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Gazpacho — What a Cool Idea! 

June 6, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Two tomatoes hanging on a vine.

Juicy, ripe tomatoes, cooling cukes, sweet peppers, a kiss of sassy garlic — all the makings of a  refreshing salad that’s rainbow-bright for Pride Month. But the Spanish had an even more refreshing idea — whizz all the vegetables together in a blender, and you have a cool no-cook soup made for summer. Hello, gazpacho….

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: cold soup, cucumbers, cukes, garlic, gazpacho, soup, tomatoes

Nduja Makes Nice plus The Pleasure of Pasta

January 10, 2022 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Nduja — looks like a typo, tastes like a wow.  Nduja is a luscious Italian pate of Calabrian chili, fennel, garlic, and, alas, pork. But not here.  My vegan nduja recipe, inspired by a version at Giorgio Rapicavoli’s Luca  hits all the right flavor notes.  It has the same gutsy spices, but no pig.  Fresh…

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Filed Under: Condiments & Spreads, LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: fennel, garlic, olive oil, paprika, pasta, sun-dried tomatoes, tomatoes

Not Your Nonna’s Pasta for World Pasta Day

October 25, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Oil free pasta with sauce, tomatoes, spinach and a fork on a colorful plate.

Today is World Pasta Day, created by the Italians to celebrate the food the whole world loves. How do you pasta? For me, pasta without a drizzle of olive oil for silkiness and gilding seems lonely, It’s probably nothing your nonna would approve of, either. You don’t want to piss off your nonna. I’m stingy…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: arugula, basil, oil-free, olives, pasta, peas, roasted red peppers, sauce, spinach, tomatoes

Making Every Day Earth Day

April 19, 2021 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Lentils

This Thursday is Earth Day, that time of year when we remember, oh, yeah, gotta do something about the planet.  Here’s an easy answer – eat plants. Some of the most ardent plant-based people I know got scared straight — health issues or having the veil of factory farming ripped away.  Every reason to eat…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: Earth Day, lentils, pasta, sustainable, tomatoes

Cowpeas with Za’atar

August 24, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Originally posted on 07/11/2011 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Jack and the GMO Beanstalk Once upon a time, there was a boy named Jack. Jack came from a hard-up family, but he considered himself a savvy, enterprising lad. To prove it, he went to the market, worked a deal and ran home to show his…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE Tagged With: bay leaf, cowpeas, garlic, honey, lemon juice, olive oil, peppercorns, tomatoes, za'atar

Arugula Pasta with Salsa Cruda

July 13, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Posted originally on 07/19/2010 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Home Field Advantage Ben Hewitt is the author of The Town Food Saved and a farmer in Cabot, Vermont, population 1,000. I’m a food writer and sustainable food advocate in Miami, Florida, population 2.5 million. Neither of us, given our chosen professions, are exactly raking it…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: arugula, chili, cloves, lemon, olive oil, pasta, spaghetti, tomatoes

Briam – a Greek casserole of summer veggies

May 28, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

By Ellen Kanner Posted originally on 05/23/2010 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Carrying The Earth Get cozy, it’s story time, and the tale is Jason and the Argonauts, your classic Greek myth. Jason, a nice enough guy, was promised the kingdom of Iolcus if he produced the Golden Fleece, a magical ram’s skin bestowing all…

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Filed Under: casserole, MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: eggplant, garlic, olive oil, onion, parsley, potato, red pepper, tomatoes, zucchini

Civility Pulaw/Perlou/Pilaf

May 14, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

A Seat at the Table Pilaf

By Ellen Kanner Posted originally on 01/27/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Table Manners I believe being meatless has a positive impact on your health, your karma, your planet, but you can argue otherwise and I will listen and not reject you. Call me a wimp. Or call me civil. Civility, the very thing President…

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Filed Under: grain dish, MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS Tagged With: allspice, broccoli, cauliflower, pilaf, rice, tomatoes, turmeric

BEAN AND FENNEL STEW

May 1, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Posted originally on 01/06/2014  for Huffington Post Meatless Monday in the City of Pleasant Living To start the new year off right, a true story in which the seemingly impossible comes to pass — and in my ‘hood, of all places. Sprawling Miami-Dade County may be best known for Miami, where I live, but it…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, MEATLESS MONDAYS, stew Tagged With: anisette, black-eyed peas, fennel bulb, garlic, kale, olive oil, onion, red pepper, spinach, tomatoes

Summer Surprised Us

September 14, 2011 by Ellen Kanner 4 Comments

“Summer surprised us,” writes T.S. Eliot. The phrase comes early in “The Wasteland’ and it surprises the reader, too, already so lost in the poem’s rich layers as to be startled by these five simple syllables that come in the seventh line. Summer always surprises me, especially September, which I still associate with fall, with…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, stew Tagged With: garbanzo beans, garlic, ginger, jalapeno, kale, spinach, tomatoes, zucchini

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