Hot cake and cold ice cream? It’s the perfect combination for the best dessert and the easiest to pull off. In the winter we want hot desserts, but even when it’s cold outside, hot desserts are even better with something cold on top. This one is special enough for those long Friday nights when there’s…
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One easy pesto + One chicken = Spatchcock Pesto Chicken
Upgrade your simple roast chicken. Great flavor and ease make this spatchcock chicken a winning dinner. I grew up eating chicken on the bone that was cooked with the classic paprika, garlic, onion powder rub and baked in the broiler. My mother would serve it with a side of brown rice, some green vegetables, and/or…
These are the Fritlach for When You Literally Have Five Minutes. Literally
Could fritlach get easier? Not easier than this. Try this 5-minute version. Fritlach are thin, fried strips of dough and while they’re certainly easier to make than doughnuts, we wanted an even easier version. Perhaps our grandmothers wouldn’t be happy with our nontraditional method, but gone are the days of painstakingly rolling out dough as…
These Are the Only Vegetable Latkes You Will Actually Love
![These Are the Only Vegetable Latkes You Will Actually Love. [deck:] Do the healthier substitutes for potato latkes just not do it for you? If you’re going to change it up a bit, this is these vegetable latkes are the only way.](https://cdn.betweencarpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0Y9A6775e-small.jpg.webp)
Do the healthier substitutes for potato latkes just not do it for you? If you’re going to change it up a bit, these vegetable latkes are the only way. I’m a purist, and really I don’t think anyone should mess with latkes by making different versions and variations. I prefer my latkes the plain, old-fashioned…
See Why We’re Smitten by Sina Mizrahi’s Completely Magnificent Blood Orange Salad
It’s the Perfect Refreshing Salad You Need to Balance It All Out. I’m not complaining about eating soft, pillowy doughnuts straight after they’ve been fried and coated in sugar (though I’m not much of jelly fan but I don’t discriminate)…or the crispy potato laced latkes that are beyond golden brown, edging on blackened. I love…
What’s the Newest Fun Idea for Your Party? A Popcorn Bar
Sure, there’s lots of desserts, donuts of course, and a salad bar and sushi bar. But the latest, most fun element of the party is the Popcorn Bar. Are throwing a Chanukah party? You might love some of the details at this Bas Mitzvah that you can incorporate into it. Note that all these photos…
This Chanukah, Wow Your Guests With Dessert Without Any Effort.
These waffle dishes are so good, you’ll never believe they’re pareve. Perfect for an easy-prep Chanukah dessert. You will never believe this Simple Farms pancake batter, that you’ve seen at the grocery lately, is pareve. It tastes like somebody made a mistake. Really good. Go-back-and-check-the-label-again-kind-of-good. Right there at the Kosherfest Simple Farm booth, after being…
Pastrami Pizzas Will Be the Hit Dish at Your Party
Loved those little pastrami pizzas featured at our Chanukah party? You can prep all the components in advance and assemble before serving. Pastrami Pizzas Save Print Serves: 24 mini pizzas Ingredients 1 pound Meal Mart Naval Pastrami 24 frozen pizza rounds, or use your own pizza dough and create (3-inch) round disks. You can…
How to Host a Chic No-Cook (Almost) Chanukah Party
Chanukah? It’s the best excuse to get the family together, around one (beautifully set) table. And a Chanukah party doesn’t have to be a lot of work to prep either. Sure, donuts are enticing. But that’s not why you’re looking forward to Chanukah. Think harder. What is it about Chanukah that makes us feel all…
Forget the Rest. Classic Sufganiyot Are the Best Donuts You’ll Ever Have
How to get the most perfect beautiful sufganiyot / donuts every time. I can handle the heat, the gallons of oil, and the sticky fillings. But what I can’t stand are misshapen donuts. Say goodbye to deflated, uneven, overworked, over-floured sufganiyot, and especially, an over-messy workspace. I received this recipe and hack from a friend…
