Category: Recipes

Cucumber Salad with Almond Butter Dressing


I grew up eating a pickled cucumber salad with onions that my mom used to serve alongside the gefilte fish on Shabbos each week. I can’t stomach the stuff anymore, but years later I developed a recipe for this almond butter dressed cucumber salad which I absolutely LOVE. When @loganfewd started the viral sliced cucumber salad in a deli container trend, I had to hop on board!

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Cucumber Salad with Almond Butter Dressing

1 English cucumber, sliced thin
1 large clove garlic
1” piece of fresh ginger
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp honey
1/4 cup crunchy almond butter
1/8 tsp red pepper flakes
Juice of 1 lime
Kosher salt, to taste
1 scallion, chopped

Slice the cucumbers directly into a 2lb. Deli container. Using a microplane, grate the garlic and ginger over the cucumbers. Add the remaining ingredients, seal the container and shake vigorously.

Eat immediately.

NOTE: The dressing may seem difficult to mix at first but as the cucumbers start to release water, it will thin the dressing out considerably!

VARIATION: Use peanut butter or tahini in place of almond butter.

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Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies
Gingerbread Pecan Nut Butter

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Crispy Rice Paper Dogs

Hi, I’m Chanie and I’ve been trashing up hot dogs for years! I’ve worked as an ambassador for Abeles & Heymann and I love doing fun things with their dogs! (and salami, of course!). My kids are huge fans of franks in blanks (aka moses in a basket aka pigs in a blanket), so I came up with this gluten free and sushi-inspired version using rice paper. You can choose to dip them in sesame seeds, or not (my little ones preferred the plain version and my teens liked the sesame-coated), such a fun recipe!!

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Crispy Rice Paper Dogs

6 hot dogs, cut in half widthwise
12 sheets rice paper
oil for frying
black and white sesame seeds, optional
toppings: spicy mayo, sweet sauce, nori flakes

Method:

Soak rice paper in water until it’s pliable, about 1 minute. Wrap the hotdogs in rice paper like an eggroll, folding the sides in and wrapping around. Dip in sesame black and white sesame seeds if desired. Fry in a skillet with a little bit of oil, turning until crispy on all sides. Eat immediately.

NOTE: I have tried baking these and do not recommend baking for rice paper.

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Cookie Danish


I took the viral Crookie – Cookie Croissant – and made it Jewish by stuffing a single serving of cookie dough into a danish!! I don’t know about your, but I’m team cinnamon over chocolate – I know, I know, not your typical – but I’m cinnaman and proud!

What about you?


Cookie Danish

¼ cup + 2 teaspoons flour
3 tablespoons brown sugar
Pinch of kosher salt
1 egg yolk
¼ teaspoon vanilla
2 tablespoons oil
2 tablespoons chocolate chips
1 pre-baked Cinnamon or chocolate danish

Method:

Preheat oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, salt, egg, vanilla and oil. Mix with a spoon until a dough forms and add in the chocolate chips.

Slice danish into half like a book. Spread most of the cookie dough over the danish, then close and top some more cookie dough.

Bake for 10-12 minutes, until the cookie dough on top of the danish is baked through.

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Jelly Donut Linzer Cookies
Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Almond Butter Cookies
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Passover Lokshin


Passover lokshin (egg noodles) are a must have for Seder night!

Passover Lokshin

6 eggs
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup potato starch
1/2 cup water

To make them, beat eggs lightly with salt. In a separate bowl, whisk potato starch with water until the starch is fully dissolved. Add the beaten eggs and stir to incorporate.

Lightly grease a nonstick pan. Pour a quarter cup of batter into the pan, swirling it to form a thin layer. Cook until the eggs are dry and then flip to finish the other side for a few seconds.

Stack the crepes together and roll them into a log. Slice strips about a quarter of an inch wide.


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Lemon Blueberry Crumb Cake

Nothing makes me think of summer more than lemon and blueberries and this light and delicious cake is just perfect for snacking!

Lemon Blueberry Crumb Cake

1 3/4 c flour
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp kosher salt
2 eggs
1/2 c oil
1/2 cup whole milk (may sub full fat coconut milk)
1 tsp vanilla extract
Zest of 1 lemon
1 tsp lemon juice
1 heaping cup fresh blueberries

Crumbs:
1/2 c flour
1/4 c granulated sugar
1/4 c light brown sugar
1/4 cup oil
Pinch of salt

Glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tbsp lemon juice

Preheat oven to 350°.

In a large bowl mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl mix the eggs, oil, milk, vanilla, lemon zest, and juice. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix to incorporate. Stir in the blueberries.

In a separate bowl mix the crumb ingredients until crumbly.

Pour the batter into a parchment-lined 9×13 pan, Sprinkle with crumbs. Bake for 35-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

While the cake is baking prepare the glaze. Drizzle the glaze onto the cooled cake


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