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Green Beans Thoran

August 1, 2023 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

  This recipe is endlessly adaptable, quick and easy.

Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, Sides, Uncategorized

The Answer is Beans – Farinata

November 15, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Beansare the main ingredient in farinata

Quick — what does this pancake and sustainability have in common? Beans. Tiny as beans are, they have the power to help solve the world’s biggest issues — climate change. Beans are low water, low carbon, high yield. In other words, they require fewer resources to feed more people. Unlike many crops which deplete the…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, Sides Tagged With: beans, climate change, farinata

Miami Favorites — Cuban Black Beans

September 20, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

It’s #NationalLatinHeritageMonth, so celebrate with the #Latinx flavors we love like these Cuban Black Beans. Flavorful, protein-packed black beans are paired with cumin, paprika, garlic, and of course, jalapeno because we like it a little spicy! This Cuban Black Beans recipe will be in my forthcoming book, Miami Vegan: Succulence and Sizzle in the 305,…

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Filed Under: legumes and pulses, MAIN COURSE, Sides, Uncategorized Tagged With: black beans

Red Beans and Rice – Leftovers Versus Lagniappe

February 15, 2021 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

Happy Presidents Day, and a little something for nothing — Red Beans and Rice Happy Presidents Day. For federal workers and many others, Presidents Day means an extra day off.  An extra day off is such a luxury, a delight, a bonus. So why doesn’t an extra meal give us the same thrill? I’ve never…

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Filed Under: grain dish, legumes and pulses, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: beans, dried beans, Lagniappe, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, President’s Day, RBR, red beans, red beans and rice, rice, Slow-cooked, smoked paprika, stew

Caribbean Red Beans and Rice

September 16, 2019 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Hurricane Dorian has crushed the Bahamas. Please support relief efforts including Chef Jose Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen, providing meals for the survivors and first responders.  Bahamasstrong The recipe can be made entirely in advance and reheated when you’re ready. Keeps covered and refrigerated for several days, and flavor improves over time.

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Farmers Market Escarole With Cranberry Beans

May 22, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

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…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: Farmers Market Escarole With Cranberry Beans, Monsanto is Goliath

City of South Miami Beans With Fennel

January 16, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 01/06/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday in the City of Pleasant Living This rather fabulous black-eyed peas with fennel is just the ticket for Wednesday, Global Pulse Day, a world-wide celebration of dried beans. Enjoy it wherever you are, even if you’re not in the City of Pleasant Living. To start the new…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, stew, veggie dish Tagged With: City of Pleasant Living, City of South Miami, City of South Miami Beans With Fennel, Compassion Over Killing, Jessica Spain, Johns Hopkins’ Meatless Monday campaign, Mayor Philip Stoddard

“Pulse Power — Beans: A Handful of Magic” presentation

May 27, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

When: August 18, 2016 all-day
Where: 902 Convention Center Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA

“Pulse Power — Beans: A Handful of Magic” presentation at Farm to Table Experience, New Orleans. You can register HERE.

Friendly Broccoli and Black Beans With Sherry

May 9, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Soulfulvegan heirlooms broccoli sherry plate

Originally Posted on 12/03/2012 for Huffington Post Friends With Benefits “Broccoli, eh?” said a guy, checking out my basket of farmers market haul. “I’ll stick with my friend here.” He bit into a hoagie piled high with processed meat. You call that a friend? Study after study has linked processed meat to cancer. The World…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, Friendly Broccoli and Black Beans With Sherry, plant-based diet, Soulful Vegan, Vegan recipes

Chili-Spiked Tempeh With Green Beans and Brown Rice

April 4, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Here’s to Gunter Pfaff, tempeh true believer and visionary. Meatless Monday: The Joy, the Soy, the (Sub-)Culture of Tempeh Originally posted on 08/09/2010 for Huffington Post. Betsy Shipley has seen the future, and it is an eco-loving foodie’s wet dream — honest, local, sustainable, organic, free of genetic modification, green, delicious, affordable and accessible to…

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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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