
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 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 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…

Smoked Salmon Lemony Green Salad Recipe.
Smoked salmon, lemon zest, chick peas, artichoke hearts, avocado?
Marriages made in salad heaven! Move over Bagels and lox! In this delightful smoked salmon salad, I did nothing more than a little flavor matchmaking and made it a main course…

Sweet Potato Kabocha Soup Recipe
Sweet Potato 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…

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…

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 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 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…

Portobello Potato Soup Recipe. Low Carb Variation
Portobello Potato Soup
My version bis a sort of a new age Vichyssoise, delicious hot or chilled.
I like to keep my soups meatless at all costs (unless of course the meat or poultry is the star, as in beef soup or chicken soup). So all…

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 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…