Use this lukshen recipe for your blintzes and crepes as well. Don’t we all look forward to that steaming bowl of chicken soup with lots and lots of Pesach lukshen? No?Only me? I’m sure it’s not just me. For starters, I know my kids really look forward to it. Like, reeeaaallly. So much so that…
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This Grape Juice Sorbet is Our Favorite Pesach Treat
Make a batch of this grape juice sorbet and freeze it in tiny containers. No scooping or sticky hands necessary! Every Pesach season, I turn to Chantzy Weinstein’s Instagram feed (@chantzyW) 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…
Caramelized French Roast: The Only Roast You’ll Ever Need on Pesach
People say that this is their favorite roast ever. But we save it and savor it on Pesach. Yes, if you’re accustomed to preparing meat with lots of nice sauces, it can be a challenge on Pesach. Before I learned about this recipe, my no-fail Pesach secret was simply to cook meat using the best…
Eggroll Hamantaschen is Your Easy Delicious Appetizer This Purim
Easy, delicious, and completely in the spirit. Make egg roll hamantaschen this Purim (and serve with a great dip!). Need a great, super easy dish that’s a little bit different to serve as an appetizer, pick-up, or side dish this Purim? This is it! No time to fry Purim day? No problem! You can also…
Dinner Express: Chicken Teriyaki Stir-Fry
No time to cook tonight? Make this (almost) completely effortless chicken stir fry in minutes Every cook needs a break sometimes (or often!). When I know that I’m going to have a busy work week, I look for the pre-breaded or pre-marinated chicken at Evergreen’s meat department. There’s always a lot to choose from, they’re…
Pollo Alla Cacciatora: This is Ima’s Chicken That I Always Dream About
This Italian chicken stew means comfort food to me. There’s this dish that I dream of when I’m in the mood of something incredibly good and satisfying. Pollo Alla Cacciatora. It’s this Italian stew of tender chicken and delicious vegetables. My Ima would typically serve it over some Israeli Couscous or small pasta (like mini…
Tabbouleh-Inspired Quinoa Salad
Cook your quinoa, chop those fresh crunchy veggies nice and finely, and you’re all set with this great salad. This past summer, I attended a woman’s networking event hosted by Stacey Gindi. Lots of food was prepared for the buffet, but the one thing I kept on going back for was this quinoa. After the…
This is the Butternut Squash Soup Recipe I Don’t Want to Forget
You’ve come home from the grocery with cut butternut squash and you need an easy soup recipe…now! Do you also buy cut butternut squash and then scramble to find what should be an easy recipe for soup? And then you try the one that looks simplest, and it’s delicious, but then you can’t remember which…
In Honor of Shabbos: Yussi Weisz’s Mushroom Salad
Love mushroom and want a new great salad for the Shabbos table? I love anything and everything with mushrooms. But the real reason I make this salad is because my daughter Mindy is also a mushroom fan, and what don’t we do for our kids!? Right? Right! I’ve been making her mushroom salad forever now,…
Craving the Creamiest Soup Ever? Make a Pot of White Soup.
This white soup is so velvety and creamy…and it’s pareve! I first played around with this soup recipe on Tzom Gedaliah and by the time the boys had come home from school, the soup was ready and simmering on the stove. My boys (under bar mitzvah age) had not yet broken their fasts. I didn’t…
