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Barley — A New Way with an Ancient Grain

March 27, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

If I say barley, you probably say mushroom.  I love mushroom barley soup, and I make a damn good one  . But barley, an ancient whole grain, has applications far beyond mushroom barley soup.  I’ve been on a bit of a barley binge lately, riffing on it with different spices, different vegetables. This recipe for…

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE

Harira —A Soothing Bowl of Wonder for Everyone

March 20, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Harira is a soothing bowl of wonder served to break the daily fast at Ramadan, and the ticket to nurse a cold or lift you out of a bad mood.

Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups

Irish Soda Bread

March 13, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

We’re all Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so let’s all celebrate one of Ireland’s true culinary treasures — soda bread, a traditional loaf made with flour, baking soda, salt, butter and buttermilk. Simple, right? But it tastes greater than the sum of its parts, with an almost Zenlike complexity. There’s the delicate tang from the…

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Filed Under: BREAD

Dal in Living Color

March 6, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Bowl of Sattvic mung dal

For this moong dal recipe, I use split mung beans. They’re tiny, golden and quick-cooking, and offering up a velvety, spoon-hugging dal.

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Sukuma Wiki – Stretch the Week and Celebrate Greens

February 27, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

 We end Black History Month with a Swahili language lesson — sukuma wiki.  It means “stretch the week.”  It also means stretch your budget and get your greens on. This great dish of the African diaspora is a delicious way to make the most of seasonal, regional greens whatever the season, and wherever you live,…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, veggie dish

Mardi Gras Mushroom Étouffée

February 20, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Mushroom Etouffee in a bowl.

It’s time to party!  Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, is tomorrow, so get your wild on before Ash Wednesday kicks off 40 days of Lenten abstinence. Let the good times roll and make yourself some mushroom étouffée. Mushroom étouffée sounds fancy, fussy, and French.  It’s two out of three — fancy enough to dazzle guests, but…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE

Roses — for a Valentine’s Day You’ll Love

February 13, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Rosewater is the secret ingredient that adds a hint of roses to this creamy vegan pudding made with plantbased milk.

Filed Under: DESSERT

The Love of Lentils, the Romance of Roots

February 6, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Lentils!  Carrots!  These two titanic plantbased ingredients team up in this chic-as-anything French lentil salad. Oft overlooked and undervalued, here they get the love they deserve, bound by a bold Dijon vinaigrette and accented with toasty walnuts.   French lentil salad is one of my anytime go-tos, but this week especially. Lentils are legumes or…

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Let the Sky Rain Potatoes!

January 30, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Potatoes are almost everybody’s favorite root vegetable.  My husband loves them.  I’m more of a cabbage person. And yet, we’re happily married. Potatoes and cabbage make a happy marriage, too, in the classic Celtic dish bubble and squeak. The nutty name comes from the sound of potatoes bubbling on the boil and then squeaking in…

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Going to Seed (in a Good Way)

January 23, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Slices of seed cake on a plate.

“Seeds are where it all begins,” as I write in Feeding the Hungry Ghost. “They’re superconcentrated sources of energy.”  Are they ever.   Incredible how something so tiny, smaller than a grain of rice, has the power to push up through the soil, emerge in daylight, and sprout.  The basil, kale, mint, arugula, sorrel, peppers…

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Filed Under: BREAD, BREAKFAST, DESSERT

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Ellen Kanner ELLEN KANNER is a soulful vegan writer on food, wellness and sustainability with over 15 years' experience. She's a recipe developer for numerous publications...[Read More] .

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