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…
This is That Mushroom Romaine Salad That Everyone Loves
This Mushroom Romaine salad is one of those favorite recipes that’ll make its way into every household. Some salad recipes go around from friend to friend with no clear credit. As they move along, one adds one ingredient, another removes a different one. This is the particular way that salad recipes get passed from one…
How to Play Snack Memory at Your Party
Get ready to brag about your favorite snack, be competitive, and have fun! The Rules of Snack Memory: Everyone has to bring one snack (something special and worthy for the game, like a chocolate bar, huge bag of chips, candy…) Sit around the table. Everyone introduces their snack and brag about “why their snack is…
We’ve Got *That* Great Roasted Veggie Salad That’ll Be the First to Go
You know that whenever a salad is finished all the way to the bottom, it’s a keeper. It’s not only a keeper, it’s worth sharing…We’ve just in time for when you need that great salad Roasted Eggplant and Sweet Potato Salad to feed the crowd. My mother had this salad, prepared by my aunt Yenty…
The Easy Way to Avoid Melted Wax Stuck to the Menorah
This post-Chanukah wax-scraping chore is no more. Do you find it a pain to scrape out the colored wax from the menorahs every night over Chanukah? I learned this trick when I saw my brother-in-law prep his children’s menorahs last Chanukah. This hack works only when the candle fits exactly into the menorah. Pour a…