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Slow Cooker Shredded Beef + Fries = Perfect for a Party or for Dinner
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Put the meat up to cook in your Crock-Pot in the morning and it’ll be ready at dinner time with just a few minutes of prep. Years ago, at a restaurant out of town, I had a very memorable dish of seasoned fries loaded with shredded beef. And while I couldn’t begin to recreate an
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Three Ways to Use This Command Broom Gripper
Of course, you can use it to hang your broom. But what else do we use this gripper for? I bought my first broom gripper to simply hold the broom in my pantry. And it does the job very well. Then I started organizing my laundry room and was annoyed by the many “sticks” that
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Basics: How to Make a Classic Hamantaschen
Stuck indoors during this snowy Adar? Bake a batch of hamantaschen with the family. At one of our photo shoots, we were discussing the need to post a classic hamantasch recipe. None of us has one that we love, so we were tossing around ideas of whom to ask. Our bookkeeper Shana was at our
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The Easiest Way to Shop for Your Mishloach Manos Treats is Online
We put together some food options available on Amazon that can work great for Mishloach Manos – or any time. Don’t want to go out to shop? Not in the mood of schlepping home the boxes and bags?Just need some inspiration? Sit on your couch and order your goodies with a click of your mouse!
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Two Products That Will Keep Your Kitchen Sink Sparkling Clean
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We found solutions for two of the tricky spots when it comes to cleaning a sink. There’s nothing quite like having a sparkling, shiny sink when you’ve finished cleaning your kitchen at the end of the day or when you’re going into Shabbos. But there were a couple of issues I was having with getting
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Bring the Restaurant Experience Home with a Pu Pu Platter
If you can’t go out, you can still have the fun of this classic Chinese restaurant appetizer course. When I was a kid, on special birthdays we’d go out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant in Teaneck. It wasn’t local, so it was a big deal. And we’d always start with a pu pu platter
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Why Using a Squeegee is the Best Way to Clean Your Countertops
Common in Israel but not so much in the US, a small kitchen squeegee can change the way you clean your countertops. If you’ve spent time in an Israeli kitchen, you’ve probably seen the little squeegees used to swipe water off the countertops. Every time I tried it, I’d wonder why we don’t use these
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How to Prevent Your Board Game Boxes from Becoming Broken and Torn
Do you get frustrated by all the ragged game boxes in the closet? If you own board games, you probably have this problem. Unless your kids are super gentle and careful with the game boxes, they break. And once one corner is broken, the others follow. We like to try to prevent the problem before
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Disposable Measuring Cups for When the Kitchen is Already Clean
The kitchen has been cleaned for Shabbos but you want to make one last 9×13 treat. This is the perfect time to use disposable measuring cups! We can all agree that the best part of making 9×13 goodies is that there’s minimal cleanup. But sometimes the thought of getting those measuring cups dirty just after
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Real Pans or Disposable: When to Use Which
They don’t yield the same results. Choose wisely or adjust baking time accordingly! You know we love our 9x13s. And our sheet pans. And we’ve even discussed using real 9x13s. But you may have realized that some recipes turn out differently depending on whether the pan used was real or disposable. There are a couple
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