No time for BS. Just a quick, sweet recipe I found in a beautiful cookbook called Vegetarian Everyday, written by the sweet Scandinavian couple, who’s behind the blog Green Kitchen Stories. This exactly the kind of recipe I love – a “peace of mind” recipe, delicious and healthy. It’s…
We eat salads on a daily basis (most Israelis do). Most days it’s a simple green salad, then some days more complex salads. There are many types of leafy greens and endless variations of leafy green salads. Leo and Alex’s…
A friend of mine from New York recently emailed me this recipe. She wrote: “Thought of you the other night. We made a delish dairy-free, sugar-free banana ‘ice cream’ with a bit of chopped salty almonds and maple syrup on…
I know that Honey Nut Cheerios is easier but do you really want your kids or yourself to start the day with unnatural, full of sugar breakfast? With these light, nutritious breakfasts, you’ll definitely have a good, healthy day. They require very little effort and some willingness.
YAW is my husband’s accidental invention. He made it one morning while I was pregnant with Leo, ten years ago, and, since then, this apple Tzatziki has become a morning ritual in our house. It’s basically a bowl of plain…
My cousin Diane is married to Avi, who is from Jerusalem and is an excellent cook. Avi makes the best shakshuka. Last month, when we were visiting in Israel, we stayed with them and he made shakshuka for breakfast. I already published a quick recipe…
It’s much easier to stick a tray of chicken and potatoes into the oven or throw a bunch of vegetables and beans into pot than to prepare a bunch of mezzes. But a table covered with small and colorful plates…
Here is the most demanded salad among the children in my family, Saba Zion’s Salad. “Saba” means grandfather in Hebrew. My father is a humble cook but can make shoe laces delicious with his seasoning skills. He made us and his…
I can’t bring myself to cook with fire. It’s boiling outside and inside (we don’t have AC, most of the time the weather here in SoCal is perfect). Our meals these days are mainly raw salads with lots of crunchy…
I always forget how much I love hummus and how easy it is to make until I make it. Here in Los Angeles, unlike in Israel, there are not a lot of hummusiyot, restaurants that sell only hummus. In Tel…
Kale is very nutritious but I won’t use the word superfood because I’m allergic to it. As much as it is healthy I wouldn’t have eaten it if I didn’t like it’s earthy flavor. Me and the millions of aphids…
Rice bowl is basically a salad on a bed of rice. You can make your rice bowl very basic or extravagant. I like them simple, but for my husband, the more things, the merrier. I can live on rice bowls.…
This is Jewish Moroccan (Sephardic) version of Tortilla Española. It’s called El-machamer. My mother used to make it all the time. The spinach and sweet potato is my spin on it.
A while ago, my husband and I went to see a friend’s performance in Echo Park. We discovered that the show starts only at 11pm. So instead we strolled around the neighborhood and stumbled upon a busy vegan cafe. We weren’t…
This is one of many cooked vegetable dishes, known as ‘salads’ or ‘salatim,’ which my mother prepares every Friday for the Shabbat dinner. It’s actually the second-favorite dish after matbucha in our household. The term ‘salad’ might seem confusing for…
First of all, thank you for supporting me and my humble blog! I love getting your feedback, so please continue to do so. Feel free to request recipes and ideas for easy simple dishes. Second, can you believe that the first…
All the women in my family make this soup and we all make it slightly different. For example my grandmother used to make this soup with a beef shank, which makes it more like a stew; My aunts Shuli and Sara add to…
It’s one of those dishes that never makes it to the dining table. As soon as it comes out of the oven, the boys start to nibble on it. It’s crunchy, slightly sweet, smokey and addictive.