As I’ve said before, I’m a big fan of eggplant, although growing up it was a weird and exotic veggie. In Israel, it is a common vegetable and often appears as part of a meal as one of many “salatim” or salads (or mezze) before the meal. The problem with eggplants are that basically, they’re […]
When Shabbat or the holidays roll around, you want a gorgeous appetizer to kick off your meal and I find both an easy and spectacular looking first course is stuffed mushrooms with chopped meat, although you can make it part of a main dish if you use larger mushrooms like portabellos. This is a way […]
I’m a big chocolate fan and when I want a special treat other than a delectable piece of chocolate, I think of chocolate mousse. When done right, it should be deeply chocolatey, creamy and smooth and very rich. So rich, in fact, that I find that small portions suffice. I’ve played around with mousse recipes […]
So my son Yehuda has a grand obsession with soup. Specifically, with chicken soup. He can put away 5-6 bowls in a row without a moment’s hesitation and has this ginormous pot at home which was always filled with soup. So, when he was told to basically eliminate or drastically cut down on his beloved […]
I know, I know, the dash back to chametz is a sprint that many of us make, especially my kids, like the second Passover is over. And we are talking about adult children here 🙂 . Since DH and I are somewhat older, this is less of a thing for us and we calmly cruise […]
I know most people call this cauliflower rice but I gotta tell ya, it looks just like couscous to me and has a surprisingly similar mouthfeel. But let me start at the beginning. When I went to visit my cousin Rochel in Johannesburg a couple of years ago, she took me shopping with her in […]
So in the frenzy of prep for the Seder, there comes the faint cry of those who live with you who (what a nerve) actually want to eat something beforehand! OMG, seriously? Seriously. So I decided to devise a muffin which can be eaten both pre-Pesach and during. It’s yummy for breakfast with a nice […]
DH is a huge fan of spinach. He will always look for it first on the menu when going out to eat and when seeing green and leafies will look hopefully and say, “Is that spinach?”. I try to be a good wife but for many years wasn’t a fan myself and the kids would […]
Let me just say that I have a serious relationship with corned beef (salt beef for my English friends). In Israel, you can (at least to the best of my knowledge) find corned beef of brisket, no other cut is corned. I just love the stuff and if nobody stopped me, could gladly eat it […]