Just made a totally kitniyos free, no store bought ingredients (almost), revamped leftovers, kosher lipesach chinese dish: Sweet and sour stir fry, over beef flavored matza farfel.

I made beef pot roast for shabbos with garlic, horseraddish, carrots, celery and onion. I strained the gravy out and mixed that with the wine sauce left from my poached ( Read more... )

 I hear people going on and on about how expensive Pesach is, how they need to spend hundreds if not thousands on Pesach.
To be honest, the most expensive parts of pesach, at least for me, is to need to buy everything new; i can't rely on items in my stockpile- I need to buy a lot all at once. Yes, this food will last a long while even after pesach ( Read more... )

I am thinking about making a precise pesach menu so that way I'm not overbuying for things I won't even be using for pesach. This will include during the week.

We don't eat kitniyos, quinoa, or egg matzos. We also keep a stricter version of kitniyos that is kept in E'Y. We do eat gebrokts. We keep 1 day y't.

Most of these recipes are friendly to ( Read more... )

 I just wrote a whole long post. It got deleted when I clicked backspace and it went back on the web browser. It only saved my subject line.
Why does this seem so apt? I've gotten used to sub-par conditions on livejournal, it seems. I'm not even so bothered. Just will rewrite, i guess.

 This week I tried to do a smaller shopping than usual because I had lots of vegetables and starches and proteins left from last week in the house.

This is the menu for the coming week:
Tuesday lunch and supper- Spaghetti and tomato sauce with vegetables and tvp chunks (chunks about the size of a grape- a mock meat that I got for 16 shekel a kilo and ( Read more... )

 I really don't believe in menu planning. I'm very into spontaneity and have a hard time having anyone, including myself, telling me what i need to be making for supper. What if i don't feel like it? What if something comes up and i no longer have time for a patchke? What if I stam don't feel like eating the food thats scheduled? Not to mention ( Read more... )

 Chanuka has come and gone and until now  I've been too lazy to post what presents I made for different family members.

So here is the list of what I made:

A hot pack for around your neck, made from a new sock filled with beans and tied in a knot. You heat it in the microwave and drape it around your neck and it retains heat well and is a great  ( Read more... )

I personally do not like the concept of tests ( Read more... )

I was just wondering what the best method of teaching a kid to give tzedaka is, to instill in them the love of this mitzva ( Read more... )

I felt like doing something a little bit different this week. And I have an admission- I am using up leftover tomato sauce from pizza I made on wednesday ( Read more... )