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

What about the leftovers (musgoes)

The combination of hunger and leftovers at 11:00 PM may inspire new creations of culinary delight. Please, delight and inspire us with your Thanksgiving denouement to the Thanksgiving repast. Send inspirations to

mailcat

A baked main course, that tastes as good as it looks...

Savory Sweet Potato Roast

Vegan
Ingredients

Three medium sweet potatoes
4 cups seasoned bread stuffing
1 small onion
1 12 ounce bag fresh cranberries
1/2 cup orange juice
6 Tbsp vegetarian spread
1/2 cup raw sugar
1 tsp dijon mustard
sage
salt
pepper

Preparation


Boil the potatoes, skins on until fork soft and refrigerate. Prepare the stuffing according to package directions and add 1/

Spare time? These rolls are a piece of cake.

Farm Yeast Rolls







Without having to fuss over thawing the turkey we had extra time on our schedule today so Gladys popped these together this morning and went off Christmas shopping with Nancy while the yeast did its' work. They left me with instructions to watch the dough or something which I promptly forgot. When they returned, these tasty morsels went into the oven and 20 minutes

Forty Years, Today

I was 16 years old sitting in my 11th Grade English class, window row on the quad, at ANOKA Senior High School, 5th seat back just after lunch when MS Fuchs informed us that President Kennedy had been shot, killed in Dallas. Forty years have passed and I have come to understand that I am defined by that moment: the Vietnam War, My Lai, the Tet offensive, Kent State................9/11.

We stumbled on a new Vegan Group in Florida, congratulations on their good taste both because of their choice in states and dining. If you're near Panama City in the pan handle take note: and continued good eating pc vegan

Fernando Ficus

A new voice joins us today just in time for the family Thanksgiving get together. He's a terrific story teller so we gave him his own blog, hope he sticks around after the holidays. Hola Fernando! ¡Qué hacen los árboles comen de todos modos!

Twelfth Day of Thanksgiving...





On the twelfth of Thanksgiving my true love gave to me one veg casserole, two side dishes, three fine desserts...Okay, so it will never catch on but as I think about the days preceding Thanksgiving and all the anticipation of feasting and family and long rides through the snow to grandma's house I realize that tradition really is the heart of the holiday. The

Nancy's mom's stove top scalloped potatoes

This recipe is the first one we've seen that comes out of a genuine desire not to cook and at the same time, really cooks. WW II made a stepchild of necessity and resulted in this quick stove top recipe for traditional scalloped potatoes that surely deserves a place in our 2003 Thanksgiving celebration dinner, thanks Therese (pronounced T'reze)

fais do-do



Nancy's Mom's Stove Top Scalloped

To those Who Serve

Veterans Day is a day to remember those who have served in the armed forces and to honor their sacrifice. The men, women and companion animals that bear the burden deserve our eternal gratitude.

Sweet potatoes are one of the best things you can do for yourself, they are packed with carotene (ProVitamin A) and just plain taste good as testified to in the previous recipe which matches the natural sweetness of "Sweet Potato" with a savory mix of mushrooms and spices. On the other hand, some of us like that same sweetness to be over the top, and so we give you that old standby Sweet Potatoes

Continuing the menu plan for this years Thanksgiving Day Diner we naturally want to include a variety of vegetable dishes designed to be both traditional and, of course, vegetarian but also completely satisfying to the non vegetarian guest at your table. This recipe uses traditional sweet potatoes but with a great crispy topping that will surprise and please everyone. Make extras, trust me this

Vegetarian Wine: The Hunt for Red October!

I said that we would get back to you with the result of our research into vegetarian and vegan wines, turns out there is little if any difference, if it's vegetarian it's vegan depending on your interpretation of vegetarian; if you're lacto-vegetarian some wines not vegan would still be okay if they have been fined (the process of clarifying the wine by filtering it) through albumin from egg

Vino for Vegans

Vino for Vegans

Do not forget the wine. As I am not a vintner, I will remind and attempt to find for ourselves and others a list of Vegan wines for this Thanksgiving celebration.

