Christmas Catering

Food Christmas tree made of fresh rosemary and red chili on dark background, top view

For us, cooking is more than just cooking.

For us, cooking is pleasure, ethics, ecology, culture, architecture, aesthetics and art, but above all knowledge and skill. Vegan cooking is avant-garde and for us it means being creative, experimental, unexpected, new, emotional and peaceful in our approach.

Our natural cuisine requires regional, fresh and healthy products from the surrounding fields and forests: All our food is organically grown.

Whether candlelight dinner, wedding, birthday party, Christmas event, aperitif, classic banquet, party service, flying buffet, corporate event, up to the gourmet feast including location or just delivery. Everything is possible from 30 people, or from 10 people for cooking courses!

Contact us us for a special catering service. By telephone on + 41 79 541 41 66 or info@vegankitchen.ch

We are also happy to take over the entire organization of your event.

Mushroom Pumpkin Quiche

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Ingredients

1 homemade or pre-made pie crust

3 russet potatoes, medium

3 sweet potatoes, small and long

1 medium pumpkin

1 tbsp roasted sesame oil + more for green onions

4 green onions, chopped

1 tsp olive oil

1 lb silken tofu

1/2 tsp turmeric

1/2 tsp curry powder

3-5 mushrooms, sliced

salt and pepper to taste

Optional Garnish:

1 tbsp finely sliced green onion

one hand full of chanterelles

a few leaves of fresh chervil

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 300°F/150°C.

Crust:

Gently lay pie dough on ungreased 9-inch glass or ceramic pie or quiche plate and shape by pressing firmly against sides and bottom. If using a pre-made crust, roll it up and re-roll into the plate. Lightly prick the surface and edges with a fork. Pre-bake the dough for 10 minutes. While baking, prepare filling.

Filling:

Peel the potatoes and the sweet potatoes. Cut the potatoes into narrow slices.

Cut the pumpkin in half vertically. Discard the stem. Remove the seeds with a spoon, then cut into medium cubes.

Steam the potatoes and pumpkin in a steam basket for 10-15 minutes. After steaming, rinse the vegetables with cold water or place in a cold water bath to halt the cooking process. Remove skin from pumpkin.

Place vegetables on a baking sheet. Drizzle with roasted sesame oil and mix together. Bake for 10-15 minutes in the oven at 350°F/180°C.

Cut the green onions into long, narrow slices. Sauté in frying pan with a dash of sesame oil for about 3 min. Season with salt and generous pepper.

In a blender, combine the silken tofu, turmeric, curry powder, olive oil, and salt. After completely blended, add the sautéed green onions and pulse once more.

Now everything comes together:

Place the steamed pumpkin pieces in the dough first. Top with the blended silken tofu mixture. Evenly place the mushrooms, potatoes, and sweet potatoes on top of the filling. Bake the quiche until golden brown at 350°F/180°C for about 10-15 minutes or until the filling has set in the middle.

Optional Garnish:

While the quiche is baking, mix the chanterelles and the green onions in a small pan. Drizzle with olive oil. When quiche is removed from oven, garnish with the chervil. Serve the quiche warm together with chanterelles and enjoy!

Fast Fashion

bildschirmfoto-2016-10-21-um-11-31-34The “Fast Fashion” exhibition also shows the suffering of animals in the clothing industry.

“Fast Fashion. The dark side of fashion” sheds light on the background to the globalized textile industry. It deals with production mechanisms, economic and social aspects, but also with environmental issues.

At the end of the exhibition, the well-known Swiss cartoonist Ruedi Widmer explores the difficulties of defining what slow fashion actually is and how to find one’s way through the jungle of countless quality labels, some of which are not very meaningful.

The exhibition also includes the reports “Wool production in the USA and Australia” and “Angora rabbit wool production in China”.

The exhibition will take place from October 26, 2016 to June 5, 2017 at the Textile Museum St. Gallen. You can find more information under this link.

Source: Peta Newsletter 21.10.16 & Textile MuseumSt. Gallen

 

Green Days.

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Store totally green.

At the new event GREEN DAYs – sustainable life & style – you will find exquisite lifestyle products that combine design, style and enjoyment under the aspect of sustainability.

Women and men can shop here with a clear conscience and be inspired!

From the areas:

  • Fashion & Accessories
  • Beauty
  • Living & Living
  • as well as food & luxury foods and so-called “SUPERFOOD”

You can find all exhibitors here. If you would like to make your own stand, you can register here.

