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Chicken Soup for the Soul
My friend Michelle (who I know from my USY Israel Pilgrimage trip) asked me for a chicken soup recipe to bring to a friend’s Passover Seder. I am putting down the recipe that we use here in our home, but … Continue reading
Phil’s World Famous Never Fail Hamentashen
OK, maybe not world famous, but it was published on a long ago defunct website called JCN (Jewish Communications Network) where I wrote their cooking column. It is very easy and creates about 2 dozen great Hamentashen. I posted this … Continue reading
15 Minute “Homemade” Pasta Sauce
On the way home from work today I was told that Avi wanted pasta and meatballs for dinner. It was not exactly on my radar for dinner, but why not. Defrosting the ground beef is not too hard, and add … Continue reading
1 week of Weight Watchers
So today marks the last day in my first week of Weight Watchers. It has not been too difficult. I have stuck to the plan mostly every day. The hard part of course is on Shabbat when this week we … Continue reading
Saturday Morning Breakfast
Traditionally we do not eat a full meal before services, especially on Shabbat morning. So I usually make some sort of muffin or “bread”. The past few weeks it has been Pumpkin Bread, and here is the yummy recipe. It … Continue reading
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Omnivores Delight
Found this meme on my friend Wrekehavok’s page. I had a lot fun going through the list and deciding what I would and would not eat. Some of it was easy, as I only eat kosher food and a bunch … Continue reading
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Cooking Class
I have not posted any recipes in a while, and given that I am quite hungry right now, I thought I would post my recipe for Noddle Kugel. To be fair, I got this recipe from my mother, so it … Continue reading
Passover prep part 2
When I last discussed this monumental process, the three moms had just decided on menus. One might think that this is easy, and in some years it is not that hard. You have two Seders. You make a lot of … Continue reading
Passover Prep
Everything you always wanted to know about Passover prep but were afraid to ask. Now that would make a great title for a book. Maybe I’ll write it someday. As I’ve said, Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday (and not … Continue reading
Slow morning
Not much to write about this morning (aside from the news about Heather Mills stealing all that money from Sir Paul, but you can read about that at wrekehavoc). I was up late last night baking 5 dozen Hamentashen and … Continue reading