Salad

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…

Sometimes you are just looking for something quick and easy to prepare for lunch. This is a light and refreshing option. I tend to enjoy tinned mackerel, but most people prefer tuna. The Galilee Green Olive Oil gives the fresh ingredients a wonderful flavor. Ingredients: 7 ounce can of tuna 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…

If you love hummus, but can’t have the chick peas (SCD or LCHF), try this zucchini-based recipe. It is light, fresh, healthy and yumm There are many people on an SCD (Specific Carbohydrate Diet is a group of foods which are grain-free, sugar-free, starch-free, and unprocessed) or on an LCHF Read more…

There’s something exciting about eating the very freshest food possible. The best way to do that is to sprout seeds and grains. Sprouting in your kitchen is like having a mini garden in the house all year round.  It’s fun to do ! The best thing about eating sprouts is Read more…

Here is a salad that is both colorful and delicious. It falls into many different diet lifestyles: Paleo, Low-calorie, Vegan and the Anti-Inflammatory Diet. No matter which diet you’ve chosen to follow, Red Peppers are just amazing. A cup of chopped red bell pepper has nearly three times more vitamin Read more…

As summer approaches we all will be eating more of our meals outdoors with family and friends. Here in the Galilee the summer sun can make foods spoil very quickly. Many of us thought that summer food poisoning was caused by the mayonnaise in coleslaw and potato salad. Others, based Read more…

I once heard that practically every Mediterranean country has a liquor made with fennel or anise. The Greeks have Ouzo, Italians Sambuca and in Israel we drink Arak. The liquor is quite smooth and has a distinctive licorice flavor. Besides being a great tasting drink, fennel has many amazing health Read more…

Here’s a great salad to serve with your hummus or garlic dip as an apetizer at your Shabbat meals! Ingredients: 2 pints of mushrooms cleaned and cut in half ¼ cup Galilee Green Olive Oil ¼ cup Balsamic Vinegar ½ teaspoon dry mustard powder ½ teaspoon sea salt ¼ teaspoon Read more…