Don’t worry about overbuying fruit in the summer. Too much fruit is always a good thing when you can make fruit crisp. Do you often get to the end of the week and your produce drawer has a variety of fruit that has to get eaten before it dies? Or do you like to shop…
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Another 5 Things That Renee (Tries to) Always Have In Her Freezer
These freezer staples are always handy, and are there ready and waiting to save the day! One of the very first posts I wrote here on Between Carpools was about the five items I always have in my freezer. It’s 3 years later and those items are still my go-to freezer staples. Since it’s still…
Fancy Rice: The Side Dish You Need To Prepare Today for Yom Tov
Looking for the perfect side you can simply pull out of the freezer? This rice dish couldn’t be easier. Everyone always needs a good side dish. Especially on erev Yom Tov, with many many meals coming up, the urge to diversify and keep things pretty and different is real. This side dish does that and…
How to Freeze Your Ground Beef – and Use It, Too!
Do you have ground beef sitting in your freezer, waiting to be used? You know that mound of ground beef you have sitting in the freezer? You keep forgetting to take it out to defrost the day before you need it and it just doesn’t defrost fast enough to use the same day. Well, here’s…
These Falafel Balls Are Way Better Than Anything You’ve Made from the Box
Green on the inside = fresh herbs, fresh taste Did you know that authentic falafel is green on the inside? I certainly didn’t. I found that out the “Israeli way.” I was sitting at some falafel joint in Geulah and thought it funny that my falafel was bright green on the inside. I was convinced something was…
Make a Shortcut Gourmet Dinner in Five Minutes (Not Including Baking Time): Cauliflower Parmesan
You’re four ingredients away from a crispy twist on the dinner dish that everyone loves. Cauliflower Parmesan – Easy Gourmet Dinner As I was heading down the freezer aisle with the intent to pick up some frozen French fries (to make this recipe), I spotted frozen breaded cauliflower. My kids love cauliflower so I…
Really, Really Good Whole Wheat Challah
Ah, that time of year is here again. Shlissel Challah. I always marvel at how enthusiastic we get when baking the first dough after Pesach. You’d think we would want to stay away from a measuring cup until July, but no. Here we are, filled with joy, pulling out or mixers, donning aprons and sprinkling…
Hectic Morning? Banana Muffins to the Rescue.
Are you rushing in the morning? Don’t have time for a healthy breakfast? By Rorie Weisberg Some days we have time to prepare eggs with veggies or oatmeal pancakes, or even just a healthy smoothie for breakfast. On other days, breakfast has got to be simply grab-and-go. Most of the easy ready-made options you will…
Can I Freeze Potato Kugel?
3 ways to reheat potato kugel so no one knows you froze it. Don’t want to be busy peeling, shredded, and baking on Friday morning? Here’s how you can prep your kugel in advance with no one the wiser. Option 1: Remove from freezer the night before. The next morning, sprinkle kugel with 2-3 tablespoons of…
Irresistible Toffee. Prepare It Now & Cross It Off Your Mishloach Manos To Do List
One more thing: you will want to hide these deep inside your freezer. Did you know that Purim comes out on Sunday this year? Yup. Read on. Mishloach Manos doesn’t need to be a last-minute-stay-up-all-night ordeal. Who knew. This toffee lives up to its name. It’s not something you want to have lying around if…