Renee Muller
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Find the Right Crib (or Pack n’ Play or Bassinet) Sheet on the First Try
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Do you open every crib sheet before finding the precise one that fits? Yeah. It’s possible not to have to do that. And the OCD living inside of you will be so so happy. I promise. All you need is a label maker. And safety pins. Also, highly recommended, a Skubb box to store these neatly,…
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This Is Not Your Typical Sesame Challah
This simple method will take your already amazing challah to a whole new level – sesame challah. The first time I tried this on my poor unsuspecting family, they humored me. “Sesame seeds on sale this week?” someone quipped. “Were they so ugly you needed to cover every inch with seeds?” someone else decided. But…
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How to Serve Sorbet as an Elegant Dessert
Grapefruit + Pomegranate + Sorbet. You can’t go wrong with this light and refreshing way to end a Yom Tov meal. Pesach desserts tend to be high on sugar, nuts, eggs, or…all of the above combined. Last year, I prepared Chantzy’s Grape Juice Sorbet, you know, “for the kids.” The freezer was stocked with many…
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Basics: How To Make Pesach Lukshen (aka Egg Noodles)
Use this lukshen recipe for your blintzes and crepes as well. Don’t we all look forward to that steaming bowl of chicken soup with lots and lots of Pesach lukshen? No?Only me? I’m sure it’s not just me. For starters, I know my kids really look forward to it. Like, reeeaaallly. So much so that…
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Basics: How To Make Chrein (Prepared Horseradish)
Eat a lot of chrein on Pesach? Prep it fresh and prep a lot. Each Pesach, we consume copious amounts of chrein in our house. It just goes so well with matzah. And all Pesach foods, as a matter or fact. And mayonnaise, obviously. Chrein consists of mainly cooked beets and grated horseradish. You…
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Basics: How to Prepare Marror (Horseradish/Bitter Herbs)
Marror. You might need to prepare it once a year only, but you still need to know how to do it. Right? Here’s how. And here’s a disclaimer: it’s easier than you imagined to prepare the marror. Peel the maror with a regular peeler, wherever possible (mostly the straight, long edges). Just as you would…
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Pollo Alla Cacciatora: This is Ima’s Chicken That I Always Dream About
This Italian chicken stew means comfort food to me. There’s this dish that I dream of when I’m in the mood of something incredibly good and satisfying. Pollo Alla Cacciatora. It’s this Italian stew of tender chicken and delicious vegetables. My Ima would typically serve it over some Israeli Couscous or small pasta (like mini…
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Love Your Aluminum Sheet Pans, But Cannot Figure Out How to Keep The Meat And Dairy Apart?
We have discovered the solution to confusing sheet pans. Working on a new cookbook with author Rivky Kleiman has taught me a lot. Every time we get together for a photoshoot I learn new techniques and delicious recipes. One day, Rivky showed up with a gift for my sheet pans: nail polish! One blue bottle…
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Jump Starting A Car: There’s Nothing To Be Afraid Of
Girls can do it too. Have you hosted on Pesach? Have you taken 4 kids to Chuck E. Cheese by yourself (aka the only adult)? Have you survived without cleaning help? Have you flown somewhere (yes, on an airplane) with a toddler? Have you driven a car in Brooklyn, NY? All the above: scary. Jumping…
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Baked Fruit for Dessert. And It Will Be Delicious.
And yes, this baked fruit dessert is mess-free. And it cooks in a 9×13 pan. Bonus: Your house will smell amazing. Do you, like me, periodically go through your fruit drawer and wonder why you bought so many apples? Or pears? Or plums? Some weeks I have the kids complaining that “maaaaaaaa there is no…
Filed under: RecipesTagged with: 9×13, desserts, Fall/Winter, fruit, Healthy Dessert, oven, pareve, pesach, shabbos, Spring/Summer, summer, tu b’shvat, winter
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