Ellen Kanner blog of Vegan recipes and stories for a plant-based diet to nourish body and soul.

Minnie’s Cookies, Vegan Edition

January 6, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Old Cookie Recipe for a New Year I’m not an eater of cookies. I seldom even bake them. I’m funny that way (and other ways). But as the holidays drew closer, cookies began pushing their way into an important part of my brain. Specifically, the cookies most beloved in my family, from Minnie, my great-great-great-great…

Hopping John

December 30, 2019 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Call me a bit of a rebel, I’m not a big on holiday traditions. For obvious reasons, I’m fine with a turkeyless Thanksgiving. I’m likewise fine with a treeless Christmas, a menorahless Chanukah. I do like New Year’s though, with champagne on New Year’s Eve and hopping john New Year’s Day. There is nothing glamorous…

Christmas Pasta

December 23, 2019 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Christmas Pasta for a Good (and Cheap) Night We interrupt this season of political upheaval and cataclysmic climate change to bring you. . . Christmas Eve. Here in Miami, it’s also called Nochebuena, which means the Good Night. Well, honey, we could all use a little good. In Italy, Christmas Eve is called Vigilia di…

Panforte

December 16, 2019 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Doing Dessert for a Sweet Solstice Originally posted for Huffington Post on 12/21/2015 Howdy and happy winter solstice. Winter officially begins tonight and we continue speeding towards Christmas, Kwanzaa and the finish line of 2015. As usual, I am not ready. In fact, I’m still mulling over something from October. My husband I were visiting Cayman…

Seven Sacred Foods Salad

December 9, 2019 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Three Holidays, One Umoja Recipe I had Chanukah in mind with this recipe, which I demoed yesterday at Temple Solel’s first-ever Jewish Vegetarian Food Festival, but it would be happy to be on anyone’s holiday table. With Chanukah, Christmas and Kwanzaa all clustered together in the same week, it’s an opportunity to celebrate our cultural…

Feeding the Hungry Ghost – Holiday Special!

December 4, 2019 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

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