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Year-End Special — Rosh Hashanah Apple Cake

September 6, 2021 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

rosh Hashanah apple cake

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year starts today at sundown, and man, are we all ready for a new year, a fresh start.   We observe Rosh Hashanah by tasting something sweet, to start the new year with sweetness.  Traditionally, this means apples and honey.  We’re keeping the tradition, keeping the apples, but losing the…

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Filed Under: Cake & Tarts, DESSERT, Uncategorized Tagged With: apple, cake, dessert, honey, jewish, new year, Rosh Hashanah, sacred, spice, symbolic, vegan, yom kippur

Sexy Summer Salads and The Chef’s Garden

June 28, 2021 by Julie Kohl Leave a Comment

Green, garlicky ramps, luscious, earthy morels, and delicate, herbaceous fiddlehead ferns sing of spring.  But Miami produce they ain’t. This goodness comes from The Chef’s Garden, one of three fabulous sponsors of this Wednesday’s Sexy Summer Salads class with Chef Taffy Elrod and me.    Photo by Yossey Arefi and Michelle Demuth-Bibb Chef Elrod and…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MAIN COURSE, Salads Tagged With: fiddleheads, green, morels, pasta, ramps, salad, vegan, Vegetarian

Shaved Brussels Sprout Slaw

October 19, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

brussels sprouts

Alan Roettinger doesn’t make bland food. He strives for extraordinary and his Shaved Brussels Sprout Slaw is no exception. This is one outrageously delectable hot-sweet-sour-pungent-creamy tangle of crunchiness and color. Originally posted on HuffPost 10/07/2013. In a world of meh, Alan Roettinger goes for extraordinary. “I want to make extraordinary food accessible to the average…

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Filed Under: Fav People Fav Recipe, LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: Alan Roettinger, almond butter, appetizer, brussels sprout, cabbage, carrot, extraordinary vegan, garlic, ginger, light lunch, light meal, miso, salad, side, slaw, tamari, vegan

Calabacitas | Cinco de Mayo During Coronavirus

May 4, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

zucchini, celery and spring onions for clabacitas

Calabacitas–roughly translated as “zucchini” is a hearty, vegetarian Mexican dish that is intensely satisfying. Serve it alone as a side or add rice and tortillas to make it a meal. We see — or want to see — glimmerings of hope, of life after Covid-19, of a return to normal life.  But honey, I think…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, veggie dish Tagged With: celery, cinco de mayo, corn, mexican, onion, poblano, spicy, spring onion, tomato, tortillas, vegan, Vegetarian, zucchini

Pappa Al Pomodoro: A New Life for Old Bread | Conscious Cookery Day 6

April 10, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Pappa Al Pomodoro is a soup for everyone made with old bread and bursting with flavor. This soup is a great way to reduce waste and increase consciousness. Before Covid-19 changed our world, many Americans were avidly anti-bread, following Paleo, Keto and gluten-free diets.  Sheltering in place has brought out everyone’s inner baker. It’s as…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: basil, bread, greens, soup, tomato, vegan

Conscious Cuisine – Class and Lunch with Ellen Kanner – March 21

March 9, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Saturday, March 21, please join me for here in Miami for my class and lunch, “Plant-based Pintxos.” Come and taste what happens when conscious cuisine meets the sultry flavors of Spain. Look, Ma, no Jamon. Ham may be Spain’s national dish, but ham isn’t the only song Spain can sing. Many traditional Basque and Spanish…

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Filed Under: Cooking Classes and presentations Tagged With: ajoblanco, conscious, cuisine, jamon, plant-based, spain, spanish, vegan

My Favorite People, My Favorite Recipes – Joe Yonan

February 24, 2020 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Impeachment acquittal, Trump’s State of the Union address, don’t get me started.  What’s really exciting in DC these days isn’t happening on Capitol Hill, it’s happening at the Washington Post.  Food editor Joe Yonan has fallen for beans. His new cookbook Cool Beans is a veritable love letter to legumes. This post contains affiliate links….

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Filed Under: Fav People Fav Recipe, LIGHT MEALS, sandwiches Tagged With: beans, cool beans, joe yonan, lentil, protein, sloppy joe, vegan

Cauliflower Pasta

September 10, 2018 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

A New Year’s Resolution of Biblical Proportions Originally posted on 03/18/2010 for Huffington Post It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Make caring for the earth one of your new year’s resolutions.  In the beginning, the Bible says, God created the heaven and the earth. And it was good. Really good. Earth’s natural bounty blew us…

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Filed Under: MAIN COURSE, pasta Tagged With: cauliflower, Cauliflower pasta, plant-based, vegan

Fasolia Gigante Soup with Spinach

March 7, 2016 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

I love soup, I love Love Soup and I love its author, Anna Thomas. Her book Vegan, Vegetarian, Omnivore comes out next month. Bet you love it, too. Originally posted on 10/06/2014 for Huffington Post Meatless Monday: Love by the Ladleful With “Love Soup” Author Anna Thomas I’m a believer in soup, but “Love Soup” author…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, soups Tagged With: Anna Thomas, Ellen Kanner, Love Soup, Omnivore, The Vegetarian Epicure, vegan, Vegan recipes, Vegetarian

The Beet Goes On (Gingered Beets and Beet Greens)

April 14, 2015 by Ellen Kanner 2 Comments

Vegan Recipes easy and healthy

By Ellen Kanner A version of this post originally ran on March 11, 2011. For Huffington Post’s Meatless Monday Some people believe in abundance, that the universe will provide. Others believe in scarcity, that there’s not enough to go around. I seem to be bi. I am dazzled by the benevolence and bounty in nature….

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, Salads Tagged With: beets, cranberries, Ellen Kanner, ginger, kale, olive oil, oranges, vegan, vegan feta, walnuts

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How Old School Grape Crushing by Foot Makes Better Wine | Alcohol Professor

Edible South Florida Winter 2023

What Is British Cheese Rolling? | The Cheese Professor

Around the World in Cornmeal Mush | Whetstone Magazine

Adaptogens and Healthful Botanicals Trend in Cocktails | The Alcohol Professor

Discovering A Brave New World of Vegan Chocolates

Is Olive Oil Good For Us? | Huffpost

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Vegan Cinco de Mayo: Vegan Date-Sweetened Chocolate Love Bites & Mango Black Bean Salad

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