Want the guacamole you prepared to last a few days? Place your guacamole in a plastic container and cover with plastic wrap under the lid. To make your guacamole, blend 3 ripe avocados in the food processor with 1 tablespoon lemon juice and some salt and pepper, or try this recipe.
It’s Been One Year: How Between Carpools Affected Our Lives
We didn’t imagine we’d learn so much from our friends (and guests!) in one year. Since Between Carpools launched one year ago, we’ve all learned so many tips and tricks from both each other and from you. Fellow BCPers have recommended products which we’ve found to be so useful, and we’ve been awed by the…
Why a Family-Style Charcuterie Board Will be Your Family’s New Favorite Meal
Serve this charcuterie board for Shabbos lunch along with the cholent and salads and they’ll run to the table. Traditionally, the word “charcuterie” refers to different types of preserved meats. We loved the concept (variety is fun!), but wanted a version that was more family-friendly and perhaps more budget-friendly too. It’s really fun for everyone…
12 Dishes You’ll Want to Enjoy for Your Break-the-Fast Meal
Dreaming of food but can’t think straight enough to make a menu and start cooking for break-the-fast? We’ve made it easy. What’s one of the items on your to-do list during a fast day? Is one of them whipping up some comfort foods for after the fast? Here are a couple of suggestions to cook…
Need Help with Nine Days Planning? We’ve Got Lots of Ideas
Dairy Recipes + Pareve Recipes + Dinner Ideas + Activity Ideas for the nine days are one click away The Nine Days are a little harder and it’s not only because some of us don’t do laundry or eat meat. It’s because it’s a change from routine, and you need to put a little more…
Need Time Out of the Sun? Download Our Free Summer Coloring Pages!
Summer days are lots of fun…and also exhausting! Relax and let the fun continue with these camp and summer-themed coloring pages. Download free! There’s always a time of day when kids don’t want to stop having fun…but mom needs them to unwind. Or when they’re anxious to get to the pool…but mom still needs 20…
Can’t Keep Your Hydrangeas Alive? This Quick Tip Will Help
We learn cool things by watching our friends – here’s what Renee taught us about hydrangeas. Hydrangeas are a tricky flower. While we were watching Renee Muller make these arrangements you learned how to create here, we watched curiously as she didn’t simply cut the stems of her hydrangeas on an angle. Rather, the…
Dinner in 5: Summer Can Be Lazy + Flavorful with This Easy Meal
Make a quickie sausage & veggie dinner and be out of the kitchen! During summer, everyone gets a little lazier and a little less interested in cooking. Shortcuts are the way to go. Here is a quick sausage dinner that’s full of flavor and filling too. In the recipe below, we used these four flavors…
Easy to Make & Fun to Eat: Sausage Chips with Basil Mustard Dipping Sauce
This summer is all about easy dishes, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be creative or super flavorful. Enter…Sausage Chips. What do you eat Friday afternoon? How about Shabbos morning with the cholent? Need a quick finger food for your next bbq? Make sausage chips! Sausage Chips Save Print Ingredients 4-6 Meal…
Sending a child to sleepaway? Overwhelmed with all the “stuff” they need? This list can help.
If you’re sending your child off to camp for the first time, it’s hard to imagine all the things they’ll need once they’re away from home. If seemed like we were spending a fortune for someone else to host our children for 4 weeks…but that’s even before we started camp shopping! Oh boy, the list…