Hetty McKinnon and I haven’t met yet but we’ve bonded, whether she knows it or not. We’re salad sisters, united in the belief that salad is so much more than lettuce. Salad is an opportunity to give each season’s fresh vegetables and fruits the love they deserve, to enhance them with a defining hint of acidity…
MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: Hannah Kaminsky
Hannah Kaminsky is: Prolific, with five, count ‘em five, bestselling cookbooks including her newest, Real Food, Really Fast. Persevering, with over a decade blogging at BitterSweet . Talented, not just in recipe development and food photography, but in knitting, crocheting and crafting adorable things —activities requiring so much patience and precision, they just strike me…
St. Patrick’s Day Bubble and Squeak (The Eating of the Green)
St. Patrick’s Day Dublin-Style — Dedicated, Passionate Vegan Community: 1, Corned Beef and Cabbage: 0 Originally posted for Huffington Post on 3/13/2017 Who cares about green beer? Last month, I was blissed to find soy milk and almond milk in every coffee shop in Dublin. Every eatery had a vegan option or could craft one without fuss…
Sweet Potato Salad With Tahini and Ginger
Green Grass Roots and a Beacon of Hope from Signal Mountain Originally posted for Huffington Post on 4/24/2017 I’m grateful for the buzz generated by my April 10 Meatless Monday post on the power of activism. To keep the interest and activism going, here’s an encore Meatless Monday, which originally ran on March 18, 2010. It still…
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes — Your Face Here
My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes — Your Face Here I had big plans for this month’s My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes. Hurricane Irma changed all that. Irma changed a lot of things for a lot of people. So did Maria and Harvey and the Mexico City earthquake and flooding and monsoons in Southeast…
Boiled Vegetable Salad with Umeboshi-Scallion Dressing
Meatless Monday: Ann Gentry Keeps It Real Originally posted on 07/25/2011 for Huffington Post Going vegan “changed my life and changed the course of my life,” says Ann Gentry. “I couldn’t see it then. I just thought I was changing my diet.” You may know Gentry as the founder of vegan mecca Real Food Daily,…
Farmers Market Escarole With Cranberry Beans
Meatless Monday: The Low-Goliath Diet Originally posted on 03/05/2012 for Huffington Post Organic farmers want to be able to farm organically, that is to say, naturally, without Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds — crop-ruiners organic farmers don’t want in the first place — blowing into their fields. That would be bad. Worse would be Monsanto suing them…
Dandelion Salad with Beets – Paleo Meets Vegan
Paleo Meets Vegan Originally posted on 02/02/2015 for Huffington Post. Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’ve heard of the paleo diet, based on the premise we should eat the way our Paleolithic forebears did — meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts — no dairy, no processed food — which is most of what we eat I’m no…
Gado Gado
Originally posted on 07/05/2010 for Huffington Post Going to (GMO) Seed Alfalfa sprouts, the ubiquitous and hairy garnish on wraps and the like, are rarely eaten, rarely even given serious consideration. It’s time we change that. Alfalfa is a small example of a very big issue On June 21, the Supreme Court voted seven to…
Roasted Pumpkin Salad with Pumpkin Seeds, Chili Vinaigrette and Gratitude
Originally posted on 11/25/2013 for Huffington Post. What are you grateful for? The staff of vegan, organic mecca Cafe Gratitude starts each day by answering this question. I find Cafe Gratitude’s practice — they call it Clearing — beautiful, healthful and not always easy, especially on days where the glow of positive energy is at risk…
