NUT BUTTER CUPS
I love Pesach! Not so much the cleaning, but the food. The limitations of Pesach food pushes us to get even more creative in the kitchen, and while we have the traditional standard fare we always come back to, its wonderful introducing new treats. Like these nut butter cups, any nut butter will work, choose […]
STRAWBERRY (BLOOD) JELLY CUPS
For years, we have been trying to amuse the younger people at the table with cups of water that turns to blood (actually, it was only a drop of red food dye at the bottom of the glass!). But in recreating the famous plague of blood, where all the water in Egypt, including water already […]
CHOCOLATE BROWNIES CUPS WITH HALVA GANACHE
This is my go-to recipe: Short on time high in need of chocolate, these brownies are the answer! I like these brownies so much that I use the recipe as the key component in a number of other desserts, including Sch’mores (not a typo!), brownie-stuffed Hamantashen, and these halva brownie ganache cups. When short on […]
Restaurant Style Onion Soup
New Years’ has never really been something we celebrate in our home, we do Rosh Hashanah, yet it’s hard to avoid the fact that fireworks are blasting, balls dropping and champagne is flowing. So in our own pseudo-celebration we usually eat onion soup. Why? Onion soup is work, there is no avoiding it, from the […]
Schmores
Though topping these brownies with mini marshmallows may be easier, you are likely to get a better cut using marshmallow cream. For crust: 235g (15 whole) graham crackers (or digestives) 115g (½ cup / 8 tablespoons) butter, melted 2 tablespoons granulated sugar For Brownies: 300g (10 oz) 70% coach solids chocolate, broken up into chunks […]
APPLE HAND PIES
I love a deep-dish apple pie! But a pie that size feeds a crowd! And if you don’t have a crowd to feed? Consider these guys! They are adorable and just as delicious! With the added benefit that everyone gets their own! Filling: 2 Bramley Apples (or baking apple of your choice), peeled and chopped […]
Cauliflower Cake
Adapted from Ottelingie’s Plenty More We went to friends for a dinner party – back in the day of dinner parties! And super confidently they served this cake with a green salad and wine. It felt like the perfect dinner, no embellishments, just one perfect dish, good friends, and lots of laughter. I think that […]
Roasted Carrots and Coriander
It has been a long and difficult year so far, and many of us have looked forward to Shabbat as the oasis of calm amidst the cacophony that is our daily lives. But if like me you find yourself serving the same thing every week to the same people, I have sought to challenge myself […]
Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
There is an alchemy that happens in our kitchens, taking basic ingredients, mix them together add some heat and we have created something entirely new and hopefully delicious, but often we miss that magic moment, in the midst of checking things in the oven, washing dishes and serving others, the magic seems to come and […]
