Lefse (It's pronounced Ole wants Lef-se, not Ole wants Lef-suh)

First Night Meals have become the best part of New Years Eve Celebrations around the world. From simple delicacies to extravagant indulgences people want to celebrate the end of the year with the familiar tastes of home and hearth and just a touch of something new. Here's our offering: Lefse, for when the lights have dimmed and the champagne is poured, a soothing wrap to fill with something

Hola y próspero Año Nuevo, Fernando

For those of you who enjoy nature and understand trees are living, breathing creatures, we hope you will visit Fernando Ficus and his office adventure. Just click on Fernando Ficus . Coming soon..."Fernando starts dropping his leaves."

Tuscan Cooking, Light and Healthy

Tuscan cooking is characterized by simple food, not covered in heavy sauces made of butter or cream. Cooking is done with olive oil and fresh natural herbs like sage, rosemary and basil. Olive oil is the base for most salad dressings, drizzled over warm bread, used in soups and stews and 'Lasagna'

Tuscan Spinach Lasagna

Excerpt from: A Vegetarian Cooks' Book, The Green Cutting Board Press,

Christmas Red Cabbage Cole Slaw

Noël Slaw Rouge de Crucifère de Chou

Excerpt from: A Vegetarian Cooks' Book, The Green Cutting Board Press, 2003
Gladys



Ingredients

!/2 head of red cabbage chopped (about 5 Cups)
2 stalks of celery diced
2 carrots diced
1/2 medium sweet white onion diced
1/2 Cup diced green pepper
1/2 Cup sugar
1/3 Cup vineger
1/3 Cup extra virgin olive oil
1/3 Cup red wine
2 Tbls sweet pickle relish
1 tsp

French Quarter Onion Soup

excerpt from: A Vegetarian Cooks' Book, The Green Cutting Board Press, 2003
Harlan

Ingredients

8 medium yellow onions, approximately 3-4 lbs
2 cloves of garlic chopped
3 cups of vegetable broth
1/3 cup Burgundy or Merlot wine
4 thick slices of crusted French bread
4 slices of soy Provolone cheese
1/2 Cup grated soy Gruyère or Parmesan cheese
4 Tbls good olive oil
1 tsp Dijon or Creole

E-card Addict

I am an e-card addict and not afraid to admit it. I love to send e-cards for any occasion or just because. And the best thing about it is that they’re free! Many of my favs have switched to sign-up accounts and, frankly, I don’t want to be bothered by that. You know – they get your email address and then start sending messages by the pound, or however electronic messages can be weighed.

Sara's Secret?

In past columns this writer has had high praise for the culinary excellence exhibited on the Food Network, the cable network responsible for such luminaries of chefdom as Bobby Flay and Mario what's' name who never stops talking, that is to say won't shut up about Italian food. Sadly now it is time to balance that high praise with some even handed and well earned criticism.

I was idly tinkering

Even in the South it's a Cold Christmas without Warm Creole Potato Salad

Warm Creole Potato Salad



Fast, Flashy, Fine
Serves 4-6
Vegan if you make your own Dijon*, Vegetarian if you use brand Dijon

Ingredients

3-4 medium yellow potatoes cleaned and cut into medium chunks, skins on
1/4 cup diced red onion
1/4 cup diced green bell pepper
1 stalk celery diced
3 Tbls "Veganais" soy salad dressing
3 Tbls sweet pickle relish
2 tsp Dijon mustard (the type where you

Search Thousands of Recipes

This morning our editors added a new feature to The Green Cutting Board Page, a search engine provided by

Here is a rich source of tempting recipes submitted by cooks from all over the world and sorted into. several convenient categories. You can keep a recipe box of your favorites, test and comment on thousands of recipes and even scale the servings (great for those of us whose eyes are

Joyeux Noël, Welcome to a Cajun Christmas

Cajun, I’m a son of Norway, I married the daughter of a Cajun Queen and I never could look back. I’m Canadian by birth; Saskatchewan which means “Sweet Flowing River" in Cree, Sweet Grass people to be specific: ta'n(i)te' e'tohte't. kinose'wi-si'pi'hk, so I’m susceptible. First I tasted the flavours and then I sensed the essence of Louisian and I understood the connection; jambalaya, gumbo with

Curried Spinach Soup for a cold wintry day

So, the inevitable question was raised as we lazed around on Saturday afternoon. “What should we have for supper?" Harlan asked. His mother, leafing through a magazine said, “I think I’d like to have some curried spinach soup, and here’s the recipe.” Harlan, seldom refusing a challenge, agreed to make it and the rest is history. The soup was delicious and altered to be totally vegan. Our

Merry Christmas

I always remember my grandfathers at this time of year for what they gave me, each in his own way, one gruff and the other gentle to a fault. They were from different parts of the world; one from Lillihammer, Norway and the other from Flint, MI. but they each had the same story of Christmas on the farm, a story told to them by their fathers and by their fathers before them for generations past.

