Tips & Tricks
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Elevate Any Dinner with This Simple Hack
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This one easy hack takes your dinners from eh to eh-xciting. And only adds 2 more minutes of prep time. Bowls. Yup, just make it a bowl. Same dinner, same boring chicken, rice, roasted vegetable — but throw it in a bowl with any toppings you have on hand, and you’ll be counting down until…
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Baking with Frozen Blueberries? Here is what you need to do.
Nobody likes to look at a greenish/gray muffin Ever cut a slice of blueberry loaf cake, or bite into a muffin only to discover that the muffin has a weird tinge of gray, maybe even green? Yup. We have been there too. Your cake or muffin might taste perfectly delicious, but, we also eat with…
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The Betty Crocker Pancake Hack
No more standing over a hot pan. This is the new way to prepare pancakes, “Betty Crocker” style. One of the most commonly asked questions we get is, “What else can I make in my Betty Crocker?” In many Jewish homes the Betty Crocker Pizza Maker has become the number one small appliance. It replaced…
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Don’t Worry About Open Bags in the Freezer
This simple hack makes it easy to knot that open bag of fries securely. When we came across this hack, we knew we had to share it with all of you. Ever open a bag of frozen fries and only use half? (Ok, probably not, but how about a Costco size bag of frozen sweet…
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How To Cut A Whole Watermelon Neatly
Here’s how you get the most equally sized cubes in one shot. Ever wondered what is the best way to get the most “pretty” and uniformed sized cubes of fruit, without too much waste (as in, the small corners that aren’t usable for display). Well, you will be surprised. This method is not how most…
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The Hot Plate Stovetop Hack
Do you like to keep your hotplate on the stovetop, but it doesn’t fit perfectly on the grates? We’ve got the solution for you! I didn’t even know I had a problem until my friend Kim was over for Shabbos and gave me the solution. Well, I guess I knew I had a problem…I was…
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How I Get a Month of Meals into My Freezer
It might seem overwhelming. But if you have a schedule which makes it hard to cook every single day, getting your dinners done will feel so satisfying. As a full-time working mom, I understand the struggles of many others in my situation–we want to be supermoms. There’s work, tending to children and our homes, and…
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Decorate Your Challah with Flowers for Shavuos
This simple little detail will add a pretty touch to your Shavuos table. Last year we got a submission from a reader named Laya who suggested this idea. It was too late to get it ready for the website in time for Yom Tov, but we tried it out, loved it, and then tucked the…
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10 Tips to Finish Cooking for Shabbos (Even for a Crowd) Before Friday
For all the 9-5 working ladies, you probably figured this one out already—but for those of you feeling the Friday rush, this one’s for you. I’m a natural procrastinator, but I’ve hosted entire Shabbosim for 20+ people without ever cooking on Friday (minus the exception in #4). It can be done. Procrastination often stems from…
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Crock-Pot Overnight Potato Kugel Hack (Freezer Version)
The easiest way to get a fresh overnight potato kugel on Yom Tov. We can’t believe we’re sharing another overnight kugel recipe, but when we heard there’s a new “Chantzy W hack” we knew we were going to be making it this Pesach–and of, course, we’d have to share it with you. What are the…
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