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Cabbage and Caraway, Ukraine and Ireland, You and Me | Sunflower Slaw

March 21, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Sunflower slaw in large bowl is made with seeds from Ukraine's national flower.

Sunflowers are Ukraine’s national flower and this sunflower slaw recipe features both sunflower seeds and caraway. Cabbage gets a bad rep, but it’s a generous vegetable. I got a cute little head of cabbage to make St. Patrick’s Day bubble and squeak. Its densely furled leaves disguised just how much of it there was. Even…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: cabbage, caraway, coleslaw, coriander, slaw, sunflower seeds

My Chaat with Mayukh Sen

February 21, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

No, it’s not a typo. I’m excited to chat tonight with James Beard Award-winning author, Mayukh Sen about his dazzling 2021 book, Tastemakers: Seven Immigrant Women who Revolutionized Food in America. Books and Books and Miami Book Fair host tonight’s free, virtual event and you can register here. To celebrate, and because I love a pun,…

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Filed Under: Appetizers, Events, LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: appetizer, chaat, fruit, light meal

Do the Right Thing – French Lentil Salad

November 8, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Lentil salad on a plate.

If you’re concerned about climate change, one of the easiest places to make a positive impact is in your very own kitchen. Lentils are low water, low carbon, high yield, they actually put nutrients back into the soil.  They put nutrients in us, too, being loaded with fiber and protein. French lentil salad will fuel…

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Seed Food and Wine Festival — November 3-7, 2021

October 18, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Seed Food and Wine, Miami’s premier vegan fest, is back just when we need it most. Now in its seventh sensational year, the festival kicks off in high gear on November 3 with a Vegetable Kingdom dinner prepared by the king himself, Bryant Terry. The famed Plant-Based Burger Battle takes place Thursday, November 4. I’m…

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Filed Under: Cooking Classes and presentations, LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: Atlas Meat-Free Deli, Bradley Kilgore, john salley, Miami’s vegan community, Rip Esselstyn, Seed Food and Wine Festival, Seven Seed Quinoa With Spinach and Sesame Dressing, vegan influencers

Hold the Egg Salad (and Hold the Carbon, too, Please)

August 16, 2021 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 food that’s easy to make without heating up the kitchen and uses ingredients that have a low impact on the environment – this Hold the Egg Creamy Tofu Salad made with firm tofu is just what you need in your life.   You think it’s…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads, sandwiches, Sandwiches Tagged With: Conscious eating, eggless, Ellen Kanner, low carbon, no-cook, reclaim the kitchen, Soulful Vegan, tofu, vegan breakfast, Vegan Eggless Salad

Sexy Summer Salads and The Chef’s Garden

June 28, 2021 by Julie Kohl Leave a Comment

Green, garlicky ramps, luscious, earthy morels, and delicate, herbaceous fiddlehead ferns sing of spring.  But Miami produce they ain’t. This goodness comes from The Chef’s Garden, one of three fabulous sponsors of this Wednesday’s Sexy Summer Salads class with Chef Taffy Elrod and me.    Photo by Yossey Arefi and Michelle Demuth-Bibb Chef Elrod and…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, Salads Tagged With: fiddleheads, green, morels, pasta, ramps, salad, vegan, Vegetarian

Roasted Beet Salad with Chili-Lime Vinaigrette

June 21, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Vegan Recipes easy and healthy

Join Chef Taffy Elrod and me next Wednesday, June 30 for our class, Sexy Summer Salads. Because life — and salad — is about more than lettuce. To join us for this live event, be sure to grab your virtual seat by signing up at http://bit.ly/sexysummersalad.

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Quinoa Salad with Mango, Cashews, and Mint

June 7, 2021 by Julie Kohl 2 Comments

Celebrate summer and mango season with this flavorful Quinoa Salad with Mangoes, Cashews, and Mint. It is suddenly, emphatically, mango season in Miami. The trees are full of heavy, ripe, orange fruit hanging from long stems, like possums swinging by their tails (another delightful South Florida phenomenon). In mango season, it’s almost as though you…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: Mango and Mint, Quinoa with Cashews

Middle Eastern Eggplant Salad

May 10, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Join Oldways and me this Thursday, May 13, 2021, at 2 pm for an Instagram Live as I put a plant-based spin on Mediterranean Diet Month.   Living the Mediterranean Life Originally posted for Huffington Post on 05/08/2017 We’re already a week into International Mediterranean Diet Month, and I’ve got some activities lined up for you: Hike…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: Mediterranean diet, Mediterranean food, Middle Eastern Eggplant Salad

In the Moment Grapefruit and Fennel Salad

April 26, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Walnuts and arugula add crunch and a spicy bite to this easy Grapefruit and Fennel Salad.  Citrus Paradisi — doesn’t it sound romantic?  It’s the Latin name for grapefruit.  And honey, it’s time to get in on paradise while the getting’s good. Grapefruit season’s coming to an end. We’ve become used to eating according to…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: arugula, fennel, grapefruit, salad, walnuts

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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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Edible South Florida Winter 2023

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