Homemade Matzo Ball Research: Nina and I got tagged to cook the Seder for Passover this year. I wanted to tackle the matzoh balls, since I’ve never made them and only ever eaten them once before. I’ve been researching on the Internet and in Nina’s Jewish cookbooks for a matzoh…
I’ve been eating this stuff my whole life. I can remember my Mom making this homemade granola recipe when I was little. Now, I’m in charge of keeping the cereal jars stocked for Nina and the kids to enjoy it on yogurt with fruit and berries. It’s nice because it…
Soapmaking is an ancient art. You can make your own at home with some very basic ingredients. I usually do a hot process soap which is one that you cook in the pot after you mix together the fat and the lye. But, I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start…
Making homemade cider vinegar these days is harder than it used to be. Because of food additives and preservatives, our beverages won’t sour and turn to vinegar. So we launch another vinegar experiment. This is a bottle of organic cider purchased from Whole Foods. I pitched it with one…
Because of the rumors of how scary the chicken treats that come from Asia are, I decided to make my own chicken dog treats. We go through a lot of chicken in our house… (Warning: this post contains graphic images of chicken.) We buy whole chickens and save off the…
Tried another homemade bread recipe last night. Here’s the recipe I used with my alterations. I convert everything to weight before starting a new recipe. I guess that comes from living with a pastry chef! Tassajara Yeasted White Bread From the book The Tassajara Bread Book by Edward Espe Brown…
This is a recipe that I found on the King Arthur Flour website. It works. I’m learning that some of the other recipes that I was using and getting poor results were because they didn’t have enough water in them. Especially when using whole wheat flour–this stuff takes a lot…
Charoset is one of the symbolic foods that Jews eat during their Passover seder every year. It represents the mortar that the Israelites used to make bricks while they were slaves in Egypt. Here’s an easy recipe to make charoset. We actually made quite a bit of “clay” as the…
These natural energy bars were devised to get away from the High Fructose Corn Syrup/Gluten/oil leaden granola bars in the mega-mart. These are more about whole foods and natural sweeters and oils (from peanuts). Play around with the dried fruits and nuts to find a combination YOU like.
