Craving a Moist Chocolate Chip Banana Cake? Try This Israeli Twist! Joshua managed a lush banana grove near Kibbutz Degania Aleph in Israel. He gifted us a massive bunch of ripe bananas one sunny day. I froze the overripe ones instantly. Joshua stared in shock. “You freeze bananas?” he asked. Read more…
Heavenly Israeli Date Squares I am blessed to live in the Galilee. Before we moved to Tiberias, I owned a home in Yavne’el. The yard was filled with trees that bear fruit we could use pretty much all year round. There are many different varieties; olives, lemons, oranges, figs, pomegranates Read more…
Most of our Galilee Green Recipes are very healthy. However these muffins are one of our all-time favorites. These muffins used to be served each morning to our guests who stayed with us at our vacation rental suites. They told us the muffins were one of the highlights of their Read more…
In North America most fruits are available pretty much all year round. In Israel we eat fruit seasonally. This means that I have been transplanted to the days of my childhood when I could hardly wait for the beginning of summer to eat these fruits. The peaches are found in Read more…
We are always looking out for a delicious and refreshing dessert that doesn’t have a lot of sugar. Lately we’ve been making our own fresh goats’ milk yoghurt because we are lactose intolerant. Also, we don’t have an ice cream maker. If you don’t want to make your own yoghurt, Read more…
We sometimes bake something special for Shabbat, but it has to be quick, easy and yummy. When I came upon this recipe, I was simply curious. How could this work? Would everyone like them or would they say that it tastes like hummus dressed up with chocolate. Little did I Read more…
In the diaspora, we traditionally fried Potato Latkes for Chanukah. When we moved to Israel, I discovered the fried favorite food for Chanukah are sufganiot – strawberry jelly-filled donuts sprinkled with icing sugar. I’ve never made sufganiot before so I searched for an easy recipe that I hoped would be Read more…
Mandelbrot is baked in many Mediterranean cultures. The Spanish call it Carquinyolis. The French term for the same cookie is Biscotte, but the Italians call them the term we are most familiar with – Biscotti. No matter what you call them, these oblong almond biscuits, that we love to dip Read more…
I’ve been making this recipe for many years and it has always been a crowd pleaser. So when Galilee Green hosted some special guests this week for lunch we decided to serve it. Donna Holbrook and her ICEJ Canada TV production team came to Yavne’el under the auspices of the Read more…
Shabbat meals always need a tasty dessert. So, I’m constantly looking for unique dessert recipes that are quick and easy to prepare and have that WOW factor. I never thought baking without wheat flour or sugar could work, but it definitely does! This is my first attempt in using almond Read more…
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