Category Archives: Dessert Recipes
Hammantashen Recipe with Gluten-Free Option
Posted on 10th of March, 2011 by Lévana
The signature triangle-shaped fun Purim cookie, with three points pinched around a jam filling. There’s no Purim without them! Delicious Gluten-free too! Ingredients: Dough: 4 cups flour: all-purpose, whole wheat pastry, or spelt (gluten-free: any GF flour) 1 tablespoon baking powder ½ salt 4 eggs ¾ cup sugar 1 cup...
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Filed under: Cookie Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Purim Baskets
Chocolate Sauce Recipe
Posted on 9th of March, 2011 by Lévana
No commercial chocolate sauce comes anywhere close to this one. So simple to make, and so versatile. Plus: Dairy-free, and all natural. How can you miss? Serve it on cake or ice cream, dip strawberries and orange slices in it as soon as it cools off, and before it hardens,...
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Filed under: Chocolate Recipes, Chocolate Sauce Recipes, Dairy-Free Chocolate Sauce Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes
My Menu for Lean Latin Feast
Posted on 3rd of March, 2011 by Lévana
Sangria This is the menu for our last demo: It was so fabulous I must share it with all of you: There was not one asset it didn’t have: Quick, fun, festive, healthy and lean: How could you beat that? TILAPIA WITH GREEN TOMATO SALSA SPICY PUMPKIN CORN SOUP CHICKEN...
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Filed under: Chipotle Recipes, Coffee, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Green Tomatoes Recipes, Kosher Fish Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Latin Cooking, Lean Classics Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Sangria Recipes, Soup Recipes
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday March 7th: Purim: Edible Gifts
Posted on 3rd of March, 2011 by Lévana
When it comes to bringing edible gifts, nothing comes close to a pint or a loaf or box of something coming straight from your own kitchen. The following selection will establish you as the friend who gives the greatest – and most edible – Mishloach Manot! We are not only...
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No-Bake Coffee Chocolate Pots de Crème Recipe
Posted on 3rd of March, 2011 by Lévana
Here is my way of making an extravagantly rich classic (egg yolks, cream etc….) into a much simpler and leaner treat. I “cheat” with honest tools: The addition of tapioca allows me not only reach a wonderful texture the healthy way, but also to whip up the whole dessert right...
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Filed under: Chocolate Recipes, Coffee, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
My Famous Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe. With Gluten-Free Adaptation
Posted on 20th of February, 2011 by Lévana
This recipe is in all my cookbooks, including my upcoming one. I can never make enough of these; and apparently, neither can thousands and thousands of people. A few years ago, I was involved with a few friends in a massive fund-raising project and made a million cookies (yes, a...
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Filed under: Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipes, Chocolate Recipes, Cookie Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Spelt Baking
The Instant Dorm Feast: Your Quick and Healthy Cooking-Without-Cooking Survival Guide
Posted on 16th of February, 2011 by Lévana
We all find ourselves, occasionally and sometimes not so occasionally, in situations that bring us apart from the comfort of our kitchens and the amenities that surround us daily: a vacation week, a business convention, a year away in college, even a week under the weather. All too often, a...
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Chocolate Hazelnut Moussse Torte Recipe
Posted on 4th of February, 2011 by Lévana
Chocolate Hazelnut Mousse Torte I have made hundreds of these for parties. A few years ago, a couple whose wedding I was catering wanted this very cake, but luxuriously decorated to their specifications on their wedding day (don’t worry, the above picture is not the wedding cake!). I remember...
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Filed under: Cake Recipes, Chocolate Cake Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Pareve Cake Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Vegan Chocolate Cake Recipes, Vegan Chocolate Mousse, Vegan Hazelnut Mousse Recipes
Berry Kanten Recipe
Posted on 22nd of December, 2010 by Lévana
Consider kanten the Jell-O of champions: kuzu is the starch of the kuzu plant, is a wonderful thickener and is easy to get in health food stores. Kanten, the dessert made with kuzu, is quick and delicious, and does wonders for upset stomachs. You can eat it warm too. If...
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Filed under: Berry Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kanten Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher Ingredients, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Kuzu Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes
Muffin Recipes. All Variations
Posted on 15th of December, 2010 by Lévana
Cranberry Muffins You say cup cakes, I say muffins! Gosh, I would hate to lose my popularity with the junior cup-cake crowd, but many years of catering kids’ parties and watching their delighted faces as their lick their fingers put my fears at rest. As if that was not enough,...
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