It’s super easy to prepare, looks great, and everyone loves. First of all, when making this dessert, you need tall thin miniware (I’ve used taller and thinner than this at other times, and it looks even cooler when there’s those very distinctive layers. This was the best I could find this time). All the ingredients…
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Move Over Avocado Toast. Tomato and Ricotta Cheese Toast Is Perfect for Your Picnic
It’s super simple to prepare, tastes gourmet, and unlike avocado, you can take it along and it won’t go brown. The base of your toasts should be some good quality fresh bread (the parbaked French baguettes from the freezer section are also good). View the full summer worthy picnic in this post. Since the ingredients…
This Bagel Chip Caesar Salad Has Just the Perfect Twist
Just make a dressing and throw the components into your picnic bag, and you’re ready to go. There’s not that much that’s different between this Caesar salad, first featured in this Picnic post, and your standard one, but some small changes make it feel all the more special. First, start with high quality lettuce. Although…
Make These Praline Ice Cream Sandwiches for a Quick and Easy Dessert
It doesn’t get much easier than these ice cream sandwiches for a special summer dessert! Before Shavuos, I walked past the specials department of my local supermarket and they had a display of sweetened condensed milk. I figured this could work for some kind of dairy dessert, so I put a jar in my cart….
This Diced Mozzarella Salad is *Perfect* for Summer Shalosh Seudos
Whether you want a salad or a sandwich, this is just the thing. Finally, in the summertime, seudah shelishit becomes a meal we’re actually ready for (vs. in the winter when it seems like it’s too close to lunch!). And even better: we can have dairy! Now, I never understood why people chose to prepare…
Do You Love Beautiful Dairy Salads with Interesting, Exciting Ingredients? Try This.
A salad like this makes the whole table look beautiful…and it’s so enjoyable too. This salad is a new favorite. It’s exciting to prepare, serve, and definitely to eat. You can definitely swap the quinoa for any whole grain (or leave it out if you already have some grainy side dishes in your meal and…
The 9×13 Life: Decadent Dairy Cookie Bars (The Easiest Thing You’ll Make for Shavuos)
There’s so many complicated desserts to make for Shavuos. Let this be the easy one. And perhaps the most delicious too. When a cousin calls to tell me that they have a new 9×13 recipe, I say “Yes!” right away. I don’t care if it’s chicken, a side dish, or a cookie. But when the…
Make a Dairy, Creamy Roasted Tomato Soup
This soup cooks entirely in a 9×13 pan! You can make this soup in any deep 9 x 13 pan that can work both on the stovetop and in the oven (like the one pictured – don’t use a disposable). If you don’t have one, make it in a regular pot. Like any regular soup,…
The Classic Chocolate Cheese Muffin Is Always the Best
Sometimes you want simply the best version of the classics. These chocolate cheese muffins are one of those. Back in the days before we had all the kosher food magazines, my cousin Esti first made these muffins for a simcha. The recipe then got passed around the old-fashioned way and every single family member started…
How to Cook Pasta in Your Betty Crocker
This little appliance does way more than we thought. We fell in love with the Betty Crocker pizza maker a bit after Shaindy shared why she thinks the Betty Crocker is the best small appliance. We first assumed that it’s simply the perfect traveling appliance.But once we began pulling it out day after day at home…