Purim is right around the corner and I finally decided on a theme for my shalach manot this year. Last year, I was so last minute with my concept that I ended up just making fun rainbow cupcakes with Cracker Jacks. You can’t go wrong with rainbow, right?!? So with less than 2 weeks to […]
Crock Pot Blueberry Cinnamon-Swirl Banana Bread
If you’ve been following Kitchen Tested since it began in 2011, you might remember my Banana Blueberry Streusel Bread. I’m seriously afraid to make that banana bread again because it was just THAT good and I might eat the entire loaf before anyone gets a chance to take a bite. One thing I’ve never forgotten is […]
A Gourmet Meal with Chef Zissie
Would you say no if your super-talented friend (who just happens to be a Private Chef and Teacher) offers to cook for you in your own kitchen??? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Well I certainly couldn’t refuse when Chef Zissie offered to come over and make me a gourmet 3-course meal. In exchange, she allowed […]
The Kosher BLT Sandwich with Homemade Mayo
I’ve never had a BLT before. Since bacon isn’t kosher, I guess I always figured a sandwich filled with lots of crunchy bacon would be off the table for me. But with the growing popularity in kosher dry cured and smoked beef bacon (thanks in large part to Jack’s Gourmet and Grow & Behold), my […]
Chocolate Challah
I LOVE challah! I mean, does anyone out there NOT love challah? What I’ve found from a lifetime of eating challah on Shabbat is that everyone has their own favorite texture and flavor: light and fluffy, egg-free, sweet with a cinnamon crumble, garlic oil brushed on top, raisins or chocolate chips mixed right in to […]
A Book Club Menu Combo: Boston v. Poland
Best. Book. EVER! Yup, I really mean it. Kane and Abel by Jeffrey Archer is the best book I have ever read…twice! In high school, my father suggested I read a 600 page book about two boys born on the same date of the same year (April 18, 1906) in two completely different worlds. One born […]
