High fives on day five of the vegetarian challenge

Get the violins out and pass the tissues please. The vegetarian challenge is sadly coming to an end...

I say sadly but I think most people in the office are drooling at the thought of munching on some meaty meals (ooh er!) It seems we may not have succeeded in turning all employees into true herbivores but at least we have put our all into National Vegetarian Week.

And you can’t blame us really. We’ve had some fantastic organic food to keep us going all week long. The first few days saw us munching on pure pizza perfection but we thought we better try to vary our diet and branch out to other things.  Despite this decision being to the distaste of some – mainly those who feel they could live on What on Earth’s organic pizza alone (and I’m sure they could) – we thought we would chuck some other ingredients into the mix.

We had pasta and curry with What on Earth’s chopped tomatoes, passata and coconut milk. Not together of course. We used them in separate dishes!

And yes, we also had more pizza.  Well, when they’re that delicious one can’t really say no!  What topping did we go for this time??



Pizza Mia - Mozzarella, roasted courgette and goats cheese



As per usual, we threw in some sweet treats as well. We have to keep this a happy office after all. Plus, everyone likes a sugar high on a Friday. Right?! Don't fret, we had our daily dose of fruit too. Berry bags a plenty and lots of Simply Nectar. We necked both the raspberry and citron pressé flavoured Simply Nectar within a matter of seconds. It was grey and dull outside but the sun was shining in the office I tell you!

Well, that brings our working week vegetarian challenge to a close.  I'm feeling very proud and am happy to end the week on such a good note.  High fives all round.  The one thing I’m not so pleased with at the end of the challenge, however, is the lack of milk in the office.  We’ve had to resort to powdered milk. 

Daragh...if you don’t stock up the fridge next week there will be trouble.  Also, if I find out that anybody consumes any meat or other non vegetarian products tonight there will be even bigger trouble.  And yes, those are threats...

Day three in the What on Earth vegetarian challenge

I’m pleased to report that the vegetarian challenge is going very well indeed. Not a crumb of anything non vegetarian has been consumed on the premises. I cannot say for sure if the other participants are abiding by the rules in their own free time (they had better be!) but while they are at work, they seem to be doing rather well. They may even deserve a slap on the back at the end of the week if they all keep it up!

Days two and three of the challenge have seen us consuming some more delicious organic What on Earth goodies – all of which have been meat free and suitable for herbivores of course. Some of the titbits that have been tickling our fancy include pizzas, cakes and even some granola. Here’s just a small taster of what we have been enjoying:



Pizza Florentine - spinach, blue cheese and toasted pine nuts



Banana, maple and walnut



Pizza Cipolla - mature cheddar, double gloucester, fresh leek and parsley

We’ve also been getting part of our five a day by nibbling on some of What on Earth’s fantastic Organic Frozen Berry Pouches.  Well, not the actual pouches - just the fruit inside them!  We’ve so far got through the pineapple, raspberries and blueberries.  There will definitely be more of those on the menu in the next few days!



Fruity!

What have we washed it all down with?  More Simply Nectar of course – that means more of our five a day total!  Lovely.  The flavours we’ve been enjoying recently are apple and apricot.  Mmmm.  A taste of the sunshine.

Fingers crossed the next few days go as successfully as the last ones.  Watch this space!

As always... peace, love & pizza to all.

What on Earth

Meat free madness hits What on Earth

It’s the start of National Vegetarian Week so we at What on Earth thought we would get into the herbivorous spirit and commit to a week of vegetarian fun. Not only will we be celebrating all our products that are suitable for vegetarians, the carnivores in the office will also take part in the meat free madness by not letting any non vegetarian foods pass their lips for the next seven days. We will be monitoring each other closely too so nobody will be able to escape the clutch of the vegetarians! If anybody tries it, there will be forfeits to do and prices to pay.

What on Earth offers all number of veggie options so the celebrations will easily last all week. In fact, we have so many vegetarian products that we will all be able to tuck into a full selection of What on Earth treats every day. No wonder the office is rejoicing at the prospect of ditching the meat. And I thought there were going to be forfeits aplenty.

