This is such a basic in our home that I’m tempted to put it under kitchen basics but I know it ain’t so for many people. Guys, you are missing out. Never mind that this is good for you, it’s got that lovely earthy flavor from the chickpeas and the umami flavor of the techina […]
In Israel, this type of fish is served as one of the options for an appetizer at nearly any nice catered affair you will go to. Since we are not Sephardim (despite my deep love of the people and cuisine) I generally serve this nicely spiced but not spicy. My Sephardi friends might despair of […]
So as I’ve mentioned, DH and I just purchased a high speed blender which blends with amazing results when making gazpacho Gazpacho a la Estrella obviating the need to peel the tomatoes (can we have an amen to this? yayayay!), so we said to each other, this thing is born to make smoothies and we […]
As you know, I love me a good chocolate chip cookie but sometimes you wanna change it up a bit. I opened up my pantry doors, wondering what I’d make, and since Netanel and Ayelet love cookies and were swinging by I figured okay, cc cookies but eureka! my eye caught the Skippy Chunky peanut […]
So as most people, we are not traveling in this time of Corona and DH and I find ourselves missing rather badly both friends in far away places and the places themselves. As I’ve mentioned oftentimes, one of my fave places is Gibraltar, whence live some very close friends and in general, there is a […]
Just as we all have our pet peeves, so too do most of us have our favorite things. With me, mushrooms happen to be a major fave. I am generally happy to eat them in any guise or form be it soups, salads, sauteed with onions etc., you get the picture. Happily, DH loves them […]
My next door neighbor Lisa is the kind of neighbor people dream about having. Setting aside that she is a dear, close friend, she’s the neighbor that if your alarm goes off (at outrageous hours and too often, till it was fixed) will (literally) jump over the gate with a ladder, brandishing a broom and […]
I had an overabundance of shnitzelized chicken and wanted to try chicken satay, which is a skewered chicken and decided to skewer it not in chunks but rather as a shnitzel. I researched a number of recipes and tried all different kinds and in the end, made up my own. What put me in mind […]
So in Spain and in Gibraltar and other places where tomatoes grow with wild abandon and abundance, a fave in the summertime is gazpacho. This is a dish that people practically duel over. Whenever we visit Gib, you mention gazpacho to people and they say (each and every one) ha! you’ve never tasted gazpacho till […]