Cooking: Kids in the Kitchen
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Mini Doughnuts Using A Combo Mini Doughnuts Machine!
Doughnuts are a traditional Hanukkah treat, though I’ve always wanted to bake some rather than serve my family the oil laden traditional fried ones. And this year, ta da, we made a whole bunch of mini baked doughnuts thanks to a Bat Mitzvah gift certificate that my daughter finally redeemed (a year plus later) at…
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Moroccan Semolina Soup Is Simple And Perfect For Fall!
My husband at long last introduced us all to the beloved soup his grandmother used to make for the family on winter mornings, it is called shmeed in the Jewish Moroccan language, but we’ll just call it semolina soup, or rather semolina porridge if you’d like to eat it for breakfast! This dish is simple…
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Healthier Whole Wheat Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies With Coconut
Lets face it, life is just much better when cookies are involved. And of course if you happen to live amongst people who are not anywhere near as health minded as you are, then depriving your kids will very likely backfire in the end. Sooooooo, do bake some cookies, or better yet, get the kids…
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Spelt Oat Crackers With Sesame and Flax Seed, And Shooting On Manual Mode
I have always wanted to try making some healthy crackers, so when my daughter came across a recipe she wanted to try, I of course whole heartedly encouraged her. The first try didn’t work as this recipe which is batter must be poured as thinly as possible in order to work with the specified baking…
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Cheerios And Dried Cranberries Dark Chocolate Bark!
Looking for a treat that is simple to make, and will be polished off instantly—chocolate cheerios and dried cranberries bark is the answer! I made up this one on the last night of hanukkah when my daughter was wondering what we were going to do with the three bars of chocolate, and for lack of…
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Whole Wheat Pizza Dough, Yippee!
At long last, whole wheat homemade pizza has become a mainstay in our home, thanks to a simple recipe for whole wheat pizza dough that I have been quickly whipping up in my food processor! And I couldn’t be happier, because I have to admit, if there was one thing that I felt guilty about…
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Homemade Bagels!
What kind of a creative jewish mom would I be if I didn’t try my hand at homemade bagels? Truthfully, before this blog was born I did actually bake bagels a few times as we had just moved from Jerusalem (where American style bagels are aplenty) to Northern Israel (where at the time American style…
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Ice Cream Sandwiches — A Fun Dessert The Kids Can Make!
Here’s a super simple ice cream sandwich dessert that’s so simple to make, even the kids can do it, and with good results. Okay not exactly perfect machine made results, but I love the fact that they look homemade and imperfect. We’ll be enjoying these over the Rosh HaShana holiday coming up shortly, and hoping…
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Baking With Kids: Babka, My Favorite!
As one of the baked items that my daughter learned to make this summer in a baking class, babka, the classic Jewish yeast cake was one of our favorites! So while I’m not providing you with a recipe here, you can certainly find a good one online or better yet from a babka balabusta, which…
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Baking With Kids: Classic Cinnamon Rolls
The other day my daughter came home with this gorgeous concontion, well actually this is what it looked like after we baked it in our oven, what she came home with actually looked like this: So of course I just had to share this idea with you, as mini sized cinnamon rolls is a fun…
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Baking With Kids: Modern Art Marble Cake
Yesterday my daughter came home with this modern art marble cake, and of course I just had to share it with you as maybe crafting with some batter might be a fun project to do with your kids, or even yourself during a quiet moment in the kitchen! I love the dramatic swirls in this…
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Baking With Kids: Spelt Pita Bread With Zatar
I’m so happy to report that today on a day off from school my 10 1/2 year old daughter decided she wanted to bake some pitas based on a recipe she saw in a magazine, and the results were so fantastic she just finished a second batch! And I have to be honest, this wasn’t…