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The Dips We Actually Freeze
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You don’t need to prepare most dips on a week-to-week basis. See what dips freeze well so you can prep in big batches here! We’ve written so many posts about freezing foods because, honestly, freezing is one of the things that helps us cook smarter. It doesn’t necessarily mean doing more work. It means doing…
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Stock Your Freezer with Smoothies for School Days
Now you can add a nutritious fruit smoothie to the grab-and-go rotation on hectic school mornings. This school lunch solution was something we came up with back when my daughter was in upper elementary school and lunchtime was about socializing and not so much about eating lunch. She couldn’t “waste” her time sitting and eating…
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The Top Rosh Hashanah Make-and-Freeze Sweets
If you can get a couple of things in the freezer ahead of time, the year might start off just a little bit sweeter. When Yom Tov coincides with back-to-school season, as it does this year, we’re most often a little less prepared. Instead of the calm September-long prep, there’s often the frantic menu-making that…
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Easy, Wholesome Toddler Meal Ideas
Need simple meals that are almost ready to go at all times? You can have meals for your little ones ready to go with these freezer-friendly make-ahead ideas–and spend more time outdoors. When the weather is nice and warm, it gets harder and harder to stay indoors. For adults, I already know–dinner will run late…
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Roasted Jalapeño Dip
Use this hack when preparing a variety of mayo-based dips in bulk. Sometimes you get a recipe when you give a ride, and sometimes you get a recipe when you get a ride. But no matter who is driving, long car rides are the perfect time to get to know the people you’re riding with,…
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Pesach Onion Strings
Yes, you can enjoy onion rings on Pesach and you can even freeze them! They’re perfect paired with your meats. With limited ingredients (see our list of recipes using non-processed food), we pretty much recycle the same ingredients again and again. And every year, we try to reimagine what else we can cook and create…
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Easy Homemade Tomato Jam
Savory and sweet, this jam is delicious on matzah or sourdough. After having tomato jam at a restaurant a few years ago, I was hooked. And when I came across the recipe for Tomato Jam Salmon in Adeena Sussman’s Shabbat cookbook, it became a family favorite. That recipe calls for some ingredients that we don’t…
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Chewy Chocolate Chip Pesach Cookies
Make these Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies from Pesach Secrets from Batya’s Kitchen and download Batya’s Pesach Shopping Checklist. Editor’s Note: We’ve personally known Batya as the Pesach cooking expert well before Between Carpools even existed (Victoria originally interviewed her in 2012!) and we shared some of her freezing tips in this post on How to…
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Homemade Tomato Sauce
When using minimal ingredients on Pesach, tomato sauce can be a great way to add flavor. Pesach is a time when we get creative in the kitchen. For those who use minimal or no processed products, it’s also a time when we appreciate the year-round conveniences of canned tomato sauce and tomato paste, and store-bought…
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Açaí: A Trend That is Here to Stay
Learn how to prepare a gorgeous açaí board yourself. It’s the perfect thing to send on any occasion. Yes, we have seen the boards. They are popular and practically everywhere. But, that said, we can also agree that at any family gathering it’s the açaí board that gets finished first. Refreshing, delicious, customizable and…kinda, healthy…
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