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 […]
On Passover, I try everything in my power to avoid matzah meal (ground fine matza) in my cakes and cooking since I find it leaves an unpleasant aftertaste on my tongue as well as being a very heavy ingredient (and we are eating all that meat and chicken!), I always look for substitutes. Since I’m […]
With many meals coming up on Passover, you look to have some lighter menus that are also festive. I find that fish fits the bill quite nicely. I particularly like this recipe since it’s unbelievably quick to make and the salmon’s texture is so delicately soft and also cuts so beautifully that I am tempted […]
Around this time of year, post Purim I confess I become a little crazy – Pesach/Passover centric. This seems to be true of most every female I know, if not the male of the species. Hmmmm, I wonder why. I know, I know, it’s only 7 days (for us Israelis) but part of the reason […]
This wonderful, cool and creamy mousse dessert is the result of DH really understanding me. Over 20 years ago, the Hilton hotel in Jerusalem had a cooking course which they gave in their kitchens. He gave me the course as an anniversary gift, realizing that for me that was better than most other gifts. Yay […]
DH has certain things he likes, certain things he really doesn’t and certain things he flip flops on. Chicken is one of them. For awhile, he wouldn’t eat the skin of the chicken, too greasy looking (sometimes true, actually). So for awhile I primarily cooked pargiot – skinless, boneless chicken thighs. Then he ate some […]