Animals Voice

The Green Cutting Board has today aligned with Animals Voice.com . They are a singularly effective presence on the web and we encourage all of our readers who are interested to support their advocacy. To that end we created this GIF for your use. If you have a web site please link on your page to Animals Voice at: http://www.animalsvoice.com, now copy and save this image to your server.

For all our sake

This publication is becoming an ever more charged mix of pleasure in the free expression of opinion and the grinding pain of responsible editorialization. Each day finds us eager to publish the good news, and each day in turn we find ourselves presented with the task of editing the bad, today is no exception. As an Editor, I assume the responsibility to regard an event with equanimity and to

Eggplant Parmesan with Mushroom Bechamel Sauce

We wanted to create a flavorful Eggplant Parmesan without the traditional heavy tomato sauce. We think you'll enjoy this Green Cutting Board version which reveals the delicate, naturally sweet flavors of the eggplant and mushroom and at the same time is as pleasingly rich and satisfying as its tomato based inspiration.



Eggplant parmesan

Vegan
2 to 3 servings



Ingredients

1 medium

Stuffed Green Peppers Lousiane

c'est chaude

2 green peppers
2 Tbls olive oil
1/2 cup white rice
1/4 cup sliced leek
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 cloves chopped garlic
2 ounces vegan mozzarella cheese
2 ounces chopped black olives chopped
1 Tbls chopped jalapeno pepper
4 Tbls olive oil
3 cups boiled water
1/3 cup vegan red wine
2 small kosher dill pickles diced
3 tsps Creole spice (recipe follows)
1 tsp dill
2 ounces vegan

Bread, Bread and Soup, Bread and Soup is Life...

Bruschetta




2 slices of rye bread 1" thick
2 Tbls extra virgin olive oil
several green olives sliced
some vegan Parmesan Reggiano cheese
2 ounces vegan jack cheese cut into strips

Cut each slice of bread into 3 even pizza shaped triangles and arrange on a baking sheet. Drizzel with the e.v.o.o., top with the sliced olives and cheese. Cook under broiler until the cheese bubbles and

Moving on to years end...

Braised Brussels Sprouts in Vinaigrette with Mushroom Risotto




Ingredients

16 ounces fresh Brussels sprouts washed and stemmed
1 cup rice
2 cups water boiled
8 ounces mushroom washed and sliced
1 Tbls chopped fresh garlic
1 small sweet onion diced
2 cloves chopped fresh garlic
2 Tbls extra virgin olive oil
2 Tbls vegan spread
4 ounces red vegan burgundy
1 cube vegetable bouillon
1 tsp dijon

Wolves Threatened from the Air

This article on ANC caught our attention because as in spirit it so closely mirrors this journals previous post regarding the wholesale disregard of exiting laws protecting manatees, this diptych of bad news so blithely sent to us by Governors Bush and Murkowski to cheer our holiday spirit.



Aerial Slaughter Of Wolves Approved Despite Voter Opposition

by Patricia Collier

Since the early

Open Letter to the Legislature, State of Florida

Protect manatee habitat




If you have visited the Florida gulf coast recently you have no doubt heard of the plight of our large, gentle, shore line neighbor the manatee. The manatee seeks shelter from the winter cold of the gulf waters within the warm rivers and springs of the inner coastal waterways. Unfortunately that sheltering habit, more often than not leads to increased association with

Left overs! Well hardly Pilgrim

A recent CNN pole indicated that the favorite Thanksgiving day leftover meal was a hot turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes and gravy, Here's our version.

Pan Browned Roast Sandwich with Gravy

Use two slices of whole grain bread with vegan spread. Place 1, spread side down in a frying pan that has been heated to medium with 1 Tbls vegan spread. Slice generous potions of Savory Sweet Potato