Archives for September 2015

Rosh Hashana: Potato Apple Galette

Today's recipe is from a guest blogger: Gloria Kobrin.  Gloria has cooked her whole life for groups ranging from four to 100. She specializes in creating delicious gourmet food that is approachable to the home cook and that happens to be kosher. Author of the Kosher Cookbook App for iPhone and iPad, Gloria currently shares her recipes and cooking tips on her new website KosherByGloria.com and on her Kosher Cookbook page on Facebook  and on Twitter.  Here's what Gloria has to say: This recipe is so easy and yet looks so elegant! You can … [Read more...]

Do Good. Dine Out for No Kid Hungry

Did you know there are 16 million children in America who face food insecurity every day? Guess what? For the entire month of September, by going out to eat, you can actually help fight childhood hunger. All YOU have to do is bring your family, friends and coworkers to enjoy a meal and special offer from one of the thousands of participating partners. Thousands of participating restaurants are incentivizing customers to help No Kid Hungry through unique promotions. You win from the restaurant’s promotion. The restaurant wins for … [Read more...]

Tomato Almond Pesto

 We often grill sirloin steaks for dinner. When I don't have the ingredients to make  Mom’s Mystery Marinade we use on our flank steaks, I've started making a new favorite  pesto variation as our replacement topping.I always have plenty of containers of slivered almonds in my pantry(for Mom’s Mango Chutney Chicken Salad and her awesome Venezuelan Cole Slaw) so I decided to add them to the original basil pesto recipe, in addition to some plum tomatoes.Tomatoes sliced and readyThe tomatoes and almonds add a subtle fruity flavor and slight … [Read more...]