You’ll enjoy this beautiful Pesto Chicken with Rainbow Salad with all of your senses…and it’s easy to prep too! If you know me well, you know I’m all about convenience and quick and easy! I’m also all about the color and the vibrancy when it comes to creating my recipes. When I create a recipe…
Shabbos & Yom Tov
Are You Always on the Lookout for a Fun, Interesting Salad? This Red Cabbage Salad is Just What You’re Looking for.
Sweet, salty, tart, and tangy… this red cabbage salad is the exciting addition to your meal I make this red cabbage salad for Shabbos, or whenever I’m asked to bring a salad to a meal. It’s different than the typical lettuce-based salad, and I like salads that blend fruits and vegetables. With no lettuce, it…
Is it a cake? Is it a salad? It doesn’t matter, because this sushi appetizer will be gone before you get a chance to think about it.
You’ve made sushi salad before. But never like this. The words “Shabbos Nachamu” might make you think of lots of things. Hoping and praying for redemption. Returning to summer routine. The end of lazy summer days drawing to an end. And…hosting. Or being hosted. Whatever you are up to, make sure to add this incredibly…
The 2 Homemade Salad Dressings That Efrat Always Keeps in Her Fridge
Impromptu, fresh salads are great…but the dressings should always be there for you, ready and waiting. Here are 2 of my favorites that always are. I like to make these dressings on Thursday or Friday for Shabbos…then we enjoy them all week long. By the following Thursday, they’re used up, and we’re ready for a…
How Many Ways Can You Enjoy Potato Kugel?
Kugel bites is the new version of kugel to try and love. When I started writing cookbooks I didn’t think it would be possible to have a pizza recipe in every single cookbook. But somehow I managed. I’ve written about regular pizza, thin crust, 30-minute crust, dessert pizza, deep dish…to those that enjoyed each one…
What are Efrat Libfroind’s Family Favorites?
We asked Efrat what her family loves and what her fans love…and discovered one more little culinary secret. Recipes by Efrat Libfroind Everyone has ogled over photos of Efrat’s creations. But which of those dishes does her family ask her to recreate over and over? And which ones does her fans love the most? We…
Light Water Challah Rolls (+Bread Machine Option)
You love challah. You really, really never want to give up challah. But you also want that diet to work. Now you can have both. Shabbos food isn’t necessarily too high in calories if you are willing to skip potato kugel. The real problem with Shabbos and diets? Those never-ending slices of challah. I know…
Really, Really Good Whole Wheat Challah
Ah, that time of year is here again. Shlissel Challah. I always marvel at how enthusiastic we get when baking the first dough after Pesach. You’d think we would want to stay away from a measuring cup until July, but no. Here we are, filled with joy, pulling out or mixers, donning aprons and sprinkling…
Yapchik. With a Name Like That It Better Be Good.
And it is! Here’s the story of how I came to do it right. Yapchik: literal translation: potato kugel with a layer of meat in it. Not so literal translation: serious Jewish comfort food. For years the mere thought of Yapchik made me queasy. I might have tasted one that was way too heavy, or…
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…
