Ep. 309: Ellen Kanner - This Miami Vegan Brings Color, Culture, and Compassion to Your Table
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
We are turning up the heat and diving fork-first into a true celebration of the tropics—a culinary carnival of color, culture, and compassion!
Rip welcomes Ellen Kanner—a Miami native, award-winning writer, and the powerhouse behind the new cookbook, Miami Vegan.
This book is more than just a collection of recipes—it's a flavorful journey through the heart of Miami, infused with bold Latin and Caribbean influences, and reimagined through the vibrant lens of plant-based living.
Ellen shows us that we don’t have to give up the flavors we love to eat food that loves us back. With over 80 sun-soaked, sizzling recipes, this is the kind of book that makes you want to crank up some salsa music and dance in the kitchen!
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston, and you're listening to the Plan Strong podcast. |
| 0:04.0 | Are you ready to spice things up in the kitchen? This week, we're heading into the sizzling streets of Miami with Ellen Canter, award-winning author and native Miamian, who is Dishing Up Festive Flavor in her new book, Miami Vegan. We'll have this |
| 0:23.0 | colorful conversation right after these words from Plant Strong. If you're looking for the |
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| 0:35.7 | cooking for one or feeding the whole crew, this is an easy, |
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| 0:47.6 | dinner. Just pour it over your stir fry, simmer, and boom, you've got dinner handled in 15 minutes flat. It's bold, rich, and packed with |
| 0:58.8 | the flavors of curry, aromatic spices, and peanut, all without added oils, sugar, or junk. |
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| 1:11.2 | That's plantstrong.com. |
| 1:13.2 | Today, we are turning up the heat and diving fork first into a culinary carnival of color, |
| 1:21.7 | culture, and compassion. |
| 1:24.7 | How about all those all those alliterations? |
| 1:32.3 | I am thrilled to welcome Miami native Ellen Canner. She is the author behind the gorgeous new cookbook, Miami Vegan, |
| 1:36.3 | Plant-Based Recipes from the Tropics to Your Table. |
| 1:40.3 | This book is more than just a collection of recipes. It is a flavorful journey through the |
| 1:47.2 | heart of Miami, infused with bold, Latin, and Caribbean influences, and reimagined through the |
| 1:54.9 | vibrant lens of plant-based living. Ellen shows us that we don't have to give up the flavors that we love to eat food |
| 2:03.4 | that loves us back. With over 80 sun-soaked, sizzling recipes, this is the kind of book that makes |
| 2:11.7 | you want to dance into the kitchen and maybe even crank up some salsa music while you're at it. So grab your forks, |
| 2:20.0 | your curiosity, and maybe a ripe mango or two because today we are going to feast on Miami, |
| 2:29.0 | Plant Bay style. Ellen Canter, it is so wonderful to see you and have you be on the Plant Strong podcast today. |
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