Events
Plant-Based Socializing & Travel: It’s 100% Possible
Socializing and travel are often sited as challenging aspects of transitioning to a whole food, plant-based lifestyle. With a bit of preparation, creativity, and willingness to develop new ways of doing things, you can ditch the frustration and learn how to navigate social situations and travel with relative ease.
Soups On!
Soup glorious soup! So many flavors, so little time! Bring your favorite whole food, plant-based soup, stew, or chili to share. Have a favorite bread or cracker? Bring that, too.
Cooking Without Oil: It's Easier Than You Think
Did you say cooking without oil? Yep, cooking without added oil. Most people can’t imagine sauteing or making salad dressing without the use of oil. It is not only possible, it is easier than you think, healthy, and tasty, too.
Gratitude & Greens: A Thanksgiving Meal With Friends
Redefine Thanksgiving. Join us for an incredible meal, great company, laughter, and learning. No animal products or added oil grace this meal. Let’s give thanks for the health and vitality we experience as a result of our choice to eat with purpose and compassion.
Holiday Cookie Tasting & Exchange
Celebrate the holidays with some sugar, spice, apple cider (non-alcoholic) and nice people. We will start the evening with visiting and nibbling. Then comes the cookie exchange where we divide the cookies among all in attendance.
Dinner & A Movie
Bring your own dinner or snack to enjoy while you watch an informative and inspiring film about the benefits of the plant-based lifestyle. Question and answer as well as lively discussion to follow.
Plant-Based Picnic Potluck
Plant-Based Potluck
Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 6 p.m. (ET) Dinner starts at 6.
Location
Shiras Room upstairs at the Peter White Library. *This event was previously schedule as a picnic at Presque Isle, but the weather is looking iffy, so we are playing it safe.
Description
Bring a whole food, plant-based dish to share along with the recipe. Whole food, plant-based dishes exclude meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk from animals, added oils (even olive), and processed/ready-made meat and dairy alternatives (think Daiya cheese, Tofutti sour cream, Impossible burgers). This event is meant to be a celebration of the many delicious and healthy dishes that can be prepared without the use of added oils or processed meat and dairy alternatives. Meat and dairy alternatives like sour cream made in your own kitchen with tofu or cashews, burger crumbles made from tempeh, or a cheese sauce made with nutrtional yeast are welcome. The opportunity to try new recipes is a great way to encourage us to move beyond the handful of dishes rotating through our kitchens and help those who are new to plant-based eating to begin creating their own repertoire. Spread the word about this event, and brings friends and family.
Important Details
1. For those who aren’t sure how to cook without oil and/or how to skip the meat and dairy alternatives, a great place to start is the recipe collection found on the Shane & Simple website. Shane specializes in practical, not pretentious, whole food, plant-based recipes made with simple ingredients. If you still aren’t quite sure what to bring, consider fresh fruit, veggies with hummus, or a salad. If it just isn’t in the cards for you to bring a dish, just bring yourself. There will be plenty. All are welcome!
2. Attendees are responsible for providing their own non-alcoholic beverages, table service (plate, bowl, utensils), and serving utensil for their dish.
Plant-Based Potluck
Bring a whole food, plant-based dish to share and your own table service.
Set Your Kitchen Up for Success (Virtual Event)
A virtual kitchen show-and-tell event open to all who are actively pursuing a plant-based lifestyle.