B'tayavon: Matzah Ball Soup

Ingredients for soup: 6 cups chicken stock 1 carrot, sliced 1 rib celery, sliced 1/2 onion, chopped 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped Ingredients for Matzah Balls: 1 cup matzo meal 1/4 cup chicken stock 4 eggs, separated 1/4 cup vegetable oil Salt and pepper Directions 1) In a large saucepan combine the stock, carrots, celery,…

Fun with Matzah!

With the dough they had brought from Egypt, they baked cakes of unleavened bread. The dough was without yeast because they had been driven out of Egypt and did not have time to prepare food for themselves. (Exodus 12:35) Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread,…

Matzah Ball Soup

Ingredients for soup: 6 cups chicken stock 1 carrot, sliced 1 rib celery, sliced 1/2 onion, chopped 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped Ingredients for Matzah Balls: 1 cup matzo meal 1/4 cup chicken stock 4 eggs, separated 1/4 cup vegetable oil Salt and pepper Directions 1) In a large saucepan combine the stock, carrots, celery,…

Charoset for Passover

*Charoset represents the mortar that the Hebrews used to bind the bricks during slavery.  It may not look so good but it tastes yummy.  Charoset is a sweet dish, reminding us of the sweetness of freedom. Ingredients: 5 apples, skin removed 1 1/4 cup walnuts, chopped 5 tablespoons sugar 1 cup grape juice or red wine…

B'tayavon: Carrot soufflé

*My sister has a magnet on her refrigerator that says “in this house carrot cake counts as a vegetable.” If carrot cake counts then I imagine carrot soufflé counts as two vegetable servings! My son is a semi-picky eater and I thought it wouldn’t hurt to occasionally sneak vegetables into some meals. Granted as a…

B'tayavon: Vegetarian curry

Ingredients 1/4 cup onion, minced 1 red bell pepper, thinly sliced 3 tablespoons butter or margarine 1 and 1/2 teaspoon curry powder 3 tablespoons flour 3/4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons sugar 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger 1 cup vegetable broth 1 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice 1 can chickpeas, rinsed and drained Directions 1) Melt…

Butternut squash stew

*I realize that I have posted one too many butternut squash recipes to this blog but I just can’t help myself.  We are a butternut squash family and in the fall and winter I say “tis the season to eat all things squash.”  The only downside to butternut squash (because it certainly isn’t the flavor) is…