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Slow Cooker Ful Medames

November 15, 2020 By Robin Robertson Leave a Comment

Slow-cooked fava beans, known as ful medames, is a popular breakfast in Egypt. If dried fava beans are unavailable, substitute dried butter beans, broad beans, or large limas.

For this slow-cooked version of a Middle Eastern and North African classic, you’ll need a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker, and plan on letting it cook for 7 to 8 hours on low. This recipe is gluten-free, oil-free, and soy-free.

Why a slow cooker, in this day of Instant Pot and other gadgets? Robin Robertson, who contributed this recipe, explains:

Purple Daikon Salad with Golden Beets and Bok Choy

November 13, 2020 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

With just a few ingredients, you can enjoy this vivid purple daikon salad with golden beets and boy choy. Crunchy and colorful, it’s pulled together with sesame-ginger dressing.

Purple daikon is a type of radish, that like its colorful cousin, watermelon radish, is becoming more widely available. I’m seeing it more frequently in the options list for my Misfits Market (“ugly produce”) delivery. This radish may have a dull-purple exterior, but cut it open and it will reveal a white, lavender, and purple pattern.

Easy Vegan Pumpkin Pie (with a Butternut Squash Option)

November 12, 2020 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

Thanksgiving dinner without pumpkin pie is hard to imagine. But you need not wait for a holiday to enjoy this easy vegan pumpkin pie, which offers an option to use butternut squash.

Truth be told, this pie is just as good made with butternut squash as it is with sugar pumpkin (to my mind, maybe better …). Once the pumpkin or squash are baked, which you can do ahead of time, the pie comes together quickly. The pie goes down easy, so if you’re serving a bigger crowd, you can double the recipe to make two pies for nearly the same effort as one.

The variation in the Notes section of the recipes gives you full permission to use canned pumpkin! Though it’s not quite as good as fresh, a shortcut pumpkin pie is better than no pumpkin pie at all. Use organic canned pumpkin, which tends to be more flavorful than other commercial varieties.

A Scaled-Down Vegan Thanksgiving: Mix-and-Match Recipes for Small Gatherings

November 11, 2020 By Nava Atlas Leave a Comment

Here are mix-and-match options for delicious and doable menus for vegan Thanksgiving dinners for couples and small groups. A small celebration can be as fun as a big bash with good food and gratitude!

There are some years (2020, for instance) when it’s not possible to have full-scale holiday gatherings. Then, there are other times when you’re unable to travel for various reasons. Especially when there are disappointments and hardships in life, there are few things more comforting than one’s food traditions.

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