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Teach Vegetarian is a resource for GCSE Food Technology students and teachers to find out everything there is to know about vegetarianism. There are over four million vegetarians and vegans in the UK - and many more people are choosing to eat less meat for health or environmental reasons; veggie food is big business!
Films available for GCSE Food Tech and Sixth Form students
Food For Life – For GCSE Food Technology. Covers all aspects of the vegetarian diet including health and nutrition; animals; environment; feeding the world and examples of what to eat each day to be healthy.
Not In My Name – For Sixth form and GCSE classes debating factory farming. Ten celebrities - including Sir Paul McCartney, actors Joanna Lumley and Martin Shaw; singer Chrissie Hynde; barrister Michael Mansfield QC and top-selling author Anne Fine - speak from the heart to condemn factory farming. Contains powerful footage.
NEW Veggie Cooking Guide
New guide for kids makes cooking veggie easy!
A fabulous 28 page colour booklet featuring 23 delicious, quick and healthy recipes, many of which were invented by young veggies and vegans themselves!
School Speakers and Cookery Demonstrations
the Vegetarian & Vegan Foundation (VVF) has trained school speakers who are prepared to give talks to your class free of charge
Recipes
Bean Burgers
These are easy, quick, tasty and cheap! This is a flexible recipe that can easily be changed by using different combinations of beans/lentils and spice/herbs.
Fruit Kebabs with Chocolate Sauce
Healthy and decadent! A low-fat dessert that blows all the stereotypes out of the water.
Pizza
Mmmm, everybody loves pizza. Here is a cool vegan version!
Chilli Non Carne
We just had to include this recipe – it is taken from the Martin Shaw Recipe Guide and has been eaten by literally tens of thousands of people around the country!
Why vegetarian?
- Health and nutrition
Cutting down on meat and eating more fresh fruit and veg reduces your risk of many illnesses. Find out what to eat each day for health and energy. - Protecting animals
Most of the animals raised for meat production in the UK are factory farmed. - The environment
The livestock industry is responsible for more greenhouse gases than the whole world's transport. - World hunger
How could going vegetarian help feed more people? - Religious and ethical food choices
What do religions say about going vegetarian?
What is a vegetarian?
Lacto-Ovo-Vegetarian
Most vegetarians fit this category. It means vegetarians who don’t eat meat or fish but do eat dairy products and eggs.
Lacto-Vegetarian
A vegetarian who eats dairy products but no eggs.
Ovo-Vegetarian
A vegetarian who eats eggs but no dairy products.
What is a vegan?
The easy way to remember vegetarians eat nothing from slaughtered animals; vegans eat nothing from living or dead animals.
