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Start the Year of the Tiger with a Roar

January 31, 2022 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

A bowl of Asian Noodles with tofu and sesame seeds.

It’s New Year’s Eve!  Again!  The Lunar New Year begins tomorrow, ushering in the Year of the Water Tiger.  The celebration runs for two weeks. and it starts tonight, with a family feast, sometimes called a reunion dinner. I’m no expert on Lunar New Year festivities, but I know red and gold are lucky colors,…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: Ann Gentry, cabbage, carrots, celery, Daniel Klein, garlic, ginger, Gluten-Free Girl, Japchae, Jim Hightower, Kim O’Donnel, mirin, Mirra Fine, Mollie Katzen, Nourishing Noodles, Penny de los Santos, Robin Asbell, scallions, sesame seeds, shirataki noodles, shitake, tofu

Curried Sweet Potato Soup

January 17, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Share a little love with those around you when you offer a bowl of curried sweet potato soup. “The world is all messed up,” observed Martin Luther King Jr. the night before he was assassinated. Half a century later, it’s still messed up. It’s impossible to undo the pain caused by a single act of…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: carrots, curry, soup, sweet potato

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

Iftar Quinoa With Olives, Dates and Dukkah

June 22, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Posted originally on  08/01/2011 for Huffington Post Ramadan And Compassion — We Are Like Family Ramadan began last night at sundown, so I wished my next door neighbors a heartfelt, but no doubt, badly pronounced Ramadan Mubarak — blessed Ramadan. They are Muslim, from, well, it doesn’t matter what country they’re from. Muslims make up…

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: almonds, carrots, celery, cilantro, coriander, cumin, dates, dukkah, fennel seeds, olive oil, olives, quinoa, red pepper, sesame seeds, spinach leaves

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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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