Minted Cucumber Raita

Think of Raita not only as a cool and delicious way to put out the fire of curries, but even on its own: mint, cucumber, yogurt: What could be more fun and more yum? Ingredients: 3 cups plain low-fat yogurt (soy or coconut yogurt for non-dairy) Salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon cumin Red [...]

Hammantashen Recipe with Gluten-Free Option

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 vegetable oil 1 tablespoon vanilla [...]

Purim Gift Baskets

Since I only have eyes for kosher, homemade and natural, I find Purim an unbeatable opportunity to send a select few some fabulous homemade, fun and useful goodies (did you say fun and useful? Of course! Absolutely not an oxymoron!) Do you think you have just found the perfect chocolate chip cookie recipe? Or the [...]

Chai Mix Recipe

Delicious in hot or cold tea. Even in hot cider! Even in hot chocolate: Hello! It will take you minutes to put together, and it will last you months. Passover: Skip any spice you can’t find and double up on what you have, just as long as you have the cardamom (a must!). Ingredients 2 [...]

Teriyaki Sauce Recipe

I live in the vicinity of several Chinese restaurants (who doesn’t?). Every morning I watch the mountain of trash at their back door, and it always includes enormous jerry cans of teriyaki sauce: No wonder all those dishes look like a container of motor oil has accidentally landed there. This unwelcome sight has totally cured [...]

My Menu for Lean Latin Feast

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 BREASTS WITH CHIPOTLE SAUCE CABBAGE, [...]

Chicken Breasts with Chipotle “Cream” Sauce

I can make a perfect and delicious – and lean! – cream sauce in meat dishes by stirring in a good quality plain soy or coconut yogurt: Yes: Kosher food has moved up n the world, just the way I like it: Natural! chipotles are smoked red peppers, delightful and easy to find in canned [...]

Quick Spicy Pumpkin Corn Soup Recipe

Quick and Healthy: My war cry! Here ‘s where frozen, and of course unprocessed, always comes to my rescue: In less than 10 minutes’ preparation time, and about 30 minutes’ cooking time, I got 2 gallons of fabulous soup! Ingredients: 1/3 cup olive oil 4 ribs celery, peeled 1 large onion, quartered 8 cloves garlic [...]

Tilapia Fillets with Green Tomato Salsa Recipe

Ready in a jiffy. You’ll be happy to have this larger batch of salsa on hand, and slather it on poached chicken breasts, or on corn chips! Salsa: 6 green tomatoes, quartered 1 jalapeño, halved 1 small red onion, quartered 1/4 cup olive oil ¼ cup lemon or lime juice 2 teaspoons cumin Salt and [...]

The Instant Dorm Feast: Your Quick and Healthy Cooking-Without-Cooking Survival Guide

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 quick look at the room [...]