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Stewed Red Cabbage & Raisin Salad

Stewed Red Cabbage & Raisin Salad Good as a Rosh Hashana side dish… Serves 6 -8 Ingredients 1 large head red cabbage, shredded 1/2 head of a small green cabbage, shredded 1/4 cup water 2 large onions, diced 2 large green apples, chopped 2 Tablespoons oil 1/2 cup dark raisins 1 Tablespoon dark brown sugar…

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Applesauce Cranberry Ices

Applesauce Cranberry Ices So refreshing at the end of a seuda… Ingredients 1 ½ – 2 cups applesauce 2 cans cranberry sauce (the one without the whole berries) 1 cup Sprite soda 1 cup orange juice Optional (I did not use it): 1-2 Tablespoons fruit flavored liqueur Method Mix this up by hand in a…

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Cranberry Chicken

Cranberry Chicken This one is a family favorite. My mother got it years ago, shortly before I got married, from I-don’t-know-where and she liked it so much that she taught it to the caterer of my wedding and had him make it for the meal! Since then I save it especially for this time of…

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Pomegranate Glazed Apple Strudel Squares

Pomegranate Glazed Apple Strudel Squares You don’t need the mixer for this recipe, it is easily hand done.and this smells amazing while baking! Ingredients 4 cups flour 1 ½ cups trans fat free or reduced margarine 1 ½ cups sugar 2 eggs 7 medium sized any kind apples 1 Tablespoon lemon juice ½ cup sugar…

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Incredible Honey Cookies

Incredible Honey Cookies Here’s a GREAT make-ahead Rosh Hashanah recipe that I made last year and taped up on my notice board then, specifically so that I wouldn’t forget to share it with all of you this year… A very dear and special lady, Rebbetzin Sarah Meisels, gave me this recipe. She told me they…

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Flower Shaped Challah

Flower Shaped Challah Here’s a quick flower shape for your round challahs… a nice idea for Rosh Hashana as well as for Shavous. Ingredients Line a round pan with baking paper. An 8-10 inch round pan is a good idea and size. Cut your dough into six – eight equal parts. Roll each one out…

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Pomegranate Flavored Glaze

Pomegranate Flavored Glaze 1 cup powdered sugar 2 tablespoons oil 2-4 tablespoons juice You don’t need to buy expensive real pomegranate juice. I just used one of those Spring boxes of pomegranate ‘juice’ drink. It works fine. Mix these ingredients together with a spoon, starting with only 2 tablespoons of the juice, until they are…

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Apple Beet Cake

Apple Beet Cake Great idea just in time for Rosh Hashana! Here’s a sweet, new idea on how to creatively incorporate some of our ‘regular’ Rosh Hashana foods in newer ways, beets, apples and a healthy sweet cake! This freezes great and with all the beets, apples and whole wheat it is a healthier alternative…

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Olive Dip

Olive Dip Dip right into this tasty spread, whether with matzo or even…challah! Some of you wrote me requesting a dip made from olives. Here it is — and we’d love to know how you enjoy it, or your own dip for challah ideas that you’d like to share with all of us! Ingredients Non…

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Easy and Elegant Round Challah Shaping

Easy and Elegant Round Challah Shaping One quick idea that I can share with you here is a very simple but beautiful knot: Make three long strands of dough and then braid them into a simple, regular braid of three. Then, holding this now long braid, knot it into a circle and bring the end…

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    WOW, a New Challah Life!

    Ive had your book for years BUT I just started following your directions exactly and WOW a new challah life!!! I’ve been making challah for 21 years or more, thank you so much!! I so wasn’t going to do the rolling pin part, but i did and WOW again!!!