Salad

Corn is one of my favorite comfort foods. I love the salty and sometimes burnt flavor of popcorn and the sweetness of corn on the cob.  There are actually “corn on the cob” street vendors in Israel. They’ll be stirring a huge pot of boiling corn heated by a propane Read more…

Rosh Hashana and Sukkot is about cooking, eating and spending wonderful times with family and friends. The challah is especially sweet and it’s delicious with our locally produced honey. Living in Israel, it’s natural to be influenced by both Ashkenazic and Sephardic Holiday food customs. I often blend traditional dishes Read more…

In honor of our Galilee Green 2nd Anniversary, here is one of our earliest, most popular recipes! Even before making Aliyah to Israel, I’ve always prepared many different salads as a starter for our Shabbat meals. I’d make salads of all colors: Moroccan carrots, beets, cucumber, tomato and dill and Read more…

We’ve already shown you how to make your own homemade hummus Now we’d like to share with you a very Israeli appetizer that you can make for your Shabbat table. This ground-beef hummus platter also makes a great filling meal for a weekday dinner. In Israel we have special restaurants Read more…

The secret to preparing the perfect Mason jar salad is all in the order. The dressing goes in first. This is so important! Since we wouldn’t want our salad ingredients to get soggy. Next goes the big and chunky items. This protects your more delicate ingredients from getting wet and Read more…

We love this bean salad and love the fact that it is made from scratch. The salad is high in slow digesting complex carbohydrates and is considered a full protein because of the combination of the beans and the corn. It’s a perfect food for those of you who are Read more…

This salad is so yummy and so so healthy!! There are anti-inflammatory properties in the kale and the lemon juice. The mango is a great source of Vitamin A for your eyesight. Sunflower seeds provide calcium, vitamin E and more. Red peppers have vitamin C and anti-oxidants.  The purple onion Read more…

My mother was from Poland, the land of onions and potatoes 🙂 Although my mother was great in the kitchen, spicy and hot food was not among the meals she prepared. So I was surprised to discover that I love to eat all sorts of spicy foods. Usually I’ll have Read more…

This is a filling favorite that can be used as part of a group of salads to use as an appetizer at a Shabbat meal. We love it as a side dish with a cold roast beef lunch. It’s also great for an in-between meal snack as it contains both Read more…

Great for Low Carb Diets – Delicious, fresh and full of rich flavor We are often asked for recipes for special diets. You can’t get much healthier than this yummy salad. Ingredients: “Pasta” 2 zucchini washed, unpeeled 1 kohlrabi, washed and peeled 2 carrots, peeled 2 cucumbers, washed, unpeeled Dressing Read more…