Search

"My late father only knew how to cook two dishes and this was one. The type of apples you use will determine how mushy your apple sauce turns out. Cooking apples will turn into the texture of commercial applesauce while others will keep their shape even after the cooking. Either way it's delicious. The recipe can easily be doubled (or tripled...or..."

Ingredients: cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar...

"This recipes comes from a fellow Israeli foodie, Gabi Shahar. I tried it out recently (am on a quinoa kick these days) and it's very good. A good alternative to tabbouli or couscous as a cool summer grain salad."

Ingredients: pepper, fresh lemon rind...

"Adapted from a Martha Stewart recipe. These are amazing on their own as a side dish or with pasta."

Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, dried thyme...

"This is a great method for roasting garlic, so it can be ready when you start cooking in the evening. I've even done it overnight and started cooking in the morning. Roasted garlic goes great with mashed potatoes, on pasta, or simply spread on crusty bread."

Ingredients: garlic, olive oil...

"I don't eat bananas often, even though I love them. When I do have bananas, they have to be very special, and I promise you, these babies are very very special! Try serving them over vanilla frozen yogurt, or with an intensely chocolate ice cream."

Ingredients: currants, fresh lime juice...

"I found this recipe on a site that was promoting an Asian-flavored Thanksgiving. Even though we don't really celebrate the holiday per se, we adore sweet potatoes and we love Indian cuisine, so why limit ourselves? The original recipe called for yams, but I subbed in the sweet potatoes. Feel free to re-sub the yams. I also adapted the recipe..."

Ingredients: cinnamon sticks, coconut milk...

"This has been a family favorite for years and is about the simplest recipe you can make!"

Ingredients: bermuda onions, cucumbers...

"This is a fantastic lentil dish. In my quest to find healthier food that my family liked and would actually eat, I decided to try this recipe. It was demonstrated on T.V. by Ali Sabbah from the Mazza Cafe, a Jewish restaurant, in Salt Lake City. My family just ate this up, even my picky five year old boy. I had to post it before I lost the recipe."

Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cumin...

"A great tasting potato salad with no mayonnaise. Very Greek, makes you want to break plates and drink ouzo."

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, extra virgin olive oil...

"This veggie chicken soup is based on a Mollie Katzen recipe. Instead of discarding the vegetable I sometimes mash them, add some eggs, oil and matzo meal and make them into a kugel."

Ingredients: garlic, mushrooms, onions...

"I found this recipe online in an article about a Philadelphia restaurant and tried it out at home. I wasn't overawed by it, but love the flavors, so I decided to play around with it a bit. By the third batch I had hit gold."

Ingredients: coconut milk, salt & freshly ground black pepper...

"My Yemenite friend often used to make me this traditional and delicious salad. Enjoy!"

Ingredients: chives, cucumbers, fennel...

"this is a great vegetarian side dish."

Ingredients: cinnamon, ground cumin...

"I found this easy, tasty recipe in a Chicago Sun-Times article on Passover recipes. You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy this one! This salad goes very well with grilled chicken or served on lettuce leaves for a light lunch."

Ingredients: salt & freshly ground black pepper, extra virgin olive oil...