Charred wraps, creamy chicken, and crunchy cucumbers make this a family-friendly summer dinner everyone, from kids to adults, will love. Hands down, all my kids will eat cucumbers if I add some lemon juice, salt, and pepper. They will also pretty much eat anything I serve them in a charred wheat wrap. And so this…
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The Har Sinai Ice Cream Cake
If there’s one dessert you will make for your children this Shavuos, this ice cream cake is it. It was at our Between Carpools Shavuos planning meeting that this brainstorm came about. We knew we wanted to include a Har Sinai cake. But what? It had to be cute. And easy and fun to prepare….
Romaine, Apple, and Fennel Salad
This refreshing Romaine, Apple, and Fennel Salad is both different and quick to prep. Plus–you can do it all quickly on Yom Tov. If you love dairy salads (I do), this one is refreshingly different, while being simple and delicious. Sometimes, I like when a salad has ingredients that can be prepped ahead. Other times,…
Beef Carpaccio
It’s beautiful, gourmet, refreshing, and needs very minimal prep. Make beef carpaccio just as you enjoy it at the restaurant. By the end of this post, you’ll be able to prepare beef carpaccio better than the chefs do at a restaurant. And you’ll be in amazement when you see just how easy it is. This…
The Secret Ingredient for the Best Burger
Add this magical spice blend to your ground beef for just the right amount of flavor in your burger! A while back I came across a recommendation for this Grillmates Worcestershire spice blend. That bit of tanginess from the Worcestershire sauce flavor adds something interesting to any protein you use it with. But the real…
Roasted Eggplant Pepper Dip
You can get so much flavor from just a few, fresh ingredients in this chunky dip–no blending required. Each year, our favorite new discoveries over Yom Tov become next year’s new BCP recipes. And last year, after I made all the classic BCP favorite Pesach dips (as in Sweet Romanian Eggplant Dip, Creamy Avocado, Crushed…
Miriam (Pascal) Cohen’s Ultimate Pesach Vanilla Bundt Cake
It’s one bowl, no mixer, easy, foolproof Pesach cake! Editor’s Note: We’re very excited for the release of Miriam (Pascal) Cohen’s Real Life Pesach Cooking: Pesach Prep–and Pesach Food–for the Way You Live. Miriam’s recipes are always practical and many of them are soon to be iconic Pesach must-haves (that’s including this cake below!). Throughout…
Leftover Babka? Make Babka Ice Cream
What do you do with all the babka you receive on Purim, or just which what was leftover from the previous Shabbos? It becomes the next great dessert. There have been other babka-inspired desserts here on Between Carpools. In the past, we’ve shown you how to make Babka Spring Rolls. Come Chanukah, these easy Babka…
Orzo and Chicken Stir-Fry
Leftover cooked chicken gets a delicious makeover in this easy one-pot recipe. Even if you’re on a tight schedule or budget, this dish will help you get a nourishing, appealing meal on the table. It saves money because we’re repurposing our leftover chicken from Shabbos, and it saves time because it’s one pot, 30 minutes,…
Hamantaschen Pizza Bourekas
Keep these Hamantaschen simple with sauce and cheese, or fill up wheat tortillas (wraps) with any of your favorite fillings. Comes Chodesh Adar (and this year, come Purim Katan) and we try to bring in the spirit of Purim into the house. What says Purim more than Hamentashen? Hamentschen. Yes, you can make classic Hamantaschen….