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Holiday recipes

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Holiday recipes

Pareve Strawberry Ice Cream

Pareve strawberry ice cream is a remarkable recipe for ice cream without dairy products, with no loss of flavor! I recommend it to anyone who loves good ice cream and kashrut :) Ingredients 6 egg yol…

"Uga Kushit" — Israeli Chocolate Cake

"Uga Kushit" is that unique chocolate cake loved by every single child, without which no children's party in Israel is complete. Through careful family taste-testing, we have found what we consider t…

Chicken in Grape Juice

Chicken in grape juice - a wonderful combination! Perfect for a Shabbat or holiday meal, or simply whenever you're in the mood. Ingredients chicken pieces zucchini - 1 carrot - 1 garlic - 4 cloves on…

Cilantro Pesto Sauce

A super-simple, delicious recipe: cilantro not-quite-pesto, or cilantro pesto sauce. Ingredients: a bunch of cilantro (or more) 2 cloves of garlic, pine nuts, salt, pepper, vegetable oil Directions:…

Very Tasty Little Meatballs

Meet these meatballs. You love those Shabbat cooking adventures where inspiration strikes and the result turns out incredibly well, don't you? Ingredients beef - 1 kg, onion - 1 large onion, mixed he…

Soured Goat's Milk Bread

Ingredients Yeast - 1 tablespoon Soured goat's milk - half a cup Flour - 3 cups Salt - 3 teaspoons syrup - half a cup A few almonds For the filling: any jam - 1 tablespoon, chocolate - 2 tablespoons…

Drumsticks and Potatoes

My grandchildren call this dish “Drumsticks and Potatoes.” It is so easy to make that you can hardly believe just how easy. Ingredients Place ten chicken legs (drumsticks) and six potatoes cut into l…

Green Herb and Avocado Spread

Lately I've really gotten into sauces and spreads like these :) And my food processor gives them the perfect texture. I think an ordinary kitchen processor will manage too—give it a try. There are co…

Romanian-Style Eggplant Caviar

Romanian-style eggplant caviar - try this recipe; it's delicious! Ingredients eggplants pickled gherkins sweet bell pepper garlic salt, pepper sugar olive oil Preparation Bake the halved eggplants, d…