{"id":8274,"date":"2015-12-02T12:01:22","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:01:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=8274"},"modified":"2015-12-02T12:01:22","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T17:01:22","slug":"chanukah-starts-the-evening-of-december-6-2015-you-may-want-to-serve-these-vegan-recipes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2015\/12\/02\/chanukah-starts-the-evening-of-december-6-2015-you-may-want-to-serve-these-vegan-recipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanukah starts the evening of December 6, 2015 \u2013 You may want to serve these vegan recipes!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Oil plays a significant role in the Chanukah story\u2014a small jug of oil miraculously provided fuel for the Temple Menorah for eight days. As a result, Jews traditionally eat oily foods on Chanukah. Among the most popular Chanukah dishes are potato latkes (pancakes). Here are two vegan recipes you might want to try this year.<\/p>\n

Potato Pancakes<\/strong> (from Meatless Meals for Working People<\/a>)
\nServes 6<\/p>\n

3 cups cooked white potatoes, mashed
\n1 small onion, chopped
\nSalt and pepper to taste
\n\u00bc cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
\n2 Tablespoons oil<\/p>\n

Mix the mashed potatoes, onion, and seasonings together. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Pour pancakes onto heated pan and fry on each side until light brown (about 8 minutes per side). Serve warm alone or with applesauce.<\/p>\n

Quinoa\/Sweet Potato Patties <\/strong>(from Conveniently Vegan<\/a>)
\nMakes 8<\/p>\n

1\u00bd cups sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
\n4 cups water
\n1 cup quinoa
\n2 cups water
\n\u00bd teaspoon cinnamon
\n2 teaspoons oil<\/p>\n

Place sweet potatoes in a medium-size pot with 4 cups water over high heat. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and cook 35 minutes or until the potatoes are done. Drain and mash potatoes.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, place the quinoa and 2 cups water in a separate medium-size pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Mix mashed sweet potatoes and cooked quinoa together along with the cinnamon. Form 8 patties and place in a lightly oiled large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook 5 minutes on each side and serve warm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oil plays a significant role in the Chanukah story\u2014a small jug of oil miraculously provided fuel for the Temple Menorah for eight days. As a result, Jews traditionally eat oily foods on Chanukah. Among the most popular Chanukah dishes are potato latkes (pancakes). Here are two vegan recipes you might want to try this year. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8276,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8274\/revisions\/8276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}