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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

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

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

Pantescan Pasta – Summer Holiday In A Bowl

May 16, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

A plate of roasted cauliflower, arugula and tomatoes for pantescan pasta.

Sweet, juicy tomatoes, salty, sexy olives and capers and fresh green herbs — these flavors of the Mediterranean come together in this easy pasta dish.  Pantestcan pasta is one of my summer favorites, and a perfect way to celebrate Mediterranean Diet Month. The Mediterranean Diet is a heritage diet that comprises whole foods like fresh…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: Mediterranean Diet Month, Pantelleria, Pantescan Pasta, Pantescan Pasta With Capers, The Mediterranean Diet

Cinco de Mayo — Bringing it all Home 

May 2, 2022 by Julie Kohl Leave a Comment

America loves Cinco de Mayo — tequila, tacos, guacamole!  For us, it’s a celebration of Mexico’s rich culture, but the date itself honors Mexico’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla.  Mexico was outgunned, outmanned, but this was their homeland, and they protected it fiercely,  In a similar way, the small Ukraine town…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE Tagged With: cinco de mayo, poblano, pumpkin, tacos

Iftar Quinoa With Olives, Dates and Dukkah

March 28, 2022 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

Iftar Quinoa

Across the Middle East, Iftar, the Ramadan break fast after sunset, often features olives and dates, two natural restoratives. In this Iftar Quinoa, olives and dates come together with quinoa for a filling salad topped with a dusting of dukkah, a heady, heavenly blend of nuts, seeds and spices. Ramadan begins Saturday at sundown, and…

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Filed Under: grain dish, LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, Salads Tagged With: Dates and Dukkah, dukkah, Ellen Kanner, Iftar Quinoa With Olives, olives, quinoa, Ramadan, salad, Soulful Vegan, We are family

Pi – Greeks Bearing Gifts

March 14, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

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My husband’s a CPA, a numbers guy. I’m more of a word person. Yet it dawned on me today is Pi Day the celebration that takes place each year on 3/14 — the first three digits of pi. You remember this from Euclidian geometry, right? Euclid was a Greek mathematician who founded geometry back some…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: cornmeal, dill, greek food, greens, Hortopsomo

Mamaliga

March 4, 2022 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

Exclusive! I’m excited to share this Sofkee recipe from Miami Vegan. Celebrate Indigenous People’s Day by enjoying corn, one of the Magic Eight crops Indigenous Americans gifted to the world. (The other seven, btw, are tomatoes, chiles, squash, beans, cacao, vanilla and potatoes). You may know it as polenta; you may know it as grits….

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: corn, polenta, sofkee

Dirty Rice | Mardi Gras Memory

February 28, 2022 by Ellen Kanner 1 Comment

One summer many years ago, my father had some work around New Orleans and not much money, so he brought my mother and me along and turned it into a holiday. We stayed in what must have been the French Quarter, in a smallish room with wood-slatted shuttered windows opening out onto a narrow balcony….

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: dirty rice, eggplant, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, rice

Sukuma Wiki

February 7, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Sukuma Wiki

Sukuma wiki means “to stretch the week”—in other words, using these greens, which are affordable and readily available, can help stretch any meal a bit further. It’s Miami’s growing season, and I’m enjoying an exuberance of greens from our little garden and from @BeeHeavenFarm CSA— kale, mustard greens, dandelion, sorrel, arugula — I love ’em all. I…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: africa, african, black history month, caribbean, collard greens, collards, greens, Hawa Hassan, kale, Sukuma, Sukuma Wiki

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