A pot of slow-cooked feijoada is nourishing and will keep you and your family well fed and happy in the days leading up to Thanksgiving. If you host Thanksgiving, holiday week can be tricky meal-wise. Cleaning, shopping and Thanksgiving prep may muscle out making dinner tonight. One year in the run-up to Thursday night’s feast,…
Thanksgiving Kale with Fennel, Cranberries and Walnuts
I love this kale dish, mellow with nuts and sherry, sparked with cranberries. I’ve had it on my Thanksgiving table for the past few years. It’s easy and rewarding. I cook the kale, but in desperate times without electricity, you can make it raw. Yes, you can. Moisten your hands with a little bit…
Cornbread
This is my go-to cornbread recipe, whether I’m feeding 30 for Thanksgiving, or just my husband and me on a rainy Tuesday night. It’s quick and easy to make, crusty on the top, fluffy inside, buttery-tasting through and through, and vegan, of course. How are you celebrating Thanksgiving? Are you celebrating? Covid has stolen…
Modern Msickquatash — Limas, Squash and Caramelized Leeks
History Lesson Originally posted for Huffington Post on 03/18/2010 With frantic schedules, fast food and frozen entrees, Thanksgiving may be the one day of the year we return to the kitchen. And in so doing, we return to ourselves. We connect with the people who matter in our lives by inviting them to our table for a…
Lavender Lentils
More on the Plate than Food Originally posted for Huffington Post on 12/12/2016 This lavender lentil recipe has become a Thanksgiving staple at my house. Happy Thanksgiving. In a recent survey that bummed me out, more than half the Amerians polled say their family doesn’t know how to choose healthy food. Over 40 percent say they’d eat healthier, except…
