Meatless Meetup

This is an event for people who want to learn to cook dishes from around the world! Everyone who signs up for the event, including guests, will bring a different homemade Iranian dish to share with the others. Links to great vegan Iranian recipes can be found at the bottom of this description!

Please bring a vegan dish, with at least 8 servings (=8 big scoops). Vegan means no dairy, eggs, honey, gelatin, whey/casein, or other animal byproducts. Please bring an ingredients list for your dish and include your name and the name of the dish.

As this event is held at Vancouver CoHousing, we ask for a $2 donation to cover some costs. Please bring a plate, cup, napkin, and cutlery for yourself, and a serving utensil for your dish.

Confirmed Dish List (more to come):
Jon: Reshteh Polo (noodle rice with "meatballs")
Camila: Baklava
Melissa: Yellow Rice
Sandra: Loobia Pollo (green bean rice with TVP to veganize it)
Tip: Spaghetti
Sharmila: Sourdough Bread
Sharmila's Guest: Rice Pudding
Nancy: Borani Laboo (beet-yogurt dip) with flat bread
Norm: Salad-E-Khiar-O-Anar (cucumber, pomegranate and mint salad)
Shannon: lentil soup with turmeric and cinnamon
Elle: Yatimche (vegetable stew)
Trina: To-Fish and Ma'amoul (date and nut filled cookies)
Sue: Javaher Polow - Persian Jeweled Rice (rice with raisins, almonds and veggies)
Dave: Salad Olivieh (Persian potato salad)
Melissa: Zeitoon Parvardeh (home-made Persian marinated olives)
Tina: Khoresh Bade (eggplant stew)
Ben: Shirazi Salad

To ensure that we each bring a different dish, I will be contacting all attendees. If you have a favourite vegan Iranian recipe, we'd love to try it! If you need inspiration, you could try something from one of these websites (beware that not all recipes on these sites are vegan, so check the ingredients):

You're in for a treat if you decide to join us at SUN Bo Kong for this wonderful vegan Chinese dinner. They are giving us a fabulous deal of a price of $25 CASH including tax and tip per diner!

All Vegan Menu:

1. Hot and Sour Soup
2. Spiced Salt & Pepper Deep Fried Tofu
3. Bean Curd Skin Roll in Black Bean Sauce
4. Bamboo Piths with Seasonal Vegetables
5. Tasty Fresh Shiitake Mushrooms
6. Mapo Soft Tofu in Chili Sauce
7. Peking Cutlet
8. Sizzling Chow Mein
9. Singapore Style Curry Vermicelli

COST: $25 including tax and tip. CASH ONLY, CASH ONLY, CASH ONLY per diner, paid AFTER sitting down at the table.

NB. As this is a set menu being prepared for us in advance, RSVPing here is your commitment to e-transfer the cost of your meal AFTER the event IF you cancel with less than 24 hours' notice. Those not answering the RSVP question will be removed but are welcome to reregister if space permits.

There is limited parking in the back and on the street in front. Give yourself extra time to find parking if coming by car so you are on time and our volunteer hosts can collect your CASH and relax and enjoy the meal at the same time as others.

Psst! Did we mention this is a CASH ONLY event?

Not to be confused with the Chinese Buddhist monasteries we visit, this is the Thrangu Tibetan Monastery, a large Buddhist temple in Richmond.

We are meeting at 10:50 just inside the back door of the monastery. We cannot be late because we are getting a tour.

First we will have a tour of the monastery. Following that there will be a very short talk, followed by a question and answer session, and a meditation. We will then have lunch. The lunch is made up of Nepali, Indian and Chinese dishes.

Please note: While vegetarianism is not a requirement of Tibetan Buddhism, this monastery serves only vegetarian and vegan food. 50% of the lunch buffet is vegan. Be sure to check which dishes are vegan before taking a portion.

Lunch is by donation.

Come prepared with cash for your donation and a question to ask.

N.B. We have to give the monastery an accurate number of guests as they are a charity and buying food for our attendees, so agreeing to the registration question when you RSVP is a requirement for attendance at this event. If you get removed from this event by hosts, it's nothing personal--you are very welcome to reregister and just answer the RSVP question.

Join us once again for a vegan compassionate Thanksgiving Potluck and partake in this feast of thanks and bounty with fabulous prizes! PLEASE READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:

Doors open at 5:00. Entrance is by donation. Proceeds from this event will go to cover the hall rental and Meatless Meetup costs.

This is your chance to build community. This is a family-friendly event, so please bring your loved ones young and old, veg or non. Though many attendees may not be vegan, please be sure to bring a vegan dish, as this is an animal-friendly event.

Who says Thanksgiving can't be vegan? Let's show them by bringing mostly traditional Thanksgiving-y dishes, vegan style!

Please bring a vegan dish, cut and portioned for serving, with at least 8 servings (=8 big scoops). Vegan means no dairy, eggs, honey, gelatin, whey/casein, or other animal byproducts. You don't have to cook, though--vegan food from a deli is A-OK. Please bring an ingredients list for your dish.

You do not have to cook. Store-bought food is fine to bring, it just won't be eligible for a prize.

Also, please bring a plate, cup, napkin, and cutlery for yourself, and a serving utensil for your dish. (a bag for your dirty dishes would be useful, too)

Rough Schedule:
Volunteer Raffle Draw 5:10pm
Volunteers eat at 5:45
Buffet tables open to everyone, in order of table number, at 6:00
Raffle draws throughout the evening

Choices Market is kindly donating some vegan roasts and pumpkin pies. Plant Veda is donating a scoop of strawberries and cream Nora's ice cream for each attendee!

There will be fabulous prizes for the best appetizer, best entree, and best dessert.

This event will also feature the opportunity to win prizes in a raffle! Please bring some loonies and toonies to participate.

Here are SOME of the FABULOUS PRIZES from last year (stay tuned for updates):

$50 gift certificate for BEST ENTREE from Feast and Fallow
$30 gift card for Runner Up Best Entree from Mila Plant-Based restaurant

$50 gift certificate for BEST DESSERT from MeeT restaurants
Runner UP Best Dessert Gift box of non-dairy products by Plant Veda containing cashew milk, lassi, yogurt, and creamers.

$20 gift certificate for BEST APPETIZER from Vegan Shoku

• multiple $20 gift certificates for Po Kong vegetarian restaurant

• multiple $20 gift certificates for Sun Bo Kong vegetarian restaurant

• $20 gift certificate from Vegan Shoku

• coupon from Dr. Matt Nagra (Naturopath)

• $30 gift card from Virtuous Pie restaurant

• gift card from MeeT restaurants

• gift card from Eternal Abundance restaurant

• 50% coupon discount off any items at Vogue Cakes bakery, up to a $30 value

• NightHowl LED safety necklace for dogs (x2)

• "The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook" by Isa Chandra

• "Vegan Pie in the Sky" cookbook by Isa Chandra

• "No Meat Athlete" book by Matt Frazier

• 8 Piece Baking set