Ok, this isn’t fancy or gourmet – but we made some fun tuna melts tonight on the stove. Nava and Yaakov ate them up – of course, the chances of them eating them go dramatically up once we put ketchup on the plate… 3 cans tuna 1/2 can corn 1/2 can black beans 1 teaspoon […]
Recipes
Baklava recipe
Hello! For our Moroccan Special I tried a new Baklava Recipe that I modified from Garrett McCord at Simply Recipes (here’s the link: http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/baklava/). Baklava is a beautiful indulgence, it is not hard to do, it just takes time. Please find our recipe below. Simply Recipes said that this might be the best recipe […]
Weekly Indian Special, Rosh Hashannah Menu, Simanim Special
Please find below our weekly special and our Rosh Hashannah Menu and our Simanim (Symbolic foods for RH) Special below: Indian Special. Please order as soon as you can, preferably by Wednesday August 25th at noon, thank you. Appetizer: Samosa (1) (Indian Puff Pastry with potatoes and corn) Onion Chutney (goes with the samosa) Soup: […]
No cook wraps and Smoothies
First of all, tortillas are from Aztecs – who knew. The Spanish conquistadors (in 1519) changed their name to tortilla (from the Nahuatil tlaxcalli) – apparently from the word torta and meaning “small cake”. Also, in an interesting side note – the reason tortillas have lemon (besides being tasty – I thought that was […]
Fennel, Coriander, Black Sesame Seed Encrusted Rib Eye Steak
For Shabbos, we made a number of new dishes – and we tried some new plating ideas and we actually photographed some of them. I started off with trying a new technique (for me) for the rib eye steak from Bryan Voltaggio. I made a dry rub of fennel seeds, coriander and black sesame […]
Sushi Art
Sushi art.
Dips and Quips
Recipes from our Dips class
Fried Wontons
We hosted a Sheva Brachos and we started off the first course with Fried wontons. First of all, fried wontons are delicious, and are easy to make. Buy some wonton wrappers at your local grocery store (I don’t know why, but they are often in the refrigerated produce section). I bought the smaller wontons, […]
Ethiopian Shaloch Manos
Ethiopian Shaloch Manos