- The Kitchen - March 26, 2021 Leek Patties As we are preparing our passover celebration, I wanted to share our family’s Leek Patties (Keftas de Prasa) recipe. These Leek Patties are a very popular family recipe for the Passover holiday. There are numerous adaptions of this recipe and…
- The Kitchen - March 18, 2021 Blondie Brownies Anybody else in need of a little sweet treat to brighten things up these days?! We’re right there with you so that’s why I am sharing our family’s favorite blondie brownie recipe. These brownies are such a cozy treat and…
- The Kitchen - January 26, 2021 Our Salsa Verde Recipe If you are looking for a fresh and flavorful way to boost your meals, our spicy Salsa Verde recipe will do the trick for you! We use Salsa Verde as an accompaniment to meals that adds in an extra punch…
- The Kitchen - December 16, 2020 Israeli Salad + A Quick Garden Update This Israeli Salad has been a standard accompaniment to most Israeli meals (including breakfast!) that my family has made for many years. With a delicious combo of cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and peppers can you really go wrong?! Freshly squeezed lemon…
- The Kitchen - November 27, 2020 Homemade Kuaisat Jump to recipeKuaisat is a special Syrian recipe that my mother taught me to make years ago. Essentially, Kuaisat is a meatball with a hardboiled egg surprise inside. This recipe was taught to my mother by my paternal grandmother who…
- The Kitchen - November 02, 2020 Our Homemade Pickles Jump to recipeI love this time of year when we are gathering cucumbers from the garden and pickling them to have a great stock of our homemade pickles throughout the winter. We’re lucky enough to not have harsh winters here…
- The Kitchen - June 25, 2020 Gathered & Collected Anyone else ready for a moment of relaxation with a good cup of tea and biscuits? We love to try different teas and I’ve gathered and collected numerous varieties from our many travels. One of our favorites is this Moroccan…
- The Kitchen - June 15, 2020 The Family Flan Recipe Life has slowly been moving in a forward direction here in sunny Florida. After weeks of being shut down with stay at home orders in effect we have very slowly started opening back up. For the foreseeable future things will…
- The Kitchen - October 01, 2019 Easy Beet Salad Jump to recipeWe’re still in prime beet season right now so any chance we get to add these root veggies into our daily meals, we’ll take it! Beets are a great root vegetable which is harvested all summer long and…
- The Kitchen - September 23, 2019 Apple Strudel Jump to recipeApple picking season is officially upon us! This means we have a surplus of beautiful, in season apples at our ready. With all of these apples we’ll be making our family’s, apple strudel recipe. Apple strudel originated in…
- The Kitchen - November 30, 2017 Roasted Acorn Squash Jump to recipeWith cooler temperatures and shorter days upon us, it is the perfect time of year to gather around the table for a hearty meal. We like to take advantage of all the delicious winter squash that is piled…
- The Kitchen - October 23, 2017 Kale Waldorf Salad Jump to recipeLast winter we decided to plant kale in our garden. It did so well that we ended up with more kale than we knew what to do with! We added kale to soups and salads for weeks. And…
- The Kitchen - October 05, 2017 Labane Cheese Jump to recipeWhen I visited the Bedouins in the Negev desert of Israel I was fascinated with how they made homemade yogurt without any fancy tools. Ever since then I’ve been making homemade yogurt for my family. Once the yogurt…
- The Kitchen - September 14, 2017 Cowboy Chili + A Naturally Magazine Feature Jump to recipeWhen the nights start to get cooler one of our favorite family events is chili night. My husband, Jimmie, takes the reins on this one because we cook our chili cowboy style- outdoors over our fire pit in…
- The Kitchen - September 07, 2017 Homemade Yogurt Jump to recipeOne of our family’s favorite snacks and desserts is this homemade yogurt recipe. This recipe has been in my family for quite some time. For a sweeter take on the yogurt we add sugar or honey to taste…
- The Kitchen - July 13, 2017 Sancocho Jump to recipeSancocho is a traditional Latin American soup that is comforting, hearty and rustic. We love to make it and eat it at home at least once a week. Being born in Panama to a Colombian mother, I grew…
- The Kitchen - July 04, 2017 Shakshuka Jump to recipeShakshuka is a Mediterranean dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, peppers and onions. My father was born in Israel so I travel there often and even lived there for a few years when I was…