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Join us for some fun cooking and free food at our biggest event: VEGGIE COOKING NIGHT!

The purpose of this event is to promote that healthy and eco-friendly vegetarian food can be delicious too!

Hey everyone! Gather all the plastic bags in your house and bring it to our Plastic Bag Reclaimation Drive on Tuesday, October 18, 3:30pm to 5:30pm. We'll have a table setup on the Oval, near the Thompson Library.

Thanks for the partnership for letting Spiderman swing by our booth at the Involvement Fair yesterday. Stay tuned for future events to meet up with more superheroes. Leave a comment which superheros would you like to see at our next event.

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Week 6: Yushin
Ok disclaimer: I’m not vegetarian. At first I was nervous about making this post because I thought it wouldn’t be authentic or credible. But upon reflecting on the foods I like, I realized that most of them are vegetarian. Even if I’m not 100% vegetarian, I can still choose to eat ethical AND delicious foods bc they’re all around me! Pictured above is my absolute favorite dish to pair with rice: tomato egg and tofu stir fry. I actually eat this like 3 or 4 days a week😅. It’s sooo easy to make. You just need eggs, tomatoes, tofu, and optionally scallions. Shookest moment of my life was realizing that most ppl make it w/out tofu😱 so if you leave that out it’s even easier! Pledge to eat vegetarian for a meal, a day, a week, or however long you want (your life??) at https://tzuchi.us/vvm

Week 6: Kuanhung
Hey everyone, hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during this difficult time. One way to do both of those things is to cook a vegetarian dish for yourself! Pictured above (excuse my photography skills) is a homemade vegetarian lasagna. I admit, this may not be the most healthy vegetarian dish, but it sure does taste good! Making the switch to vegetarianism can be a daunting task, but if you’re considering the change, switching to one vegetarian meal a week can be an easy and fun way to make progress. Pledge to make the change by visiting https://tzuchi.us/vvm, and visit https://tzuchi.us/coronavirus to learn about what Tzu Chi is doing to relieve suffering during this epidemic.

Week 5: Shing
Hey guys, hope everyone is safe and well! If you are, thank goodness, but then you probably are at home with more than enough time on your hands to try cooking (for the first time in forever for a lot… oh who am I kidding, most of you! Yeah I see y’all) for either yourself or loved ones! If so, I recommend something simultaneously easy yet somehow still extra fancy for that special treat when the gazillionth day in quarantine just ain’t it anymore - tomato, spinach, and white mushroom stir-fry omelette with a side of cut-up bananas! I went the extra mile and lightly garnished mine with parsley, and thankfully my grandma, who this brunch was for, liked that probably somewhat odd combo! It just looks right on the omelette, don’t you agree? :) Pledge to eat vegetarian with us (I’ll give you a cookie! Or better yet, you give me one!!) here: https://tzuchi.us/vvm

Week 5: Ramneet
Ever since I was a child, my family went out of its way to devote at least one entire day to eating solely vegetarian. However, now that I’m older and more responsible for my own food choices, I find myself dedicating more and more days of the week towards discovering vegetarian food options around me. The dishes of my family’s homeland are already full of amazingly complex and beautifully simple vegetarian meals, and I’m so happy that I’ll be able to delve more into the foods my parents grew up with! Attending this past November’s Veggie Cooking Night also introduced me to several new vegetarian dishes, and increased my interest in venturing outside my comfort zone and hopefully improving upon my picky tastes :’) Not only will eating vegetarian help me in becoming more adventurous, it will help me lessen the impact of my actions on the planet itself. The following image depicts one of my mom’s many amazing home cooked meals: nutri soya chunk and potato curry over rice with a side of homemade yogurt!
If you’re interested, join us and pledge here! https://tzuchi.us/vvm To quote Russell from the lovely movely Up, “Adventure is out there!” Contrary to popular belief, there is an amazing variety to journey through in the world of vegetarian dishes!! :D

Week 4: Dennis
While we are all at home during these times, it is a great opportunity to find the time to learn new things. One such topic, which we are promoting today, is how to practice a vegetarian or vegan diet. Today, I will be sharing with you vegan tacos I made the other day. The ingredients are simple—corn tortillas, vegan chorizo (Trader Joe’s), peppers, salsa verde, hot sauce, corn. Of course, you are free to add any ingredients you wish. To me, creating vegetarian dishes can be as simple as stir-frying vegetables and some form of plant-based protein. All you need is an open-mind and some research. I had to do some research when I first began eating vegetarian in 2011 in order to make sure I was able to get all the nourishment I need. In fact, I found out that I was able to get all the necessary vitamins and proteins from plant-based sources. There are many opportunities to be creative when coming up with vegetarian dishes, and I think it is possible for anyone to try. Eating vegetarian for a single day a week, or even for a single meal each day, can make a positive impact on the world. I strongly encourage everyone to try this out and share your ideas with us and your friends! If you are willing to try out being vegetarian, join us for the and pledge here: https://tzuchi.us/vvm. If you want to learn more about what Tzu Chi is doing right now, please check out our website: https://tzuchi.us/coronavirus.

Week 3: Fiona
Want to try a vegetarian dish? Contrary to popular belief, there’s actually a lot of tasty vegetarian food options out there. One specific vegetarian dish that I really enjoy eating is the one that my mom often cooks. This dish is sesame noodles, but it is most commonly known as ma jiang mian. It is a simple dish as it generally consists of thick noodles mixed with sesame sauce. However, you can definitely get creative with this dish as my mom had. In order to increase the amount of nutrients in this dish she added carrots, edamame, corn, and tofu. Want to spice things up a bit? Feel free to add some spicy sauce along with the sesame sauce. By sharing my favorite childhood dish, I hope you guys would spend time cooking up some tasty vegetarian dishes with your family during this time of isolation. Join us and pledge here: https://tzuchi.us/vvm

Week 2: Noor
When I went to a restaurant and ordered a veggie burger, I didn’t really read the menu and all I knew was that this was one of the vegetarian options I had available to me. I was stunned when I looked at the sandwich and saw that it wasn’t just an “ordinary” veggie burger--it was a falafel burger! Falafel is something I ate a lot growing up (easily fried if you have a pre-made mix), and I had eaten it in pita sandwiches, but never before as a burger! It was a surprisingly great concept, both in theory and in practice (i.e. it tastes really good). Now you may not like falafel, and (while I strongly disagree) that’s fine! But this is just one of many examples of ways you can creatively make vegetarian versions of all kinds of food, without much effort at all. And now that we’re all at home and we need ways to mix up our days, we have an opportunity to eat vegetarian a little more creatively!
Pledge to eat vegetarian here: https://tzuchi.us/vvm