You can make a DIY Balloon Dart Game…all the cousins will be talking about it until next Chanukah! For as long as I can remember (perhaps for more than 10 years!), I’ve been hosting a big kids-oriented Chanukah party for the extended family…and I always try to think of the latest and greatest activities to…
Going Skiing? Here’s the Complete What-to-Wear Checklist
If you don’t have the right clothing, your day on the slopes will be a bust. Stay warm and safe with this complete skiing list. When it comes to other cold-weather sports, there’s tons and tons of special clothing and gear that’s needed just to get going. Hockey gear practically needs its own room in…
We’re Sharing Our Famous Crispy Beef Recipe
And guess what? This family-friendly crispy beef is also freezer-friendly! While researching for Starters & Sides Made Easy, we asked lots of people what types of appetizers they love. We had lots of requests for crispy beef, which is thin strips of beef tossed with a sauce and is popular in American Chinese restaurants. Letting…
Do You Love English Muffins, Split Open and Toasted with Melted Butter? Then Click Here.
Make your own English muffins…then sit down to enjoy ‘em while they’re hot. There was one point in my adult years that I suddenly became very nostalgic for English muffins, which I used to enjoy often when I was a kid. I’d split them open (open with fingers or a fork, never a knife), put…
I Make This Za’atar Roasted Cauliflower Salad Again and Again
It’s a salad or a side dish. Bottom line, it’s beautiful and will be finished down to the last floret. Bring this Za’atar Cauliflower Salad to your table this Yom Tov. Each week, I feature one recipe in Ami Magazine’s Whisk, but once in a while, a new recipe comes along that really becomes part…
Yummy, Moist One Bowl Chocolate Chips Muffins You’ll Bake Again and Again
There’s nothing like having a great version of a staple item. These chocolate chip muffins are so moist and delicious and really easy to prep (one bowl). They’ll be one of your keeper recipes forever. I first tasted these chocolate chip muffins when a neighbor brought them over to my house. She didn’t really know…
Why I Buy This Cheap Vacuum Every Four Years
Vacuum cleaners can be a pain to repair. Now, what if I said you’ll never have to worry about that again? One day before Pesach, I was in Evergreen Supermarket on the south side of Lakewood, when I bumped into the wife of my son’s Rebbe. “What are you doing on this side of town?”…
How to Pack a Diaper Bag
Are you always forgetting one essential or another that your baby needs (they need a lot of stuff!)? Here’s a trick for remembering the things that need to go in the bag. Shortly after my oldest son was born, I remember packing up his diaper bag to go to my mother-in-law’s house. I don’t remember…
Victoria: The Things I Always Keep in My Freezer
Yes, it’s mostly Syrian stuff that might not be in your freezer. A second freezer is something that almost every Syrian bride gets soon after marriage. That’s because most of the Syrian staples aren’t only freezer-friendly, but they need to be made in advance and frozen. They’re way too time-consuming to make on a Friday….
Basics: How to Make Syrian Lehme B’agine
Lehme B’agine is one Syrian staple than even the Ashkenazim go for. A few years ago, when we published a version of this lehme b’agine recipe in Starters and Sides Made Easy featuring a homemade dough. Well, life changes and gets busier, and homemade dough that needs to be rolled out and cut into circles…
