This luscious lemon cheesecake is one of the desserts I took to the Seder at our aunt’s home last night. The crust is made from ground almonds and matzo cake meal making it perfect for Passover when flour is prohibited. Its sweet crunchiness complements the smooth lemony light filling. Passover Lemon Cheesecake (Epicurious, Gourmet/ April…
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Charoseth for Passover
Passover began last night with the ceremonial seder meal. We were invited to the home of my husband’s aunt whom he has been especially close to since he was old enough to walk, and whom I became close with since I first began dating my husband in high school. At that time his aunt and…
Corned Beef and Cabbage with a Twist
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Although we are not Irish this day will always be one we celebrate because our oldest son was born on St. Patrick’s Day 1975 at 8:36 pm in Chicago. With our upcoming move on the horizon we are really looking forward to celebrating birthdays with our sons once again since incredibly…
Valentine’s Day Dinner for my Sweetheart
This is the dessert that ended our Valentine’s dinner this evening. Nothing too fancy, just a few of my husband’s favorites…homemade rich chocolatey brownies cut into heart shapes, sharing the plate with pure vanilla ice cream blanketed with fresh ripe macerated strawberries. Dinner was a mixed green salad, steamed lobster tails with drawn butter, pan…
Roasted Applesauce
This Roasted Applesauce recipe I discovered last week when I was about to make applesauce to go with my latkes for a party I was hosting. I had been cooking all day, and although I love my go to applesauce recipe, I was looking to avoid using the food mill, and started checking out some…
California Toffee Butter Crunch
Between Christmas and New Year’s most of us find ourselves snacking on the abundance of cookies, cakes, and candies, which throughout the rest of the year are not as easily within our reach. But during the holidays it seems even the diehard dieters give themselves a bit of a reprieve. After all it’s the season…
Peppermint Brownies
These peppermint brownies are perfect for holiday entertaining. I served them recently for dessert at my annual latke lunch I’ve been hosting for my aerobic dance class the past three years. It is a moist rich chocolatey brownie with a pronounced peppermint flavor. Peppermint extract added to the batter along with the sugar that has…
White Fruitcake
The classic fruitcake has been the brunt of many jokes. The often ridiculed cake popular at Christmas is typically a heavy, dense, overly sweet cake laden with artificially colored candied green and red cherries as well as other fruits and nuts. It has usually been soaked in rum or some other liqueur. Supposedly, Johnny Carson…
Sufganiyot (Hanukkah Jelly Doughnuts)
It is traditional during the eight days of Hanukkah to eat foods fried in oil commemorating the miracle of the oil. The story goes… After Antiochus’s forces had been defeated and driven from the Temple, the Maccabees discovered that most of the ritual oil had been destroyed. A single container was still sealed by the…
It’s Starting To Look A Lot Like Hanukkah!
Hanukkah, or the Festival of Lights, began last night with the lighting of the first of eight candles over the coarse of the next eight days. My husband and I sat down to this holiday dinner after what will be the last of many garage sales we have had over the many years in our…