You don’t need to salt, rinse, dry, and fry to get great eggplant. All you need to do is learn how to bake your eggplant slices properly. Remember the days when preparing any recipe that involves an eggplant meant salting the slices first, and then waiting, and then rinsing? Well, those days are over. We…
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9×13 Mashed Sweet Potatoes
When you can get results like this without a pot, why not? Make soft, roasted, deliciously caramelized mashed sweet potatoes in your 9×13 pan. The BCP 9×13 Mashed Cauliflower has been a favorite in our kitchen for years. The 9×13 method takes a bit of time, but the result is always worth it—a rich, flavorful,…
Basics: Simple Syrup
The liquified version of sugar is super easy to make and comes in handy in so many recipes. We use simple syrup in a lot of recipes, especially over Pesach. If it’s not something you’re accustomed to making, no worries, simple syrup is, as the name suggests…completely simple. Making simple syrup simply involves boiling sugar…
Meltaway Babka for Pesach
This gluten free babka from Simply Pesach and Beyond goes on your must-bake list this Pesach. Editor’s Note: After Renee Muller styled the photos for Rivky Kleiman’s Simply Pesach and Beyond, she told the rest of us, “We must feature the Meltaway Babka on Between Carpools. Rivky is a genius.” She had tasted it, and…
Nina’s Pesach Cookies
These cookies are the first thing you should bake for Pesach This is the cookie that I look forward to on Pesach each year. It’s absolutely perfect and not in any way “Pesachdig” tasting. It’s crispy, delicious, and tastes like coconut and almonds, the perfect addition to your coffee (or tea) break. We have been…
Pesach Barbecue Sauce
Make a double (or triple) batch and use this BBQ sauce over and over again this Passover. There was one Pesach where I resolved: I am no longer going to experiment with meats for Pesach. The most popular main I made each year was simply whatever type of meat I served with this sauce. There’s…
Chummus Ganoush
Get more flavor for less work! Make and serve two dips at once with this Hummus Ganuosh. In our Condiments & Dips section, you’ll find plenty of options to pair with your challah or sourdough. Somehow, this has turned into an entire course on its own! Browse all our dips here! My personal go-to dips…
Kosher Kopycat: Tuna Carpaccio
A refreshing and surprisingly different way to serve your tuna crudo. At our house, the girls have a bit of an obsession with raw fish. The boys at the table have learned to look the other way and stick to their chummus with garlic confit and sourdough, while the girls polish off another form of…
Garlic Toasted Rice
How to make rice that’s so good, you’ll want to taste it straight from the pot. I have been cooking rice like this for….a long time. I don’t remember a different way of preparing rice. Actually, I didn’t know there was a different way to prepare rice, unless you were tossing a Trader Joe’s bag…
The Diced Veggie Soup
It’s the homey, comforting, delicious vegetable soup that you always thought you’d make as a mother. Now’s your chance to make a great one. Honestly, I didn’t expect this to be as good. I thought I was making a soup that was as basic as it gets. That classic type of vegetable soup that I…
