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Chanukah, Potato Latkes and More!

Chanukah, Potato Latkes and More! Hello everyone – Just to wish a very Happy Chanukah to you! I saw a very beautiful short piece today about some of the laws of Chanukah. It said that the holiness of Torah comes through the lights of Shabbos and the lights of the Chanukah menorah. Spending time being…

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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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Esrog Jelly

Some of you wrote me asking how to use your esrogim to make esrog jelly. I have to admit that I only tried it once in my life and was not terribly successful at it so I haven’t done it again. This recipe is from Hamodia Newspaper (Oct. 30th, 2014 issue), there is an entire…

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Sweet Challah Toppings

Sweet Challah Toppings Sweet crumble topping 100 grams marg 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup flour 1 tsp. cinnamon Crumble it together until it’s, well, crumbs. If too mushy, add more sugar another 2 Tablespoons and a bit more flour. Recrumble. If it is too dry, add a bit more margarine. I try not to…

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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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    Braid Challah With my Eyes Closed

    For years I tried braiding challah with six strands following diagrams and instructions in recipe books, but I could not get the hang of it. UNTIL some years ago when you had an article in Binah that included user-friendly diagrams and instructions. After successfully managing using the paper a number of times, I can now do it almost with closed eyes! Not only have you enhanced our Shabbos but you have also boosted my confidence!