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Teriyaki Salmon

Teriyaki Salmon Ingredients 1/4 cup red dry wine 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce 1/4 honey 2 tablespoons water 1 kilo fresh salmon, sliced Method Mix first four ingredients together. Place the fish slices in a glass dish or large plastic container. Pour the sauce over it and cover. Let it sit in the fridge in the…

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Refreshing and Easy Chol Hamoed Ideas

Refreshing and Easy Chol Hamoed Ideas By Tamar Ansh Question: The meals on Pesach are non stop, Baruch Hashem, but I’m so tired of potatoes or roasted chicken…do you have any ideas that can be put up in a jiffy and are non gebrochs? Thanks so much Answer: I think this is the most universal…

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Four Glaze Toppings for Chanukah Doughnuts

Four Glaze Toppings for Chanukah Doughnuts Here are easy and DIY recipes for glazing many flavors of doughnuts. Chocolate glaze: 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons cocoa 2 tablespoons oil Mix in a bowl with a spoon until smooth. It should be the consistency of loose peanut butter. If it is too thin, add…

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Fire and safety tips for Chanukah

Fire and safety tips for Chanukah This special fire safety download was prepared by Mrs. Chaya Malka Abramson. Chaya Malka Burn Foundation Author of Who By Fire The download includes: * A poem about how to be careful during Chanukah in your home.* How to prevent burn accidents.* What to do in case of a…

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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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Milkshakes with Little Chef

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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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Double Layer “Shehakol” Cake

Double Layer “Shehakol” Cake So rich, you will be amazed that it’s wheat free! This recipe is from Mrs. Esther Strom, the mother of Tzippy, my graphic artist …which means it’s of course, incredible! Tzippy says: This makes a large oven-size tray, approximately 13″ x 15 ” wide, (NOT a jelly roll pan, this pan…

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