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You are the Queen in the Kitchen
a blog of kosher recipes and more!

In my journey to find meaning in the mundane day to day tasks of life, I discovered that there is great nobility in building my Jewish home. And what is the heart of the home? The kitchen, of course.
Join me~
Queen in the kitchen...

...Cooking for The King.



Jan 30, 2012

Tasty Treats for Tu b'Shvat

Tu B'Shvat is on Tuesday night and Wednesday.

So click below to see what's cookin' on The Kosher Channel and get in the spirit for this very special holiday!

Read more about why we celebrate Tu B'Shvat here.

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Jan 27, 2012

Aprons, Mugs & More

Foodie gifts from The Kosher Channel~aprons, mugs and more for your favorite Queen in the kitchen!

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Jan 4, 2012

It's Soup Season

Soup is powerful food. It has the power to warm both our bodies and our souls. It makes us feel loved, cared for, cherished. No wonder that its only mention in the entire Torah appears intertwined with themes of relationship and eternal values....

So, take out that big soup pot and turn on the back burner, and I'll supply the recipes that will warm your family inside and out.

Bean and Barley soup sounds mundane, but I knew this hearty soup recipe was a winner when I came into the kitchen that first Friday night I tried it, and found one of our guests literally licking the empty pot with his finger!

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Dec 10, 2011

Hanukkah Recipes, Menus & More:

So, you're planning cozy Hanukkah meals as family and friends gather to celebrate together, as always~with food! It's wonderful to have Hanukkah as our oasis of warmth and light in the middle of a cold dark winter. But we still have our mantle of daily responsibilities to take care of. How can we handle it all with a smile?


Photographed by Chayim B. Alevsky

Not to worry, I have a PLAN. Click below for 20 delicious kosher recipes designed to make your reign as Queen in the Kitchen this Chanukah a simcha filled one ....

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Nov 5, 2011

Is Thanksgiving Kosher?

It's the question we seem to ask every year. Do Jews "do" Thanksgiving?

Therefore, I've been wondering if it is "kosher" to post Thanksgiving menus on TheKosherChannel.com ~So I did some google-research and realized that ...

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Oct 17, 2011

Finally! Kosher Cooking Lessons in the Old City of Jerusalem

Now offering this special, introductory course in kosher cooking this Fall 2011. As I address your most pressing cooking questions, I'll appreciate your feedback on presentation and information. Together, we'll hone our skills.

Personally designed kosher cooking lessons for FIVE women based on the class's top FIVE questions about cooking. You'll learn skills and tips along the way and you'll get FIVE delicious, tried and true recipes to take home!

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Oct 11, 2011

~Sukkos Recipes and Menus For the Queen in The Kitchen Here~

Lulav and Esrog are the symbols of the holiday but Sukkot meals are the main event. In fact, I once heard an interviewer ask a man as the holiday approached, “What do you do in the sukkah?” His reply? “You eat, and you eat and then--you eat again!”

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Sep 16, 2011

Rosh Hashanah Symbols Explained...& Eaten!

There is a well observed custom to eat certain foods on Rosh Hashanah accompanied by requests to Hashem. We ask Him to save us, increase us, consume and destroy our enemies and give us a sweet new year.

The most recognized example of this is the dipping of apple in honey and asking that our new year be as sweet as the flavors of the succulent apple mingled with delicious honey.

Why don’t we just come out and ask G-d for our needs? Why are specific foods necessary to punctuate our request? Clearly there is something else going on here....

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Aug 17, 2011

Pareve Ranch Dressing

Secret recipe for Wall Street's Tangy Pareve Ranch Dressing is easy to make and great to have on hand.

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Aug 12, 2011

Summertime and the livin' is easy..

...& so is this delicious gazpacho recipe everyone is asks me to share.

And now you can find the recipe for Cooking for The King's Famous Gazpacho with Curry Cream right here on TheKosherChannel.com~

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Jul 31, 2011

Rosh Chodesh Av-the meatless days ahead

Av comes in and our simcha diminishes even further. During this period we are forced to recognize that things are not normal. Not in the way we dress, not the way we eat and not in the way we go through our days. Things are just not normal for the Jewish Nation as long as we do not have our Beis HaMikdash.

So, for this not-normal week and a half, I've gone through the pages of Cooking for The King and The Kosher Channel and brought it all together for you: Ten ideas for family fish dinners, frittatas step-by-step, and "Cook Once, Eat Twice" Recipes that save you time and money in the kitchen. I hope this helps you accomplish all you have to do during these nine days, both in the physical world and the spiritual one as well.

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Jul 29, 2011

Women are saying...

