voice On the other side of the carbon ledger,
analogues. It’s second product, Boar Free
to an immediate ban rather than a two-year the farm locked up 3966 tonnes of carbon
Bacon followed last year.
phase in! through extensive tree planting and areas of
Because the yellow peas used in Sunfed regenerating bush.
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS products regenerated the soil they grew in,
In time the Rosses hope to add value
all three had a lighter footprint than animal
Fonterra is introducing incentive payments through their soil, from their recent
proteins, Shama Sukul Lee said.
for farmers who meet its sustainability goals, regenerative farming initiatives and the
and pledging to move quicker to replace coal The pea plants were nitrogen-fixing, taking ability tussock has in the alpine country to
boilers at its factories in a raft of measures nitrogen from the air and converting it to sequester carbon.
to help the country meet its zero emissions nitrogen compounds, which helps plants
They are also looking to reduce methane
goal by 2050. grow.
emissions through genetics, regenerative
“We are deeply cognisant that our business “If we have a crop that we are using for food farming and possibly seaweed.
produces 20 per cent of New Zealand’s that is actually good for the soils it’s grown
Their ultimate goal is to be 10 times carbon
greenhouse gas emissions,” Fonterra said in, and the rivers, that’s a win-win any way
positive, sequestering 10 times as much
in its submission to the Climate Change you look at it.”
carbon as they emit.
Commission’s draft report on reducing
greenhouse gas emissions. Some 90 per www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/98723774/ Toitu’s farm certification programme is New
cent of those emissions are generated by its chicken-free-chicken-anyone--the-meat- Zealand’s first carbon certification designed
alternative-made-in-new-zealand specifically for farms.
farmers, 9 per cent from manufacturing and
1 per cent from transport. Steve Dixon, Toitu partnerships and strategy
From June, the dairy cooperative will reward general manager, said the organisation was
THE ROLE OF ANIMALS IN THE
its farmers who meet sustainability and milk adding farm certification to the mix after
DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINES
quality measures, with 10 cents of each working with some of New Zealand’s largest
farm’s milk payment a kilogram at stake. ON May 17, 2021 The Guardian ran an businesses.
Dairy companies Synlait and Miraka already Opinion piece on Medical research by
“Agriculture represents some 40 per cent
operate schemes giving farmers extra Melanie Challenger titled Animals are our
of our land mass and close to 80 per cent
payments for meeting criteria. overlooked allies in the fight against Covid.
of our exports. So, to know the footprint of
Well worth reading, it certainly contains
“The new payment recognises farmers this sector and provide it with a competitive
much thought-provoking information. Check
who are already going above and beyond advantage will be a real asset to the
out the link below if you’d like to read it.
because they’ve innovated and invested agricultural sector and our economy.”
early, and it also offers farmers more www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/
encouragement for taking the steps required may/17/animals-overlooked-allies-fight-
to meet the changing expectations of against-covid-vaccines?
customers and communities,” Fonterra said.
www.stuff.co.nz/business/124706817/
31 March 2021
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Vol. 77 No.4 | 13EAST RESTAURANT
When I was asked to review ‘East’ for and vegan does not mean they have to with the perfect combination of sweet, sour
this issue of Vegetarian Living NZ I was sacrifice taste, and it shows. All the sauces and umami.
powerless to resist, and had no problem and condiments are made in-house, with an
The Som tam salad of young papaya,
persuading my daughter to join emphasis on being full of flavour and
tomato, lime and tamarind was the perfect
me. I had already read good for the environment. Even
palate cleanser before moving onto the large
several reviews of this the wine list is 100% organic and
plate of Caramelised Black Pepper Tofu
new Asian vegetarian vegan.
with jasmine rice. Again, this proved to be
and vegan eatery,
It’s not often that vegetarians delicious.
and being a fan
and vegans have plenty of
of Asian cuisine, Sadly, we’d eaten too much to manage
choices when eating out,
I quickly made a dessert, although it’s an excuse (as
and with such an exciting
booking for lunch. if I needed one) to go back. I highly
menu it was difficult to
recommend East.
East occupies a large choose. However, the wait
space on the ground staff were extremely helpful JEANETTE BLACKBURN
level of the Sudima Hotel with their recommendations, and
East Vegetarian Restaurant,
in the Auckland CBD, and we ended up with all vegan dishes
to share. We tried to cover as much of the 63-67 Nelson Street, Auckland 1010
thanks to large windows looking
onto the street it feels light and airy. The menu as possible, in the interests of our 09 399 2361
menu at East consists of bites, small plates, readers (you’re welcome!), starting with a
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noodles and larger dishes all designed to small bite Miang Kham, and moving onto two
share, with a 75% vegan menu (the rest small plates – the sticky jackfruit bao bun easteats.co.nz
is vegetarian). The owners are lifelong and the chestnut and mushroom dumplings.
Open 7 days 11am to 10pm
vegetarians believing that being vegetarian The balance of flavours worked really well,
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14 | VEGETARIAN LIVING NZExtracts from an opinion piece by Simon Asia’s food-tech hub. US start-up Eat just Asian cuisines, has just attracted some
Draper, in Stuff 29 March 2021 decided to launch its lab-grown chicken major investment and put together a plant-
nuggets on the market in Singapore last based menu for Starbucks.
Asia is now on the frontier of a food
year – its government was open to it and
revolution : the rising middle class across Many have long treated Asia, particularly
Singaporeans are willing taste-testers.
the Asia region, leaps in food technology, China, as the key destination for New
and Covid-19 wellness trends are combining Outside the lab, in Singapore and elsewhere Zealand protein exports – but there are more
to create a perfect set of conditions for in Asia, plant-based proteins are becoming protein products emerging and it’s becoming
Asia’s food and beverage industry to be big business too. Asia’s not new to more and more important to understand
transformed. alternative proteins: tempeh has been in what’s going on in the increasingly
the Indonesian diet for many centuries, for discerning Asian markets. Right now, that
From lab-grown meat and plant-based
example, and soy milk was being sold on means understanding food trends that speak
proteins to crop-management apps and
Shanghai streets a fair few centuries before to the wellbeing of people and the planet.
streamlining of supply chains for resilience,
Kiwis started putting it in their flat whites.
there is rapid growth and innovation Alternative meats are unlikely to completely
happening around food. And this is not With red meat being challenged by new replace meat in Asian dishes any time soon,
just about making money. The changes are technology, growth in the sustainability- but it’s clear things are changing. So there’s
also being driven by the need to build food minded, and people feeling more health an opportunity for New Zealand businesses
systems that will be resilient in the face of conscious since Covid hit, there’s a surging to diversify and future-proof their products.
growing populations, climate change and market for these products in Asia. We already have the clean, green brand on
other disruptive events. our side, but we’re going to have to work
China has included the reduction of meat
hard to distinguish ourselves from others in
Singapore, as an example, imports 90 per consumption in its plan to reduce carbon
the market.
cent of its food. The pandemic has made emissions, and its plant-based meat industry
clear its supply can be quickly cut off in is predicted to grow by up to 25 per cent This will mean we also need to invest more in
times of global crisis, so it has just invested annually. KFCs in major Chinese cities are research and technology to turn our natural
billions in increasing its food self-sufficiency. already selling vegan nuggets. advantages into cutting-edge capabilities.
With very little arable land, that means It’s a brave new world.
Indonesian start-up Green Butcher, which is
lab-grown food and other out-of-the-box
making plant-based ‘meat’ out of chickpeas, (Simon Draper is the executive director of
solutions.
mushrooms and soybeans and coupling it the Asia New Zealand Foundation Te Whitau
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