Vegan Harira is made with nourishing ingredients making it the perfect soup for breaking a fast. Ramadan begins tonight at sundown. It’s strangely early this year, but as ever, it’s 30 days of reflection and prayer, of fasting from dawn to dusk, of returning to yourself and your family, a time to pledge your faith…
Moroccan Carrot Salad
Today, Earth Day turns 50. For half a century, we’ve devoted a day to make up to the planet the damage we’ve done. Tomorrow at sundown marks the start of Ramadan. It’s very early this year, but right on time with the way we’re living in this time of coronavirus. Ramadan is 30 days of…
Malabi — Rose-Scented Almond Milk Pudding
I wrote this Meatless Monday post earlier this year after the Pulse shootings in Orlando. Since then, there have been more gun deaths and bombings than I care to count. Today, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, I call upon us all to start sweet, start fresh, start again and start together. Originally posted on 06/27/2016…
Iftar Quinoa With Olives, Dates and Dukkah
The original version of this post first ran on August 8, 2011. Four years later, from ISIS brutality to the church massacre in Charleston, we are no closer to being a peaceful global family. Ramadan began last Thursday and continues through July 17, offering us a chance to pledge ourselves anew to peace and to…
