Erev Shabbos, Purim, or anytime…these pull apart hot dogs are a keeper I mean really…puff pastry? Hot dogs? It’s guaranteed to taste good…but did you think that this combo could actually be pretty? Call this an appetizer, hors d’oeuvres, or even just a pre-Shabbos snack. With probably less than 5 minutes of effort, these pull…
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How To Cook an Awesome Steak in Not Such Awesome Weather
8 quick steps to a perfectly seasoned, perfectly done steak…every time. When I was 17 and super eager to drive, I offered to do the food shopping. My father heard that I had volunteered for the job and told me, “You can’t go. You don’t know how to pick out a good piece of steak.”…
Cooking in a Hotel Room? 9 Ways to Use Your Sandwich Maker
If you’re spending winter break in a hotel, you can prepare way more than grilled cheese with this inexpensive appliance. By Chayie Schlisselfeld Photos by Rina Schiffman On vacation? Even if we’re in a city where there may be kosher food, I find in order to have a successful day when (AKA no fighting!), we…
Shake n’ Bake Crispy Chicken Drumsticks
It’s only three minutes until these crispy chicken drumsticks are in the oven (and nothing to clean up!) This crispy chicken recipe came together during the heat of July when barbecuing is the rule. The grill was already up and running and I needed a quick solution. I was in the mood for something new…something…
Chicken Paella: The One Dish Dinner (Most of) Your Family Will Love
Chicken, rice, and vegetables, cooked in one pot. It’s time for us tot try Spain’s favorite dish. While traveling through Barcelona, Spain, almost every dish we ate was served paella-style. We ate chicken paella, salmon paella, and lamb paella. On the flight home, I opened the flight magazine, and there was a recipe for chicken…
Fake-It Pasta Sauce (Because It’s Dairy Season)
Want to fake a great pasta dinner? Here’s the quickie way to great pasta sauce. From Dairy Made Easy by Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek Penne a la Vodka:Combine 1 (26-ounce) jar Marinara-style Vodka Sauce and 2 cups heavy cream in a saucepan over medium heat. When heated through, add in Parmesan cheese. Pesto Cream…
A Quick and Easy Dinner! Honey Mustard Salmon
A Honey Mustard salmon dinner so easy, you won’t need to look at this recipe again to remember it. Most of my salmon recipes come from my mother-in-law. She’s my fish recipe guru. Is it perhaps because she happens to prepare a lot of fish, or maybe because, on every Friday night in her home,…
One Pan Dinner: Kim’s Weeknight Chicken and Potatoes
Kim’s kids love this chicken & potatoes dinner the most and we understand why. Below is an original recipe that will appear in my next cookbook! This is a one-pot easy dinner recipe that my children call their “favorite.” Instead of roasting the chicken whole, I like splitting the chicken into 2 halves as this…
What Can Be Better Than Easy Schnitzel?
That’s schnitzel that takes half the time to prepare. This is the easiest and quickest way to get crispy baked chicken schnitzel on the table. I think that schnitzel must be the all-around favorite dinner. But the only thing that’s better than schnitzel (assuming you’re baking your schnitzel) is fried schnitzel. So why put that…
Fruit Pie, Fruit Galette, Fruit Tart.
These galettes are one of the easiest desserts I’ve ever made. Editor’s Note: We’ve since added an apple crumb version of this popular galette, and a dairy caramel apple galette! On one cold wintery Friday night, I served a fresh summer-fruit galette. My guest casually asked me where I was able to get fresh plums…
