One of my favorite Passover indulgences is a huge plate of delicious braised beef short ribs! But I have to admit that I’ve never been the one making this decedent meal. In fact, I’ve never actually cooked for Passover before. Can you believe it?!? Growing up, my family always went away to hotels and now […]
Alfajores with Non-Dairy Dulce de Leche
Happy Valentine’s Day! I don’t really celebrate this Hallmark holiday since I like to pretend that every day is Valentine’s Day with my husband (yeah right), but I wanted to make something special for the rest of you out there! I am absolutely obsessed with Pinterest and when I found a unique recipe for a South […]
Peppermint Sandwich Kisses
While doing some recipe research for inspiration, I came across a few recipes for kiss cookies and I was immediately intrigued. Not only had I never tasted a kiss cookie, but I’d never even heard of it! These soft and crumbly cookies that you can just pop in your mouth looked too good to be […]
Deconstructed Peanut Butter & Jelly Doughnuts
You would think I’d be all fried out by now, considering all of the latkes and sufganiyot I’ve been surrounded with (and eating) this holiday season. Yeah, I baked my own doughnuts but that doesn’t mean everyone else didn’t choose to fry up their own. So when I made another batch of baked doughnuts for […]
Apricot-Plum Baked Doughnuts
I know, I know! The Chanukah tradition is to fry foods in oil, but I couldn’t resist the challenge to try something a bit healthier on a holiday filled with deep-fried jelly filled doughnuts and pan-fried latkes of all sizes and flavors. I did hop on the fry-train for a bit with my Stuffed Reuben […]
Casserole Chiles Rellenos
Happy Shavuos to everyone. It’s the Jewish holiday of dairy!!! Or at least that’s how I look at it. Shavuos is really a Jewish holiday commemorating the anniversary of the day Hashem gave the Torah to the entire Jewish nation at Mt. Sinai. There are many reasons why we eat dairy on Shavuot and you […]
