Somewhat Chunky Potato Soup

When night starts at about 4:30PM now it usually means it’s cold outside. I start making a big pot of soup every week to get me through dinners, and maybe even a lunch or two. Soup is easy to make, comes together quick, the kids love it especially with croutons, and it’s healthy. Oh did I mention the kids love it. I try and come up with different soups throughout the winter. Most of my soups start with a caramelized onion. I feel this adds...

Roman Style Artichokes

Growing up my parents had these family friends who were Italian. They would always create all these amazing dishes in their kitchen that were off limits to us since they were not kosher. I would just look at their food and drool. One day I said I was going to create these dishes in my house and make sure I could eat them. One dish that was always on their menu was artichokes Roman style that were fried in this amazing garlic and lemon sauce....

Pastrami Chicken Roll Ups

On yontif we used eat by the Rabbi of the shul for a meal. His rebbetzin is an amazing cook!  She always made the most yummy and intricate dishes. One meal she made pastrami stuffed chicken and I will never forget it. I really enjoyed it so much I needed to recreate my own version at home. It really isn’t hard to make but looks so pretty and fancy people think you slaved all day in the kitchen. The frying is mostly for the color and to...
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