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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

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

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

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

Filling Michael Pollan’s Prescription

April 18, 2015 by Ellen Kanner Leave a Comment

Ellen Kanner is an award-winning food writer and author

A version of this post originally ran on November 10, 2014. For Huffington Post’s Meatless Monday In his 2008 book, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan gave us the prescription in seven words — “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” It’s that simple. And that hard to do. I saw just how hard when…

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Filed Under: LIGHT MEALS, MEATLESS MONDAYS, Salads Tagged With: dill, greens, lemon, mustard, olive oil, onion, radish, zucchini

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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