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Blue Planet Greens Tart for Earth Day (and Every Day)

May 2, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Soulfulvegan Blue Planet Greens Tart

Originally Posted on 04/22/2013 for Huffington Post Party for Planet Earth Welcome to that fabulous planetary party, Earth Day. How can you best celebrate Mother Earth? Use more twirly incandescent light-bulbs? Walk instead of drive? Good ideas, but the biggest present you can give the planet is to show some plant-based love. According to our brilliant…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS, tart Tagged With: Blue Planet Greens Tart, Compassion Over Killing, Earth Day, Help the planet, limited natural resources, Livestock’s Long Shadow, meat consumption lowers carbon output, meatless lifestyle, Sierra Club, VegWeek

Earth Day Tibetan Stew

April 18, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

April 22 marks the 45th anniversary of Earth Day. Originally posted on 06/19/2010 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Earth Day Looks at Forty Forty, as you know, is the new thirty, so Earth Day is sleek, chic and fun but more sophisticated than it was in its earliest incarnations. The advent of the internet and…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS, stew Tagged With: Dalai Lama, Earth Day 2016, Earth Day Tibetan Stew, Ellen Kanner, Gidon Eshel, Go meatless, Michel Nischan, plant-based diets, Soulful Vegan

(Collard) Greens Rolling in Dough

February 1, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 02/17/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: What They Still Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School Last week, I appeared at a Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce panel on behalf of LEAP. We were there as Miami’s culinary entrepreneurs, speaking to other women who have or are looking to start their own business….

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MEATLESS MONDAYS, sandwiches Tagged With: Collard Greens wrap, Ellen Kanner, plant-based diet, Vegan recipes

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

The Bread Also Rises

December 7, 2015 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

No-Knead Whole-Wheat Oatmeal Bread

I originally wrote this post in response to another December tragedy, but in the wake of the attacks in Paris, here it is again, a call to rise and come together. Meatless Monday: The Bread Also Rises In the wake of the Newtown massacre, it feels hard to summon the Christmas spirit, Tiny Tim’s sense…

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Filed Under: BREAD, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, plant-based recipes, The Bread Also Rises, vegan bread, Vegan recipes

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

Black Beans and Kale Save the World

October 5, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Black Beans and Kale Save the World by Ellen Kanner

Originally posted on 09/30/2013 for Huffington Post  Meatless Monday: Eating to Save the World World Vegetarian Day was October 1, but we keep the party going all month long — October is Vegetarian Awareness Month. Just in time, too, because honey, people need some of both. As a lead-up to World Vegetarian Day, I spoke…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: black beans, Black Beans and Kale Save the World, Ellen Kanner, garlic, jalapeno, kale, meatless monday, onion, red pepper

Summer Grilling Special

August 10, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 09/08/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Barbecue Guru Steven Raichlen Fires Up the Meatless Grill “You’ve got a fire, bed of blazing embers, a large hunk of red meat — those are thrilling to behold,” says grilling guru Steven Raichlen. “You get this incredible aroma of roasting flesh, smoke, it brings you…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: chile paste, cilantro, cucumbers, Ellen Kanner, garlic, ginger, hoisin sauce, mung bean, peanuts, pineapple, sesame seeds, shallots, Steven Raichlen, Summer Grilling Special, tofu

Asian Rice Noodles With Chili, Mint and Lime

July 20, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Posted originally on 09/03/2009 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Mint Condition Two weeks back, a friend and I were discussing fresh mint with the passion of true believers. This was made trickier by the fact we do not share a common language. But we bond over many things including an abiding appreciation of mint’s underrated…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS, pasta Tagged With: broccoli, carrots, celery, cilantro, cloves, line juice, mint, mushrooms, peanuts, rice, sesame oil, soy sauce, tofu

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