Apple Cake for the High Holidays

On Sunday night the Jewish New Year, otherwise known as Rosh Hashana, begins. The holiday spans two days and is filled with prayer, family and food. It is customary to eat apples and honey throughout

Vanilla Birthday Cake with a Peanut Butter Glaze

This past Sunday just so happened to be two of my favorite people in the world’s birthday! E and my (not so little anymore) sister! My parents and sister were in town this weekend for

Strawberry Banana Almond Milk Smoothie

We ALWAYS have extra bananas in the house. Unfortunately, we can never finish an entire bunch before they start to turn. Lately, I have been slicing up the bananas just as they are about to turn brown and

Blueberries

Homemade Blueberry Cherry Jam

As you probably know by reading my blog, I am a HUGE fan of the farmer’s market. See HERE, HERE AND HERE. We go ALL THE TIME. In addition to our weekly trip to the

Easy

Israeli Salad

The past few weeks my garden has been overgrown with loads of cucumbers and tomatoes. I have been making (and freezing) lots of homemade tomato sauce. Recipe coming soon! We have also been eating a

BBQ

Garlic Turkey Sliders

Days before 4th of July weekend, E and I FINALLY invested in an electric grill for our patio. Using a grill pan just isn’t the same! We live in an apartment so unfortunately, we are not allowed

Dinner

Beef Bolognese with Quinoa

Sometimes you just want a warm hearty meal for dinner…even if it is 91 degrees and 100% humidity outside. My favorite warm hearty meal is my beef bolognese sauce. We had 1 pound of extra

Asian

Salmon Salsa Verde

The protein kick continues… This time with a quick and easy salmon recipe! All you need is salmon, salt, pepper and salsa. You don’t even have to make your own salsa. I bought mine at Trader

Bake Me

Mama’s Mascarpone Cheesecake

Happy Thursday everyone! Sorry for the lag in posts. We were out of the country in London and Brussels on a mini Eurotrip adventure. I cannot wait to share it all with you! As I

Broccoli

Easy Broccoli Quiche

This past weekend we celebrated the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. This holiday commemorates when G-d gave the Torah to the Jewish people at Mt. Sinai. For more on Shavuot click HERE. It is customary to

Apples