The Seedling Vegan Kitchen
The Seedling Vegan Kitchen
... soul food for the dreamers of a better world. Vegan food, cooking workshops and vegan
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he Seedling Vegan Kitchen at Old Joes Kaia just outside Nelspruit in Mpumalanga is the centre point of producing products for the online offering, making it possible to enjoy many of its excellent fair at home. It furthermore hosts Vegan Kitchen Adventures for those wanting to learn more about the benefits and pleasures of preparing vegan food. Dehydrating food has become part of its everyday activities. Vegan fair that aims to broaden the scope of available foods.
No animal products or derivatives are served or used in the preparation of the dishes. This means a lighter footprint on the environment and ultimately the planet, lightening the load caused by animal farming and production. It also means a healthier way of eating, not using products with high fat and cholesterol content, no secondary antibiotics or hormone ingestion. It contributes to a cruelty-free world where all sentient beings on earth are considered and given the right to freedom and life.
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Marian Cottle is a vegan chef with extensive training and facilitation experience in various fields. She was instrumental in converting Old Joe's Kaia’s kitchen to The Seedling vegan restaurant.
Vegan Cooking (in house)
The Seedling presents Vegan Kitchen Adventures on-site in its own kitchen, 3-4 times a year. These workshops aim to introduce vegan cuisine, upskilling the vegan cook’s know-how, as well as imparting techniques to cooks and chefs in the hospitality trade who are not familiar with vegan requirements. Food intolerances and allergies are among the topics that are discussed.
A workshop typically runs over a 2-night period with capacity for 10 participants. Tasks include the preparation of dishes under guidance for a breakfast, tea and 4-course dinner. Participants are accommodated on-site.
Off-site Interventions – Workshops & Demonstrations
The aim of these workshops is to empower and optimise the hosts existing facilities to produce magnificent and tasty vegan meals. From elaborate and luxurious kitchens to the most basic open fire facility, workshops are customised accordingly and normally include the use of local produce in the recipes.
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Food Dehydration
Old Joe’s Kaia has partnered with Dryers For Africa in leading the way of securing food for the future and demonstrating the use of a dehydrator as a tool in this process. Training and consultation to clients and prospective clients will be part of this offering. Find out more about Dryers For Africa…
The Role of Dehydration in the Modern World
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DRYERSFood is one of the most basic needs of mankind, yet it supplies a world where there is very little regard for resources, little or no respect for where food comes from or how it was grown. No wonder terms like food scarcity, sustainability and security as well as malnutrition and starvation, are on everyone’s lips.
The distribution of food where it is abundant is a major problem in itself. Redistributed to adjacent areas or even different parts of the world where food is scarce means transport costs are high, normally due to the weight of fresh produce, food spoilage and lack of shelf life are all issues that make for immense food waste on the one hand and severe shortage on the other.
Although the dehydration of food is an ancient art and method of food preservation, there is a new trend in using its principles to solve some of the difficulties above. It preserves nutrients, increases storage stability by preventing food spoilage, and reduces the weight of products for transportation, enabling reach to far flung areas and making sufficient and complete nutrition possible for previously disadvantaged peoples.
For small or large businesses who are interested in bulk dehydration, the above advantages of embarking on this venture is really good news. For those who want to stay with products on smaller scale a smaller dehydrator may become an essential tool in the raw or gourmet kitchen that preserves flavour-packed seasonal fruits and vegetables for use at a later date.
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CATERING ON-SITE
READ ABOUT EVENTS AT OLD JOE'S KAIAThis is your opportunity to book the services of The Seedling Vegan Kitchen to cater for your special event. Start planning a celebration at Old Joe’s Kaia. Decide on a theme, the style of food you want and where you want your table.
POP-UP CATERING
CONTACT US TO FIND OUT MOREDo you need a vegan meal at a different location for a specific event or celebration? The Seedling team can prepare your meal on-site at your event according to your requirements. Be it a finger meal, a brunch buffet or sit-down dinner – we would love to spoil you!
