I read about the food club concept awhile ago in some newspaper article: Get a group of people (around 6?) to commit to being in the club and meeting once a month or however often.
You rotate hosting and whoever hosts cooks for the group, then everyone else makes a dish already divided into containers for the other members to take home.
It’s a pretty sweet deal – you cook one big batch of something, then get treated to dinner and take home several containers of food to eat.
Plus you get to try out recipes you might not have experimented with in the first place – everyone in our group includes a recipe card along with their dish.
This is great for me because I rarely cook for myself and when it comes time for a potluck I bring the same few basic dishes because I hate searching online through a million recipes and then wondering how it’ll turn out.
So, I started a food club with four other girls I know through Compassionate Action For Animals – we’ve met three times so far and it’s tons of fun, I was lucky to find people who are interested in cooking and won’t flake out.
Just wanted to share, if it might be an inspiration for anyone looking for something frugal and social to do!
K
Please keep us posted on how the group is working.
I’m watching how this works out and thinking of you. May be yet another convincing vegan argument for me. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/american-will-be-first-cyclist-to-ride-a-vegan-tour-de-france-2304496.html
Hi Brooke – I’m curious why that article would convince you? Most people couldn’t do what those athletes do no matter what their diet…
There are numerous vegan athletes though, that I’ve read about in passing…
Just saying, I don’t think if this guy succeeds it proves anything, but of course I hope he does just for the sake of boosting public opinion about us veg people!
I guess my point is, I would think just seeing everyday vegans who are healthy (and can grow healthy babies) would be enough to convince you it’s an ok way to go?
I’m a (bit of) a cyclist myself, so any anecdotes from other athletes about how their choices improve their performance interests me.
I’ve been meaning to tell you what a great idea this is. I would love to try it out with my group of friends. Where did you hear about/come up with this!?
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