It was so good when it was fresh off the grill, but now it’s sitting in your fridge. But you can make that leftover steak into another amazing meal. You know that moment the BBQ ends and you’re cleaning up, and there’s that plate of leftover steaks sitting there? They were grilled to perfection hours…
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The Cutest Mini Birthday Cake Hack
Is it someone’s birthday today? Plan a mini celebration in five minutes with this adorable birthday cake. Often, there may be a birthday in the family, but you really didn’t plan anything for that day in particular. Sometimes, you need just that little special item to make your child (or even an adult) feel special….
Print Your Recipes Like They Do at a Restaurant
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…
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 for 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…
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 Ultimate Travel Food Roundup
Lots of ideas and inspiration for planning your travel menu. One of the hardest parts of planning a trip can be planning the food. If you started off reading this post on the best appliances for traveling, you already have some ideas of what you might be able to prep for your family while on…
Vacation in a Kitchen-Less Hotel. Now What?
5 Days. 2 adults. 4 kids. 15 meals. No kitchen. Seriously? Yes, seriously. Hotel cooking is doable, all you need is a bit of planning and a sink. Also a sandwich maker. Maybe an electric burner. Preferably a hot water kettle.And, of course, a Betty Crocker. But there’s a whole separate post devoted to that….
Chanukah in Your Freezer? It’s Possible!
Did you know that you can totally prepare for Chanukah just like you would prepare for any other Yom Tov? Yes. And yes again. Chanukah can be a hectic time. Earlier dismissals, tired (read cranky) children (b’h so many different parties to attend!), high expectations (“what are we doing tonight Mommy??”) and less energy overall. …
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…
