Easy, delicious, and completely in the spirit. Make eggroll hamantaschen this Purim (and serve with a great dip!). Need a great, super easy dish that’s a little bit different to serve as an appetizer, pick-up, or side dish this Purim? This is it! No time to fry Purim day? No problem! You can also…
Basics: How to Make Spicy Mayo
This super popular condiment goes well with more than just sushi. Is spicy mayo a basic? We think so! With the popularity of spicy mayo (even the kids need some alongside their sushi), it’s become quite a popular dip. It’s so easy to put together at home you’ll never need to buy it again. Bonus:…
Get Out the Mixer and Make These Candy Bar Cookies Now!
We wouldn’t make you take out the mixer for just any old cookies. For these candy bar cookies? Most definitely. During the year, I pretty much stick to baking no-mixer bowl cakes, cookies and bars, like these chocolate chip sticks or the oatmeal squares…comes Purim time and I get the baking bug. That’s when I…
This is Our New Favorite Fresh and Amazing Quinoa Salad.
Cook your quinoa, chop those fresh crunchy veggies nice and finely, and you’re all set with this great salad. This past summer, I attended a woman’s networking event hosted by Stacey Gindi. Lots of food was prepared for the buffet, but the one thing I kept on going back for was this quinoa. After…
The 9×13 Life: Chocolate Chip Sticks
This classic favorite cookie just got a whole lot easier. Make chocolate chip sticks now in minutes. In the days before kosher cookbooks were gorgeous coffee table books, we cooked from those basic spiral cookbooks. And then The Kosher Palette started the chain that changed the kosher cookbook scene forever! (Fun fact: Susie Fishbein was…
Is Your Child Naturally Disorganized?
Organizing a backpack may be the first activity that can help them learn to focus and organize. An occupational therapist shares the get-organized game plan. Awhile back, I shared my briefcase organizing technique in this post, where I recommended using the “space” system. Then, one reader wrote to us sharing that her school had recommended…
The 9×13 Life: No Mixer Carrot Cake
Leave the mixer in the pantry. Leave the mixing bowls in the drawer. Make carrot cake with just a pan and a spoon. Recently, I’ve gone on a mixer strike. Unless it’s challah or babka, all the other Shabbos cakes must be no-mixer quickies. Here’s a recent favorite recipe that I received from my cousin….
10 Cities You Might Not Have Thought Had Kosher Food
Think there’s only kosher food in cities with big Jewish populations? Those who don’t travel often are surprised that you can find lots of kosher food options in places that typically don’t have large communities of Jewish life. We all know that LA, London, Toronto, NY, Miami, Panama, and most large cities with Jewish communities…
12 Favorite Bins and Boxes from The Container Store
Few things make a woman feel as satisfied as having an organizing home. These favorite boxes and bins will help you get there. There is nothing as satisfying as having an organized house. That organized house is a place where everything has a home and you never spend hours searching for that one thing you…
Our Family’s New Favorite Comfort is Tomato Soup with Dumplings
Or knockerlach, as we call them. Add this tomato soup to your dinner menu. My sister-in-law Devorah has been making soup for dinners for as long as I know her. When I first got married, soup wasn’t something I would make often. I definitely made chicken soup every week, but during the week, soup was…