Virtual Lunch Club, Tuesday 22 September

Join Chef Justina on Tuesday 22 September, via Zoom, for V for Life's next virtual lunch club. Cooking up some warming, comforting dishes ready for Autumn: tasty vegetable stew and flapjacks.

Check out the recipes below, buy your ingredients and cook the dishes on the day ready for the Zoom chat at 1pm. Talk cookery, recipes and more, and meet likeminded people from across the UK.

Vegetable Stew: https://vegetarianforlife.org.uk/recipes/easy-recipes-for-one/vegetable-stew

Easy No-Bake Peanut Butter Flapjacks: https://vegetarianforlife.org.uk/recipes/cakes-and-puddings/easy-no-bake-peanut-butter-flapjacks

Here's what you'll need to add to your shopping list or dig out of the cupboard:

Vegetable Stew:

1 tbsp vegetable oil

1 small onion – sliced

1 potato

1 stick celery

1 carrot

1 small piece of swede

1 parsnip

55g/2oz mushrooms – sliced

Few florets cauliflower

150ml/¼ pint vegetable stock

1 tbsp tomato puree

¼ tsp yeast extract

1 bay leaf

½ tsp mixed herbs

Flapjacks:

½ cup peanut butter

1–2 tbsp coconut oil

½ cup maple syrup

1½ cups oats

50g dark chocolate

Open to vegetarians, vegans and meat reducers aged 65 and over.

Email training@vegetarianforlife.org.uk to find out more, or to book your place and get the Zoom link and password. Or call the VfL office on 0161 257 0887.

If technology and Zoom in particular are new to you, visit https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/ call 0800 048 7642, or email enquiries@abilitynet.org.uk for help.  If you're already tech savvy, all you'll need to do is open the Zoom link in your internet browser and join the meeting.

Make sure that your audio and video are switched on. We'll be happy to talk you through all of this on the day or in advance.