Read what women are saying about thekosherchannel.com

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Jul 22, 2011

It's the newest cooking video!

~fennel~

There is a strange phenomenon I've been watching at the shuk. Beautiful Israeli women crowd vegetable bins and climb over each other to load their agalaot (carts) with smooth, green outer-space looking vegetables I learned are fennel bulbs.

Watching this with interest, I wondered what all the fuss was about. So I set to discover what's so great about fennel. And that led me to a whole new vegetable world I'm only just beginning to explore.

I got so excited about it that I made a new video! You'll see me demonstrate two easy fennel recipes and I share some fascinating facts (at least to me) to start your foray into the vast world of cooking with fennel.

So tune in right now to The Kosher Channel and
see what's so great about fennel
~

Inspiration is just a click away:

on The Kosher Channel :

Now you're Cooking... for The King.

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Jul 11, 2011

Fennel

Fennel

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Jul 3, 2011

Fire up the grill for Kosher Beef Ribs

What's the secret to cooking perfectly tender, juicy bbq beef ribs? Well, I found out the hard way, it's not standing over a hot grill and it's not a secret barbecue sauce recipe. Now, the real secret to cooking juicy beef ribs (and a deeper secret, too) is out...here, on The Kosher Channel.

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Jun 12, 2011

What's so great about okra? SEE for yourself!


Summer is here, that means it's high season for okra. If you never thought you'd like okra, you've got to try this recipe for Sephardic Okra, which we call "Bamia."

Featuring this easy pareve side dish recipe on video here:

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Jun 7, 2011

Shavuos Recipes

Pareve Shavuos Recipes: If you are serving meat and dairy for Shavuos, making lots of pareve side dishes will make life so much easier!

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May 26, 2011

Kosher recipes, cooking tips and inspiration...for today's Jewish Woman

What is the heart of the Jewish home? Yes, it's the kitchen...and here are the kosher recipes designed to make you Queen of the Kitchen!

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May 11, 2011

Bonfire Cupcakes and More for Lag b'Omer

Here you'll find links to many delicious to recipes and creative cooking ideas to make the day memorable. There's even a load of info if you want to know more about why we celebrate Lag b'Omer and learn about the various customs of the day.

One thing we all love to do is to have a picnic. Perhaps because the weather is predictably warm, perhaps so that we can be ready for that bonfire as the sun sets. What ever the reason, we love to eat outside on Lag b'Omer. That means Lag b Omer recipes have to be portable, uncomplicated and resistant to spoilage.

With this in mind, here are fun and delicious recipesfor your Lag b'Omer menu:

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May 10, 2011

Bonfire Safety

Bonfire safety on Lag b'Omer has to be a priority. Safety tips here.

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Apr 28, 2011

Shlissel Challah~the key to success

Video is UP!
How to make your own Key Challah
for Shlissel Challah Shabbos

Shlissel or Key Challah, makes the first challah after Pesach even more special. This is a well observed custom you might want to try for yourself. You can do this by slipping a key directly in the challah, by baking it in the dough or placing it in the braids as you shape. Many even shape their challah to look like a key.

Shlissel Challah is a segula, good omen, for parnassa, or livelihood. It's a very interesting custom with many sources and traditions.

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Mar 25, 2011

Pesach Recipes~Crowned in Simplicity

see all of the
Kosher for Passover Recipes and Menus
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Mar 14, 2011

Home for Purim

Home for Purim~Where does the Queen in the Kitchen want to be? Royal Purim recipes, and Purim food ideas to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim with simcha and nobility.

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Mar 13, 2011

Queen Esther in the kitchen ~ Cooking for The King

A Persian Menu for Purim seems like a natural idea, after all that's where the whole megilla began. But when I started looking for recipes and testing them, I realized authentic Persian recipes require authentic Persian ingredients. But those can be very hard to find.

I thought it would be so much easier to google for substitutions (& I found them!) than to negotiate unfamiliar neighborhoods in search of spices whose names I cannot even pronounce. That's the way I'm being Queen in the Kitchen this Purim.

So, with all due apology to the true Persian princesses out there, please join me in my kitchen. We're going to cook up a lot of fun and festive recipes with elegance and ease because ~you know as we are cooking, we are Cooking for The King.

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Mar 13, 2011

Purim Recipe for Onion Soup

Looking for fun food to serve this Purim? Our best Purim recipe for Onion Soup is healthy, too. Going Persian on theKosherChannel.com!

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Feb 11, 2011

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Feb 4, 2011

Ginger Cookie Video is up!

We just got a great new video cam and I've been taping some cooking sessions. Here's my most requested cookie recipe just for you ~ Gingerdoodles!

