Come Veg With Me!
Come Veg With Me is a veggie dinner party event based on the popular TV series Come Dine With Me. It’s a great way to get people talking about sustainable food and encouraging people to take the Part Time Carnivore pledge!
Come Veg With Me
Dinner Party!
1. Select a delicious meat-free menu
Think about what veg is in season with eatseasonably.co.uk Check out some recipe websites:
2. Send invitations to a few meat-eating friends
Use the template invitation supplied with your pack.
3. Buy your ingredients
Think about where you get your ingredients from and look for local, organic or fairtrade wherever possible. Ask for a donation towards the cost of the meal and to support the People & Planet network. A small fundraiser like this can help you meet the £200 fundraising target for People & Planet groups. Please submit any donations at the end of Go Green Week here
4. Get cooking
Why not get your guests there early to help you cook and share your skills. One of the biggest barriers to going veggie can be not knowing how to make delicious veggie food! Lots of groups up and down the country are running Cooking Workshops to provide people with new cooking skills and fun, delicious communal food!
5. Serve, eat and enjoy
Make sure you capture the evening with photos or video and upload them to the Go Green Week gallery
6. Ask your guests to rate the meal
You could use the scorecard templates in your pack to get your guests’ marks out of 10. Think up some nice prizes for those with the winning dish.
7. Get your guests to become Part-Time Carnivores
Make this meal a life changing experience by asking guests to sign the Part-Time Carnivore pledge. If you would rather do it on paper, there’s a sign-up sheet provided with your activity pack. If your university or college doesn’t already its own Part-Time Carnivore online pledge, you can request one here.
8. Choose the next host
Challenge your guests to host their own Come Veg With Me.
9. Get your photos/video online
We’re designing a swanky Go Green Week Gallery to upload your great photos or videos.
10. Tell us how it went
Tell us and Part Time Carnivore what you cooked and how it went. Send us links the recipes you used and your photos or videos. If Part Time Carnivore feature your report on their blog, you get 10 free Part-Time Carnivore badges! Simply fill in a report of how it went to apply.
