This Apple and Celery Root Salad is so refreshing and the perfect dish alongside your Yom Tov meal. Ever tried eating a celery root, raw? It’s quite delicious. Aromatic and firm, it’s the surprisingly perfect vegetable to shred and turn into a coleslaw salad. Growing up, at my grandfather’s Seder table, we ate root celery…
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Salmon and Tuna Tartare
This fish dish is easy to plate and it will be the showstopping appetizer your family will love. Last Erev Pesach, when we were all knee deep in eggshells and potato starch, our phones pinged. We all wiped our hands and used the excuse to take a minute to sit down and have a look. …
The 9×13 Life: Applesauce in the Oven
Fresh applesauce has no connection to the store-variety and there’s no need to use a pot. You can make your applesauce easily at home in the oven. If you love anything with fresh, unadulterated fruit over Pesach, we know you’ve probably been a fan of this Pineapple-Sour Apple Compote and during the summertime, perhaps you’ve…
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…
Pomegranate Grilled Chicken Salad
This Pomegranate Grilled Chicken Salad, with the most delicious caramelized pumpkin crunch on top, is easy to prepare and simply beautiful on the table. I first made this Grilled Chicken Salad on Rosh Hashanah when I was looking to prepare something on-theme. It made sense. The honey/maple syrup factor, the apples, the pomegranates, the pumpkin…
Avocado and Date Salad
Add color and crunch with this Avocado and Date Salad. The combination of textures, from the chewy dates and Craisins, to the crunchy peppers and almonds, works so well together! Do you remember this Green Apple and Celery Salad? It’s still one of my favorites. It’s the one of those few salads that stays crunchy…
Homemade Cured Salmon
How to make cured salmon at home– the perfect Shabbos fish when you want to serve something different yet still approachable. You don’t need to be a crudo lover to absolutely fall for this salmon. If you are, chances are you already love this Salmon Crudo that’s been such a long time favorite on Between…
Top 4 Kosher Protein-Loaded Snacks (That Aren’t Bars)
These are great protein-loaded, healthful and satiating swaps for your sweet or salty tooth. After seeing the response to these Protein Cookie Dough Bites, it seems that many of you are looking for more ways to get your protein. I know there are some skeptics out there. The ones who say, “I rather each chicken.”…
20 Comforting Soups You’ll Love
With darker days and the start of sweater weather, now is the time to start serving soups. Soups are one of those must-have freezer items. But that doesn’t mean you need to cook just for your freezer. Starting from now, whenever you prepare a soup, double it up, and freeze half for another night. Others…
The 9×13 Life: Rice and Lentils (Mejadra)
If you’ve already been making this traditional rice and lentil dish, you will never make it in a pot again. And if you never tried it, you will still love it! Mejadra looks so simple…but it’s so good. It’s a traditional Syrian dish that’s often prepared during the Nine Days because it’s filling (lentils are…
