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Iftar Quinoa With Olives, Dates and Dukkah

March 28, 2022 by Ellen Kanner 4 Comments

Iftar Quinoa

Across the Middle East, Iftar, the Ramadan break fast after sunset, often features olives and dates, two natural restoratives. In this Iftar Quinoa, olives and dates come together with quinoa for a filling salad topped with a dusting of dukkah, a heady, heavenly blend of nuts, seeds and spices. Ramadan begins Saturday at sundown, and…

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Filed Under: grain dish, LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, Salads Tagged With: Dates and Dukkah, dukkah, Ellen Kanner, Iftar Quinoa With Olives, olives, quinoa, Ramadan, salad, Soulful Vegan, We are family

Hold the Egg Salad (and Hold the Carbon, too, Please)

August 16, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Vegan eggless salad on a plate with greens

If you’ve got 10 minutes and a desire for no-cook food that’s easy to make without heating up the kitchen and uses ingredients that have a low impact on the environment – this Hold the Egg Creamy Tofu Salad made with firm tofu is just what you need in your life.   You think it’s…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads, sandwiches, Sandwiches Tagged With: Conscious eating, eggless, Ellen Kanner, low carbon, no-cook, reclaim the kitchen, Soulful Vegan, tofu, vegan breakfast, Vegan Eggless Salad

Grilled Vegetables – Grits or Polenta Cakes and Zucchini

July 5, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Grilling — a summer tradition.  But guys, the heatwave has been relentless and deadly.  It’s just too hot to stand in the heat over an open fire.  It’s not safe and it’s not fun.  Very well, if you must grill, I recommend consulting grillmaster, Steven Raichlen.  Usually Mr. Meat Man, he finally gives vegetables their…

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Filed Under: Grilling, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: grilled, grilling, herbs, lemon, North American Vegetarian Society, plant-based diet, Soulful Vegan, vegetables, veggies, zucchini

Ratatouille

November 10, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Natural Disaster, Natural Comfort Food Originally posted on08/29/2011 for Huffington Post With the double whammy of an earthquake and Hurricane Irene bearing down, last week was a white-knuckler out here on the East Coast and we’ve all been in need of comfort. Here in Miami, we know even a glancing blow from a hurricane can…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, ratatouille, Slow-cooked, Soulful Vegan, vegan comfort food, Vegan recipes

Herbed Pea Ricotta, Tomatoes & Basil

July 24, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Herbed Pea Ricotta, Tomatoes & Basil

What could be a better summer refresher than insalata caprese, that magical combination of tomato, basil and mozzarella? A vegan version, thanks to salad samurai Terry Hope Romero Meatless Monday: The Punk, the Samurai, and the Salad Bowl — Terry Hope Romero Mixes it Up Originally posted on 08/25/2014 for Huffington Post. “Vegan and punk…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, Herbed Pea Ricotta Tomatoes Basil, insalata caprese, plant-based diet, Soulful Vegan, Terry Hope Romero, vegan pasta dish, Vegan recipes

My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes: Paula Wolfert

June 26, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: PAULA WOLFERT I’ve never had the honor of cooking with Paula Wolfert, whom I credit in Feeding the Hungry Ghost, but it feels like I have. She’s practically a cult for me and legions of others. I first discovered Paula in an issue of Food and Wine when I was…

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Filed Under: Condiments & Spreads, Fav People Fav Recipe Tagged With: Ajvar Recipe, Ellen Kanner, Moroccan recipes, PAULA WOLFERT, plant-based diet, Soulful Vegan, Unforgettable Paula The Bold Flavors of Paula Wolfert’s Renegade Life, Vegan Recipe

Ajoblanco recipe from La Cocina de Babette

June 5, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

An American Vegan in Spain Originally posted for Huffington Post on 11/12/2012 Spain, with its rich history, dazzling art and passionate people, is a wonderful place to be. But not an easy one for a vegan. Spain is the home of Miró, but it’s also home to museos de jamon — ham specialty shops — on…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Ajoblanco recipe, American Vegan in Spain, Ellen Kanner, La Cocina de Babette, plant-based diet, Soulful Vegan, Vegan Recipe

MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: DAVID LEITE

April 10, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

MY FAVORITE PEOPLE, MY FAVORITE RECIPES: DAVID LEITE At my very-first IACP conference, I met this great, gregarious guy who seemed to know everyone and have the skinny on everything. Because he does. David Leite (Portuguese for milk, rhymes with eat) curates the award-winning culinary clearinghouse Leite’s Culinaria, which he founded in 1999, before blogs were…

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Filed Under: Fav People Fav Recipe Tagged With: DAVID LEITE, Ellen Kanner, food memoir, Larabars, Leite’s Culinaria, Notes on a Banana, plant-based diet, Soulful Vegan, The New Portuguese Table, Vegan Recipe

Interview with Paula Wolfert

April 5, 2017 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on ” The Culinate Interview”. Paula Wolfert started out as a rebel, “a beatnik,” as she says. Now she’s the keeper of the flame for the culinary traditions of Morocco and the Mediterranean. Wolfert, who studied with the Cordon Bleu chef Dione Lucas, lovingly traces each region’s cooking back to its sources, from her…

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Filed Under: Culinate Tagged With: Ellen Kanner, Interview with Paula Wolfert, Soulful Vegan

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

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