18 6 / 2012
I was pretty darn proud of myself when I first made homemade bagels, but I think this lox tops it. Who knew it was so easy to make you own lox? Now I do! Plus it’s so much cheaper than store bought. Salmon curing and saving money all rolled into one- how quintessentially Jewish! Initially I was a little confused at all the lox names out there- smoked salmon, nova lox, gravalox, lox. Are they all the same thing just under different personae a la Beyonce and Sasha Fierce? Or was each its own creation? Turns out I made lox today- gravalox has some herbs incorporated and smoked salmon aka nova lox is smoked after the curing process. Just plain lox is the simplest but also just plain tasty.
03 4 / 2012
Last year I shared my recipe for traditional charoset- and it was delicious. My gentile friends even ate it up! This year I stepped up my game with the addition of beets (say what?), dates (crazy!) and candied walnuts (mmm, sugar). All without sacrificing the necessary wine. Well let me pat myself on the back- this version is pretty darn tasty! The healthy beets balance the other ingredients and add an awesome red color to the mix, and the dates and candied nuts just sweeten the deal. And by deal I mean charoset.
03 4 / 2012
Success! I adapted a flourless chocolate cake recipe and added a delicious raspberry frosting. Note that this frosting is dairy, so not meat meal friendly. It does make a delicious breakfast though! Trust me. Head on over to Mara’s blog to see my guest post on how I made these flourless chocolate cupcakes! Please note you will need to use kosher for Passover confectioners sugar that has potato starch instead of cornstarch!
03 4 / 2012
Passover food is not exactly a foodie’s dream holiday, I do love me some matzah pizza. My margarita version was pretty tasty, but I took it to a whole other level with this treat inspired by buffalo chicken pizza. I switched to mushrooms to keep it vegetarian and kosher, but feel free to throw some chicken in there. Either way, the mushrooms gives this dish an earthy taste so delish you won’t even miss the meat! Here is all Jew need to make this buffalo mushroom matzah pizza. No need to wait until Passover either to make this!
03 4 / 2012
Gefilte Fish!
We did it! What is it you may ask? Make gefilte fish edible. Mazel! Some of you out there may see the words gefilte fish and cringe. Blech! I know I did. That is until I ventured out to make my own recipe. Turns out homemade fish balls are delish! I teamed up with my friend Hilah of Hilah Cooking to make this easy gefilte fish recipe. We even classed it up by using salmon! Note how Hilah wore an adorable New York shirt as an homage to my east coast roots. I, of course, just wore all black. And please excuse my unbrushed hair- I stayed up way too late the night before clearing off the dance floor on 6th Street catching up on my Torah reading. Let me know what Jew all think and if you would like to see more videos on WJWE! Click for the recipe!
20 2 / 2012
Why the heck did I move to Texas again? The past few days have been freezing (read: 55 degrees) and rainy. It even hailed once! WTH! (AKA What the heck. I am not much of a swearer. Can I claim WTH as my own creation? Score!) After I got done crying in the fetal position under my bed whining about the weather, I put on my big girl pants and decided to make some soup! Of course I was immediately reminded why I love Texas weather- if it’s cold one day, you can almost guarantee it will be 70 and sunny the next, like it was yesterday when I made my soup. Oh well. Blast the AC and snuggle up with your iPad faux fireplace with a bowl of my roasted tomato basil soup anyways!
18 2 / 2012
February 8th marked Tu B’Shvat- aka the New Year of the Trees. It’s not the most important Jew holiday out there by any means (hello Rosh Hashannah!) More of a Jew style Arbor Day. But it is all about celebrating the importance of trees, and who doesn’t like tress? It is also when the almond trees begin to blossom in Israel, so what better way to celebrate than with a tasty almond salad? Sold!
