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

Hey look what are friends at Abel and Cole are up to!

Free pizza!

Posted on 10 March 2011

Our friends at What on Earth, who make our organic pizzas, are a brilliant bunch, and generous too. They’ve asked for your help to come up with your very own pizza topping and name it. They’ll make it and we’ll give you some free, then sell it on our website for everyone else to tuck into. See our Facebook page for more details.

We like a laugh here at Abel & Cole but if free pizza is involved, we take things pretty seriously. Thank goodness for the What on Earth team then, who’ve put together this handy guide to making a tip top topping.

What on Earth’s tips for the perfect pizza

With well over a decade of pizza-making experience, we like to think we know our dough from our onions, which is why we’ve thought up a few handy hints to help you design your ultimate pizza. We’ve used all manner of toppings in our time, but we’ve always steered clear of preservatives, additives and pesticides. Nothing involving Brussels sprouts has ever made it past our taste-testers either.

For this competition, we’d love to see you make the most of seasonal ingredients; after all, it’s a limited edition pizza and spring only lasts for so long. Loads of foods enter their prime at this time of year, and we don’t just mean Easter eggs.

One other important tip to help you with your creation: our handthrown pizza bases are known for being authentically thin and crispy, so if you choose too many different toppings they’re likely to turn floppy. For an easy-to-eat slice, stick to two or three key spring-gredients (did you see what we did there?) rather than piling them high.

Apart from that, we reckon you should let your imagination run wild: if you want it on your pizza, we’ll whack on our wellies and track down an organic version for you. And if you need a little extra inspiration, try munching on one of our other pizzas while you’re thinking – it always works for us!

Peace, love and pizza,

The What on Earth Team

Best of luck to everyone, and don’t forget to hop on over to our Facebook page for more info and to enter your topping.

To tell us your Spring pizza topping idea leave a comment underneath the big photo in this photo album by Friday 1^st April, then hope that people vote for yours! We’ll be looking for the one with the most votes, but may need to apply some seasonality and commonsense sway to decide the final winner.

The winner will be able to name their limited edition pizza, and will be sent a batch hot off the press. Three runners up will also get a batch of What on Earth goodies.

Copywriter/Marketing Assistant Wanted

Have you got a way with words? Do you know anything about marketing and PR? Are you wondering where we’re going with this? Well, wonder no more, because What on Earth are looking for a new Copywriter and/or Marketing Assistant.

We need someone to tell the world about our gorgeous GMO-free pizzas, cakes and cooking ingredients, someone with a working knowledge of social media and an interest in marketing and PR. We’re not entirely sure what we’re looking for yet, but we’ll know when we’ve found you: as long as you can capture our tone and get excited about organic food, then we’d be pleased to meet you.

Both the hours and the salary of this role have yet to be confirmed – it really just depends on what we can offer each other. If you’ve got a good eye for grammar, a flair for communication and the enthusiasm to make this role your own, please send your CV and little bit about yourself to hello@whatonearth.co.uk

RESOLUTION ROUND-UP

We haven’t made many new year’s resolutions here at What on Earth HQ because even though we’re trying to change the world in our own small way, we don’t have quite the same drive when it comes to ourselves. We considered committing to a daily team jog around Battersea Park, then we gave in and admitted we’d probably only make it to the café round the corner. Most inspirational is our Chief of Selling Stuff, who has decided to boost her iron levels for 2011. She's eating loads of tasty Crazy Jack Organic apricots, which are a good source of the mineral – although she often ends up snacking on iron-rich dark chocolate too! If you’re the type of person who wants to meet their goals without giving up the things they love, then we’ve got a few suggestions for you.

Nobody would want to cut down on pizza – it’s just so quick and delicious – but if you’re trying to eat less refined white wheat flour, you might see no other choice. Fortunately, our wondrous range of spelt pizzas can sort out your diet dilemma. Spelt is one of our superstar ingredients: a fabulous yeast-free, biodynamic product that delivers nutrients by the bucket load. Grown for thousands of years, it contains less gluten that conventional modern wheat, making it easier to digest. And, as if that wasn’t enough, we also produce a goats cheese and red pepper spelt pizza that’s completely free from cows milk, so you can give yourself a double pat on the back. Actually, if we’d thought about how easy it would be to shake up our diet for the new year, we might have made a few more resolutions of our own…

ORGANISING AN ORGANIC CHRISTMAS

Our advent calendars tell us that Christmas is getting closer all the time and here at What on Earth we’re rushed off our (slightly frozen) feet, but we’ve decided to take moment to hand on some seasonal shopping tips. We know from experience that organising an organic Christmas usually takes a bit more work than nipping to your local supermarket, so here are a few of our festive favourites.

First up is Garlands Organic, whose shop is set in a pretty place called Pangbourne. But even though the village looks like a real-live Christmas card when the snow falls, we’re not suggesting that you have to head out there in person – you can buy from Garlands' range online, including luxury mincemeat for making your own additive-free pies. Tasty, plus baking is a great way to stop kids from being bored in the long, long Christmas holidays.

If you’ve got a house full of hungry youngsters, we’d recommend stocking up on a few packs of our children’s pizzas for fuss-free lunches. You can order them through another of our top shopping picks, Abel & Cole, who also sell some of our most Christmassy desserts: Chocolate Yule Log Cake and Baked Orange & Vodka Cheesecake. Can’t decide between the two? Have both, that’s what the festive season is all about…

Finally, for anyone who hasn’t had time to even think about buying Christmas gifts yet, fear not: we have the perfect solution. And don’t worry, our bright idea isn’t frozen pizzas for everybody (we tried that one year but they’re quite hard to wrap, and because they’re free from preservatives they didn’t last long under the tree). When we eventually manage to dash away and do some spending, we’ll be heading straight to the new Willow Organic shop in Chelsea to get our hands on some posh pressies. With lovely touchy-feely silk packaging that is biodegradable and recyclable, these beauty products are ideal for eco-conscious other-halves and they get a big festive thumbs-up from us. Enjoy!