Archive For The “Side Dishes” Category

Apple crisp

By | May 29, 2013

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Challah. Cholent. Potato kugel. Aaaaaand…apple crisp. I’m not sure how or why this became such a Shabbos staple, but everywhere I go, I see it. Sometimes it’s served as a side dish, sometimes it comes out for dessert. There’s a top crumble, or a crumble on top and bottom, or a crust on top and bottom (that one’s [...]

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(Lightened-up!) potato broccoli gratin

By | May 28, 2013

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This recipe first appeared in the Oct. 10, 2012 edition of “From Tali’s Kitchen,” my biweekly cooking column in Binah magazine. I promised you a no-bake dessert. But as I started putting the post together, I noticed that the photos of it were already resized. Weird. It was almost as if…as if I had already [...]

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Balsamic-roasted mushrooms

By | March 29, 2013

This recipe and story first appeared in the March 18, 2013 edition of “From Tali’s Kitchen,” my biweekly cooking column in Binah magazine. I was a year out of seminary when the first of my high school friends got engaged, and I quickly became acquainted with the exciting world of l’chaims, vorts, bridal showers, and [...]

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Sesame green beans

By | March 7, 2013

I’ve started thinking in really, really short-term goals. If the baby doesn’t need to be held for the next minute, I can eat breakfast. (Granola bars, my friends, are one-minute meals.) If he doesn’t need me for three minutes, I can take a bathroom break.  And if he plays happily in his pram for 10 minutes? I can [...]

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