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A Cheer for Chana Masala

June 27, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

It’s monsoon season in India, rainy season in Miami. I’m saying it’s really wet. Chana masala is just the ticket. Chana masala, or curried chickpeas, is high in protein and fiber, big in flavor, and naturally plantbased. It’s a standard on Indian takeaway menus, but chana masala is also a snap to make at home…

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Filed Under: legumes and pulses, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: chana masala

Panzanella — Bread, Tomatoes and Summer Romance 

June 20, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Ripe-to-bursting tomatoes meet bread that’s seen better days, and you have a recipe for summer romance.  Actually, you have a recipe for panzanella, Italy’s classic bread salad. Across the Middle East, they make a tomato-bread salad using  old pita and call it fattoush. In Tunisia, they call it blankit.  In fact, traditional cuisines of all…

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Filed Under: BREAD, LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: bread, day old bread, olive

Two Holidays, One Great Bowl –– Juneteenth Bowl

June 13, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

This Sunday it’s a double party. It’s Father’s Day and it’s Juneteenth, African American Emancipation Day, commemorating the end of slavery. Celebrate and serve up some of the gifts from Africa in one delicious, nutrient-dense Juneteenth Bowl: sorghum  — This gluten-free ancient grain goes back millennia and was introduced to America over three centuries ago. It’s…

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Filed Under: legumes and pulses, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: black eyed peas, junteenth

Gazpacho — What a Cool Idea! 

June 6, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Two tomatoes hanging on a vine.

Juicy, ripe tomatoes, cooling cukes, sweet peppers, a kiss of sassy garlic — all the makings of a  refreshing salad that’s rainbow-bright for Pride Month. But the Spanish had an even more refreshing idea — whizz all the vegetables together in a blender, and you have a cool no-cook soup made for summer. Hello, gazpacho….

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: cold soup, cucumbers, cukes, garlic, gazpacho, soup, tomatoes

Summer Fruit Kuchen

May 30, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Start the season sweet with summer fruit kuchen. Kuchen, German for cake, belongs to the family of cobblers, slumps, grunts, buckles, betties, and all those homey fruit and batter desserts with unlovely names. Here, the batter’s on the bottom, ripe seasonal fruit goes on the top, and you pop the whole thing into the oven,…

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Filed Under: Cake & Tarts, DESSERT, Uncategorized

Fun With Bun – Viet Noodles With Fresh Herbs

May 23, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Bun is:  A  the bread that holds your plantbased burger.   B  a sweet pastry C  The Vietnamese name for rice noodles  D  all of the above  If you chose D, all the above, you’re right.  Today, though, we’re talking about C, Vietnamese rice noodles, sometimes called rice sticks.  Bun is a player in this…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta, veggie dish Tagged With: Green Railroad Organic Workshop, greener life Miami, Miami GROW, Thi Squire

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