‘Spring green’ your Easter menu

- make a compassionate choice

19 March

‘Spring green’ your Easter menu and make a real choice about the food you eat with The Vegetarian Society’s Easter menu. Start with an - Avocado and Lime Salad, followed by an Easter Nest of Roasted Balsamic Vegetables with Aromatic Wild Rice and for the sweet toothed enjoy a Black Cherry and Kirsch Truffle Dessert or Spicy Vegan Hot Cross Bun. Feel good about what you eat - visit www.vegsoc.org/recipes

The Vegetarian Society of the United Kingdom is the oldest vegetarian organisation in the world. It is an educational charity promoting understanding and respect for vegetarian lifestyles. The Society aims to make a difference to the future of vegetarianism - for individuals, for the animals and for the planet.

National Vegetarian Week 21 – 27 May 2007 is the UK’s annual celebration of all things veggie. The week is organised and co-ordinated by The Vegetarian Society and for 2007 the Society is focusing on the ways vegetarianism can help reduce your environmental impact.

NOTES TO EDITORS

• Recipes are free and are available on email as are high quality images. Please contact Su Taylor in the Press Office on 0161 925 2000 or press@vegsoc.org

• Outside office hours The Vegetarian Society Press Office can be contacted on 07973 108 165/7. Alternatively visit the website for lots more information at www.vegsoc.org/nvw

• The Vegetarian Society defines a vegetarian as a person who eats no meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea. Vegetarians also avoid the by-products of slaughter such as gelatine or animal rennet in cheese. The Society only approves products containing eggs when they are free-range.