Let this be my testimony? Well, not so much. I keep mentally veering away from writing, because the examined life brings me down. The good things are all right around me; the good writing gets beyond that and becomes irksome. Writing only the highlights feels disingenuous, which is bullshit because this space is where I will return to in future ( Read more... )

- The sibs were talking about trying to have a shared seder menu, and one of the items my older bro's family wanted all of us to have was brisket. I concurred! I used all my coupon points at the store that sells kosher meat (but not the actual kosher store, Omnitsky's, because they are ridiculously priced) to buy a 3 lb. brisket. I bought it ( Read more... )

I made this pad thai recipe in my Instant Pot, basically. Short answer: I really liked it, and I can do it better next time. Longer thoughts ( under the cut. )

I've been using my rabbi's challah recipe (I think I wrote it out before?), and I made a flour adjustment right off the bat, to get more whole wheat and less white flour, and used a bit less sugar than called for as well. The last time I made it I left out the cinnamon as well, because I was sharing it with my MIL and I thought she'd like it a ( Read more... )

Shavuot is the holiday where traditionally one has dairy food, in particular blintzes (if you're of Eastern European heritage). Alas for me, my first shopping trip netted me no farmer's cheese (which is basically curds only, no whey or liquid, which is what differentiates it from cottage cheese). Second trip, I went to the same store, thinking ( Read more... )

3.75 // 1.25 c. self-rising flour ( Read more... )

It's Hannukah again, which means time to fry up some delicious dinners! First night was dinner and party at shul, second night was at home, third night was Christmas Eve dinner at Carmen's, and tonight is the fourth night.

First night: almost total bust. Shul advertised latkes, salmon, and sufganiyot. I admit, I wanted neither the potato nor ( Read more... )

Into the pareve pie crust: sautee [onion, garlic, carrot], add roasted pumpkin, meat/veggie meat, small-diced green apple, T of flour to cook it through. Curry, cumin, tiny bit cinnamon, allspice, salt, pepper, ~3/4 c onion stock to thicken. Cover with tinfoil, in the oven to cook the crust, no topping? Hmmmmmm ( Read more... )

I have made food, and it is gooooood.

It started with a pie crust. Well, it started with realizing I had a kosher pareve pie crust leftover from the pumpkin pie purchasing, so I thought "I can use that for a dinner meat pie." I looked up some recipes and they didn't use a bottom crust: what I actually wanted was a shepherd's pie type thing.

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This past Sunday I made a meal plan for most of the week, and I was pleased with myself for it. I actually incorporated much of what I have in the fridge/pantry, only requiring shopping for veggies (both fresh and frozen) and bread. Hurrah ( Read more... )