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Healthy Spelt Challah

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018Breadsassorted challah, baked bread, bread, challa, challah, challah ideas, challah recipe, challah recipe ideas, challah toppings, challahs, challot, fresh bread, healthy bread, healthy challah, jew food, jewish food, shabbat food, spelt challah, toppings, whole wheat challah

Wow, it has been a long time since I have been active here! With starting a full-time job and still keeping up with Joodiethefoodie on Instagram almost every night, I haven't found a lot of time... Continue reading →

Rosh Hashanah Fig Challah

September 17, 2017September 17, 2017Breadsassorted challah, baked bread, bread, challa, challah, challah ideas, challah recipe, challah recipe ideas, challah toppings, challahs, challot, fig challah, fresh bread, jew food, jewish food, new year challah, rosh Hashanah challah, shabbat food, toppings

Fig Challah: there are no words. Okay, maybe a few. You all know by now that I have an obsession with figs. I don't know if it's because they're such an elusive fruit, available only... Continue reading →

Tomato Soup with Tomato & Garlic Matzo Balls

March 30, 2017Passover, Soupcreamy tomato soup, jew food, jewish food, matzah balls, matzo balls, matzo recipes, passover food, passover recipe, pesach recipes, tomato soup, tomato soup ideas, tomato soup recipe

A few weeks ago I experimented with matzo balls for the first time! I know it's crazy, I have been cooking for over two years and never once made my own matzo balls. I've used... Continue reading →

Aladdin, Jasmine and a Genie lamp

March 13, 2017Dessert, PurimAladdin and jasmine, basbousa, basbousa cake, basbousa hamantaschen, Egyptian dessert, hamantasch, hamantasch ideas, hamantaschen, hamantaschen recipes, jew food, jewish food, jewish holiday, middle eastern desserts, mishloach manot ideas, mishloach manot theme, purim, purim dessert, purim food, purim ideas, purim recipes, purim theme ideas, purim themes

What a Purim it was! A complete turnaround for me from years past. To be honest, until yesterday I never really looked forward to Purim. I dreaded dressing up. And until we made Aliya, we didn't feel so... Continue reading →

Fruit Tart Hamantaschen

February 27, 2017February 28, 2017Dessert, Purimcreative hamantaschen, dessert tart, dessert with fruit, fruit dessert, fruit tart, fruit tart idea, fruit tart recipe, hamantaschen, hamantaschen ideas, jew food, jewish food, parve, parve dessert, parve fruit tart, purim food, purim ideas, seasonal fruit, strawberries, sweet hamantaschen, tart idea, tart recipe

You may have noticed that most of my hamantaschen ideas are of the savory sort. I’ve got triangular dinners, appetizers, and sides covered, but I don’t really touch on the desserts. It’s probably because I myself... Continue reading →

My Classic Challah with Assorted Toppings

February 25, 2017March 1, 2017Breadsassorted challah, baked bread, bread, challa, challah, challah ideas, challah recipe, challah recipe ideas, challah toppings, challahs, challot, fresh bread, jew food, jewish food, shabbat food, toppings

Call me old-fashioned, but the first thing I wanted to learn to make as a new Jewish wife was challah. I would try all kinds of recipes week after week, but none of them blew me... Continue reading →

Crêpe Hamantaschen

February 23, 2017February 27, 2017Breakfast, Dairy, Purimbreakfast, breakfast ideas, brunch, creative hamantaschen, crepe, crepe hamantaschen, crepes, french cuisine, hamantaschen, hamantaschen ideas, jew food, purim, purim food, purim ideas

Purim is such a creative time. It speaks right to my soul. You get to come up with fun costume ideas, mishloach manot and sometimes even party themes! For me, the most fun part is coming... Continue reading →

Shakshuka-in-a-Pita Hamentaschen

March 23, 2016February 27, 2017Breakfast, Dairy, Purimcreative hamantaschen, hamantaschen, hamantaschen ideas, hamantaschen shakshuka, holiday food, israeli cusine, jew food, purim, purim food, purim ideas, shakshuka, shakshuka and pita

One of my favorite dishes is shakshuka, for its many textures and flavors and the fact that my hubby makes it anytime I need a break! And that's exactly what happened today since I was... Continue reading →

Strawberry Shortcake Hamantaschen

March 22, 2016February 27, 2017Dessert, Purimcreative hamantaschen, dessert, dessert ideas, hamantaschen, hamantaschen ideas, holiday food, jew food, purim, purim dessert, purim food, purim ideas, strawberries, strawberry dessert, strawberry shortcake

When beautiful strawberries — your absolute favorite fruit — are just 99¢ a box in the winter, you just have to buy three boxes! You might remember from all the way back in October that... Continue reading →

Baked Cheesecake Hamantaschen

March 9, 2016February 27, 2017Dairy, Dessert, Purimbaked cheesecake, cheesecake, cheesecake hamantaschen, creative hamantaschen, dessert, dessert ideas, hamantaschen, hamantaschen ideas, holiday food, jew food, purim, purim dessert, purim food, purim ideas, strawberries, strawberry cheesecake, strawberry drizzle

My siblings and I are different in almost every way: interests, appearances, professions, worldviews, you name it. But there has always been one thing that we all agree on: our mom makes the best cheesecake!... Continue reading →