September Newsletter – Free cookery courses, Chai-spiced apple recipe, Jackfruit Taco recipe

Welcome back!
We hope you’ve all had a blistering summer break. The MIH team camped, surfed, sunned and got busy with some exciting plans for a new venue. Watch this space for more details.

We’ve just announced our next round of Free 6 week International Cuisine and Family Cooking For Life courses so snap up a place while you still can. 

With kitchen love,  

Sarah, Nynke, Veryan, Dilupa, Agathe, Andi, Jayshree and the whole MIH family 

Masterclasses

VIP SERIES Going Vegan with Anton Petrov Saturday 8th September 12.00 - 4.30pm Former Vanilla-Black chef Anton Petrov will show you how to make delicious plant-based cheesy sauces, meaty tastes and textures, epic desserts, pancakes and intro you to vegan-specific ingredients. Read More
	Fermentation with Asa Simonsson Saturday 15th Sept 10.00am - 2.30pm  This stunning class from Asa Simonsson is a celebration of all things fermented. You’ll learn about the health benefits and how to make kombucha, water kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, salsa’s, chutneys and nut cheese. Read More
Fermentation with Asa Simonsson Sunday 16th September 10.00am - 2.30pm This stunning class from Asa Simonsson is a celebration of all things fermented. You’ll learn about the health benefits and how to make kombucha, water kefir, sauerkraut, kimchi, salsa’s, chutneys and nut cheese. Read More	VIP SERIES Wild Food Cookery with Rachel De Thample Saturday 29th September 11.00am - 4.30pm A fabulous foraging walk with tasty samples followed by a wild food cookery class. You’ll learn to make stunning dishes such as fennel sourdough crumpets, dandelion butter, nettle & hazelnut gnocci and more. Read More

Community Classes

International Cuisine @The Redmond Community Centre  Wednesdays 6.30pm - 8.30pm, 3rd October - 7th November Meet new people, learn new recipes and make delicious global cuisine in as healthy a way as possible. All levels welcome.	Family Cooking For Life @ The Redmond Community Centre Thursdays 4.30pm - 6.30pm 4th October - 15th November Learn to make amazing, tasty, healthy food with your small folk in these super fun classes. Free meal at end.
International Cuisine @ Lea View  Fridays 6.30pm-8.30 pm, 5th October - 9th November   Meet new people, learn new recipes and make delicious global cuisine in as healthy a way as possible. All levels welcome.	Family Cooking For Life @ Nye Bevan Mondays 4.00pm - 6.00pm 1st October - 12th November Learn to make amazing, tasty, healthy food with your small folk in these super fun classes. Free meal at end.

Didn’t make it to Vevolution 2017? No worries. You can now watch all the talks from their main stage on You Tube – including Made In Hackney founder Sarah Bentley’s talk From Chicken Shop To Chickpeas. Aimed at the largely vegan audience who attend Vevolution, she talks about the change in tide towards veganism, it’s rapid rise and how Made In Hackney gently and compassionately encourages people to eat more plants. Watch it here!

Thinking of running a marathon, climbing a mountain or jumping out a plane? Why not do it and fundraise for Made In Hackney at the same time? Not got anything planned yet? Read about our last call out for Hackney Half Marathon runners for inspiration. Not sporty? No problem. A bake sale, wear a silly outfit to work day or supper club work just as well. Get in touch with us and we’d be delighted to provide flyers, running vests, inspiration and high fives.

Why buy seasonally? Eating non-local, air freighted fresh produce contributes to climate change. Reduce your carbon footprint by buying from box schemes & farmers markets.

Vegetables		Fruit and Nuts	Wild
Artichoke Beetroot Butternut Squash Chillies Cucumber French Beans Horseradish Lettuce and Salad leaves Potatoes Peas Spinach Sweetcorn Turnips	Aubergine Broccoli Carrots Courgettes Fennel Garlic Kale Mangetout Pak Choi Runner Beans Spring Onions Tomatoes Watercress	Apples Blackberries Damsons Medlar Hazelnut Pears Plums Raspberries   Redcurrants	Acorns (if you know how to prepare them) Beech nuts Bilberry Blackberry Elderberry Hazelnuts Nettles  Pennywort  Rosehip Silverweed Sorrel

NB: When buying seasonally check provenance. If you're aiming to reduce your carbon footprint there's no point buying 'seasonal' apples flown in from New Zealand.

Bay Leaf Tea

You might be more used to dropping a bay leaf in your curry or stew – but why not drop one in your tea cup too? This simple brew – which can be jazzed up with cinnamon or other spices – herbalists believe to be great for improving digestion, reducing inflammation, improving heart health and aiding to regulate insulin. 

Ingredients 
Makes 1 Cup
2-3 bay leaves 
1 cinnamon stick or ¼ teaspoon cinnamon 

Method
1: Boil water and then leave to cool for 5 minutes. 
2: Place 2-3 bay leaves in a mug with 1 cinnamon stick or ¼ teaspoon of cinnamon. 
3: Leave to steep for 10minutes. 
4: If you’d like a hotter drink warm it up in a pan. 
 
Photo by Monika Grabkowska on Unsplash

Always consult a medical practitioner before using a new herb.

Jobs To Do In The Garden

• Keep harvesting crops
• Preserve any gluts into pickles, jams, fruit leathers etc
• Pinch and cut any tomato plants so they focus on ripening existing fruit
• Cut leaves from potatoes about 3 weeks before you lift them – prevents blight 
• Remove leaves shadowing any squash or pumpkins
• Keep watering and feeding French and runner beans
• When beans and peas finish cropping cut away at stalk – leave roots in soil to add nitrogen
• At end of month start planting garlic cloves 
• Pot on mint and parsley to have on window sill and use throughout winter

What To Sow Now

• Garlic cloves(direct ground) • Salad greens to be eaten as microgreens (greenhouse or windowsill) • Mung beans for sprouting (windowsill)• Onion sets • Broccoli seeds for sprouting (windowsill) • Alfalfa for sprouting (windowsill) •

Photo by Eco Warrior Princess on Unsplash

Sweet Chai-Spiced Apple With Pistachio Crunch

Jazz up this seasons apples with this delicious recipe from our ambassador Dr Rupy Aujla. Recipe

Jackfruit Tacos

This tasty dish from Kali Hamm is a great dinner party piece. Yum yum. Recipe