Homemade Falafel Mix

A year ago, a dear reader shared with me this amazing recipe for homemade falafel mix. I made it the very next week -- and wow! So simple! So delicious! I actually tried making falafel once from scratch - like from actual dried chick peas. OMG, … [Read more...]

Roasted Veggie Pasta Recipe for Nine Days

Looking for a new vegetarian recipe for the Nine Days? I love this Baked Roasted Veggie Pasta from the new Dairy Made Easy cookbook by Leah Schapira and Victoria Dwek. I'm a huge fan of roasted veggies - the caramelization makes them so sweet and … [Read more...]

Cauliflower Crust Pizza #Grain-Free Recipe

Giving up grains threatened a years-long tradition of Thursday Pizza Night at my house... until my friend Dian shared her recipe for Cauliflower Crust Pizza. (I think angels may have sung, I was so excited to find a way to make my favorite food … [Read more...]

Roasted Red Pepper and Basil Cream Flan for Shavuot

What a treat I have for you today! If you're wondering what to make for Shavuot -- and want something visually and culinarily impressive, then you must try this Roasted Red Pepper Flan from May I Have That Recipe. A huge thank you to you, Mara … [Read more...]

25 Vegetarian Passover Recipes

Looking for an awesome dish to serve to a vegetarian at your seder? Maybe you want a break from the meat-and-potato fare most of us associate with Pesach? Here's a round-up of twenty-five vegetarian Passover recipes from some of my favorite food … [Read more...]

Snobby Joe’s Recipe

Since today marks the first of the Nine Days, I thought it would be the perfect time to share my recipe for Snobby Joe's - aka Sloppy Joe's, with lentils substituted for the ground beef. We were planning to eat these in a pita - which would … [Read more...]

Crunchy Sesame Tofu & Dipping Sauce

It is my firm opinion that tofu gets a bad rap. I have many a friend whose reaction to tofu is "Blech!" Maybe it was my years spent as a vegetarian - or maybe it's just my highly sophisticated palette, but I happen to think that tofu is … [Read more...]

Broccoli Cheddar Quiche

Gone are the days of "real men don't eat quiche" - thank goodness! Today's awesome quiche recipe, sure to be loved by men and women (and kids), comes from Tali of the new and improved More Quiche, Please blog. When I was 16, I made an … [Read more...]

Passover Recipes: Vegetable Kugel, Matzah Lasagna, Oven-Baked Matzah Brie

We are in the Leil HaSeder home stretch, so I thought we could use one last Pesach recipe post. I'm breaking with tradition and posting this on Thursday, since I figure most of us need all the time we can get (maybe I'm just projecting, … [Read more...]

Aloo Gobi $5 Indian Dinners

Did you know that there is a whole cookbook and blog (the blog actually came first) dedicated to $5 dinners? Erin's blog is great and has a lot of very healthy looking meals, but, from a kosher perspective, many of her meals unfortunately don't work … [Read more...]