Retreat Cuisine
The Stowel Lake Farm (SLF) kitchen team provides a seasonally inspired farm to table experience featuring fresh organic produce. Meals are prepared simply and beautifully to feature the natural vitality of fresh whole food ingredients. Meals are served buffet style and guests can customize their meals to their personal preferences.
Dairy free, gluten free and vegan options are available at each meal.
Dietary Restrictions
If you have a severe anaphylactic allergy to foods that we serve - the kitchen will contact you directly by email. We provide plant based meals featuring our farm grown organic produce and organic sourced ingredients. All of our meals are served buffet style, so you can choose what you want to eat. We provide gluten free, dairy free and vegan options at all meals.
Celiacs
We do use gluten in moderation in our kitchen and therefore we can not guarantee zero cross contamination for anyone with gluten allergies like celiac. We do not use certified gluten free ingredients.
Nut and Seed Allergies
We use tree nuts, peanut butter and seeds including sesame seeds and tahini in our kitchen. We can not guarantee zero cross contamination of these allergens. Our kitchen cannot serve anyone who is anaphylactic to sesame and certain nuts.
Special Diets
If you have a very specific/restrictive diet (eg: low carb/high protein):
You will need to supplement our menu by bringing some of your own ready to eat items.
If you need to avoid specific foods:
You will need to manage this on your own by avoiding dishes that contain those foods, we cannot make individual dishes for anyone.
*Gluten, dairy, eggs and nuts will not be in any main dishes.
You can bring food to supplement their meals. We do not provide cooking facilities for guests and we cannot prepare your items for you in our kitchen. There is a fridge and microwave for you to use.
Simple Meal Option
If the selection of options becomes too limiting for you, you may request to have steamed vegetables and rice prepared for you at lunch and dinner. This request can to be made at the start of the retreat if you know that this would suit you best. Or, you may try the buffet options and if they do not work for you and simply request the simple meal option before 9am on the day it is required.
Retreat Menu
We offer two options for meals times for retreats. Please ask your retreat host which meal schedule applies to your retreat.
Retreat Schedule: Option 1
Breakfast (8:30 am)
Drinks
Organic Coffee
Mains
Eggs, homemade granola, organic yogurt, oatmeal, fresh fruit, and a toast bar or freshly baked muffins.
Lunch (12:30 pm)
Mains
Vegetarian seasonal soup, seasonal garden farm fresh vegetables, and cooked organic grains.
Sides
Freshly baked sourdough bread with protein dip (hummus etc.) or pesto and farm fresh green salad with homemade salad dressing and a selection of nuts, seeds, veggies, or cheese).
Dinner (6:00 pm)
Mains
Vegetarian main dish featuring seasonal farm fresh vegetables (may contain lentils, beans, or nuts) with cooked organic grain.
Sides
Seasonal farm fresh vegetable side dishes and farm fresh green salad with homemade salad dressing and a selection of nuts, seeds, veggies, or cheese).
Retreat Schedule: Option 2
Early Breakfast (7:30 am)
Drinks
Organic Coffee
Light Fare
Toast bar & fruit bowl.
Brunch (10:30 am)
Mains
Vegetarian seasonal soup, seasonal garden farm fresh vegetables, and cooked organic grains.
Sides
Freshly baked sourdough bread with protein dip (hummus etc.) or pesto and farm fresh green salad with homemade salad dressing and a selection of nuts, seeds, veggies, or cheese).
Dinner (6:00 pm)
Mains
Vegetarian main dish featuring seasonal farm fresh vegetables (may contain lentils, beans, or nuts) with cooked organic grain.
Sides
Seasonal farm fresh vegetable side dishes and farm fresh green salad with homemade salad dressing and a selection of nuts, seeds, veggies, or cheese).
Snacks
Available at all times
Tea & fruit bowl
Non-Vegetarian Options
The standard cuisine for farm retreats is vegetarian. Please reach out to your retreat host to find out whether your retreat is including any non-vegetarian options.