Category Archives: Recipes
Cottage Cheese Salad Recipe
Posted on 31st of August, 2011 by Lévana
My granddaughter Musia and I had ourselves a little cottage cheese party this past shabbos. Just in case cottage cheese eaten alone sounds too plain, here’s how to jazz it up! My mother in law used to make it for us all the time, and called it – mysteriously –...
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Filed under: Cucumber Recipes, Dairy Recipes, Dill Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Jewish Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Lean Classics Recipes, Radishes Recipes, Recipes
Featuring Jack’s Gourmet Sausages: Paella Recipe
Posted on 24th of August, 2011 by Lévana
I inherited the secret for this dish from the wonderful staff with whom I worked all my catering years, two of whom still serve as my assistants at my cooking workshops. My deciding to learn some rudiments of Spanish (a lifeline if you work in a commercial kitchen, with an...
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Filed under: Chicken Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Jack's Gourmet Sausage Recipes, Latin Cooking, Paella Recipes, Recipes, Rice Recipes, Saffron Recipes, Spanish Recipes
Dried Fruit Couscous Recipe. Meat and Poultry Variations.
Posted on 24th of August, 2011 by Lévana
Couscous is wonderful and fun, the rock star of Moroccan cuisine. Couscous is native to Morocco, and the word refers to both the grain and the traditional dish made with the grain. It is semolina, or durum (the heart of the wheat kernel), ground to the consistency of coarse cornmeal...
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Filed under: Bison Recipes, Couscous Recipes, Dried Fruit, Gluten Free Recipes, Gluten-Free Couscous Recipes, Harissa Recipes, Jewish Holiday Recipes, Jewish Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Moroccan Food, Moroccan Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Saffron Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday August 29th. Pareve Shabbos Lunch: Gluten-Free
Posted on 24th of August, 2011 by Lévana
A Pareve Shabbos meal? that’s right: No oxymoron there! I am always asked to make a pareve cholent, just like the one I often make at home. Here are several of our favorite Jewish Specialties, recast as Pareve and light healthy fare. And Gluten-Free to boot! Time permitting, I want...
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Plum Tart Recipe
Posted on 24th of August, 2011 by Lévana
I have my mother to thank for providing the inspiration for this beautiful tart. The base is not a classic pie crust as we know it, more like a cookie dough, making this tart much less perishable than the classic apple pie. You will create in no time a dessert...
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Filed under: Apples Recipes, Apricot Recipes, Dairy-Free Pie Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Dessert Recipes, Healthy Cooking Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Low Gluten Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Plums Recipes, Recipes, Spelt Baking, Vegetarian Recipes
Upcoming Cooking Demo in NYC: Monday August 22nd: The Lean Italian Feast
Posted on 17th of August, 2011 by Lévana
Italian flavors at their best and most vibrant: I am making my own special oil for the antipasto. You will love the fish soup! And wait till you taste that plum tart! I’ll be demonstrating: Antipasto Cioppino Arborio with wild mushrooms Balsamic-roasted fennel, endive and radicchio Plum tart Click here...
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Chilled Cream of Asparagus and Zucchini Recipe
Posted on 17th of August, 2011 by Lévana
Making stock for soup? Never heard of it. My choice of vegetables guarantee me a wonderful soup: Asparagus, zucchini, celery root, leeks, tarragon: How can you miss? Celery root gives the soup not only great flavor, but a slight bulk as well, allowing you to make this a creamy and...
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Filed under: Asparagus Recipes, Celery Root Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, French Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kosher Natural Foods, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Leeks Recipes, Natural Foods Recipes, Pareve Recipes, Recipes, Soup Recipes, Tarragon Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Zucchini Recipes
Japanese Pickles Recipe
Posted on 15th of August, 2011 by Lévana
You’ll love ’em! They have a small fraction of the salt and the vinegar of their commercial counterparts, and ten times the flavor. Crunchy and pungent with just a hint of sweetness, and really good for you too, like all fermented foods. I whip them out anytime I need a...
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Filed under: Asian Pickles Recipes, Asian Recipes, Cabbage recipes, Carrot Recipes, Condiments Recipes, Dairy-Free Recipes, Fermented Foods Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Kim Chi Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Pickle Press, Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Whole Foods Kosher Kitchen
Yemenite Meat Halbah Soup Recipe
Posted on 15th of August, 2011 by Lévana
A meal onto itself, a wonderful comfort food. All you need to round it out is some good bread and salad. All of you avoiding red meat, use a turkey thigh. A word about Halbah, which is the trademark ingredient of Yemenite cooking, and which gives the soup its name:...
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Filed under: Fenugreek Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Halbah Recipes, Healthy Cooking Recipes, Kosher Food, Kosher Recipes, Kosher Whole Foods Recipes, Lamb recipes, Meat Recipes, Recipes, Sephardi Recipes, Soup Recipes, Yemenite Soup
Chinese Meatloaf Recipe. All-American Variation
Posted on 8th of August, 2011 by Lévana
The easiest and tastiest ever! The meat is extended by several vegetables—so you end up with a leaner and lighter meat loaf—and the potato flakes make it particularly smooth. Children love it! It will be delicious served cold in sandwiches as well as hot. If you decide to use ground...
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Filed under: Asian Recipes, Bison Recipes, Gluten Free Recipes, Ground Turkey Recipes, Kosher Recipes, Meat Recipes, Meatloaf Recipes, Recipes
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