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Fresh Fruit Salad – Healthy Option

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Chanukah Sugar Cookies

Our vanilla-flavored, Chanukah sugar cookies bake up thin and crisp, and ready for your gorgeous decorations!

The Backstory: This is the perfect old-fashioned recipe for Chanukah sugar cookies, passed down to me from my mother[…]
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Texas Oven-Roasted Beef Brisket

The Backstory: There are so many recipes for Brisket that you could probably make a different one every day and never get tired of indulging in this meat. Whether it is baked in the oven or on the stove top, the recipes are end[…]
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Banana Crepes with Dark Chocolate – Healthy Option

Banana crepes with dark chocolate are the dessert to make when you want to impress–and our version is low in calories and fat!

The Backstory: Every now and then I love to go all out and whip up a wow dish that’s a real showst[…]
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Whitefish Salad

Creamy, mild and delicious, whitefish salad is perfect for sandwiches, as a dip, or on a crisp bed of lettuce.

The Backstory: A whole Smoked Whitefish is considered a typical Jewish food. I don’t know if this fish was introd[…]
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Easy Coconut Macaroons

Everyone’s favorite Passover treat, our easy coconut macaroons are sweet and chewy with a hint of vanilla and crunch.

The Backstory: This easy coconut macaroon recipe will have you baking this classic Passover treat like a mas[…]
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Lemon Poppy Seed Cake – Healthy Option

Lemon Poppy Seed cake is sweet, tart, moist and truly melt-in-your-mouth delicious.

The Backstory: I’m a firm believer that you should be able to have your cake and not feel guilty about it. After all, life is about enjoying o[…]
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Mushroom Barley Soup

The Backstory: My mom made this soup often as it is a traditional Jewish soup that is often found on deli menus and is something that her generation grew up with. Most of the time she made it with beef flanken. When mom used mu[…]
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Mom’s Perfect Kugel

Mom’s Perfect Kugel is my go-to kugel for every holiday. Apricot preserves, vanilla notes, and a crunchy, to-die-for topping, put it over the top. This is my most-requested recipe.

The Backstory: If you put five (or 50) Jewish[…]
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Grandma’s Sweet & Sour Meatballs

The Backstory: This recipe is by far, one of the most special of all the recipes in The Jewish Kitchen. There are so many reasons for this. For one, it has been a family staple for as far back as I can remember. No matter the h[…]
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