One of my favorite snacks is Galilee Green seed crackers with one of the many dips we make for our Friday night challah-dipping. I’ve discovered that you can make a dip out of just about any vegetable. And since carrots are so yummy here in Israel, I decided to go Read more
We LOVE our dips with challah on Friday night! And because we don’t use salt, it’s a challenge to make homemade dips with great flavor. The most important thing I’ve learned to produce flavorful salt free dishes is the ingredients MUST have great flavor. Fresh, top quality, results in great Read more
It’s amazing how quickly it becomes dinner time when I’m having a very busy day. So this week I turned to the freezer and the pantry and pulled out those ’emergency items’ that help make a fast, easy and delicious meal. I hardly ever use bottled sauces but luckily I Read more
This morning we got out of bed and hit the ground running. The post office was picking up our weekly Galilee Green Olive Oil orders and we still hadn’t finished packing them up the night before. By the time we were done, it was 12:30 and we made it just Read more
When you are keeping a kosher kitchen, certain classic recipes present a challenge because we don’t mix dairy and meat ingredients together. French onion soup is usually made with a beef broth, and topped up with lots of gooey mozzarella and Parmesan cheese! So how to you make a Kosher Read more
While visiting my daughter and her family in Detroit I was treated to some wonderful meals and I brought home to Israel some of her great recipes. One of her favorite side-dishes to be served with a main course is roasted cauliflower. Even the kids love it. It’s healthy, filling Read more
One of my daughters recently shared this great idea for using up Shabbat leftovers. The original recipe came from popular chef Danielle Renov, also of Jerusalem. BTW Danielle is also a big fan of Galilee Green Olive Oil! You can use whatever veggies you have on hand and play with Read more
We had dinner at a friend’s house the other night. She made a delicious homemade grilled salmon accompanied by white rice made in the microwave from a prepackaged bag. That was a bit of a disappointment. It tasted like, well, prepackaged white rice from a bag. It reminded me that Read more
We received an email the other day from Dr. Richard Bell in Birmingham, Alabama. He asked if he could use cream cheese in the artichoke – spinach dip that we posted last week. As I told Rich, my philosophy is – if there are flavors you enjoy, you should definitely Read more