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Salad with Fruit, Nuts and Cheese

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Pudding

More Favorite Jewish Recipes

Our sweet and crumbly raspberry oatmeal bars are absolutely addicting. They’re crumbly, moist, and have the most delicious raspberry filling (jam and fresh berries). The best part? They’re one of the easiest baking recipes you’ll […]
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Grandma Gertie’s Almond Cake

Grandma Gertie’s almond cake is an old-fashioned cake that’s light with note of almond and lemon. This gorgeous cake is perfect with coffee or tea.

The Backstory: Today, Mother’s Day 2017, my mother gave me a beautiful Mother'[…]
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Tu B’Shevat Menu

Tu B’Shevat or the Jewish “New Year of Trees” is a festive celebration in honor of the the fruit bearing trees in Israel that awake from their winter naps and begin a new cycle of bearing fruit. For this reason, on Tu B’Shevat we […]
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Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon and Garlic

Roasted cauliflower with lemon and garlic is insanely delicious and a perfect side dish.

The Backstory: Roasted cauliflower with lemon and garlic is just about one of the tastiest foods you could serve. Cauliflower itself is a[…]
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Old-Fashioned White Bread

Our homemade, old-fashioned white bread is a far cry from packaged white bread. It is so good, you’ll want to bake up two loaves and freeze an extra one.

The Backstory: What can I say about this classic old-fashioned white bre[…]
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Sweet Raspberry Rugelach

Our sweet raspberry rugelach is tried and true classic that’s perfect for every holiday, get together, and simcha. This is a fun dessert to make with the kids (they’ll love rolling these up) and it’s also a gorgeous dess[…]
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Grilled Pineapple

Sweet. juicy grilled pineapple is the perfect ending to a summer meal. It stands on its own or rises to perfection with a dollop of ice cream or sorbet.

The Backstory: Grilled Pineapple is just about one of the most delectable[…]
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Perfect Gefilte Fish

Make perfect gefilte fish every time with this simple recipe that’s light, flavorful and foolproof!

The Backstory: Gefilte fish is just one of those things that you just have to see in the background over a period of years, so[…]
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Cranberry Orange Bread

Cranberry orange bread isn’t a Jewish recipe per se, but it has been on my Thanksgiving table for as long as I can remember. The deliciously tart cranberries and sweet orange combination baked into a vanilla-infused loaf is perfec[…]
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