Simple Wheat Bread
There was a single period in my life when I completely lost interest in cooking and baking. It was right after my youngest sister, Inbar, passed away at age 27. When she died, my love…
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Leo’s Favorite Food
Me: If you are so bored, you can write a post for my blog. Leo: I can’t write a post I’m only nine. Me: yes you can. Leo: okay, I’ll try.
How to make a vegetable juice
I found this video of Alex, at age two, Juicing his own Carrot Beet juice. He is so cute in this video. Don’t miss the best part of it!
Easy & Quick Kale Shakshuka
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…
Simple Rice Bowl with Spinach, Jalapeño & Radish
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…
Potato Frittata With Sweet Potato
El-machamer is the Jewish Moroccan (Sephardic) version of Tortilla Española. My mother usually makes it often during Passover. The sweet potato and spinach are my addition.
Fruit Salad with Raisins & Rosemary
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…
Bread Rolls & Mini Challahs
When I was a kid, I used to be hypnotized by my mother and grandmother’s moves when they kneaded the dough for Shabbat bread. I couldn’t take my eyes off them—the way they stretched and…
Black Cherry Jammers
I was so happy when she said yes and wrote this post for my blog. Introducing, Yael, the woman who thought me almost everything I know about baking! When Shelly asked me to be a…
The Best Chocolate Chip Cookies Ever
These cookies are so easy to make, I can make them with my eyes shut. My 5 year-old makes them all by himself—no without making a bit mess. I actually prefer to clean the mess…
Simple Moroccan-Style Carrot Salad
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…
How To Make Harissa
Harissa is a North African spicy sauce made with dried California (Anaheim) peppers, small hot chilies, garlic and spices. Traditional harissa is very spicy—too spicy for me—and I like spicy food. My sensitive palate doesn’t…