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Food For Life - Haiti Relief

Food For Life - Haiti Relief

Hannah Moorcroft writes: "Dear all at ScouseVeg, I'd like to tell you about an absolutely amazing, ethically sound organization called "Food for Life". This is the worlds largest vegetarian/vegan food relief. Serving more than 1.500.000 veg meals daily. Food for Life operates in more than 50 coun

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The Second Annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale

The Second Annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale

Time to bake some muffins people: Hi, this is Gary Loewenthal from Compassion for Animals, a Washington, DC-area grassroots animal advocacy group (www.compassion4animals.org - perpetually under construction). I wanted to invite you to participate in the second annual Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale, Apr

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Take Two Chefs

Take Two Chefs

I know, not a very original title... Wanted to get this out before last week but time got away from me, so here now is a feature on two American chefs who specialize in vegetarian and vegan recipes. No meat, just veg. They have both managed to become famous via a couple of celebrity daytime chat

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My Handmade Soaps

My Handmade Soaps

Well not mine... This is a plug for a website which does as it says on the tin: My Handmade Soaps, a local cottage craft based in Newton Abbot, Devon was launched by Cherrie Elliott in 2006, since when it has grown from strength to strength. All the product range is made from 100% vegetable base

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The Vegetable Orchestra

The Vegetable Orchestra

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you... The Vegetable Orchestra: Found via Noise Addicts: The Vegetable Orchestra performs on instruments made of fresh vegetables. The utilization of various ever refined vegetable instruments creates a musically and aesthetically unique sound universe. T

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New Shop: Honest To Goodness [Updated]

New Shop: Honest To Goodness [Updated]

We here at ScouseVeg like to do everything we can to help any local business which is veggie/vegan related and we have an opportunity to do that by telling you about a new shop just opened over the water called Honest To Goodness: Honest To Goodness is an ethical grocery shop and everything they

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Support Meat Free Monday North West

Support Meat Free Monday North West

An important message from Hanna: "Dear all at ScouseVeg and everybody else whose cares about our precious planet! A little while ago we got inspired by Sir Paul McCartney and his daughters launch of the Meat Free Monday campaign here in the UK. Although being long time vegetarians/vegans, we t

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Beanie's Page

Beanie's Page

This website is sponsored by Beanie's Health Foods If it wasn't for the kindness and generosity this website would have trouble surviving. (We have bills to pay as well). But it isn't just for their sponsorship that this dedicated page to them exists - This is here to tell you about some of the

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Your Natural Beauty Store

Your Natural Beauty Store

We always like to help and promote any local business here on ScouseVeg that are environmentally and animal friendly and Your Natural Beauty Store is a new online store not long started. It is a recommended visit. - A note from Carrina Rowe, the Sales & Marketing Manager: I started the site becau

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Niki's Recipes from Come Dine With Me

Niki's Recipes from Come Dine With Me

Reposted again: The recipes that Niki used for her vegan menu on Come Dine With Me: » Baked Avocado On A Bed Of Aparagus With Vegan Bacon In A Cream Sauce Serves 5 Ingredients: 2½ ripe avocados 1 carton of soya cream 1 pack of redwood's vegan bacon a medium sized bunch of asparag

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News

ScouseVeg Gallery Updated

ScouseVeg Gallery Updated

The ScouseVeg Picture Gallery has just been updated. New images added including pics from various get-togethers, parties, events and so on. Just added are some pics taken by Matt from the recent ScouseVeg Xmas party. A couple of them are below: A guide to the Gallery: - ScouseVeg Meetings Pics from the monthly gatherings. Takes place the first Frid...

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If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls

If Slaughterhouses Had Glass Walls

Sir Paul McCartney has added the narration to a new PETA video on factory farming. In the introduction to the video Sir Paul says: “I’ve often said that if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” “Animals raised on modern factory farms and killed in slaughterhouses endure almost unimaginable suffering.&...

Jukebox

Mr Johnny Silver…

Mr Johnny Silver...

…or Dr. Winston O’Boogie, Joel Nohnn, John O’Caen, Dr. Winston O’Reggae, Dr. Winston O’Ghurkin, Rev. Thumbs Ghurkin, Rev. Fred Ghurkin, Hon. John St. John Johnson, Kaptain Kundalini, Dr. Dream, Dwarf McDougal, Mel Tourment… whatever you want to call him… Pictured above with Nigel Walley is a 17-year old J W...

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The True Cost Of Xmas

The True Cost Of Xmas

The True Cost Of Xmas Via the Vegetarian Society: Around 10 million turkeys are slaughtered in the UK to meet the demand for turkey at the Christmas table. In the natural world a turkey’s lifespan is around ten years but for food they are normally killed between 9 and 21 weeks. Regardless of how animals are kept ... ...

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QuarryGirl.com Review Some Liverpool Veggie Restaurants

QuarryGirl.com Review Some Liverpool Veggie Restaurants

It’s always nice to be noticed and thanks to a link back to ScouseVeg, we found a couple of reviews on QuarryGirl.com (a website with vegan news and reviews) about The Egg Cafe and Yuet Ben restaurant, both here in the Liverpool city centre. miss anthrope from Quarry Girl spent a day and a night in ... ...

Recipes

Recipe: Two Potato Vindaloo

Recipe: Two Potato Vindaloo

Here’s one that I know our Niki will like. Found via the Guardian. Two potato vindaloo Ingredients: 1 tbsp cumin seeds 1 tbsp coriander seeds 8 cardamom pods ½ tsp cloves ½ tsp ground turmeric 1 tsp paprika 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 tbsp vegetable oil 2 large shallots (about 150g each) ½ tsp brown mustard seeds ½ tsp fenugreek 25 curry leav...

Events

ScouseVeg Monthly Meeting – December 2009

What ? The monthly ScouseVeg social gathering. Where ? The Egg Cafe, 16-18 Newington, Liverpool   Map/Directions When ? Friday December 4th, 2009 From 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm More info: Scouseveg’s monthly meeting at The Egg Cafe in city centre Liverpool. Join us for an informal gathering, and meet some like-minded people. Families ...

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It’s cold outside…

It’s cold outside...

…So treat yourself to a free vegan roast and animal-friendly shopping: Liverpool Christmas Vegan Fayre Saturday December 5th, 12 – 4pm @ Old Police Station, Lark Lane Forget about cold weather and the credit crunch and head to Lark Lane on December 5th for Merseyside Animal Right’s annual Christmas Food Fayre. With all proceeds going to ...

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Hey Jude Flowchart

Does as it says on the tin. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] ...

TeeVee

Two Films

Two Films

… That I’d like to bring to your attention. They cover different perspectives but both of them need their story to be told, so please take a moment to read & then watch some clips. One of the films shows how man can be kind to animals and the other… well it’s difficult to watch and ... ...

News

Supermarkets Told to ‘Green Up Their Act’

Supermarkets Told to 'Green Up Their Act'

Item via Treehugger: “Organic food and the Slow Food Movement are big parts of the green food experience in the United Kingdom. Unfortunately, the supermarkets that help supply the movement are lagging behind, according to the government. The Herald Scotland reports that the government, academics, and regional NGOs are ratcheting up the press...

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Support Meat Free Monday North West

Support Meat Free Monday North West

An important message from Hanna: “Dear all at ScouseVeg and everybody else whose cares about our precious planet! A little while ago we got inspired by Sir Paul McCartney and his daughters launch of the Meat Free Monday campaign here in the UK. Although being long time vegetarians/vegans, we thought this campaign was an excellent idea to ... ...