Leah Schapira
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Basics: How to Make Charoses
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Learn how to make charoses for your Pesach seder. If you’re making Pesach for the first time this year, you’re going to need to make charoses yourself. This is our favorite version. Use hazelnuts without the peel. If you cannot find peeled hazelnuts, simply toast whole hazelnuts. Rub the nuts between your palms or in…
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This Is the Best Pesach Apple Crumble We Ever Tried
Make sure to double your crumbs…you’ll want to use them on top of everything. We love these crumbs. We make a big batch and use them on everything (stay tuned for more ways to use them!). But, first, why not use them in the most obvious, basic way? On top of an apple crumble, of…
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Your End-of-the-Day Kitchen Cleaning Checklist
Kids growing up? Are they old enough now to help you with kitchen cleanup? It may be time to share the responsibility! One of the easiest jobs I’ve given over to my children is cleaning up the kitchen after dinner. It may sound like a difficult and overwhelming job to give over to a child,…
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The Easy Way to Make Hot Pretzels at Home
Making pretzels is a great rainy day activity. This is one of my favorite recipes from Kids Cooking Made Easy. When I was younger, I didn’t like school lunches. I used to walk to school, so on the way, I’d stop at a corner store and buy myself hot pretzels for 50 cents to eat…
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How Not to Be So So Hard on Yourself – 10 Ways
You’re doing a great job. And the person who is telling you otherwise? It may just be you being hard on yourself. How do you combat those negative feelings of inadequacy? Here are 10 ways to rid those thoughts that drag you down—and be ready to take on the world with confidence and a smile.…
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Add Easy Tomato Garlic Confit to Your Shabbos Table
It doesn’t take any extra work. But it adds a whole lot of extra flavor. Tomato Garlic Confit is our new favorite addition to the table. Originally this recipe began as a way to get rid of an extra box of grape tomatoes in the fridge. Then it was so loved that we now buy…
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8 Ways to Roll Your Babka for a Different Look
Babka is one of those all-time favorite baked goods to gift on Purim. Want to make yours look a little different? Here are some new shapes and versions you may want to try. Let’s start with the classic shape. A jelly roll, twisted in half (plus pick up this genius hack!). Next is everyone’s BCP…
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How to Stretch Your Pizza Dough into a Large Round Pie
Dinner needs to be on the table within a half hour. What do you do? You make it a pizza night. Homemade pizza night, that is. These hacks will help. Whenever I’m in a rush and want to make homemade pizza for dinner, I stop by at my local pizza shop and buy a ball…
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Why A Big Sheet Pan Can Save Lots of Time
They’re bigger than half sheets and smaller than full sheets. These sheet pans are the perfect size for your oven. When I discovered “big sheet” size sheet pans, I was sold. “Big sheets” are smaller than full sheet pans that only fit in commercial ovens, and they’re larger than the typical half sheet pans that…
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Our Tricks for a Clean Home on Motzei Shabbos
Do you also dread the Motzei Shabbos clean-up? Here is one way to get it all done. And fast. So many people complain about Motzei Shabbos. Some people have cabin fever, some are bored after relaxing all Shabbos but don’t have the energy to get moving. Others slept too much or too little…everyone seems a…
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