Love beef jerky? It’s easy to make your own at home. For our newest, authentic version of beef jerky made in the dehydrator, see this post. Making your own beef jerky with no special equipment is simpler than you think. The first time I tried it was when I made this recipe on Between Carpools…
No Oven On? Crock-Pot BBQ Brisket Is the Perfect Hot Main Dish
Put up this brisket ahead of time and it’s hot and ready when you need it. One of my personal favorite recipes in Dinner Done cookbook is the Oven-Smoked BBQ Brisket (page 130). I’ve made it so many times I even made a Pesach version (I will share it next Pesach!). I realized it freezes…
The 9×13 Life: Decadent Dairy Cookie Bars (The Easiest Thing You’ll Make for Shavuos)
There’s so many complicated desserts to make for Shavuos. Let this be the easy one. And perhaps the most delicious too. When a cousin calls to tell me that they have a new 9×13 recipe, I say “Yes!” right away. I don’t care if it’s chicken, a side dish, or a cookie. But when the…
The Classic Chocolate Cheese Muffin Is Always the Best
Sometimes you want simply the best version of the classics. These chocolate cheese muffins are one of those. Back in the days before we had all the kosher food magazines, my cousin Esti first made these muffins for a simcha. The recipe then got passed around the old-fashioned way and every single family member started…
How Should You Season Cauliflower? With “Everything Spice”
No one will ever say that this cauliflower is missing flavor. After writing Dinner Done, we ended up with lots of recipes we created/wrote but didn’t put in the book. This cauliflower side dish was polished off whenever we made it, but we felt it overlapped with our Everything Bagel Salmon, so it didn’t make…
This Crock-Pot Shredded Beef is an Amazing Make Ahead Meal
Shredded beef works for a Yom Tov meal…and it’s also a treat to come home to it on Chol Hamoed. It’s super easy to make too! If you have limited oven space available, a Crock-Pot is a great appliance to use to get your shredded meat cooked. In addition, on Chol Hamoed you can set…
This Refreshing, Crunchy Salad Is Exactly What You Need
With all those heavy dishes over Pesach, a light and superfreshing salad like this will be very welcome! We love this salad based off a recipe by Chef Einat Admony! One day, during a photoshoot, we were deciding what to prepare (or order) for lunch while prepping this salad. Once the photos were done, our…
Finish Your Pesach Meal with Hot Chocolate Molten Cake
No matter which version you choose, Chocolate Molten Cake will be a classic make-every-year dessert. Usually I try to share the one best way I make something. When it came to Hot Chocolate Molten Cake on Pesach, I discussed it with everyone: which one do we feature? In the end, I couldn’t come to a…
We Wait for This Lemon Ices All Year
This lemon ices is a favorite in so many homes! I’m afraid that some of you might tell me, “I make this recipe already. Why are you sharing old favorites?” But hear me out. Recently, I closed down Cookkosher.com, the website I had run for a number of years. When it comes to Pesach, there…
Use Simple, Fresh Ingredients to Make This Superb Roast
You can even choose the type of roast you want to use. One of the first recipes we ever published, our fruit galette, came to us through a roundabout way from Mrs. C Gestetner (Ironically, one of her granddaughters, without reading the introduction, made this recipe from Between Carpools. After she made it, she thought,…
