National Vegetarian Week 2009

Make a fresh start for summer with alfresco food and friends.

Grab your shopping list, freshen up your table and try out a few new ingredients as you make a fresh start for summer with alfresco food during National Vegetarian Week. Impress your friends with these tasty morsels, ideal to share at barbecues and picnics - Tofu Kebabs with a Mustard Mayonnaise Dressing, Marinated Halloumi Cheese Skewers with Mediterranean Vegetables, Mexi Baked Tortilla, Potato Salad with Chopped Mint & Lemon, Spiced Sweet Potato Slices and a Warm Avocado Salad with Roasted Red Pepper Dressing. Find the recipes online at www.vegsoc.org

National Vegetarian Week 2009 18-24 May 2009 is sponsored by Cauldron Foods. Cauldron Foods together with the Vegetarian Society are encouraging more people to discover the possibilities and benefits of vegetarian cooking.

National Vegetarian Week (NVW) is the annual awareness-raising campaign promoting inspirational vegetarian food and the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle. Last year over 1400 businesses, schools, pubs, caterers, libraries and retailers all got involved with finding out the benefits of a meat-free lifestyle.

Notes for editors

· For more press information, logos, images or recipes, please contact Liz or Su in the press office: 0161 925 2000. Email: press@vegsoc.org or outside office hours on 07973 108 167.

· The Vegetarian Society of the UK (founded in 1847) was the first organisation worldwide to adopt the term “vegetarian”. A vegetarian does not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, or slaughter by-products.

· For more press info and to see images please visit http://www.vegsoc.org/nvw/2009/press