Roast chicken
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Roast Chicken Recipes Including BBQ Chicken

Roast Chicken Lovers out There   Show of hands! Yeah. Thought so. Falling like flies. My buddies. Mmmm, Seriously. On top of my list of favorite dinners. It is a very simple attainable way to treat yourself to a festive dinner,…
tempeh
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Tempeh Beer-Braised Mushroom Stew Recipe

I am afraid tempeh looks as uninspiring as it sounds. But if you do go past its appearance and unromantic name, you are in for a real treat. Tempeh is made from cooked and slightly fermented soybeans and compressed into patties; it is then…
Peanut butter noodles
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Peanut Butter Noodles Recipe. GF Friendly

Peanut Butter Noodles They are a real treat, for children big and small. Strictly for peanut butter lovers. Sorry no substitutions for the PB: You need it! They are served cold, so they often appear at picnics and buffet displays. I…
yerushalmi kugel
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Yerushalmi Kugel Recipe

Yerushalmi Kugel is a great Jewish favorite It is also a real showcase in Israeli synagogues at Kiddush time: I have seen two burly men flip an enormous pot of Yerushalmi Kugel onto a gigantic counter, then slice it across its whole diameter…
summer rolls
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Summer Rolls with Thai Sauce Recipe

Summer rolls are those delightful paper-thin rice disks Dip in warm water to soften (no cooking!), fill with virtually anything you like, roll and dip in the sauce of your choice: I love the suggested Thai dipping sauce for these summer rolls But…
kabocha soup
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Sweet Potato Kabocha Soup Recipe

Kabocha Soup: This is my daughter Bella’s favorite soup. I brought her a vat of it when she had her baby. Still she doesn’t seem to tire of it and now enjoys it with her baby. I always notice with pleasure that all kids big and small love…
berry kanten
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Berry Kanten Recipe: Jell-o of Champions

Berry Kanten Recipe: Consider kanten the Jell-O of champions. You can make it with any kind of fruit and juice, or tea. Take a look at my Lychee Kanten Recipe. Kuzu, the starch of the kuzu plant, is a great natural thickener, and is…
black bean soup
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Quick Black Bean Soup Recipe

Black Bean Soup: Boy, you'll be happy to have one super quick bean soup! Canned beans will work here just fine, as the soup has lots of fabulous flavors going for it. Secret ingredient: chocolate! Black beans and chocolate? Yup, it's fantastic!…
muffins
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Muffins Recipes. Including Vegan and Gluten-Free

Muffins Galore! That's right: You say cupcakes, I say muffins! Gosh, I would hate to lose my popularity with the junior cupcake crowd, but many years of catering kids’ parties and watching their delighted faces as their lick their fingers…
Miso Soup with All the Fixin's Recipe
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Miso Soup with all the Fixins’ Recipe

Miso Soup is a Marvel   I cannot even tell you how often miso soup is dinner at my house, and in how many varieties! I have demonstrated it hundreds of times at my cooking demos, often for groups as large as a hundred guests of more! Quick…
Shepherd Pie
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Shepherd Pie Recipe

Shepherd Pie     This is one of my favorite comfort foods, and a big Sephardi Favorite that appears at every holiday table. It goes by several aliases, all very closely related. Shepherd pie in English. Hachis Parmentier…
chocolate cake
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Chocolate Cake Recipe, Chocolate Icing Option

Chocolate Cake: The stuff of dreams! At a recent Shabbos dinner my table was crammed with chocolate addicts: Chocolate Cake a must, right? Since this is an addiction we can easily admit to, and with no need to get apologetic, I decided to make…