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Roasted Beet Salad with Greens

To Your Health – With a Great Salad Sometimes we get overwhelmed by all the constant talk about healthy foods, eating enough of them, finding the time to change our diets and include more of the important foods…Well, here’s a great salad that is nutritious, wholesome, tasty and best of all, beautiful & easy to…

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Mint Chocolate Brownies

I’ve been baking and serving these for all kinds of simchos for more than two decades and they have always been a hit. Now you can try them for yourself… Mint Chocolate Brownies Each recipe makes one 9×13 tray Brownie Layer Ingredients 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 1 & 1/2 cups flour 3/4 cup cocoa…

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How to Prepare and Cook Fresh Pumpkin

How to Prepare and Cook Fresh Pumpkin For clarification, fresh pumpkin can be bought in Israel in any vegetable store. They are massive and are therefore sold in wrapped chunks, usually kept near the salads in the refrigerator section, and are called “DaLa’at”. They are bright orange in color and are loaded with vitamins and…

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Crunchy Pumpkin Pie

Crunchy Pumpkin Pie This is the only part of the recipe that has margarine; but since it’s not a major part of the pie and it’s really only to hold it together, I kept it in. You can either use the recipe for pie crust that I’m going to write here, or one frozen pie…

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Pumpkin Muffins

Pumpkin Muffins Ingredients 4 eggs, separated 3 cups finely ground whole wheat flour 1 cup regular whole wheat flour or more of the finely ground 1 tsp baking powder 3 tsp baking soda 2 cups light brown sugar OR white sugar ½-1 tsp nutmeg 1 & ½ tsp cinnamon 1 cup finely chopped walnuts (when…

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Spinach Noodle Kugel

Spinach Noodle Kugel Ingredients This makes enough for a 9×13 pan. 1 bag (400 grams) of wide noodles, white or whole wheat 4 eggs, or 5 egg whites 3 tsp salt ½ tsp pepper 1 large onion, diced ½ bag of Bodek frozen spinach, defrosted and drained (about 400 grams of spinach total) 1/3 cup…

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Spinach Kugelettes

Spinach Kugelettes Ingredients 3 cups finely ground whole wheat flour OR a mix of different flours ¼ cup white sugar or light brown ¾ cup olive or canola oil 3 eggs 1 cup almond milk 1 Tbls baking powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 & ½ tsp salt ¼ tsp. pepper, optional 10 oz (315…

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Pumpkin Lentil Soup

Pumpkin Lentil Soup Serves: 8-10 Large 12-14 quart pot with lid Ingredients 1-2 Tbls olive oil 2 onions, finely diced 2 medium zucchinis, unpeeled, washed well, and chunked 1 lb (½ kilo) fresh pumpkin (only! It won’t work with canned), peeled and cubed 1 large white potato, cubed 1 cup dried red lentils (they appear…

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Tip From a Reader: New Way to Cool Bundt Cakes

This tip for cooling bundt cakes was sent in with a testimonial, by a reader. Enjoy! I just want you to know that my daughter in seminary in Israel sent me your previous cookbook as a gift, which I greatly enjoyed, and I also loved the recipes featured in Mishpacha? My 7 yr old son…

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Meat ‘n Barley Soup

Meat ‘n Barley Soup This is a great soup, that even my kids like, and it’s almost a full meal unto itself. The smell it emits while simmering is out of this world and will fill your home with the inviting aromas of a really good meal on its way. I especially enjoy this soup…

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