Food
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Really, Really Good Whole Wheat Challah
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Ah, that time of year is here again. Shlissel Challah. I always marvel at how enthusiastic we get when baking the first dough after Pesach. You’d think we would want to stay away from a measuring cup until July, but no. Here we are, filled with joy, pulling out or mixers, donning aprons and sprinkling…
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Hectic Morning? Banana Muffins to the Rescue
Are you rushing in the morning? Don’t have time for a healthy breakfast? These banana muffins will transform your day Some days we have time to prepare eggs with veggies or oatmeal pancakes, or even just a healthy smoothie for breakfast. On other days, breakfast has got to be simply grab-and-go. Most of the easy…
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How to Boil an Egg. (Because, yes, there’s lots of different ways to do it!)
Everyone has their own method. But what works the best for easy peeling and perfect egg salad? What’s really the best way to boil an egg? So, yeah, even a child can boil an egg. But what’s the perfect method? Victoria brings her eggs to a boil, turns off the heat, and then lets them…
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Store Bought Look; Home Baked Taste: Get the Secrets to a Professional Roll Cake from Pastry Chef Margie Gross
Keep these delicious roll cakes in the freezer Roll cakes are very popular on Pesach and for good reason. When there’s so many meals and desserts to serve, often you want to pull out the cake you served yesterday. No matter how many times you slice a roll cake, it always looks complete and new.…
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Looking for the Ultimate Pesach Cholent (Gluten Free) ?
We don’t have barley. We don’t have beans. But we still have Shabbos comfort with this Pesach cholent. Reproduced from Perfect for Pesach permission from the copyright holders ArtScroll/Mesorah Publications, LTD. In order to make the “ultimate” Pesach cholent, I tried numerous versions over weeks and weeks but wasn’t so happy with the results. I…
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Yapchik. With a Name Like That It Better Be Good.
And it is! Here’s the story of how I came to do it right. Yapchik: literal translation: potato kugel with a layer of meat in it. Not so literal translation: serious Jewish comfort food. For years the mere thought of Yapchik made me queasy. I might have tasted one that was way too heavy, or…
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6 New Ways to Make Schnitzel This Pesach (Gluten-Free)
Welcome, variety! It’s probably the dish you’ll make most often this Pesach. Change it up and please the crowds with 6 new versions of Pesach schnitzel. By Personal Chef Ruth Bendkowski Schnitzel is always a staple for Pesach. It’s one of those things that are just always a hit and fly off the table. How…
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Yes, This is My Official Yom Tov Menu. I Think. You Think Anyone Can Be This Hungry?
If Pesach cooking is as much work as making a Pesach menu, I’m in trouble. I may add things, I may take out. My goal this Yom Tov is to be able to keep the 14 to 30 people that will be at the table for each meal as happy as possible…without having to spend…
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4 Ways to Use Our Pesach Pizza Dough (including…for pizza, of course)
This kosher-for-Passover pizza dough recipe will come in handy for more than just pizza Last year, I decided I wanted to create a Pesach pizza dough. I wasn’t happy with the matzah meal-concoction I’d mix together each year to make lehme b’agine (Syrian meat pizzas) each year. I needed something else. I also knew a…
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The DIY Freeze Pop Hack
Because moms (and of course kids) will really love these homemade pops. If you could turn any nutritious yogurt or juice into a freeze pop your kids love…and, get this…not have to wash anything afterwards…then these freeze pops might be high on your list. It’s nice to know what we’re feeding our children….and we can’t…
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