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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

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

Bryant Terry: The Man Who Would be (Vegetable) King

February 8, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Bryant Terry is a James Beard Award-winning chef, cookbook author, food justice advocate, MoAD chef-in-residence, husband and father. His fifth book Vegetable Kingdom was named one of the best cookbooks of 2020 by outlets including Epicurious, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post.  But first, it had to earn the approval of his toughest critics,…

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Filed Under: Fav People Fav Recipe, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: book, cilantro, cookbook, garlic, tofu, vegetable

Going for the Gold Quinoa

November 9, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Go for the Gold Quinoa

The tropical flavors and layers of texture in this golden main course make your mouth happy, but there’s more than fun on the plate.  Quinoa offers fiber and protein, turmeric and cumin are anti-inflammatory, mango and lime add a zip of vitamin C. It’s a delicious prescription to keep your immunity strong. Missed my World…

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Filed Under: grain dish, LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE Tagged With: basil, carrot, cilantro, coconut, coconut oil, cumin, firm tofu, lime, mango, mint, mustard seed, quinoa, sesame seeds, sprouts, tofu, turmeric

Warm Tofu and Mushroom Salad With Roasted Lemon Relish

October 12, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted 07/20/2015 on for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Steak Chefs Go Meatless for Culinary Clash Three dishes, two competing South Beach steak chefs, one hour, no meat — this was the challenge at last week’s Culinary Clash at Whole Foods in Coral Gables, Florida. At the top of the hour, the emcee revealed the secret…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: culinary clash, Ellen Kanner, meatless monday, mushroom, radishes, ralph pagano, salad, sean brasel, tofu, tomato

Summer Grilling Special

August 10, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 09/08/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Barbecue Guru Steven Raichlen Fires Up the Meatless Grill “You’ve got a fire, bed of blazing embers, a large hunk of red meat — those are thrilling to behold,” says grilling guru Steven Raichlen. “You get this incredible aroma of roasting flesh, smoke, it brings you…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: chile paste, cilantro, cucumbers, Ellen Kanner, garlic, ginger, hoisin sauce, mung bean, peanuts, pineapple, sesame seeds, shallots, Steven Raichlen, Summer Grilling Special, tofu

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

TOFU SCRAMBLE & FIG WALNUT BREAD

May 5, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

By Ellen Kanner Posted originally on 05/16/2011 for Huffington Post Life, Death and What to Eat for Breakfast I recently gave a public talk on Living Green, Eating Green, which I fashioned to be a sort of meatlessness’ greatest hits — how being meatless is cool — Bill Clinton and Oprah are doing it, and it’s…

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Filed Under: BREAD, BREAKFAST, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: cilantro, scallions, tofu, tomato, turmeric, yellow squash, zucchini

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