Guest guest Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hi Madeline, hopefully someone from Melbourne will get back to you. I live about 1000klm north of there There are chain HFS all over the suburbs and some lovely independant ones in the inner city. There is a great veggie/vegan restaurant in Fitzroy called, " Lentil as Anything " and a BEAUTIFUL restaurant at St Kilda called, " Soul Mama " , overlooking the water and such yummy food! I know there are several Steiner (Waldorf) school inMelbourne and I know of at least 2 on the outer egde of the city. Check out this website (http://www.steiner-australia.org/vic/list.html) I know my daughters Stiener School is extremely supportive of vegetarian lifestyle. Hope some of that helps, Becky Becky Irvine beckstar13 On 01/01/2009, at 12:01 PM, Madeline White wrote: > > My family and I are moving to Australia (Melbourne) for one year in > January. I had a couple of veg related questions and was wondering > if anyone out there had any advice they were willing to share... My > questions are general in nature and I'm just looking to start > gathering a bit of info...I'm wondering about grocery store chains- > any veg/organic/natural friendly? are schools veg friendly or, at > least, indifferent? (My son is 8 and will advocate for himself) Any > products to try or avoid, etc? Thanks in advance for any info... > Madeline > ________ > Keep in touch and up to date with friends and family. Make the > connection now. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Hope that this is ok to jump onto here - My son's school (Montessori) has been covering a different continent every few months, and when they finish one, they do a 'Fun Lunch' where some parents are supposed to bring in food from the continent (it was assigned to us randomly at the beginning of the year which continent we had), so it's pretty varied depending on where they've been learning about, and my son won't eat anything he's not sure of for his . We happen to have been assigned Oceania/Australia, and I was wondering if there was anything that was maybe a traditional Australian food that we could make - either already vegetarian (but no milk) or vegan items for next month's Fun Lunch. (my son will eat eggs, I'd prefer to not use them if possible, but no one in his class has an egg allergy that I know of - there is a child with a severe peanut allergy, and my son has a milk protein allergy so there are some restrictions we do have to adhere to - I'd prefer vegan/vegetarian (no dairy of any kind) and the school is peanut/nut free (so absolutely no nuts of anykind). Any ideas would be welcome! I found a pumpkin soup, I think it was and Anzac biscuits. It's for the kids (ranging in age from 3-6yr olds), so it should be kid-friendly, too, though it's all about being exposed to different cultures/foods/customs. Thanks so much! Missie On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Becky Irvine <beckstar13 wrote: > Hi Madeline, hopefully someone from Melbourne will get back to you. > I live about 1000klm north of there > There are chain HFS all over the suburbs and some lovely independant > ones in the inner city. There is a great veggie/vegan restaurant in > Fitzroy called, " Lentil as Anything " and a BEAUTIFUL restaurant at St > Kilda called, " Soul Mama " , overlooking the water and such yummy food! > I know there are several Steiner (Waldorf) school inMelbourne and I > know of at least 2 on the outer egde of the city. Check out this > website (http://www.steiner-australia.org/vic/list.html) I know my > daughters Stiener School is extremely supportive of vegetarian > lifestyle. > Hope some of that helps, > Becky > > Becky Irvine > beckstar13 > > On 01/01/2009, at 12:01 PM, Madeline White wrote: > >> >> My family and I are moving to Australia (Melbourne) for one year in >> January. I had a couple of veg related questions and was wondering >> if anyone out there had any advice they were willing to share... My >> questions are general in nature and I'm just looking to start >> gathering a bit of info...I'm wondering about grocery store chains- >> any veg/organic/natural friendly? are schools veg friendly or, at >> least, indifferent? (My son is 8 and will advocate for himself) Any >> products to try or avoid, etc? Thanks in advance for any info... >> Madeline >> ________ >> Keep in touch and up to date with friends and family. Make the >> connection now. >> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Missie - I would get in touch with Mark Berriman at the Vegetarian Society of Australia: his email avs. He's a vegan and I'd bet that he would be very helpful. Good luck! Marla > Hope that this is ok to jump onto here - > My son's school (Montessori) has been covering a different continent > every few months, and when they finish one, they do a 'Fun Lunch' > where some parents are supposed to bring in food from the continent > (it was assigned to us randomly at the beginning of the year which > continent we had), so it's pretty varied depending on where they've > been learning about, and my son won't eat anything he's not sure of > for his . We happen to have been assigned Oceania/Australia, and I was > wondering if there was anything that was maybe a traditional > Australian food that we could make - either already vegetarian (but no > milk) or vegan items for next month's Fun Lunch. (my son will eat > eggs, I'd prefer to not use them if possible, but no one in his class > has an egg allergy that I know of - there is a child with a severe > peanut allergy, and my son has a milk protein allergy so there are > some restrictions we do have to adhere to - I'd prefer > vegan/vegetarian (no dairy of any kind) and the school is peanut/nut > free (so absolutely no nuts of anykind). > > Any ideas would be welcome! I found a pumpkin soup, I think it was and > Anzac biscuits. It's for the kids (ranging in age from 3-6yr olds), so > it should be kid-friendly, too, though it's all about being exposed to > different cultures/foods/customs. > > Thanks so much! > Missie > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Becky Irvine <beckstar13 > wrote: >> Hi Madeline, hopefully someone from Melbourne will get back to you. >> I live about 1000klm north of there >> There are chain HFS all over the suburbs and some lovely independant >> ones in the inner city. There is a great veggie/vegan restaurant in >> Fitzroy called, " Lentil as Anything " and a BEAUTIFUL restaurant at St >> Kilda called, " Soul Mama " , overlooking the water and such yummy food! >> I know there are several Steiner (Waldorf) school inMelbourne and I >> know of at least 2 on the outer egde of the city. Check out this >> website (http://www.steiner-australia.org/vic/list.html) I know my >> daughters Stiener School is extremely supportive of vegetarian >> lifestyle. >> Hope some of that helps, >> Becky >> >> Becky Irvine >> beckstar13 >> >> On 01/01/2009, at 12:01 PM, Madeline White wrote: >> >>> >>> My family and I are moving to Australia (Melbourne) for one year in >>> January. I had a couple of veg related questions and was wondering >>> if anyone out there had any advice they were willing to share... My >>> questions are general in nature and I'm just looking to start >>> gathering a bit of info...I'm wondering about grocery store chains- >>> any veg/organic/natural friendly? are schools veg friendly or, at >>> least, indifferent? (My son is 8 and will advocate for himself) Any >>> products to try or avoid, etc? Thanks in advance for any info... >>> Madeline >>> ________ >>> Keep in touch and up to date with friends and family. Make the >>> connection now. >>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ >>> >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 Wow Missie, your e-mail really got me thinking about just how little food culture we have. Pies are a bit of an 'aussie' thing, but you could go for other things like dampa, or im trying to think of bush tucker but i doubt you would get any of it over there. You can get some good vege pie reciepes from the vegan site of nsw. Dampa is pretty easy *BUSH DAMPER* 3 cups of self-raising flour 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 3 tablespoons butter (vegan marg?) 1/2 cup soy milk 1/2 cup water Sift flour and salt into a bowl, rub in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Make a well in the centre, add the combined milk and water, mix lightly with a knife until dough leaves sides of bowl. Gently knead on a lightly floured surface and then shape into a round, put on a greased oven tray. Pat into a round 15-16 cm (6-6 1/2 inch) diameter. With sharp knife, cut two slits across dough like a cross, approximately 1cm (1/2in) deep. Brush top of dough with milk. Sift a little extra flour over dough. Bake in a hot oven for 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Reduce heat to moderate and bake another 20 minutes. Best eaten the day it is made. Anzac Biscuits Traditional biscuits baked by anxious wives and mothers during World War I, packed in food parcels, and sent to the Australian soldiers in the trenches. [image: Anzac Biscuits] *INGREDIENTS* 1 cup rolled oats 3/4 cup desiccated coconut 1 cup plain flour 1 cup sugar 125g (4oz) butter 2 tablespoons golden syrup 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 tablespoon water Preheat oven to 300F (150C) Mix oats, flour, sugar and coconut together. Melt syrup and butter together. Mix soda with boiling water and add to melted butter and syrup. Add to dry ingredients. Place 1 tablespoonfuls of mixture on greased tray (allow room for spreading). Bake for 20 minutes. Loosen while warm, cool on trays. (makes about 35) Hope this is helpful. Ange On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Marla Rose <marla wrote: > Missie - > > I would get in touch with Mark Berriman at the Vegetarian Society of > Australia: his email avs <avs%40veg-soc.org>. He's a vegan and > I'd bet that he would > be very helpful. > > Good luck! > > Marla > > > > Hope that this is ok to jump onto here - > > My son's school (Montessori) has been covering a different continent > > every few months, and when they finish one, they do a 'Fun Lunch' > > where some parents are supposed to bring in food from the continent > > (it was assigned to us randomly at the beginning of the year which > > continent we had), so it's pretty varied depending on where they've > > been learning about, and my son won't eat anything he's not sure of > > for his . We happen to have been assigned Oceania/Australia, and I was > > wondering if there was anything that was maybe a traditional > > Australian food that we could make - either already vegetarian (but no > > milk) or vegan items for next month's Fun Lunch. (my son will eat > > eggs, I'd prefer to not use them if possible, but no one in his class > > has an egg allergy that I know of - there is a child with a severe > > peanut allergy, and my son has a milk protein allergy so there are > > some restrictions we do have to adhere to - I'd prefer > > vegan/vegetarian (no dairy of