Virtual Lunch Club – Tuesday 22 March

Join us via Zoom, for V for Life's next virtual lunch club, Tuesday 22 March at 1pm. We'll be making a tasty Moroccan Medley of root vegetable tagine and a couscous salad.

Check out the recipes below, buy your ingredients and cook the dishes on the day ready for the lunch club at 1pm.

Root Vegetable Tagine

Couscous Salad

You'll need to buy or find the following ingredients in your cupboards:

Root Vegetable Tagine

• 1 medium onion, quartered
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks
• 2 large parsnips, peeled and cut into large chunks
• ½ medium butternut squash, seeds removed, peeled and cut into large chunks
• 500ml vegetable stock (*or gluten-free vegetable stock)
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 medium cinnamon stick or 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp freshly grated ginger or ½ tsp ground ginger
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 5 dried apricots, quartered
• 400g tin chickpeas
• 2 tbsp freshly chopped coriander for garnish (optional)
• 2 tbsp flaked almonds for garnish (optional)

Couscous Salad

• 60g/2oz couscous
• 1 spring onion – chopped
• ¼ red pepper – chopped
• ½ small tin of sweetcorn (or chickpeas or beans)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small tomato, chopped
• 85ml/generous 5½ tbsp water
• Chopped parsley, brown sugar, lemon juice and soy sauce

Talk cookery, recipes and more, and meet likeminded people from across the UK.

If you'll struggle to cook on the day, feel free to join with a cup of tea or whatever you're having for lunch that day.

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

Email ellie@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 you're on Facebook don't forget to join the virtual lunch club group here.

If technology and Zoom in particular are new to you, and you need technical advice visit https://www.abilitynet.org.uk/ call 0800 048 7642. (Please note that this number is in no way related to V for Life, and AbilityNet will have no knowledge of the lunch club.) You could also 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.