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THE EDGY VEGGIE
Ellen Kanner

A vegetarian since age 13, Ellen Kanner has written for Bon Appetit, Gourmet, Eating Well, Vegetarian Times and regional magazines nationwide including Pebble Beach and Palm Beach Illustrated. She shares meals in Miami with her meat-eating but otherwise adorable husband, and is at work on a book, Love in the Time of Broccoli: A Joyful Vegetarian's Path to a Beautiful Life.

Her website is www.ellen-ink.com. She blogs at edgyveggie1.blogspot.com

Write to her at ekanner@miamiherald.com.

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It’s a month into the new year, that critical time when many of us abandon our freshly made resolutions. So let’s toast to sticking to them, and for a healthier you, toast with plant-based milk.

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Going to seed and loving it with hemp, flax and chia

Here’s hoping 2012 turns out to be seedy. In a good way. Seeds are super-concentrated sources of nourishment, so eat more in the new year, especially your seed superstars, hemp, flax and chia.
Giving thanks for farmers and gardens

As we settle down to enjoy a sumptuous Thanksgiving meal, let’s do what we’re supposed to do in the first place — give thanks. So, a rousing round of applause, please, for our local farmers who grew the bounty of food on the table.
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New products make sprouted grains and beans mainstream

A healthy new trend is sprouting up in markets — sprouted foods. Germinating, or sprouting, seeds, beans and legumes super concentrates their power and makes them more nutritious and digestible.
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Going meatless a rewarding proposition

Celebrate! You’ve got not one but two opportunities to make everything new and wonderful. Today is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, and Saturday is World Vegetarian Day, the start of Vegetarian Month.
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Raising the lunchbox bar

Here’s a back to school lesson — don’t try to cram a whole day’s worth of nutrition into a single bar. And yet we always do. With every new school year comes a wave of new promises and new “smart,” “healthy” products to pop into a lunchbox. When will we learn?