Author: Sialia

What to Eat the Rest of the Week

Passover: What to Eat the Rest of the Week

Editor’s Note: This week, many of us will be getting the house ready for Passover and shopping for chametz-free ingredients for the holiday. Take a look at the suggestions below for items to add to your grocery list!   There are lots of sederiffic Passover recipes online, but it’s not seder that’s...

Banana (nano) muffins

Pareve Dessert Worth the Calories: Nano Muffins

(Mini banana muffins, get it?) This recipe was adapted from the Rochester Hadassah Cookbook, one of the great kosher cookbooks. But if you look for it there, it’s called “Banana Chocolate Chip Bars,” submitted by Tillie Levinson. Those bars are my mom’s go-to recipe for a fleishig holiday meal. Chances are, if...

The Secret to Good Matzo Ball Soup

On a Jewish blog like this, you could have a whole forum just on chicken soup and matzo balls. No matter what one cook says, everyone else has an opinion. The debate is part of the fun—there is no authoritative answer, but a whole lot of traditions and regional variations. Here’s how...