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Cauliflower Pasta of a Different (Delicious) Kind

January 9, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Starting the new year with plant power means more than green smoothies.  Cozy up to 2023 with creamy, comforting cauliflower pasta.  Cauliflower, once dismissed, overcooked, or both, is having its moment thanks to the keto craze and people’s carb phobia.  It started with commercial cauliflower pizza crust.  Cauli flatbread, cauli crackers, cauli pasta and more…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, pasta

Homemade Benne Seed Olive Oil Crackers with Black-Eyed Pea Dip

November 30, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Cocktail Parties, Condiments & Spreads, legumes and pulses, LIGHT MEALS, Uncategorized

Turmeric Chickpea Yogurt

November 30, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Cocktail Parties, Condiments & Spreads, legumes and pulses, LIGHT MEALS, Uncategorized

Beat the Winter Woes with Mushroom Barley Soup 

November 28, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

You don’t need vegetable broth to make this mushroom barley soup. It’s simple to make but substantial to eat. The barley gives it body and thickness, the mushrooms, both fresh and dried, deliver rich flavor, oomph and umami.

Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups

Falafel for N

November 7, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Falafel prove there’s a naturally vegan food everybody loves. Middle Eastern street food globally embraced, falafel are made with chickpeas and spices formed into balls and then fried. Chef Tony at Shaddai makes the best falafel I’ve ever had, and a close second are those made at Daily Bread, the Middle Eastern market I’ve been…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE

All Treat, No Tricks —Pumpkin Talkari (Caribbean Curried Pumpkin Dip)

October 31, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

For real pumpkin and spice, dip into pumpkin talkari, aka Caribbean curried pumpkin dip. It’s Trinidad’s comfort food.

Filed Under: Appetizers, Cocktail Parties, Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS

Quick, Cool and Comforting, it’s Hold the Egg Creamy Tofu Salad

October 3, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Vegan eggless salad on a plate with greens

If you’ve got 10 minutes and a desire for no-cook recipe that’s easy to make without heating up the kitchen and uses ingredients that have a low impact on the environment –Hold the Egg Creamy Tofu Salad, made with firm tofu is just what you need in your life. It’s what I needed in mine…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Cocktail Parties, Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS, Salads, sandwiches

Board meeting! {Meatless} Charcuterie Boards

August 29, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

September 8, join me for my Beautiful Boards and Focaccia with Flowers class. It’s free, virtual, open to the public and hosted by the Pinecrest Branch of Miami Dade Public Library. Charcuterie boards have been the rage on Instagram. They’re an artfully arranged assemblage of edibles. As for the charcuterie bit, well, since it refers…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Cocktail Parties, Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS

Summer Love — Romance Your Vegetables With Romesco

August 22, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

 Join me 6pm ET this Thursday for my free, virtual Tapas Table cooking class, hosted by Miami-Dade Public Library’s Pinecrest Branch. Register here. Summer means grilling season, and if you love grilled vegetables — I do —  Romesco sauce is the accessory you need. As a dip, dab, or dollop, this Catalan sauce coaxes out…

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Brave, Bold and Beany — Fabada Bravas

August 15, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Crispy outside, tender inside, and zinged up with a spicy tomato sauce, patatas bravas are the quintessential bar snack of Spain.  I’ll teach you how to make them 6 pm Thursday, August 25, in my Tapas Table cooking class. It’s free, virtual and open to the public, hosted by the Pinecrest branch of Miami Dade…

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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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