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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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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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Secret Italian Crispy Chicken

Secret Italian Crispy Chicken This recipe makes enough for two whole chickens, cut into quarters or eighths. If you want to do only one chicken at a time, just use less marinade. Ingredients Crispy Chicken 2 chickens, skinned, cleaned and cut into the size pieces you prefer 1 cup Italian dressing (recipe to follow) 1…

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Sweet Zucchini Bread

Sweet Zucchini Bread This recipe makes two standard loaf pans’ worth, or three small ones. It’s blessing is mezonos, even though it is called a ‘bread’. It’s really more like a cake consistency. This “bread” has no yeast and is more the consistency of cake. Ingredients 3 eggs 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 cup canola…

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Peanut Butter Crunch Ice Cream

Peanut Butter Crunch Ice Cream Ingredients Crunch 300 grams OR 10 oz. semi-sweet chocolate ½ cup peanut butter Melt these two items together. While it is still warm, stir in 1 and 1/2 cups cornflakes or rice krispies. Mix this well. Ice Cream Base 6 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 2 packets of vanilla sugar…

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Almond-Apple Cake

Almond-Apple Cake A moist cake with only the goodness of apples used as sweetener. Great for Rosh Hashanah! Submitted by Toby Weinper of Hamodia Magazine Makes 1 round cake, 16 pieces Ingredients 3 eggs 1/4 cup oil 1 cup unsweetened applesauce 3/4 cup unsweetened apple juice concentrate (canned) 2 & 1/4 cups whole wheat flour…

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Blended Fruit Soup

Blended Fruit Soup A delightful summertime treat that I specifically save it for seudas shelishis (the third meal of Shabbos afternoon) serves 8 to 10 My neighbor Esther shared this with me. It is a variation on an otherwise typical fruit soup, and it is such a delightful summertime treat that I specifically save it…

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Crushed Peanut Cookies

Crushed Peanut Cookies These are NOT a peanut-butter cookie! Makes about 50-60 cookies of the size shown in the photo. Ingredients 4 eggs 1 cup oil 1¼ cups sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla 3 teaspoons baking powder small pinch of salt 5½ cups flour (you may need a bit more if the dough is too sticky)…

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Mandarin Orange Beet Salad

Mandarin Orange Beet Salad Beets keep well for longer periods of time, are full of healthy vitamins, and have so many varied uses. Instead of just average borscht or chrein, why not try something new this year? Tip You can freeze cooked beets and when they are defrosted, they are just as good as the…

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Tangy Cranberry Meatballs

Tangy Cranberry Meatballs This great recipe is based on my regular meatball recipe with cranberry sauce and a bit of wine added. The flavor is unique and makes this a Yom Tov specialty! You can make the meatballs any size you like; I think it looks (and stretches) best when the meatballs are tiny, but…

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    Three Generations Enjoying Challah

    I bought two of your challah cookbooks and I gave one to my daughter. Well, here is a picture of my twin grandchildren reaching for the bread we baked. They kept trying to grab the bread and saying "hot" as we snapped pictures! They will be 2 years old in September. Enjoy the photos.