You’ve come home from the grocery with cut butternut squash and you need an easy soup recipe…now! Do you also buy cut butternut squash and then scramble to find what should be an easy recipe for soup? And then you try the one that looks simplest, and it’s delicious, but then you can’t remember which…
The Easiest Way to Keep Your Child’s Closet Neat
Your smallest fashionista can have a neater closet (even if she’s always pulling things off the shelf). Don’t you love the look of a neat bedroom closet? Nicely stacked piles, evenly folded? And then your little one wants the t-shirt from the middle of the pile, stands on tiptoes and pulls. And there go the…
How to Freeze Your Ground Beef – and Use It, Too!
Do you have ground beef sitting in your freezer, waiting to be used? You know that mound of ground beef you have sitting in the freezer? You keep forgetting to take it out to defrost the day before you need it and it just doesn’t defrost fast enough to use the same day. Well, here’s…
No Mudroom? No Problem. Create a Side Door Storage Space on a Budget
We all know that one of the important pieces of a smooth morning is having everything the whole family needs to get out the door quickly in one place – and that place is preferably near the door! But for many of us, that perfectly equipped mudroom is just a dream and reality is a…
Basics: How to Refill Your Windshield Wiper Fluid
Do you consider anything that’s under the hood of your car a mystery? You can replace the windshield wiper fluid on your own – we’ll show you how. When the weather gets close to the freezing point and you start getting those frost crystals on your windshield, it’s time to make sure your windshield washer…
What to Do in Israel with Kids
Taking the kids along on your next Israel trip? You’ll need to plan some activities between your trips to kevarim and Gedolim. These ideas will keep the whole family happy. Traveling to Israel with kids is a completely different experience than an adults-only trip. Most children are not cut out for a week or so…
Why We’re Bringing This Mediterranean Pasta Salad to the Party
This pasta salad works in both dairy and meat versions. It takes a total of 20 minutes to prep. And it really pleases the crowd. Need a dish to bring to a party and not in the mood of making something complicated? How about a dinner that takes 20 minutes to prepare and pleases pretty…
This Scavenger Hunt Will Be Your Family’s Favorite Night Out
Last Chanukah, my family had a blast playing this type of scavenger hunt. Gather up the cousins and laugh all night long. The kids are on vacation from school and everyone is a family state of mind. This is the perfect time of year to spend the day doing something fun with all the cousins…
Absolutely Yummy Apple Cider Baked Donuts
I baked these apple cider donuts and then invited the girls over to taste. The verdict: We gotta spread the word. This might be strange, but I prefer baked donuts to fried ones. It kind of defeats the whole Chanukah connection thing, but that’s just the way it is. And when I came across this…
Want Only the Best Classic Donut? Fry These Yeshiva Donuts
It may be true. We found the best donuts. Just in time for Chanukah. A donut is a donut. Some donuts are better than others, but they’re pretty much all awesome. So, when my son came home from yeshiva raving about the donuts the cook made, I paid attention. This guy is not a foodie….