I try to do fish dinners every week. It’s a healthy alternative to meat and chicken and while fresh salmon, tilapia and trout are all on my recipe list I make it a point to use smoked fish as often as I can. Smoked fish is not just a dish, […]
There are so many choices these days when it comes to “imitation” or dare I say it replacements for “regular” or “non-kosher” foods. Fake meat, fake milk, fake sugar, fake cheese, fake…… everything! Ok, keeping kosher does require some creative fancy dancing when converting meat recipes to pareve, dairy recipes […]
So, everyone who’s ever purchased a bundle or 3 of parsley for Pesach and then still seemed to have a bundle or 3 of parsley left when the Seders were over please raise your hand. Truthfully, except on Pesach most of us use parsley as a garnish and well…..a garnish […]
The biggest challenge, for me, of the 3 weeks and more specifically, the 9 days is not what you might think. This is the time of year that I actually have to stop myself from making TOO MUCH food. Since I have to forgo meat and poultry on the menu […]
I just planted 3 blueberry bushes, 3 raspberry bushes, 2 packages of sunflower seed, 4 clematis and anyone who knows me will take the bet that they won’t survive the summer with me as their gardener. Every year, try as I might to grow some kind of fruit or vegetable […]