Apricot Oat Bar Recipe

Incredibly easy and wonderful! There is nothing I don’t do with oats, even mudpacks and hair rinses (which of course I don’t eat, or drink, respectively: Relax!) No problem whatsoever adapting this recipe to gluten-free! Ingredients: 3/4 cup natural margarine (health food stores) 3/4 cup sucanat 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats 1 1/2 cups [...]

Exhibiting my New Line of Natural Desserts at Kosherfest!

Would you all believe this giant project I have been working on for so long is finally coming out of … the oven? Levana Natural Spelt Desserts! Booth # 727 (Toobro). As you all know, I am a very spoiled cook and baker, used to being constantly told about my good food, and my dessert [...]

Coming Soon! My New Cookbook!

How exciting is this?  Still tinkering with the cover (including correcting Lisa Young’s title): You like? Feedback please! Some wonderful parts of this book, beside close to 400 delicious,  streamlined, nutritious and inexpensive dishes include: Over fifty gorgeous pictures, taken by my talented photographer son-in-law Meir Pliskin 3 distinct indexes: a general index; a Passover [...]

Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday November 1st. Just the Two of US: Quick Elegant Meals

Where has all the courting time gone since the children came? Put the kids to bed, stay in tonight and enjoy a wonderful intimate dinner-and-movie that will make you look like a pro, save loads on a restaurant trip, babysitting and whatnot. You can do it, excellently and in no time! I will be demonstrating: [...]

Upcoming Cooking Demo In NYC: Monday October 18th: The Good Junk: for Children Big and Small

Don’t do anything rash just yet in your desire to do the right healthy thing: No you needn’t kiss your favorites goodbye. You can enjoy your fast food as hearty as you like it, and right at home. So what’s the secret? None other than starting out with lean choices, and making it yourself in [...]

Moroccan Fava Bean Soup Recipe

There is no substitute for these funky and incredibly flavorful beans. You will find them in Indian, Italian and Middle Eastern Grocery stores, or simply go online: well worth looking for. You will love them, so get a nice supply and store them in glass jars. Don’t get it into your head to peel them, [...]

Washington Heights Jewish Fair

Come visit me at the Washington Heights Jewish Fair where I will have a booth this Sunday!

Moroccan Semolina (or Cornmeal) Soup Recipe

Semolina (or cornmeal) soup GF In my native Morocco this is often breakfast. It takes minutes from beginning to end, costs pennies, and it is so satisfying. I have whipped it up countless times when I needed to round out a meal in a jiffy. You can save even more time by grinding the garlic [...]