Author: Chanie Apfelbaum

Umami Mommy Chicken

What is Umami Mommy chicken you ask? Well lets just say I love alliteration, for starters. But I call it mommy chicken because it’s that quick and easy sheet pan potato-and-chicken bake that every mom loves to throw together to get dinner on the table fast. The umami part? That’s thanks to the grated tomato, garlic and onion soup mix that gets slathered all over the chicken – it turns into this savory jammy and sticky topping that’s just finger-lickin-good! I threw this dinner together quickly when I had some mushy tomatoes on hand that were too soft for salad (nothing worse than mealy winter tomatoes!) and I’m hooked! I hope you will be too!

herbs de Provence roast chicken
Dave’s Jamaican jerk chicken
apricot harissa chicken

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Bone Marrow Butter Roast Turkey & Gravy

If you’ve been following me on Instagram for a while, you probably know that I’ve been celebrating Thanksgiving with my friend Melinda and her family for the past 7 years, it’s tradition! Sadly, Melinda didn’t host this year, so I decided to host a Friendsgiving potluck with my friends and make my first turkey!

I was so excited but also nervous to make the perfect juicy bird, so I did research on techniques and I literally could not sleep coming up with ideas on how to keep my bird moist. Most recipes recommended slathering the turkey breast with butter – but that’s a no-no in the kosher kitchen, so I needed an alternative. Of course I could go the margarine route, but anyone who knows me knows that I don’t do margarine. Like ever! (Trauma from kosher culinary school and my mom’s kitchen growing up!).

Alas, as I twisted and turned at night, I came up with the most amazing non-vegan-butter alternative – MARROW BONE BUTTER! I roasted marrow bones with garlic to make a buttery confit, and I blitzed it in the food processor to make the most umami, lip-smacking butter that I literally took my bird OVER THE TOP! My guests could not get enough (even the turkey haters!) and it was an absolute success.

I may have to bring it to Melinda’s Thanksgiving next year!

If you’re wondering, here’s what all my friends brought to the potluck!

I made turkey and gravy, red wine cranberry sauce, chestnut hummus and stuffing and my daughter made her amazing sourdough bread.

My friends brought:

Orzo with mushrooms
Meat stuffed peppers
Roasted potatoes
Strawberry apple crisp
Sweet potato Pie
Roasted brussels sprouts
Nish Nosh salad
Arugula salad with oranges, dates, mint

For dessert we had:

Pecan Pie
Lotus Babka
Streusel cookies
Cinnamon cake with maple frosting

I’m thinking this Friendsgiving thing has to happen every year! So grateful for good friends and reasons to celebrate!

More Thanksgiving Recipes:

Thanksgiving grazing board
chestnut hummus
cranberry oat bars
stuffed dates with chestnut cream
baklava pumpkin pie
acorn squash with wild rice stuffing
cookie butter pumpkin pie
Mexican hot chocolate pecan pie
cranberry sriracha green beans
shaved brussels sprouts salad

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Chestnut Hummus with Herb Chestnut Oil

I have been making this recipe for years (I developed it back in 2013 to be exact), but it’s improved over the years (as my photography and styling have!). This new and improved silky smooth recipe is topped with an addictive herb and chestnut oil because flavored oils are all the rage and it really takes it over the top! Wishing you and yours a very happy, and elevated Thanksgiving!


Related recipes:

stuffed dates with chestnut cream
chestnut hummus with herbed pita chips
how to roast chestnuts

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