Artichokes – the beautiful edible flower part of a thistle plant. They have three main parts: the external leaves (tough and mostly inedible), the choke (the furry stuff inside) and the heart (the most delicious part of the entire artichoke – one bite of this is worth all the work)! They are healthy (if you don’t […]
Passover is still going strong and I find myself always wanting sweeter foods to eat during it. Maybe it’s because we eat so much dry, savory matzah…. this is my way of compensating! In past years, I’ve made Chocolate Toffee Matzah, Coconut Macaroons, my favorite Brownie Macaroon Meringue Pie, and more! This year, I wanted […]
The Jewish Spring festival, Passover, is nearly here! It’s a week long joyous celebration where family and friends share lots of yummy food. A special dinner, called a Sedar, kick-starts everything and tells the stories from a long time ago. And then, the good part – the food! It’s traditional to not eat bread during […]
On the weekends, we like to cook a lot. It just so happened to be Passover this weekend so we decided to make our big meal Sunday and make a Sunday roast. Now, a Sunday roast is exactly what it sounds like – a roast of meat and a variety of veggies. Generally, they both […]
It’s Passover! We are celebrating with roast chicken, tons of roasted veggies and this amazing Brownie Macaroon Meringue Pie! This pie has an ooey gooey chocolatey layer on the bottom is topped with a sweet, crunchy coconut meringue on top. It’s such a good combination and tastes amazing!! Passover dessert doesn’t have to be bland! […]
We went orange picking a few weekends ago (more details on that here) and we still have so so SO many oranges left to use up. So today’s lunch, snack, dinner, snack (haha jk jk)… just dinner… is this oh so yummy salad with crunch, zestiness, citrus delight and sweetness. Salads are so easy to […]
We had a lot of veggies to use up and I knew I wanted to make a salad with them for dinner. So, I whipped up some quinoa in the instant pot, roasted the veggies we had on hand and made a delicious salad for dinner. It’s a really versatile salad – you can swap […]
Even though I cook everyday, I still find that I get in a rut with food sometimes and I need inspiration. This seems to be the week where that’s happening. So, I went to the supermarket yesterday and just walked around. I let the food inspire me. When I walked past the fish counter, the […]
One of my most vivid memories is of my Grandmother (and then my Dad) making matzo brei for the family every year on Passover. My brother and I BEGGED them to make it each year because it was our favorite breakfast. Since Matzo is hard to find most of the year, it’s really only a special […]
Passover rolls are usual dense and dry. They are made with cake meal and matzo meal and I find them to be so heavy, they’re not worth eating. That is, unless you make them with tons of eggs like you would a Yorkshire pudding or popover! That’s how I make mine, plus I forget the […]