Category Archives: Chocolate Recipes
My Last Sheva Brachot Menu and Recipes
Posted on 17th of March, 2013 by Lévana
I was asked by several of my guests to share my recipes for the Sheva Brachot we hosted this week for my niece Mushkie and her husband Zalman, and I am delighted to oblige. So, here comes, complete with recipes. I used some wonderful treats Grow and Behold sent me,...
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My Pre-Pessach Shabbos Bash. Complete Menu
Posted on 8th of March, 2013 by Lévana
My whole grain loaves look plebeian and rustic, in the traditional Sephardi/Arabic tradition, but they taste GOOD! I recently received some fabulous meat samples from Naftali Hanau at Grow and Behold Good mother that I am, I decided to enjoy my precious gift in the appreciative company of my foodie...
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Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Coconut Cookies Recipe. Gluten-Free Friendly.
Posted on 30th of January, 2013 by Lévana
Photo courtesy of tasteofhome.com This recipe is directly inspired from my original “mother” oatmeal cookie recipe, which I developed for my latest cookbook, one of the many variations for them I have included. I’m a total sucker for oats, and look for any conceivable excuse to spread them on thick....
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Filed under: Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Coconut Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten-free Cookie Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Healthy Cookie Recipes, Healthy Snacks Recipes, Heathy Cookies Recipes, Oatmeal Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes
Hot Chocolate Weather. Recipes with all Variations
Posted on 26th of December, 2012 by Lévana
I don’t wait for a reason to have a cup of hot chocolate. It is the perfect comfort food on a cold rainy day, but it will do just great any other day as well, thank you very much! A friend recently brought me a box of insanely expensive hot...
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Filed under: Chocolate Recipes, Hot Chocolate Recipes, Hot Cocoa Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Recipes
Making Shabbos in a Jiffy
Posted on 23rd of December, 2012 by Lévana
This whole past week was taken up at my apartment with emergency repairs, and the first time I had full access to my kitchen was Thursday night. Since we are going away to Israel this coming Thursday, for almost two weeks, we wanted to spend this Shabbos with my children...
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Filed under: Brownies Recipes, Cake Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Fish Recipes, Moroccan Chicken Recipes, Moroccan Recipes, Quick Breads Recipes, Quick Cooking Recipes, Recipes, Salmon Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Shabbos Dishes, Soup Recipes, Spelt Desserts Recipes, Stories
Chocolate Chestnut Coconut Cake Recipe
Posted on 13th of September, 2012 by Lévana
Picture Courtesy of www.gliving.com I am constantly asked how I go about developing all my recipes, and although it is hard to make a non-food professional visualize all the steps involved, let me still name one no-brainer vital initial step, which I think my fellow food professionals will second readily:...
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Filed under: Cake Recipes, Chestnut Recipes, Chocolate Cake Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Coconut, Coconut Milk Recipes, Dairy-Free Dessert Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Recipes, Spelt Baking
CCC Redux: Walnut Blondies Recipe
Posted on 7th of August, 2012 by Lévana
Photo via www.tasteofhome.com A couple weeks ago, I was baking chocolate chip cookies with kids in summer camp, and our baking conditions were rudimentary, to say the least. We needed to bake 48 cookies in a convection oven large enough to bake, say, 2 pans of 12 cookies. So, simple...
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Chocolate Hazelnut Dacquoise Recipe
Posted on 21st of June, 2012 by Lévana
Dacquoise is that wonderful French classic party cake, made up of layers of meringue and fillings. I have made the fillings much lighter (and much simpler to make), but no less delicious, with the help of my staunch ally tofu: No tofu flavors whatsoever remain, only the great chocolate and...
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Filed under: Chocolate Recipes, Dacquoise Recipes, French Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Hazelnut Recipes, Levana, Levana Kirschenbaum, Recipes, Tofu Dessert Recipes, Whole Foods Cookbook, Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen
Julia Child’s Gateau Reine de Saba Recipe a la Levana!
Posted on 14th of June, 2012 by Lévana
I got my inspiration directly from Julia. The name is not presumptuous for this fabulous and ethereal dessert. It is almost flourless, but I make it completely so, and enjoy it on Passover too. Its short and dazzling ingredient list read like that of a giant chocolate truffle. Chocolate and...
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Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries Recipe
Posted on 25th of May, 2012 by Lévana
This is hardly a recipe, just a wonderful gift from yourself to yourself and a few dear friends, deliverable at the drop of a hat. Luxurious and gluten-free without even trying. Everyone loves that on Passover too, where I make it right on the spot and get lots of excited...
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Filed under: Berry Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Chocolate Sauce Recipes, Chocolate-Dipped Strawberry Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Gluten-Free Dessert Recipes, Orange Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Passover Desserts Recipes, Recipes
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