Your smallest fashionista can have a neater closet (even if she’s always pulling things off the shelf). Don’t you love the look of a neat bedroom closet? Nicely stacked piles, evenly folded? And then your little one wants the t-shirt from the middle of the pile, stands on tiptoes and pulls. And there go the…
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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…
Get Your Ironing Done in Half the Time
It’s got to get done anyway. The right iron will make the task go super fast. With two girls in uniforms and one bar mitzvah boy, there is a lot of ironing going on in my house, any given week. Throw in a Rosh Chodesh or some extra guest and you can guarantee that iron…
The 9×13 Life: Chocolate Chip Sticks
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…
How to Freeze Your Ground Beef – and Use It, Too!
Do you have ground beef sitting in your freezer, waiting to be used? You know that mound of ground beef you have sitting in the freezer? You keep forgetting to take it out to defrost the day before you need it and it just doesn’t defrost fast enough to use the same day. Well, here’s…
Wish You Had That Perfect, Relaxing Recliner (That Actually Looks Nice)?
Discussions about recliners always lead to debate. The best recliner is usually an eyesore. Well, here’s a solution. You want to enjoy some peace and quiet in your room, but you don’t really want to go to bed. Did you ever wish you had that cozy spot, that perfect chair, where you can get some…
Make Your Onion and Flanken Soup in the Crockpot
In this onion-flanken soup, you can skip the sauteing and let the Crockpot do all the work for you. Onion and Flanken Soup Save Print Ingredients 12 onions, sliced into half-moons 1 Tablespoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ¼ cup canola oil 2 pounds bone-in flanken 4 cups beef, chicken, or…
Driving to Toronto? 7 Things You Need to Know Before Crossing the Border
Canada might just be a (long) car trip away, but it is another country. Keep these 7 tips in mind and your trip should go smoothly. When people share with me that they will be driving to Canada, it’s often with a tinge of panic in their voices. How can you possibly travel for 8+…
Is Your Child Naturally Disorganized?
Organizing a backpack may be the first activity that can help your disorganized child learn to focus and organize. An occupational therapist shares the get-organized game plan. A while 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…
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. Like this carrot cake. Here’s a recent favorite recipe that I…
