You’ll be ready to dress up beautiful plates when your piping bag is ready in the fridge. You’re beginning to make your menu, and that includes that special starter or dessert that has a component that needs to be piped fresh. Think: A sauce or dip that goes on a fish appetizer. An avocado sauce that gets…
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Prep Ahead and Always Have Fresh Garlic Ready Without a Mess
Love cooking with fresh garlic? We’ve got a tip that will eliminate the messy garlic press from your dinner prep. While we love the convenience of frozen crushed garlic cubes, they don’t really measure up to freshly minced garlic prepared at home. And many of us are already buying the peeled garlic cloves at local…
How To Prepare and Pack Your Yom Tov Food for Travel
We broke down the process for maximum efficiency and minimum hassle. If you’ve ever traveled for Yom Tov and prepared your own food, you know that it’s a big job. Huge, actually. And if you’re hosting at your destination, it can feel impossible. Last year, we changed our Yom Tov plans very late in the…
Still Need Some Last Minute Items Before Yom Tov? (Like White Shirts?)
There’s always those last pesky items left on your list to get before Yom Tov. Sure, you can run around town… or you can get those items delivered right to your door. UPDATED for Pesach ’22. We put together a list of last minute items that can still come on time via Amazon. What else…
How to Make A Folding Table Appear Like a Real Dining Table
If you need additional tables for entertaining this Yom Tov, or you’re simply “between tables,” this hack will give you the table space you want. We all know that folding tables are just too narrow. When you add them as an extension to your own dining table, they’re awkward. When you use them on their…
What Should We Do with a Tablecloth Full of Challah Crumbs?
If you don’t want to use plastic on your table, what’s the right way to clean up? I don’t remember what I did before the vinyl tablecloth days, that era when tablecloths became easy to wipe up. Since I switched back to using a traditional tablecloth a couple of years ago, I’ve had a quandary….
What Can I Cook on Yom Tov in a 200-250⁰F Oven?
If your oven will be on a low temperature throughout Yom Tov, is it still possible to cook in it and not only warm up food? The answer is yes! It always seems that people want to be completely ready and cooked before Yom Tov so they can “relax” on Yom Tov itself (haha!). However,…
Are You On Your Feet During the Whole Yom Tov Season?
Yom Tov is a very strenuous one for moms. Keep your energy up (and legs pain-free) with these tips. As Mommies, we yearn for that spiritual inspiration of our youth that prepared us for the Yomim Noraim and Succos. However, we must remember that our role has now changed. It has shifted from one centered…
How To Keep Your Vegetable Cream Warm On Yom Tov
When a cream is warmed up too much, it can dry out and get ruined. But no worries, we’ll show you just what to do so you can prep in advance and plate beautifully. We all know how pretty vegetable creams are and how much flavor and color they add to otherwise boring plates. It’s…
Updated! Forget Folding Chairs. Bring Out These Stackable Chairs When You Have Guests.
Don’t like the look of folding chairs? You can get some sleek stackable chairs to use instead when entertaining. Editor’s Note: Since this post first went live this past February, we received a lot of personal feedback from people who have been enjoying having pretty, stackable chairs to use when entertaining. But, many of the…