Day one of the vegetarian challenge saw a fantastic start to the meat free fun. The menu consisted of our beautiful Baked Organic Lemon Cheesecake, washed down with mid morning teas and coffees.

 

A few hours later us greedy gannets followed the cheesecake up with a few slices of our fabulous Organic Basilico Pizza.



Here it is being freshly prepared in the kitchen



As well as these organic vegetarian delights, we will spend the week supping on our favourite drinks – a selection of Simply Nectar’s best fruit juices and nectars.  We just can’t get enough of the fruity deliciousness.  All the drinks are free of GMOs, preservatives and refined sugars.  Not only are they tasty, they’re good for you too.  Our flavour of the day is...

Pear!

Be sure to check back later in the week to see how we’re all getting on.

Peace. Love. Pizza.

The (vegetarian) What on Earth team

Chef Cam comes alive

After the exciting news about the launch of our brand new, limited edition Organic Primavera Lilley Pizza, we thought you may want to see some being made. Our chefs are in action in the kitchen right now and I just have been down there to take some sneaky pics of what is going on.  The guys in the office and I are all hoping some pizza may be cooked especially for us...it’s nearly time for elevenses after all!

Here are the pizzas in their various stages of manufacture and every single one we produce is carefully hand crafted by our fabulous chefs. We try not to disturb them while they’re working their magic though – the chefs mean business so messing with them is not recommended!

As you can see, our guys in the kitchen all muck in to help make our pizzas so darn tasty.

“And here are some I prepared earlier!” The finished pizzas ready to be packaged and sent to our customers. They're looking tasty already.

Oooh good, it looks like the kind kitchenistas (yes, that is a word!) are cooking us a pizza in time for elevenses.  Lucky us.  Into the oven it goes. 

Sadly, the chefs chucked me out of the kitchen before the pizza was cooked. I think I annoyed them by putting my camera in their face. Whoops! You’ll have to check back at a later date for an image of the Organic Primavera Lilley in all its cooked glory. Hopefully they’ll be some cooked pizza on my desk by 11am. I’m going to set my watch by it...

Peace. Love. Pizza.

What on Earth

NEW PIZZA! What on Earth springs to the rescue on this not so dull Friday

After three short weeks at work and two looooong weekends full of sunshine, it is clear to see that this coming weekend, in all its boring two day normalness, could be something of a letdown (unless of course you're going to see Barry Manilow like I am!) I know what you're thinking...this time last Friday you were toasting Kate and Wills and enjoying all the Royal Wedding antics; the Friday before you were basking in the sun and preparing to consume your body weight in Easter eggs. Today? You're sat at your computer, wasting time and counting down the hours until you can leave the office. Correct?! Well, fear not food fans for What on Earth has got just the news to give your weekend the warm and doughy glow you need. NEW ORGANIC PIZZA!

That's right, we at What on Earth are ecstatic to announce the arrival of our brand new, limited edition pizza - the Organic Primavera Lilley. And boy, are we excited about hearing your thoughts on how delicious it is. Topped with sumptuous delights such as goats cheese, spinach, pine nuts, onions and our very own homemade pesto, the new Organic Primavera Lilley is perfect for the spring season.



We don't just have our amazing chefs and product developers to thank for this tasty new pizza either. We can also proffer our gratitude to Ruth Lilley. Ruth is the winner of the competition we ran with our friends at Abel and Cole recently, in which entrants had to come up with a new pizza topping and name. Ruth's suggestion had our mouths watering so we ran down to the kitchen straight away to throw all the ingredients together - and are we glad that we did! The result was an organic dream come true and we can't get enough of our new pizza. In fact somebody in the office is cooking one right now, just in time for elevenses.

Our new pizza is launching today and will be available to buy from Abel and Cole next week. So, don't hang around, get out there and purchase our Organic Primavera Lilley...it'll put a spring in your step! Oh and don't forget to shout out your thanks to Ruth Lilley - extra loud as well please, we want to hear you down here in Battersea.

Peace, love and pizza

What on Earth