Easy, delicious, and completely in the spirit. Make eggroll hamantaschen this Purim (and serve with a great dip!). Need a great, super easy dish that’s a little bit different to serve as an appetizer, pick-up, or side dish this Purim? This is it! No time to fry Purim day? No problem! You can also…
Recipes
Basics: How to Make Spicy Mayo
This super popular condiment goes well with more than just sushi. Is spicy mayo a basic? We think so! With the popularity of spicy mayo (even the kids need some alongside their sushi), it’s become quite a popular dip. It’s so easy to put together at home you’ll never need to buy it again. Bonus:…
9 x 13 Life: This Rice Side Dish Has Stood the Test of Time
This rice is on oldie but goodie that always satisfies. Make it in minutes in one pan! I once offered to cook a side dish for a sheva berachot about 16 years ago. I remember distinctly that it was a time when doing anything was hard, even dinner for my own family, let alone volunteering…
Get Out the Mixer and Make These Candy Bar Cookies Now!
We wouldn’t make you take out the mixer for just any old cookies. For these candy bar cookies? Most definitely. During the year, I pretty much stick to baking no-mixer bowl cakes, cookies and bars, like these chocolate chip sticks or the oatmeal squares…comes Purim time and I get the baking bug. That’s when I…
Dinner Express: Chicken Teriyaki Stir-Fry
No time to cook tonight? Make this (almost) completely effortless chicken stir-fry in minutes Every cook needs a break sometimes (or often!). When I know that I’m going to have a busy work week, I look for the pre-breaded or pre-marinated chicken at Evergreen’s meat department. There’s always a lot to choose from, they’re super…
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. 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 bow ties…
In Honor of Shabbos: Yussi Weisz’s Matbucha
This dip is a Shabbos table staple. There are two reasons I love this recipe so much: One, it’s a one sheet pan recipe with no pots to wash, and two, because I get to practice some of my knife skills, as this recipe calls for everything to be mini-diced. Practicing knife skills with a…
This is Our New Favorite Fresh and Amazing Quinoa Salad.
Cook your quinoa, chop those fresh crunchy veggies nice and finely, and you’re all set with this great salad. This past summer, I attended a woman’s networking event hosted by Stacey Gindi. Lots of food was prepared for the buffet, but the one thing I kept on going back for was this quinoa. After…
This is the Butternut Squash Soup Recipe I Don’t Want to Forget
You’ve come home from the grocery with cut butternut squash and you need to an easy soup recipe…now! Do you also buy cut butternut squash and then scramble to find what should be an easy recipe for soup? And then you try the one that looks simplest, and it’s delicious, but then you can’t remember…
Make the Cutest Square Cookies Using This Easy Hack (+ They’re Egg-Free)
I don’t like rolling balls of cookie dough. With this hack, it’s not really necessary. When my oldest daughter was three years old, she had one of her first play dates, and I decided to bake cookies with the kids. After we had made the dough, each one taking turns adding ingredients, one of the…