 

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Jan 30, 2011

Snow Day Recipe

It's a cold and rainy day here in Israel, and in the US, you may be facing yet another snow day. This calls for comfort food for all of us. Here's a simple, satisfying pasta dish that uses ingredients you probably have on hand or can easily substitute. Because you certainly aren't venturing out today.

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Jan 20, 2011

Southern Comfort...food that is

Smothered Chicken Southern is akin to a traditional southern style chicken and dumplings recipe, only easier. (And it really brings out the southern mama in me, too.) It's chicken smothered in flour and baked, rather than covered in biscuit dough. Which brings to mind a deep question I'd like to ask ya'll.

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Jan 20, 2011

Smothered Chicken Southern Style

Smothered Chicken Southern Style answers the undying question: Do Jewish mothers smother their children? If they are also southern mamas, with delicious southern baked chicken recipes they sure do!

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Jan 15, 2011

Tu b'Shvat~We are What We Eat

Inextricably linked to the holiday are the Sheva Minim, the seven kinds of produce the Torah uses to praise the Land of Israel. Each of the species also tells us something about who we are and what we can be.

Click below for Tu b'Shvat Recipes that bring out the best in you!

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Dec 31, 2010

Kosher Beef Bourguignon

Do try this delicious kosher Beef Bourguignon, sans bacon!

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Nov 29, 2010

The Hanukkah Meal relax, it's a woman's holiday!

Hanukkah means planning Hanukkah meals as family and friends gather to celebrate together, as always~with food! It's wonderful to have this oasis of cozy warmth and light in the middle of a cold dark winter. But we still have our mantle of daily responsibilities. How can we handle it all with a smile?


Photographed by Chayim B. Alevsky

First, remember that our dedication to family and community is a mantle of royalty. We sometimes feel a burden that keeps us from our mission in life. This IS our mission. If you run a home, you have a leadership role, and a leader must have a PLAN.

& here's your Queen of the kitchen Hanukkah plan:

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Nov 18, 2010

Corn muffin recipe

A moist and sweet pareve corn muffin recipe for an easy change of pace.

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Nov 18, 2010

Kosher Meat Wealth Food

What is kosher meat? First it's the way in which the animal is slaughtered, checked, handled and perpared. Finally, we must eat meat in a kosher manner and here's what I mean.

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Nov 18, 2010

Kosher Meal Plans

Kosher meal plans at thekosherchannel.com to the rescue here.

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Nov 14, 2010

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Nov 14, 2010

Easy Gazpacho Recipe

This easy gazapcho recipe was made "famous" in Atlanta's kosher market. You'll enjoy its creamy kick of curry.

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Nov 14, 2010

Inspired Chicken Soup

Irresistable, soul stirring, inspired chicken soup recipe, and a heartwarming story to go along with it.

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Nov 13, 2010

Barbecue Salmon

My oven Barbecue Salmon is fresh take on weeknight salmon and the leftovers make great fish cakes, too. The Kosher Channel is your portal for the Jewish woman who is Cooking for The King.

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Nov 12, 2010

Kosher Chili

Looking for a delicious, easy and healthy kosher chili recipe? This one goes together in a few minutes, simmers almost unattended and freezes for a quick meal later.

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Nov 12, 2010

Chicken and Rice Recipe

This Chicken and Wild Rice Pilaf is inspired by a chicken and rice recipe our daughters insisted I request from a memorable Shabbos Chanukah meal in Atlanta.

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Nov 12, 2010

Oven Fried Chicken

This is an easy make ahead recipe for delicious, moist oven fried chicken.

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Nov 12, 2010

Elise's Deli Roll

This deli roll is beyond ordinary. It serves an army of hungry men so I always make it when I have a table of starving yeshiva boys....boys are always starving, I have learned!

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Nov 12, 2010

Kosher Brisket Recipe

This is our favorite most requested kosher brisket recipe. Flavored with smoke and sweetened with coca-cola!

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Nov 12, 2010

Kosher Beef Bourguignon

Slow simmering Beef Bourguignon, a classic French method for elevating inexpensive tough cuts of meat to an entree worthy of the Shabbos Table. This is a delicious kosher Beef Bourguignon, sans bacon!

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Nov 10, 2010

Kosher Thanksgiving Recipes

Dozens of kosher Thanksgiving recipes, two complete menus to choose from for a simply scrumptious Turkey day-Queen in the Kitchen style!

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Nov 10, 2010

Simple Fruit Salad Recipe

Looking for a simple fruit salad recipe that is elegant enough to serve at a feast? Put this delicious easy recipe at the top of your easy fruit salad recipes.

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