Put this meat-and-potatoes dish up in the morning (in minutes) and come home to a complete meal of soft tender steaks. In this dish, there’s minute steaks hiding under onions and garlic, and soft buttery Yukon Gold potatoes hiding under the steak. And because you know me, then you also know that this dish is…
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The 9×13 Life: Easy Mix-in-the-Pan Pesach Brownies
Isn’t this the brownies recipe that you always wanted for Pesach? You’ve been looking for this brownies recipe. The one where there are no eggs to separate. The one where there’s no mixer needed. The one where there’s no chocolate to melt or chop. Just dump and mix. And we knew just what you needed….
9 x 13 Life: This Fabulous Rice Has Stood the Test of Time
This rice is on an 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…
Baked Fruit for Dessert. And It Will Be Delicious.
And yes, this baked fruit dessert is mess-free. And it cooks in a 9×13 pan. Bonus: Your house will smell amazing. Do you, like me, periodically go through your fruit drawer and wonder why you bought so many apples? Or pears? Or plums? Some weeks I have the kids complaining that “maaaaaaaa there is no…
The 9×13 Life: Chocolate Chip Sticks
This classic favorite cookie just got a whole lot easier. Make chocolate chip sticks now in minutes. In the days before kosher cookbooks were gorgeous coffee table books, we cooked from those basic spiral cookbooks. And then The Kosher Palette started the chain that changed the kosher cookbook scene forever! (Fun fact: Susie Fishbein was…
The 9×13 Life: No Mixer Carrot Cake
Leave the mixer in the pantry. Leave the mixing bowls in the drawer. Make carrot cake with just a pan and a spoon. Recently, I’ve gone on a mixer strike. Unless it’s challah or babka, all the other Shabbos cakes must be no-mixer quickies. Like this carrot cake. Here’s a recent favorite recipe that I…
The 9 x 13 Life: Chicken And Potatoes In One Pan. This Is Not Your Bubbie’s Recipe.
No-fuss delicious chicken and potato dinners like these simply make life easier. If it wasn’t for the amazing aroma, your kitchen wouldn’t even know that you cooked a thing. This chicken recipe might be basic. But don’t let that fool you. This is the one chicken-on-the-bone recipe that my entire family will agree upon. It’s…
The Best, Moistest Chicken is Chicken in a Bag (Bonus: Its Cleanup Is Also the Easiest!)
Never tried cooking chicken in a bag? You might not cook chicken without it again. It’s easy, foolproof, and absolutely delicious. At a recent photoshoot, when I pulled out this old method of cooking chicken in a cooking bag, someone at the shoot asked me, “Is this healthy? Cooking in a bag?” Firstly, the reason…
This is the Easiest Creamiest Ziti of Your Life–You Don’t Even Need a Pot!
When I first learned this no-pot trick for making ziti my first thought was, “Where was this dish my whole life?” “Thank you so much for the meal the other day,” one sister-in-law, who had recently had a baby, told another. The three of us were out to lunch one afternoon. “Oh, it was nothing….
Mommy’s Chicken. The Dinner You Pop Into The Oven Before You Leave For The Day.
Your house will smell as if Mommy is home even if she isn’t with Mommy’s chicken I will always make sure to have a tray of this chicken in my freezer for those last minute dinner emergencies, like when I suddenly need to spend the next day in New York or if I’m expecting a…
