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EPISODE · Aug 14, 2025 · 24 MIN

Ellen Kanner’s “Miami Vegan” Offers Plant-Based Versions of Your Favorite South Florida Recipes

from The Zest · host Dalia Colón

Plant-based picadillo? Say less!When Ellen Kanner went vegan in the 1980s, she couldn’t imagine buying oatmilk or plant-based cheese in a grocery store.Today, she says being vegan is easier than ever, thanks to restaurants and mainstream supermarkets accommodating the plant-based lifestyle. And the food writer is herself helping folks lean into eating vegan with her cookbook Miami Vegan: Plant-Based Recipes from the Tropics to Your Table. The book veganizes South Florida favorites like picadillo, ceviche and key lime pie. Ellen chatted with Dalia about her must-have pantry staples, navigating social situations as a vegan and the recipe she cooks to win over meat-eaters.Related episodes:To Keep Your New Year’s Resolution, Start with the “Lowest-Hanging Fruit,” Says Wellness Coach & Cookbook Author Jo BakalPure Vegan Cakes CEO Sira Garib on Baking Tabitha Brown’s Birthday Cake and Showing Up for HerselfHow “Fab the Vegan” Dropped 150 Pounds, Reversed Diabetes & Became a Plant-Based InfluencerFormer “Real Housewife” Ana Quincoces on Her New Cookbook, “Modern Cuban”

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