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Black Bean Soup

May 1, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

The Doctor Is In Originally posted on 04/07/2014 for Huffington Post. Get ready for Cinco de Mayo with this black bean soup recipe. “Eating is complicated,” says Dr. Annemarie Colbin. Or maybe it’s just us. Colbin, founder and chairman emeritus of Natural Gourmet Institute understands that.”Human beings are complex creatures. We have many levels, many…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Alex Jamieson, Anthony Fassio, Black Bean Soup, Dirt Candy, Dr. Annemarie Colbin, Fran Costigan, Natural Gourmet Institute, Tal Ronnen

It’s Global Pulse Day — Mangia Fagioli

January 18, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

My husband gifted me with 20 pounds of heirloom beans for my birthday. This would not be met with enthusiasm by some, but I am Our Lady of Legumes and I’ve been cooking my way through them with delight — Christmas limas with roasted peppers and salsa verde, alubia blanca with wild mushrooms, mint and…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: fasolia gigantes, Gigante Global Pulse Day Soup, Global Pulse Day, Mangia Fagioli

Guest post by Steve Sando from Rancho Gordo

December 26, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes, Steve Sando from Rancho Gordo While 2016 has been challenging in many ways, it’s also, happily, been the International Year of Pulses (that’s dried beans). Long before the UN declared pulses worthy of their own year, Steve Sando was promoting them. For over a decade, Steve, CEO of Rancho…

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Filed Under: Fav People Fav Recipe, LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: heirloom beans, International Year of Pulses, Rancho Gordo, Steve Sando

Love by the Ladleful With “Love Soup” Author Anna Thomas

November 14, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 11/10/2011 for Huffington Post I’m a believer in soup, but Love Soup author Anna Thomas is its high priestess. Her book offers 160 different meatless recipes organized according to seasons, so you taste the benefit of what’s fresh — lighter vegcentric soups for spring and summer, lush, squashy or beany things for fall and winte…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Anna Thomas, Ellen Kanner, Fasolia Gigante Soup with Spinach, Soulful Vegan, Vegetarian soup

Lentil and Brown Rice Soup With Lemon and Mint

November 6, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Organic Matter Originally posted on11/14/2011 for Huffington Post. All November, Meatless Monday focuses on things good and things meatless, the things that make our lives worthwhile and worth saying, “thanks.” Today, a big thanks to organic farmers. During this summer’s drought, Brenton Johnson’s well ran dry. Then two weeks ago, he got hit with a…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, Johnson’s Backyard Garden, Lentil and Brown Rice Soup With Lemon and Mint, Maureen Wilmot, organic farmers, Organic Farming Research Foundation, Soulful Vegan, Vegan recipes

Fasolia Gigante Soup with Spinach

March 7, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

I love soup, I love Love Soup and I love its author, Anna Thomas. Her book Vegan, Vegetarian, Omnivore comes out next month. Bet you love it, too. Originally posted on 10/06/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Love by the Ladleful With “Love Soup” Author Anna Thomas I’m a believer in soup, but “Love Soup” author…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Anna Thomas, Ellen Kanner, Love Soup, Omnivore, The Vegetarian Epicure, vegan, Vegan recipes, Vegetarian

Sesame Broccoli Miso Soup

February 15, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Sesame Broccoli Miso Soup

Originally posted on 03/09/2015 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Ahoy, Plant-Based Matey — Holistic Holiday at Sea Sets Sail Neal Barnard, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, T. Colin Campbell, Caldwell Esselstyn and Chef AJ will all be aboard Holistic Holiday at Sea when it sets sail this weekend. So will 1,800 other people. Alas, I will not be…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Caldwell Esselstyn, Chef Aj, Chef Mark Hanna, Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Ellen Kanner, Holistic Holiday at Sea, Meatless Mondays, Neal Barnard, Sandy Purkel, Sesame Broccoli Miso Soup, T. Colin Campbell

Tuscan White Beans and Winter Greens Soup

January 16, 2016 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

In our evolution from apes to humans, somewhere we lost our tails and our tendency to walk on our knuckles. More recently, we lost our cooking gene. Okay, I know — cooking isn’t genetic. It’s a basic life skill, though, one that was passed down as a matter of course from one generation to the…

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Curried Pumpkin Soup

October 19, 2015 by Ellen Kanner 1 Comment

 Originally posted on 09/29/2014 for Huffington Post. Meatless Monday: The Seed of Something Great — Seed Food and Wine Festival Getting your Halloween game on? Pumpkins aren’t just for carving, they’re for eating, too. Here’s a curried pumpkin soup recipe from Mark Reinfeld (www.veganfusion.com). October kicks off Vegetarian Awareness Month and the celebration’s happening in…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MEATLESS MONDAYS, soups Tagged With: agave, celery, chile, cilantro, cumin, curry, Ellen Kanner, garlic, lime juice, mark reinfeld, meatless monday, onion, pumpkin

Acquacotta

February 23, 2010 by Ellen Kanner 1 Comment

Our new washing machine overloaded and dumped water all over the utility room floor. This necessitated a major bail and mop. Then our antique dishwasher decided to call it a day and did the same thing, so within a couple of days, there I was again, cursing and mopping up buckets of water. I’d just…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Acquacotta, Chang-rae Lee, Ellen Kanner, plant-based diet, The Surrendered, Vegan Recipe

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