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Mini Honey Cake Muffins

Mini Honey Cake Muffins We eat and also give honey cake out to friends in honor of Rosh Hashana, to symbolize our wish that they enjoy a sweet new year…I’ve been making these for years and they are always amazing…what a tasty way to say Shana Tova… Makes about 45-50 or so mini muffins Ingredients…

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Crunchy Coated Baked Apples

Crunchy Coated Baked Apples Yield: Each apple is one serving, but most people will want more than one serving of this one! Ingredients 6–8 medium green apples, peeled Oil as needed 1½ cup crushed walnuts or almonds, or a mix of both ¼ cup sugar 1 packet vanilla sugar White raisins, optional Method Peel and…

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Gluten-free Chocolate Sponge Cake

Gluten-free Chocolate Sponge Cake Serves 6–8, depending on how generous you want to be with the slices… Ingredients 8 eggs 1¼ cups sugar 5 T. cocoa 2½ – 3 & 1/2 T. potato starch Method Preheat the oven to 350°F / 180°C. Prepare a large 10″ tube pan. Although most sponge cakes say not to…

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Butternut Squash Kugel

Butternut Squash Kugel Serves approx. 8 Makes one 8×11-inch tray OR 1 medium sized loaf pan Ingredients 2½ cups (20 oz) cooked and mashed butternut squash (about 2 medium squashes) 5/8 cup potato starch ½ cup oil ½ cup sugar 3 eggs 2 tsp. cinnamon Method Cut the butternut squash in half lengthwise. Place the…

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Salmon Gefilte Fish

Salmon Gefilte Fish This recipe has a story… I made up this recipe one year when, Erev Pesach, the fish store near me had a sale on salmon, the only catch being that one had to buy the whole fish. Since my parents were coming to me and they enjoy fresh salmon, I ordered it.…

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Fruited Spinach Salad

Fruited Spinach Salad This is so colorful and healthy! Serves 6–8 Ingredients 8 romaine lettuce leaves 2 lbs. / 1 kilo / an entire box of fresh spinach, washed and spun dry 1 can mandarin oranges 3 large green apples, chopped 1/2 cup craisins 1 cup fresh pomegranate seeds 3 kiwis, sliced into circles Method…

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Potato Latkes Three Ways

Chanukah Potato Latkes — THREE IDEAS! What would Chanukah be, after all, without those old time favorites, our Latkes? Here we’ll just see different ways to serve this favorite oldie, and perhaps even a way to cut down on the amount of oil in a typical latke: This makes about 10-12 ordinary sized latkes. This…

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Greek Quiche Tart

Greek Quiche Tart Serves six comfortably. This idea comes from my friend, Leah Fink, who shared it with me. It’s a Greek style quiche and in honor the miracle of Chanukah and G-d helping the Jews to win the war against the Greeks against all natural odds, and seeing fit to keep His Nation, Am…

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Chocolate Chip Cheese Latkes

Chocolate Chip Cheese Latkes Here’s a sweet idea that the kids are sure to love… Ingredients 2 eggs ¾ cup soft white cheese or cottage cheese (OR a 250 gram container of 5% Israeli white cheese, ‘gveena levana’) 1 cup milk 3 Tbls. light brown sugar ½ tsp. salt 3 T. canola oil 3 tsp.…

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Zucchini Cheese Potato Latkes

Zucchini Cheese Potato Latkes This makes enough for about four hungry people or six regular people, all depending on how long ago they ate before you started to fry these up… Ingredients 1 medium sized onion 2 eggs 2 medium zucchinis, scrubbed and washed well 4 medium potatoes, peeled ¼ cup breadcrumbs (if you don’t…

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