Who knew cauliflower could be so, so good? While walking down Shuk Machene Yehudah with my children, nieces, and nephews, we heard someone shout, “Gush Katif Cauliflower. Try it!” I stopped in my tracks. Technically, after the disengagement, all the farms relocated and are not in Gush Katif anymore (Gush Katif produce were bug-free greenhouse…
Recipes
Love a Great Dairy Salad? Switch It Up with These Great Picks.
Sure, Caesar and Greek are great, but there’s a world of dairy salads out there that are even better. Pizza, French onion soup, and a great dairy salad. It’s the perfect Thursday night dinner. And if you’re serving more dairy dinners than usual over the week of Chanukah, you’ll want a range of salads to…
Want a Cozy Hot Drink Tonight? Try This Inviting Hot Apple Cider
Doctor up delicious apple cider for a wintery drink that’s way more special than your typical tea. Hot Apple Cider with Rum Save Print Ingredients 1 red delicious apple 1 teaspoon of whole cloves 2 quarts apple cider ¼ cup light brown sugar 10 cinnamon sticks 1 cup of dark rum Instructions Slice the…
How to Make Orchidea’s Creamy Farfalle Pesto Pasta
This is a real treat. Fresh basil. Real cream. And Chanukah is the perfect occasion. We’re all about shortcuts and being practical. But if you want to bring that authentic dairy restaurant dish home for Chanukah, this is the one. Fresh pesto and cream are definitely the ingredients you want to call for in a…
These Yummy Things Are Called “Fake-It Churros”
All you need are some pizza dough rounds, cinnamon and sugar, and a sauce to enjoy them with! I love frying. Truly love it. But since I do try to cook most things in moderation I don’t pull out the fryer that much. Come Chanukah and my small, cheap, and powerful fryer sits on the…
Basics: Make Donut Glaze and Decorate ‘Em Yourself
Sure, you can buy donuts that are ready to go. But, if you decorate donuts yourself, it’s even more fun. Get out that food coloring that you hide way high up in the pantry and all those toppings. They’ll enjoy these donuts more than any other they’ll have over Chanukah (because it’s so much fun…
The Creamy Dairy Mushroom Soup You Can Make Now and Freeze
It’s thick and creamy and it’ll be the perfect addition to all those dairy dinners ahead. There is a restaurant in Israel called Alfredo, where they serve this soup in bread bowls. It’s that real, creamy dairy mushroom soup you always love to order at restaurants…but now you can enjoy it at home. And, yes!…
Warm Mushrooms with Cheese Salad
If I knew this restaurant salad was so easy to recreate, I wouldn’t have waited so long to enjoy it again! Years ago, I ordered a salad at one Miami restaurant. This is what I remember: it had these hot, oozing cheese-stuffed mushrooms that were so good; every bite was delicious. But there were a…
That Famous Coconut Crunch Cake Just Got Way Better
An incredible, moist, coconut-y cake is paired with the famous coconut crunch topping. The only question is…why did it take so long for this match to come about? One Friday night in the summer of 2005, I walked with my husband and in-laws to visit a neighbor. There were a lot of people there and…
A Completely Incredible Apple Cobbler Cinnamon Bun Pie (Yes, That’s the Name!)
Yes. It’s all that but also it tastes even better than it sounds Every once in a while you stumble upon a recipe that is so unique, and so good, you know it belonged to some grandmother in Hungary. You can picture that grandmother wearing her apron in her old-fashioned kitchen as you bite into…