While we ponder the menu considerations for our upcoming Vegetarian Thanksgiving celebration it seemed like an appropriate time to acknowledge the main reason behind our choice to be vegetarian, the animals. Just as

THANKSGIVING 2003, Gladys likes dessert

excerpt from:

A Vegetarian Cooks' Book The Green Cuttingboard Press, 2003
"American Harvest Cookies"
Gladys


Makes 12 servings. Prep Time: 10 minutes


2 cups pecan meal (or you can use almond meal)
1 1/3 cups oats
1 cup whole wheat flour
2/3 cup maple syrup
1/3 cup canola oil
1/4 cup raspberry preserves
1/2-teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2-teaspoon almond extract (alcohol free)
1/4-teaspoon

Coming up quickly on our third vegetarian Thanksgiving it occurred to us that it would be fun to plan the event live on the web,weather permitting. Florida is infamous for sudden, violent lightning storms, bad for computers, worse for the electronic control board on our wall oven; something we plan to take up with Kenmore some day, but that's another blog. Back to Thanksgiving 2003. What we

Travel and Vegetarian Restaurants

Well, I'm traveling again and facing the age old question. "Where does one eat when looking for a good vegetarian meal?" Well, I was lucky enough to find two great places. The Capital Grille in Charlotte is phenomenal and offers a wide selection of vegetarian dishes. Everything is extremely fresh and very tasty. The other restaurant, Sonoma California Bistro & Wine Bar Charlotte, NC -

Potato, Spinach and Tomato Soup

The credit for this one goes to Rachael Ray of Food TV who from time to time provides vegetarian recipes. This one is not but with slight modification quite easily transforms itself into a delightful and nutritious vegan comfort food. Thanks to Rachael and all the great folks at Food TV. Food Network: Potato, Spinach and Tomato Soup "素食主 者厨夫的" 色切 委 会新 2003 年
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1 large onion, chopped
4

LA JOLLA SEALS

LA JOLLA SEALS

I wanted to include another mention of the seal beach in La Jolla, CA. We visited there this summer and were immediately enchanted by the local seal colony in residence. The Friends of Seals organization that was distributing information that day no longer appears to maintain a website so I add this link, it reveals a good panorama of the area surrounding the beach and of course,

New "Greener" appearance

Today we blog with a new look, We wanted to present a nicer face to the world, more in keeping with our statement. Hope you like it.

Excerpt from: "A Vegetarian Cooks' Book" The Green Cutting Board Press 2003
all rights reserved


Sweet Potato and Bean Crescents


Ingredients

1 - med. sweet potato - peeled and cut into small chunks
1/2 - cup black beans - drained
1/2 - cup fresh or canned corn - drained
1/2 - cup vegan cheese - monterey jack, cheddar, mixed
2 - Tbls canola oil
cumin, chili powder, salt - to taste
1

Excerpt from: "A Vegetarian Cooks' Book" The Green Cutting Board Press 2003
all rights reserved

Green Cabbage Rolls

Harlan Weikle

Makes 4 servings.
Prep Time: 60 minutes

The Cabbage and Filling, Begin…

Remove the cabbage from the soak, peel a dozen outer leaves and submerge them in near boiling water, cover for about 10 minutes to soften, remove and set aside covered. Add the lentils

After three or four days of posting to this Blog I felt it was appropriate to say a bit about myself and something with regard to my views about the content herein before I continue.

I have been a vegetarian for just about 3 years, but I’ve been devoted to animal welfare as long as I can remember, probably since my 3rd grade teacher read to us the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell, now before

The seals are a wonder, while we were there we encountered a woman who belongs to La Jolla Friends of Seals their .org seems to be down presently, I sincerely hope that this is a temporary state, she was explaining the history of the Children's Pool controvery (story follows) when she suddenly pointed to a small sea lion clambering up the rocks to the beach area. The dozen or so harbor seals,

Well, we're not sure how informative a correspondent I will be, but I'm happy to join in. Harlan reminded me of the harbor seals we were privileged enough to see on our trip to southern California a few weeks ago. I must say that visiting those seals was the highlight of our trip, in my opinion. With the Pacific Ocean waves splashing against the wall while the seals and their babies rested in

Nancy, a 2-syllable girl's name of Hebrew origin, means: Graceful one.
We are joined by a new correspondent today, Nancy, whom I am very happy to say is my wife and best friend, among her many charms she is an astute observer and very keen on animals, so I expect we will see a number of contributions in the category: animal rights and welfare. Welcome Hon…we used to live in Baltimore home of

Welcome to my first post to this Blog, actually more an online filing cabinet disguised as a Blog, my desk being piled over with mounds of clippings, notes, scribbling, doodles and such, if I am unable to locate it in my office or it gets carried away by one of the dogs as a fresh play thing; 'the dog ate my homework, honest', it may in future (fingers crossed) be retrieved here. A few years