any kind) and the school is peanut/nut > > free (so absolutely no nuts of anykind). > > > > Any ideas would be welcome! I found a pumpkin soup, I think it was and > > Anzac biscuits. It's for the kids (ranging in age from 3-6yr olds), so > > it should be kid-friendly, too, though it's all about being exposed to > > different cultures/foods/customs. > > > > Thanks so much! > > Missie > > > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Becky Irvine <beckstar13<beckstar13%40optusnet.com.au> > > > > wrote: > >> Hi Madeline, hopefully someone from Melbourne will get back to you. > >> I live about 1000klm north of there > >> There are chain HFS all over the suburbs and some lovely independant > >> ones in the inner city. There is a great veggie/vegan restaurant in > >> Fitzroy called, " Lentil as Anything " and a BEAUTIFUL restaurant at St > >> Kilda called, " Soul Mama " , overlooking the water and such yummy food! > >> I know there are several Steiner (Waldorf) school inMelbourne and I > >> know of at least 2 on the outer egde of the city. Check out this > >> website (http://www.steiner-australia.org/vic/list.html) I know my > >> daughters Stiener School is extremely supportive of vegetarian > >> lifestyle. > >> Hope some of that helps, > >> Becky > >> > >> Becky Irvine > >> beckstar13 <beckstar13%40optusnet.com.au> > >> > >> On 01/01/2009, at 12:01 PM, Madeline White wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> My family and I are moving to Australia (Melbourne) for one year in > >>> January. I had a couple of veg related questions and was wondering > >>> if anyone out there had any advice they were willing to share... My > >>> questions are general in nature and I'm just looking to start > >>> gathering a bit of info...I'm wondering about grocery store chains- > >>> any veg/organic/natural friendly? are schools veg friendly or, at > >>> least, indifferent? (My son is 8 and will advocate for himself) Any > >>> products to try or avoid, etc? Thanks in advance for any info... > >>> Madeline > >>> ________ > >>> Keep in touch and up to date with friends and family. Make the > >>> connection now. > >>> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/ > >>> > >>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 Thanks Marla and Angela. Very helpful. Missie Sent from my G1 phone! On Jan 5, 2009 7:52 AM, " Angela Nagle " <angel.nail wrote: Wow Missie, your e-mail really got me thinking about just how little food culture we have. Pies are a bit of an 'aussie' thing, but you could go for other things like dampa, or im trying to think of bush tucker but i doubt you would get any of it over there. You can get some good vege pie reciepes from the vegan site of nsw. Dampa is pretty easy *BUSH DAMPER* 3 cups of self-raising flour 1/2 teaspoon salt (optional) 3 tablespoons butter (vegan marg?) 1/2 cup soy milk 1/2 cup water Sift flour and salt into a bowl, rub in butter until mixture resembles fine crumbs. Make a well in the centre, add the combined milk and water, mix lightly with a knife until dough leaves sides of bowl. Gently knead on a lightly floured surface and then shape into a round, put on a greased oven tray. Pat into a round 15-16 cm (6-6 1/2 inch) diameter. With sharp knife, cut two slits across dough like a cross, approximately 1cm (1/2in) deep. Brush top of dough with milk. Sift a little extra flour over dough. Bake in a hot oven for 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Reduce heat to moderate and bake another 20 minutes. Best eaten the day it is made. Anzac Biscuits Traditional biscuits baked by anxious wives and mothers during World War I, packed in food parcels, and sent to the Australian soldiers in the trenches. [image: Anzac Biscuits] *INGREDIENTS* 1 cup rolled oats 3/4 cup desiccated coconut 1 cup plain flour 1 cup sugar 125g (4oz) butter 2 tablespoons golden syrup 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 1 tablespoon water Preheat oven to 300F (150C) Mix oats, flour, sugar and coconut together. Melt syrup and butter together. Mix soda with boiling water and add to melted butter and syrup. Add to dry ingredients. Place 1 tablespoonfuls of mixture on greased tray (allow room for spreading). Bake for 20 minutes. Loosen while warm, cool on trays. (makes about 35) Hope this is helpful. Ange On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Marla Rose <marla wrote: > Missie - > > I would ... > Australia: his email avs <avs%40veg-soc.org> <avs% 40veg-soc.org>. He's a vegan and > I'd bet that he would > be very helpful. > > Good luck! > > Marla > > > > Hope that this is ok to... > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Becky Irvine <beckstar13<beckstar13%40optusnet.com.au> <beckstar13%40optusnet.com.au> > > > > wrote: > >> Hi Madeline, hopefully someone from Melbourne will get back to you. > >> I live... > >> beckstar13 <beckstar13%40optusnet.com.au> <beckstar13% 40optusnet.com.au> > >> > >> On 01/01/2009, at 12:01 PM, Madeline White wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> My family and I are mo... -- " One person flying in an airplane for one hour is responsible for the same greenhouse gas emissions as a typical Bangladeshi in a whole year. " - Beatrice Schell, European Federation for Transport and Environment, November 2001. * The global livestock industry is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all the planes, trains and automobiles in the world combined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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