Green Days on November 6, a Sunday, in the Maag-Halle Zurich

Our Friends such as Pretty and Pure, Sanikai and Favorit Fair will also be there with a stand!

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Autumn pumpkin curry recipe

Autumn soup

 



Ingredients for 2



persons:

200g basmati rice, whole grain

½-1 piece of pumpkin, e.g. Butter pumpkin

200g potatoes

10 g ginger

1 onion, peeled

2 tbsp sesame oil, roasted

5dl vegetarian vegetable stock

8 pieces of physalis, separated from the leaf

200 ml coconut milk, unsweetened

1 tsp turmeric

1 tsp curry, mild

Pepper, freshly ground

some ground chili

Topping

some pepper, freshly ground

4-6 physalis slices

 

Preparation:

Cook the whole basmati rice according to the packet instructions (in a rice stove or in a pan).

In the meantime, peel and roughly dice the potatoes and pumpkin and steam gently (in a pressure cooker or steamer).

Finely chop the ginger. Fry this together with the onions and garlic in the sesame oil. Add the steamed pumpkin and potato pieces and fry briefly, then deglaze with the vegetable stock. Allow everything to boil down a little. Divide the physalis and add to the stock. Now stir the coconut milk into the stock and blend everything to a smooth cream using a hand blender. Season to taste with the turmeric, curry, pepper and chili. Bring the curry to the boil again, cover and simmer over a medium heat for a further 5 minutes.

Pour the curry into two soup bowls and serve with the physalis slices and pepper.

Serve with the wholesome basmati rice.

 

By the way

Physalis is the
Cape gooseberry
contains high-quality vitamin C and still grows in Switzerland

(in organic quality in the
Alnatura
on Löwenstrasse in Zurich).

 

Picture: Tablecloth from the brockenhaus,
saucer from Ensoie
,
Soup plate
and
napkins
from
Ikea
.

2- 4 December 2016

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The Vegan Market combines vegan clothing, accessories, cosmetics, street food, books and much more with a varied cultural and entertainment program with readings and live music in a unique market atmosphere. The regular event will celebrate its premiere during the Advent season from December 2 to 4, 2016, and will take place for the first time at the EWZ Unterwerk Selnau on the weekend of December 2 to 4, 2016, showcasing the wide range of products, services, food and culture that the vegan world has to offer in a Christmassy atmosphere. The Vegan Market will initially be held on a quarterly basis with a varied and seasonal range of products, enabling Zurich residents to cover their everyday vegan needs. The event is thus clearly positioned alongside street food events and street festivals and is characterized in particular by its informal atmosphere.

In the food sector, the focus is on innovation and quality. The diversity of the
vegan indulgence is demonstrated and the market proves impressively that vegan nutrition has nothing to do with abstinence. The non-food area shows young designers, vegan cosmetics, jewelry and gift ideas and offers the opportunity to discover new things and find inspiration. The market is complemented by a musical framework and an inspiring cultural program: panel discussions with vegan influencers are just as much a part of it as book signings by cookbook authors and readings of vegan literature.Tattosforcharety

The vegan kitchen will be there with a Tattoo`s for Charity stand: More on this soon here.

 

Date: Friday/Saturday/Sunday, December 2-4, 2016
Location: EWZ Selnau substation, Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zurich
Opening hours: Friday 11:30 – 22:00, Saturday 10:00 – 22:00 and Sunday, 10:00 – 18:00

Contact for stand registrations:

Overall management: Peter Egli, 079 101 94 94; aussteller@theveganmarket.ch

still refugees

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There are still refugees in the sea, sometimes as far as the eye can see.

The UN describes the refugee crisis as one of the worst ever.

Please watch the

21.20 minutes long video

on the current situation in Greece (by New York Times).

 

The war

Troops of President Bashar al-Assad’s government are facing fighters from many opposing warring factions. The civil war was triggered by a peaceful protest during the Arab Spring in early 2011, which escalated into an armed conflict.

In April 2016, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, estimated that 400,000 people had been killed since the start of the war.[10] Around 11.6 million Syrians are on the run: At least four million Syrians fled their country and 7.6 million are on the run inside Syria.[11]

Source:
Wikipedia

The refugee situation

War has been raging in Syria for more than five years. Much of the infrastructure has been destroyed and millions of people have fled to neighboring countries. Those who have remained are stuck between the fronts: over two million children live in regions that are almost inaccessible to aid organizations. Around 600,000 people, including an estimated 260,000 children, are living in besieged cities and neighborhoods.

