This is the first time I am adding peanut butter to a cookie recipe and I have to admit I really love it. Peanut butter gives a great texture and taste to the basic chocolate cookies. I was afraid that the peanut butter flavor would be too strong but seemed …
Read More »jelly doughnuts
I have been promising you a recipe for homemade jelly doughnuts for as many Hanukahs as this site has been in existence, which is to say 9, including the one that begins next week. This might lead you to conclude that I like neither fried food, doughnuts or even jelly, …
Read More »endives with oranges and almonds
I realize this might not look like much. It probably looks suspiciously like a salad, which means it’s probably going to be the last kid picked for your holiday cooking olympics. It doesn’t taste like ginger, linzer or crushed candy canes. It smacks of January Food, the stuff of resolutions …
Read More »Scrambled Eggs with Sunflower Seeds
Watch the video for this recipe: This is a recipe we make pretty often for breakfast. Lately it has been one of my favorite ways of preparing eggs. Adding seeds to eggs is a great way of giving seeds to kids, especially sesame or flax seeds which are harder …
Read More »Gingerbread Stars
This gingerbread cookies are all of a sudden between my favorite ones, especially because they became my daughters’ favorite. Never saw them enjoying my cookies as much as this cute stars. They are very flavorful, can be made in various shapes and decorated any way you like. The dough …
Read More »Chinese Soup Dumplings Recipe (with Pork & Crab)
Chinese Soup Dumplings, or Xiaolongbao is a MUST TRY at least once! It’s a long recipe, the dumpling skin is hand made and the filling requires several hours of chilling. But it’s so worth it! These are the real deal. This is an authentic Xiaolongbao recipe from Top Chef star …
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