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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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NO POWER? NO PROBLEM. BULGUR WITH KALE AND SPICED CHICKPEAS

October 17, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Bulgur with kale and spiced chickpeas

Bulgur with Kale and Spiced Chickpeas is the perfect post-hurricane food during power outages. This hearty recipe needs no cooking and no refrigeration. It’s conscious cookery at its finest. If you’ve just been hammered by a hurricane, you probably don’t care about that, you’re more interested in getting something to eat.  Bulgur with kale and…

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Sofkee

October 10, 2022 by Julie Kohl Leave a Comment

Exclusive! I’m excited to share this sofkee recipe from Miami Vegan, perfect for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day by enjoying corn, one of the Magic Eight crops Indigenous Americans gifted to the world. The wonderful thing is that fresh corn, for all its juiciness, dries beautifully, then lasts indefinitely.  Then it can be…

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Creamy, Comforting Belila

September 12, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Two ancient foods of the Middle East come together in one creamy comforting bowl. It’s belila, a porridge of barley and dates that’ll up your breakfast game, get you revved about September, Whole Grains Month, and best of all, offer a sweet way to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah celebrations start…

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Mushroom Étouffée, or How to Do Without Truffles

August 1, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Mushroom Etouffee in a bowl.

If I can’t have too many truffles, I’ll do without truffles.” Colete With food prices what they are, I’m doing without truffles, too. But I won’t do without mushrooms, and neither should you. Mushrooms are where the culinary and curative meet. They’re umami, satisfying, and there are a lot of them, well over 10,000 varieties….

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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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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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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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Miami Flavors – Sofkee

October 11, 2021 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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Down and Dirty Rice

September 13, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

New Orleans has its own cuisine shaped by what grows there, but also by the people who live there. Dirty rice is as old as the city itself and was a dish invented in the kitchens of resourceful cooks to avoid waste and turn less desirable ingredients into something amazing. It’s a dish that satisfies…

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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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