Sweet chili sauce is my favorite condiment. And you’ll soon love it too when you see how easy it is to prepare these green beans. Sweet chili is one of the most versatile sauces after ketchup. It tastes great as a dipping sauce for egg rolls, French fries, and breaded cauliflower. And it’s also great…
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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…
Candied Beef Bacon Orzo
Want to wake up your side dish? I have the answer. You might be pulling out your best cut of meat for the seudah, but let’s be frank (if you really want to be frank, though, you can serve these as an appetizer): your side dishes are wanting. Appetizers and mains (and dessert) usually grab…
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…
Two-Ingredient Side Dishes: Butternut Squash with Techina and Za’atar
This butternut squash is one of the side dishes you’ll make the most often in the least amount of time. You already know the gig. You’ve made these Sweet Potatoes, these Green Beans, and even these super easy Potatoes. Now for something a little more exotic, but just as easy, try this butternut squash: Butternut…
Two-Ingredient Side Dishes: Roasted French Beans and Grape Tomatoes
These are the side dishes you’ll make the most often in the least amount of time. Did you see the first installment in my 2-ingredient side dishes series last week? If so, you learned all about my desire to cook things are super simple yet delicious nonetheless. Well, here’s the next in the series (and…
Two-Ingredient Side Dishes: Maple Sweet Potatoes
These are the side dishes you’ll make the most often in the least amount of time. If you’ve seen my Yom Tov menu, you’ve already figured out that I’m a lazy cook. I like easy, quick recipes that are delicious, satisfying, and super simple to prepare. There have to be many more out there like…
The Secret of the Best Frozen French Fries
You can be a gourmet cook…and still proudly serve the best frozen fries. All you need is a little seasoning. Some people would start an article like this, “Ok, I admit, I serve frozen French fries [shame face]…blah blah blah….” I have nothing to be ashamed of. I proudly serve frozen French fries. All the…
