Looking for a great grilled chicken marinade? This one hits all the flavor points. My younger sister is one of those cooks who cooks and bakes as if she’s performing a science experiment. When baking, she measures her ingredients on a scale, and while cooking she’s always thinking of balancing flavors. One day she came…
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Basics: How to Prep Skirt Steak
The two essential first steps when preparing your perfect skirt steak. I love serving skirt steak because it’s so effortless and everyone loves it. My latest favorite is grilled simply and paired with this salad. You can also try this version (Newsflash: it goes well with mango), and we have a new skirt steak recipe…
My Family’s Favorite Hickory Brown Sugar Coffee French Roast
The name sounds good right? This simple roast has been a hit in my house for over a decade! Many years ago, my husband and I were served an amazing roast by an amazingly gracious couple who host medical patients who need to stay in their area. B”H we were visiting with patients who were…
This Go-To Meat Recipe Works With Any Roast or Steak!
Looking for a new meat recipe? Who isn’t?!? This Sweet Onion Roast is easy, versatile, and a no-brainer for Shabbos or Yom Tov. I learned about this great meat recipe while sitting around and enjoying the company of friends in the bungalow colony…isn’t that where all good recipes come from? Rechie Bergman, who shared this…
The Perfect Easy Tasty Chicken for Chol Hamoed (with Limited Ingredients)
This 30-minute chicken dinner will quickly become a family favorite. I debated featuring this recipe because it’s not the prettiest dish. But I love anything with caramelized onions. Sadly, I have children that take after me and they’ve been known to eat up all the onions before I get a chance to beat them to…
How to Cook Flanken Like a Pro
Don’t know what the hype is about flanken? Prep it this way and you’ll know. Flanken is not a cheap cut of meat. At least, not now. Flanken used to be inexpensive…but because of it’s popularity and demand, the price has gone up. What is the hype all about anyway? Ask that question and we…
One easy pesto + One chicken = Spatchcock Pesto Chicken
Upgrade your simple roast chicken. Great flavor and ease make this spatchcock chicken a winning dinner. I grew up eating chicken on the bone that was cooked with the classic paprika, garlic, onion powder rub and baked in the broiler. My mother would serve it with a side of brown rice, some green vegetables, and/or…
Restaurant-Style Gnocchi with Short Rib Ragout
Have everyone raving tonight and enjoy this Gnocchi with Short Rib Ragout. Prep and freeze now for later! I don’t go out to eat often. If I don’t have a successful restaurant night, I walk out feeling let down. Often, it costs a lot of money and I don’t taste anything special that I couldn’t…
Rochie Pinson’s Tried-and-True (Quick Prep!) Weeknight Dinners: Chicken Wraps with Special Sauce
She may make lots of challah from scratch each week, but weeknight dinners need to be quick to prep…and super tasty. Like this Grilled Chicken Wrap. As the author of a cookbook on challah baking, I am assumed to be one of those ladies that just love spending all day in the kitchen. Not so….
Steak Milanese is Your Perfect Yom Tov Main
Move over chicken. Steak Milanese (breaded rib steaks) with some beauty sides is the way to go. All my Brazilian cousins like their beef steak Milanese, which means breaded. When I first saw this dish, I couldn’t get over the idea that they treated steaks like I treat chicken cutlets. Not only that, after it…
