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…
Two Holidays, One Great Bowl –– Juneteenth Bowl
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…
Fun With Bun – Viet Noodles With Fresh Herbs
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…
Pantescan Pasta – Summer Holiday In A Bowl
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…
Cinco de Mayo — Bringing it all Home
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…
Iftar Quinoa With Olives, Dates and Dukkah
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…
Pi – Greeks Bearing Gifts
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…
Mamaliga
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….
Dirty Rice | Mardi Gras Memory
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….
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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