Category: Snacks

Protein Chocolate Mousse

The creamiest PROTEIN chocolate mousse with just 3 ingredients! The collagen makes the mousse so thick and creamy! I love this for an indulgent guilt-free breakfast or afternoon snack.

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Protein Chocolate Mousse

1 can full fat coconut milk, refrigerated overnight
2 scoops @theabsolutecollagen chocolate bliss collagen
1 tsp instant espresso

Scoop, the coconut cream from the can and add it to a bowl. Add chocolate collagen powder and instant espresso and beat within an electric mixer until fluffy!

Yields 4 2oz. servings, approx 7 grams protein each!

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Pecan Pie Date Bark

Date bark is all the rage these days, the snickers version being the most popular! But I’ve been mashing up dates for years! My date peanut chews in Millennial Kosher are a crowd favorite (and taste just like the classic!), and my pecan pie date bites from the same book are equally crowd-pleasing. I’ve done so many variations over the years, including savory stuffed dates, so this Thanksgiving-inspired twist on the viral bark was a no-brainer! The graham cracker makes them crunchy, the candied pecans make them super buttery, for a delicious guilt-free bite!

PECAN PIE DATE BARK

1 cup chopped pecans
2 tbsp maple syrup
Dash of cinnamon
Kosher salt, to taste
16 pitted medjool dates
7 Graham crackers
1 cup chocolate chips melted with 1 tbsp coconut oil
Flaky salt for finishing, optional

Preheat oven to 375°. Stir the nuts on a parchment-lined baking sheet, with the maple syrup, cinnamon and salt. Bake for approximately 20 minutes, stirring halfway through. Set aside to cool. Once cooled, break apart.

Press pitted dates onto a Sheet of parchment paper. Top with a second sheet and roll with a rolling pin. Top the cut side with graham crackers and cover in melted chocolate. Top with pecans and flaky salt, if desired. freeze until set. Cut into squares.

These are great straight from the freezer!

Related Recipes:

marzipan stuffed dates
stuffed dates with chestnut cream
marzipan date truffles
funfetti pecan turtles
Mexican hot chocolate pecan pie

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Chestnut Confit

Just call me the confit queen! It all started with the hawaij garlic confit in my first cookbook, Millennial Kosher, a recipe that stained many a Shabbat table – but was absolutely worth it. From there, the jalapeno date confit that my friend Chana Blumes shared with me (and I shared in “confit three ways” in my cookbook Totally Kosher) became a viral sensation. The apple confit from this past Rosh Hashanah stole the show, and now, NOW! I give you: CHESTNUT CONFIT. And why is that so revolutionary? Because chestnuts are usually dry and chalky and cooking them low and slow in oil turns them into the most moist, melt-in-your-mouth bite of heaven, plus you’re house will smell otherworldly! Just make it, trust me!

 

Chestnut Confit

9oz peeled, roasted chestnuts
1/4 cup peeled garlic cloves
1/4 cup mixed chopped herbs (I used thyme, rosemary and sage)
1 tbsp maple syrup
salt and pepper, to taste
extra virgin olive oil, enough to just barely cover the chestnuts

Method:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Add all the ingredients to a non-reactive dish and stir to combine. Cook, uncovered for 45 minutes, or until the garlic starts to brown.

Eat the chestnuts as they are, mash the garlic onto sourdough or turkey, and dip your bread or turkey into the delicious herb oil, or drizzle it over your mashed potatoes!

 

apple confit
jalapeno date confit
bone marrow confit

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Apple Cider Bread

We can’t have an apple cider series without an apple cider pastry now can we? This is an all-purpose apple cider cake batter, so use it in baked donuts, or as muffins! Bread always feels a little healthier even though we all know it’s really a cake, right? I love that this recipe isn’t too sweet, so it’s great for breakfast with some coffee, or… you guessed it… hot apple cider!

 

Apple Cider Bread

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 cups apple cider (not vinegar!), reduced to 3/4 cup
½ cup neutral oil
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup maple syrup
2 large eggs

For coating:
1/3 cup maple syrup + 2 tbsp water
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 tsp cinnamon

Method:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease and line a loaf pan with parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. In a large bowl, whisk together apple cider, oil, brown sugar, maple syrup and eggs.

Add dry ingredients to wet and stir until just combined (don’t overmix). Pour into prepared loaf pan and Bake for 35–45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Rest 10 minutes in the pan. In the meantime, heat maple syrup and water in a saucepan until boiling. Mix the sugar and cinnamon on a baking sheet.

Remove the cake from the pan and brush all sides with maple syrup. Roll gently in the cinnamon-sugar.

Related Recipes:

apple cider crumb cake
gingerbread cupcakes

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Chili Crisp Broccoli Salad with Miso Tahini Dressing

I love me some broccoli salad but the one we all grew up with – you know the “broccoli craisin salad” as they called it, was smothered in sugar and mayo, and just not as healthy as I’d like. In my cookbook Totally Kosher, I revisited the old favorite recipe in with raisins and a curry tahini dressing, and this time we’re leaning Asian, with crunchy chili crisp, and miso + soy spiked tahini for a lipsmacking umami dressing that you’re going to want to put on everthing!

Never heard of chili crisp before? There’s a incredible homemade version in my cookbook but Roland and Mr. Bing both makes great kosher options.

As for miso paste, if you’re not adding it to your soups, chocolate chips cookies, mashed potatoes or salad dressings, you don’t know what you’re missing! It’s a fermented soybean paste, with “white” miso being the youngest and sweetest variety (the color darkens and the flavor deepens as it ages). This is my favorite kosher brand, while the Marukome is available at HMart and other gourmet markets.

Chili Crisp Broccoli Salad

15oz. raw broccoli, cut into small chunks
1 small red onion, diced small
6 medjool dates, pitted and diced small
1/2 cup almonds, toasted and roughly chopped
2 tbsp chili crisp (see above for kosher options)

Miso Tahini Dressing

1/4 cup tahini paste
1 tbsp white miso paste
2 tsp soy sauce
2 tsp pure maple syrup
juice of 1 lemon
2-3 tbsp water

Method:

Add the salad ingredients to a large mixing bowl. In a small bowl, whisk the dressing ingredients. Mix the dressing into the salad and toss to combine.

Related Recipes:

crack broccolini
sweet chili broccoli salmon
broccoli slaw
chili crisp cucumber salad

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