It’s fun and more efficient to work like a line cook when you’re doing that pre-Yomtov cooking marathon. Do you like to cook directly from a recipe? Do you cook with open cookbooks on your counters? Flip back and forth to find the recipe you’ll be preparing next? And then maybe something you planned on…
Tips & Tricks
How to Prep Seder Essentials in Advance
Are you typically frazzled on erev Pesach because the Seder items were left until the end? It doesn’t have to be that way. First of all, before we start, we want to say that if your family has a minhag to prepare seder items on erev Pesach, we don’t want to mess! Perhaps it’s simply…
7 Tips on Sticking to a Food Budget
As we gear up for a busy food shopping season over the next couple of months, one BCP Reader shares tips on how to make a food budget and stick to it. First of all, I think it’s important for women to be aware (at least somewhat) about their families finances and to understand how…
Beyond Keurig: How to Get Great Coffee at Home
If you’re so over Keurig and want better, fresher coffee at home, here are your options. This post began brewing in my mind sometime last summer when the coffee machine, a Senseo, that I had been using for almost 20(!) years finally died. For a while I had been anticipating this, and had already begun…
Which Nespresso Machine is the One for You?
You’re pretty sure you know you want to get a Nespresso machine, but there are so many. Which should you choose? There are many ways to brew coffee, but this post is only about Nespresso style machines. I can’t debate Nespresso vs. other methods, because this is the only coffee I drink at home. For…
How to Make Pour-Over Coffee At Home
Brew fresh, coffee shop-quality coffee at home, with no fancy equipment needed. Enter: The pour-over method. Are you a strict Taster’s Choice girl? Does your favorite coffee shop know your order and start brewing while you’re still parking? Do you Keurig? Nespresso? Savor your coffee at home or grab one on your way out the…
Bake Your 9×13 Cakes in a Loaf Pan
Is a 9×13 cake too big for your family? Or, do you want a shape that is prettier to serve or easier to display on the counter? Try this! We all love the ease of a no-mixer 9×13 cake. But in my family, we don’t usually finish a full 9×13 of cake before it goes…
The Let’s Pretend Restaurant: A Kid’s Favorite.
Your kids will love this fun family activity, and you get to relax and be wined and dined, for once. This fun Chanukah evening activity is one of the best memories of my childhood. You might have “played this game” yourself, as a child, especially if you grew up in an out of town community,…
The Art Of Roasting Chestnuts
Or better, the struggle. Back in 2012, I wrote a recipe in Ami on how to properly roast chestnuts. Or better, looking back, that was what I thought was the ONLY way one should eat a chestnut. I was still very new here and very European and very much homesick, especially for the roasted chestnuts…
After School Snacks: My No-Fail Formula
Does prepping after school snack take a little bit of planning and/or effort? Yes. But here’s why it’s worth it. Fact: The kids come home from school HUNGRY. Fact: Dinner’s not ready. (Or, your family eats together a bit later) Fact: If snack isn’t ready, the kids are raiding the pantry and eating whatever they…