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St. Patrick’s Day Wild Greens and Barley

March 14, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day brings good luck, they say, but to get the whole Irish experience, eat green, too. Wild greens like dandelion and nettles have been Irish mainstays for centuries. What, did you think the ancient Celts celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with green beer and Lucky Charms?  Wild greens are just that,…

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, soulful vegan writer, St. Patrick's Day Wild Greens and Barley, Vegan recipes, Wild greens

Broccoli and Lentils Apicius

February 22, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Broccoli and Lentils Apicius

Originally posted on 04/09/2012 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Broccoli and Affordable Health Care In an old comedy routine, Mel Brooks plays a therapist who advises his patient, “Listen to your broccoli, and your broccoli will tell you how to eat it.” I wish Justice Antonin Scalia’s broccoli would have a word with him. During…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE Tagged With: Broccoli and Affordable Health Care, Broccoli and Lentils Apicius, Ellen Kanner, Soulful Vegan

Gumbo Z’herbes – Mardi Gras’ Afterparty

February 8, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 02/27/2012 for Huffington Post It’s not only Meatless Monday, it’s Occupy Our Food Supply Day, so get involved. The ingredient in the secret sauce for making real food safe and accessible to all is you. On Ash Wednesday last week, New Orleans sanitation workers held their noses and hosed down Bourbon Street,…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, stew Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, vegan mardi gras, Vegan recipes, veggie gumbo

Vegan of the Month – Animal Right Activist Jaya Bhumitra

January 25, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Compassion Over Killing‘s Jaya Bhumitra won’t take animal abuse lying down. She’s been getting up before dawn to train for the Palos Verdes half marathon this Saturday. Bhumitra is running 13.1 miles to raise money on behalf of the 9 billion animals killed annually for food in this country. She’s also doing it in memory…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, stew, VEGAN OF THE MONTH Tagged With: Animal Activist, Ellen Kanner, Jaya Bhumitra, Mango Curry, soulful vegan writer, Vegan Club, Vegan of the Month, Vegan recipes

Wine-Braised Cabbage With Apples and Caraway

January 11, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 01/14/2013 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: EcoFarm at 36 — Still Feeding the World You Want to Live In Once upon a time, in 1980, before the internet came of age, the Ecological Farm Association, a farming nonprofit supporting healthy, sustainable food and food systems, sensed farmers needed to meet each other. “There…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE Tagged With: EcoFarm, Ellen Kanner, Feed the world you want to live in, Wine-Braised Cabbage With Apples and Caraway

Manhattan Millet Cakes and the Veganuary pledge

January 4, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Manhattan Millet Cakes Veganuary pledge

Originally posted on 01/05/2015 for Huffington Post. Kickstarting Veganuary We’re a few days into the new year, the time we’re most likely to resolve to make positive changes. So how’s it going so far? Is that resolution to eat better is starting to crumble? No worries, we’re here to help. By we, I mean all…

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: BettaLifechallenge, Dr. Neal Barnard, Ellen Kanner, Fran Costigan, john salley, Kris Carr, Oldways, Sara Baer-Sinnott, T. Colin Campbell, veganuary

First Fruits of the Harvest

December 21, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

First Fruits of the Harvest

Originally Posted on 12/30/2013 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: First Fruits of the Harvest As they say in Swahili, “Habari gani?” This translates into a combination of “How are you?” and “What’s shakin’?” It’s about the limits of my Swahili, but it’s useful now, being the traditional greeting at Kwanzaa. Any holiday that takes its…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS, stew Tagged With: black-eyed peas, Ellen Kanner, First Fruits of the Harvest, kwanzaa, Meatless Mondays, peanuts, Sweet Potatoes

Zero Waste Chard With Beets and Beet Greens

November 23, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

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 originally posted on 12/02/2013 for Huffington Post Give Back, Don’t Throw Out Monday after Thanksgiving you may be at the point where you can’t look a holiday leftover in the eye. But before you pitch those potatoes, stop and consider they’ll be joining an estimated 36 billion tons of annual American food waste. Meanwhile, according…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: beets, Ellen Kanner

Lentil Puree with Wilted Greens

November 16, 2015 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

I am on my way to Boston to attend Oldways conference Finding Common Ground. I love Oldways for combining old school traditional cuisines with new science. Plus, they rebuilt the pyramid. Originally posted on 11/18/2013 for Huffington Post Oldways, New Vegetarian and Vegan Diet Pyramid The old ways are new again — and even more…

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Filed Under: legumes and pulses, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, Lentil Puree with Wilted Greens, lentils, Oldways, vegetarian and vegan diet pyramid

Masala Lentils (Sabut Masoor)

November 9, 2015 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

Diwali, India’s Festival of Lights, starts Wednesday, but get a jump on the spice-scented celebration with Vegan Richa. Originally posted on 07/13/2015 for Huffington Post Indian Spice Meets American Speed in ‘Vegan Richa’s Indian Kitchen’ “I always wonder why people are not comfortable with Indian food,” frets Richa Hingle. “It’s so delicious.” It’s richly spiced,…

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: cardamom, cilantro, cinnamon, coriander, cumin, Ellen Kanner, fenugreek leaves, fenugreek seeds, garlic, lentils, Masala Lentils, nutmeg, onion, paprika, Richa Hingle, tomato, Vegan Richa's Indian Kitchen

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