Unimaginable suffering in Aleppo
The situation in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, which is currently experiencing the fiercest attacks since the beginning of the civil war, is becoming increasingly dramatic. Up to 250,000 people have been trapped in the east of the city since the beginning of July. Just 14 doctors are left to care for them.

Almost two million people in Aleppo are without running water. In the east of the city alone, 100,000 children are forced to drink contaminated water from boreholes or even bomb craters. Food prices have multiplied and even basic foodstuffs such as bread are no longer available.

A whole life at war
Over 3.7 million Syrian children under the age of five have known nothing but war, displacement, violence and insecurity. More than 300,000 were born in refugee camps in the surrounding countries. UNICEF estimates that 8.4 million Syrian children inside and outside the country are now dependent on humanitarian aid.

Hospitals and health centers are being targeted with unimaginable cruelty. Over 6000 schools were destroyed, severely damaged or converted for military purposes.

Children are not only exposed to violence, displacement and deprivation, but are also increasingly being recruited to fight. Younger and younger children are being sent to the front or used for suicide attacks.

Source:
www.unicef.ch

 

What you can do

 

1. sign the petition:

To the Swiss Federal Council

More than 65 million people worldwide are on the run, fleeing war, persecution and violence. Women, children and men are looking for protection, security and a better life. According to the UNHCR, 86 percent of refugees worldwide are in developing countries, while only 14 percent have been taken in by rich countries such as Switzerland.

The neighboring countries of the crisis regions, as well as the states on the EU’s external border, are not in a position to grant refugees the protection they deserve on their own. They need support, including from Switzerland.

In 2015, the Federal Council decided to take in 1,500 particularly vulnerable refugees from Syria within three years and to relieve the burden on Greece and Italy by accepting 1,500 asylum seekers. So far, only a small number have been accepted, although the situation for the refugees in the countries concerned is precarious. Switzerland can and must do more!

We are therefore calling on the Federal Council:

  • take in the promised 1,500 particularly vulnerable refugees from the Syrian conflict as quickly as possible,
  • to relieve the burden on Italy and Greece as quickly as possible by accepting 1,500 asylum seekers from these countries, as promised,
  • show more solidarity and take in more refugees and asylum seekers

Sign the petition, please
here.

 

2. donations

Unicef

Caritas

fluechtlingshilfe.ch

3. become a foster family for a refugee child

caritas.ch/en/becoming-active/becoming-a-care-family/

 

4th “With me” project: Becoming godparents of refugee children

withme.ch/

 

5. cook a meal for refugees

gemeinsamznacht.ch

 

VEGGI WORLD LECTURE ON SUNDAY 25 SEP 2016

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Vegan restaurants

https://vegelateria.ch/

http://www.ellenbelle.ch/

http://rootsandfriends.com/

http://www.marktkueche.ch/

http://www.mensa.uzh.ch/standorte/raemi59

http://vlowers.ch/

Vegetarian with vegan menus

http://www.aylafood.ch/

http://sasou.ch/

http://www.vze.ch/Einrichtungen/Vier-Linden/Traiteur

http://www.samses.ch/

vegan friendly

http://www.miyuko.ch/aktuell/

http://www.bgoodrestaurants.ch/

http://www.maison-blunt.ch/

https://www.happycow.net/

https://www.vanilla-bean.com/

 

VEGGIWORLD from 23-25.9 @ Messe Zürich/ Oerlikon

veggiworldVeggieWorld is Europe’s oldest and largest trade fair series for vegan products and services. A cross-section of the market for animal-free products from the food, drink, cosmetics and fashion sectors will be presented. VeggieWorld is an information medium, showcases new products, is also a meeting place for restaurateurs and buyers, is a lucrative marketplace and a gourmet trade fair.

You can find more information about the program, opening hours etc. right here.

Vegan Queens

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The new cookbook “Vegan Queens” by Sophia Hoffmann will be published by Edel Books on October 6, 2016. In addition to 10 delicious vegan menus, she introduces you to 10 companies in the catering sector that are run by women. Among the queens is the Swiss vegan queen Lauren Wildbolz. Over 80 recipes and 10 inspiring success stories from the kitchen! Don’t miss out and grab a book;-)