Are you rushing in the morning? Don’t have time for a healthy breakfast? These banana muffins will transform your day 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…
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Make Homemade Mayo Without a Food Processor (simply because it’s the most delicious thing you can spread on your matzah)
If you have an immersion blender, you’re minutes away from easy mess-free homemade mayo Dips complement matzah really well. We’ve heard from lots of you who really enjoyed our Pesach dips during the first days. For those of you who skipped the homemade mayo because you don’t want to clean a food processor…well, here’s a…
This Lemonade is My Family’s Pesach Tradition
I used to squeeze the lemons for lemonade as a young girl; now my own children have taken over. I think of Pesach back in Lugano, where I grew up, and the scent of lemon oil hits me immediately. Lemon oil is that oil that comes out of the lemon peel if squeezed too hard….
This Never Gets Old. The Classic Apple Pear Crumble for Pesach.
It’s everyone’s favorite. Just heat up the apple pear crumble, grab some ice cream, and you’re golden. Did you know you can buy nuts directly from the Nuts Galore/Golden Fluff factory at 118 Monmouth Ave, Lakewood, NJ 08701? Get the freshest nuts at a great discount! For bulk nuts, there is a 3 lb minimum…
The First Thing You Need To Bake? Definitely This Pesach Cake
Can a Pesach chocolate cake be better than a chametz one? It’s the one cake my children will all agree on, Pesach or not. Chocolatey and dense, it makes you wonder why you don’t bake this year-round. Truth is, I prepared one this past Friday (the Friday after Purim) just to make sure all my…
Create Your Own Spicy Sand Art…and Then Use This Spice Mix on Everything!
This will be the most useful spice mix in your cabinet This pretty mixture is a basic combination that my mother has been using for all my lifetime and will always be in the spice cabinet of each of my sisters: It includes: 1/3 cup paprika 1/4 cup table salt 1/3 cup garlic powder 1/4…
You’re Making This for Shabbos. Or Your Seudah. Wanna Bet? (Hint: You’ll need challah dough)
Yep. If you’re making challah, I bet you’re going to make this garlic challah too. Were we right? Warning: this pretty garlic challah may upstage all the fancier dishes you’re planning to serve. Start by rolling your challah into a rectangle. Brush with parsley/garlic mixture. Roll up, jelly-roll style. Cut slits in the roll. Cut…
Can I Freeze Potato Kugel?
3 ways to reheat potato kugel so no one knows you froze it. Yes, you can freeze potato kugel. Don’t want to be busy peeling, shredded, and baking on Friday morning? Here’s how you can freeze potato kugel and prep it in advance with no one the wiser. Option 1: Remove from the freezer the night…
4 Ways to Make Hamantaschen (and None Involve Making or Rolling Dough)
Not up to rolling out a dough and baking hamantaschen? Get in the Purim spirit with these four easy and tasty ways to enjoy the three-cornered pastry. Hamantaschen are meant to be symbolic; no one said they need to involve a from-scratch cookie dough, a rolling pin, and a mess in the kitchen. Here are…
Two-Ingredient Side Dishes: Garlicky Roasted Potatoes
These Garlicky Roasted Potatoes are one of the side dishes you’ll make the most often in the least amount of time. If you’ve seen this post on Sweet Potatoes and this one on Green Beans, you know how easy this one is going to be as well. These garlicky roasted potatoes are my go-to Friday…