Kids growing up? Are they old enough now to help you with kitchen cleanup? It may be time to share the responsibility! One of the easiest jobs I’ve given over to my children is cleaning up the kitchen after dinner. It may sound like a difficult and overwhelming job to give over to a child,…
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How to Make This Easy, Delicious Chicken Steak
Basic ingredients you already have? Check. Minutes to prep? Check. Delicious? Check. Looks pretty on the plate? Yes, that too. This chicken steak is my most popular recipe by far! It literally takes minutes to prep…and I know most of you love that. Save Print Chicken Steak Cook time: 1 hour Total time: 1 hour…
The Gooey Chocolate Cookie Dough Dessert Hack
You’re only two steps away to one amazing chocolate cookie dough dessert cupcake that everyone will love. Last May, we posted this dessert hack by Chantzy Weinstein, combining brownie mix, store-bought cookie dough, and lotus butter…5 minutes, three ingredients (sort of), barely any work, and you have these really delicious sweet treats. It was so…
Pesach is Coming. You Are Going to Need Disposables.
There’s 10 Pesach meals ahead for each of us. Make sure you have your disposable dishes on hand. And these are the prettiest you’ll find anywhere. We’re all making Pesach on our own this year. Including Shabbos, that’s 10 Yom Tov meals being served at home around our tables. I’m often a stickler for real…
The Best Pesach Chocolate Chip Cookies
This is pretty much a staple all year. Now you can have your classic treat on Pesach, too. Who doesn’t love a good chocolate chip cookie? Kids don’t like Pesach breakfast options? Have a cookie. Time for a snack? Have a cookie. Need a dessert that everyone likes? Put a cookie on a plate, top…
The Pesach Kitchen Master List
Home for Pesach for the first time ever? This Pesach kitchen master list is for you. Hosting your 20th seder? This list is for you too. I know you might be wondering how that introduction above makes sense at all. Let me explain. In this post, I will divide up all the kitchen gear into…
The Pesach Pancakes That Everyone Loves
They’re healthy. They’re tasty. And even your toddler will eat them. Desperate for my kids to eat something–anything!–nutritious for breakfast on Pesach mornings, I adapted my favorite healthy-ish pancake recipe for Pesach use and found myself with a total winner: an easy, yom-tov-friendly, high-protein pancake that my kids love. Top with some maple syrup or…
Feel-Good Ideas for a Fresh and Vibrant Pesach
Want to feel light and energetic on Pesach? Take advantage of a week of no flour (except that matzah) and enjoy these light, refreshing meal ideas. The joke goes that on Sukkos there’s nowhere to eat, on Pesach there’s nothing to eat, and on Shavuos we’re too tired to eat. I beg to differ. Aside…
How to Keep Your Romaine Leaves Crisp
You’ve spent all this time checking…now make that lettuce last. Between the seders and those nice salads that balance out the heavier dishes, you’ll be going through a lot of Romaine this Pesach. The good news is that whole leaves do last longer, so that massive amount of leaves you checked a couple of days…
This Grape Juice Sorbet is Our Favorite Pesach Treat
Make a batch and freeze it in tiny containers. No scooping or sticky hands necessary! Every Pesach season, I turn to Chantzy Weinstein’s instagram feed (@chantzW) for some new practical, down to earth advice. And last year, she didn’t disappoint. This grape juice sorbet is delicious. But so much more GENIUS than that is the…