Archive for January, 2013
If you’re looking for healthy brown rice recipes (that happen to be vegan and most are also gluten-free), have fun exploring these easy, tasty choices. For information on brown rice nutrition and how to cook brown rice, visit our Brown Rice: Cooking Tips and Varieties page; and for even more on the nutritional benefits of brown rice, go to Top 10 Health Benefits of Brown Rice. At left, Thai Pineapple Stir-Fried Rice from Vegan Express; photo by Susan Voisin.
Hearty Main Dishes:
- Valencian Rice and Red Beans
- Gingery Rice with Sweet Potatoes and Peas
- Paella Vegetariana
- Jambalaya
- Baked Rice with Cheese and Green Chiles
- Bok Choy, Edamame, Cashew, and Orange Rice
- Hoppin’ John (Black-Eyed Peas and Rice)
- Slow-Cooker Bell Peppers Stiffed with Salsa, Rice and Beans
- Down and Dirty Rice
- Caribbean Pigeon Peas and Rice
Pilafs and Other Side Dishes:
- Cauliflower Rice Pilaf
- Wild Rice Pilaf with Spinach and Almonds
- Wild Rice Pilaf with Apples and Pecans
- Basmati and Wild Rice Pilaf with Cashews
- Rice and Vermicelli Pilaf
- Fragrant Rice and Cashew Pilaf
- Nutty Wild Rice with Mushrooms
- Saffron-Sesame Rice with Pine Nuts
- Rice and Peas
- Gingered Coconut Rice
- Simple Spinach Rice
- Creole Orange Rice
- Mexican Rice
- Chinese-Style Vegetable Fried Rice
- Thai Pineapple Stir-Fried Rice
- Fruited Basmati Rice
- Saffron Fruited Rice
- Mjeddrah (Rice and Lentil Pilaf)
Soups and Stews:
Salads:
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Once you have your sweet potatoes ready, this delicious and unusual curried combo made with tofu and greens comes together quickly. Serve with cooked quinoa or couscous or a fresh flatbread, and a simple salad of tomatoes, bell peppers, and cucumbers.
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Olives add great flavor to a traditional pizza, and a generous dose of baby spinach makes it healthier.
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Using plenty of broccoli makes this easy pizza a nourishing meal. Serve a big salad with mixed greens and plenty of raw veggies, embellished with olives and chickpeas. Read More→
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This spring you will find me all over the map, traveling to various venues to speak about my personal work as well as to demo the joys of healthy plant-based food. Please join me if you are in the California bay area, suburban NYC, Raleigh-Durham NC, slightly upstate NY, or Portland, OR:
Feb. 10 – 13, Richmond, CA: Codex International Book Fair — I will be exhibiting my limited edition books (including Sluts & Studs, Dear Literary Ladies, Mislabeling Hillary, Postal Angst, Why You Can’t Get Married: An Unwedding Album, and more), as well as the trade editions of The Literary Ladies’ Guide to the Writing Life, and Secret Recipes for the Modern Wife.
March 10, Great Neck, NY: Great Neck Library — A plant-strong plan for the spring holidays — a demo and discussion of Vegan Holiday Kitchen - 2 pm.
March 23, Raleigh, NC: Wild About Greens — food demo, discussion, and potluck, co-sponsored by the Kadampa Center and the Triangle Vegetarian Society. 6 pm.
March 25, Durham, NC: Presentation and talk for the academic community and public at Duke University’s Rubenstein Library with Nava Atlas and Clarissa Sligh, tentative subject: gender, race, and identity in artist’s books. Time TBA
April 12-14, New Paltz, NY: Mohonk Mountain House — Food and Wine Festival -”The Plant-Based Palate,” a weekend of food demos and tastings with Nava Atlas, Fran Costigan, Leslie Cerier, and Whitecliff Winery. My demos will feature Wild About Greens.
May 24-26, Portland, OR: Vida Vegan Conference — Speaking on two panels at this annual vegan food and lifestyle blogger’s event.
June 15, Guilderland, NY: Guilderland Public Library — Demo and discussion featuring Wild About Greens as part of Guilderland LIbrary’s Tastes Good/Get Healthy Series. 11 am
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Maca, a root that belongs to the radish family, is grown in the mountains of Peru. Sometimes called “Peruvian ginseng,” maca’s benefits have been long valued, and now have been rediscovered as a supplement and ingredient. Maca comes in pill, liquid and powder form. Read More→
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This takes about 10 minutes to prepare and makes a wonderful appetizer. You can use either fried or roasted peanuts: both are delicious, differing mainly in the mouthfeel of the moist or crunchy nuts. Reprinted from Every Grain of Rice: Simple Chinese Home Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop. Copyright © 2012 by Fuchsia Dunlop. Photographs copyright © 2012 by Chris Terry. With the permission of the publisher, W.W. Norton & Company. All rights reserved.
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Reviewed by Rachael Braun. The latest book by Alicia C. Simpson, Quick and Easy Low-Cal Vegan Comfort Food: 150 Down-Home Recipes Packed with Flavor, Not Calories, is focused on delicious food that is also low in calories. These 150 recipes are all 350 calories or less and are comfort foods that taste amazing! Read More→
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