Cooking on Trees For Life conservation volunteer weeks

On Trees For Life work weeks, a couple of volunteers cook for the whole group each evening. That can be pretty scary if cooking for twelve people isn't something you've done before.

Happily it isn't as bad as it sounds. There always turns out to be some good cooks in every group, ready with friendly advice.

Even novice cooks (like me) produce good meals with a little help from our friends. It probably helps that everyone is very hungry after a day working on a hillside.

All the food is provided by Trees For Life and is entirely vegetarian. That can be an extra challenge if you don't usually cook vegetarian meals.

Many people find it helpful to have a few recipes written down with the quantities for 12 people. I've gathered a few of the favourites from several different people. You can download them from the link on the right.

If you have favourite work week recipes, tell us about them in the Cooking Forum.

Ingredients Available on all TFL Work Weeks

Dairy	Drinks	Fruit	General	Herbs etc	Spreads	Vegetables
Cheese Eggs Margarine Milk Soya milk	Apple concentrate Barley cup Chamomile tea Coffee Fennel tea Mint tea Redbush tea Tea	Apples, eating Bananas Dates Lemons Oranges Pears Raisins	Bread Chick peas Cornflakes Cous Cous Custard powder Flour, brown Kidney beans Lentils, brown Lentils, red Muesli Oat Cakes Oat Flakes Olive oil Pasta Peanuts Rice, brown Ryvita Sugar, brown Sunflower seeds Tofu T.V.P. mince	Basil Bouillon, vegan Chilli powder Cinnamon Coriander seeds Cumin Curry powder Garlic Ginger Ginger, fresh Ground pepper Lemon juice Mixed herbs Mustard Nutmeg Oregano Rosemary Salt Soya Sauce Tomato paste Vinegar, cider	Honey Jam, sugar free Marmalade, sugar free Marmite Peanut butter Pear & apple spread Sandwich pickle Tahini Vegetable pate, mixed	Broccoli Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Courgettes Cucumber Lettuce Mushrooms Onions Parsnips Peppers Potatoes Tomatoes Tomatoes tinned