My thoughts on Jewish food.
Once all the Pesach cleaning, turning the kitchen over, cooking, and turning the kitchen back again are over, most of us are exhausted. We desperately need easy recipes for the following Shabbos. This orange glazed chicken is not only easy—aside from zesting an orange—but uses up the sweet wine you bought to make charoses (Don’t …
If you know the proper technique, you can cook anything like a pro. Case in point this beef short rib stew with Guinness. After watching how several well-known cooks prepare beef stew, I used the ingredients in a recipe I found online, but ignored the instructions, applying what I’d learned from watching those clips. It …
Jerk chicken was something I’d heard of but knew nothing about. But you know how chicken gets boring. I thought I’d look at some recipes online and see if it was doable, kosher-wise. (Yay! It was.) When I served my personal rendition of jerk chicken, cobbled together from the various recipes I’d found online, my …
Cheesy scalloped potatoes are what my family automatically thinks of when craving a hearty dairy dish. That’s fine with this cook, since I know enough about food combining to know that milk and potatoes, combined, are a protein, not to mention that cheese, in and of itself, is a protein. This dish has all three, …
Looking for an easy-to-cook supper? Pasta with meat sauce couldn’t be easier to make. If you don’t feel like chopping onions or crushing garlic, use dehydrated onion flakes and granulated garlic. The sauce is enough for one pound of pasta, so it feeds a crowd, or alternatively, a few teenage sons! Simple Spaghetti with Meat …
Our regular rendition of the classic Jewish dish known as cholent, is hearty, delicious, and satisfying. But sometimes you want to switch it up, perhaps by emulating the spicier cholent you are likely to find at a bris or a Shabbos Kiddush. Well, look no further. This one is spicy hot, the flavors are completely …
Chicken Couscous is a meal in one that is hearty without making you feel stuffed. It’s jam-packed with vegetables, so you know it’s good for you. A nice change after all the heavy holiday food! Chicken Couscous Yield: 6 servings Ingredients: 4 cups chicken broth salt 3 T. olive oil, divided 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces 2 whole onions peeled and quartered 1 t. …
As the weather turns cooler, goulash makes a hearty, easy to prepare one dish supper. Some of us won’t eat goulash without the caraway seed (or kimmel, as we say in Yiddish), while others find this distinctive spice off-putting. Take a survey and prepare accordingly, with or without the kimmel (or just slip it in …
If you’re looking for a recipe chock-full of flavor and zest, you’ve come to the right place. This classic favorite features a well-cooked rice and butter-soft meat. Ingredients: 5 slices boneless club steak 1 onion, sliced 1 red bell pepper, diced 1/4 cup red wine, such as Alfasi Cabernet Sauvignon 2/3 cups wild rice 17 …
Looking for something to make ahead for the holidays? These sweet and sour meatballs are easy to make and freeze, and they are the most flavorful of the many sweet and sour meatball recipes we have tried. Make it for Shabbos night, but double it and freeze half. Come Rosh Hashanah, you’ll be glad you …