Category Archives: cooking

New Year’s Eve Mu-Shu with Pancakes

As a Jew I make Mu Shu with Chinese pancakes not because it is a traditional New Years’ food but just because it is so delicious! Best wishes to our Chinese friends around the world celebrating the start of the 2026 Year of the Fire Horse! “Horses arrive and Success follows.”

Quick Tip: Peeling Thin-Skinned Avocados

Sometimes even a very small innovation can make a difference – like using a ceramic peeler to easily remove the skin from an avocado.

Just Landing: Fresh Granola

Sometimes the best thing to happen all day is a fresh batch of Granola. Gluten Free Granola In case you missed it, here is the Gluten Free (GF) Granola Recipe.

Just Landing: Fresh Granola

Sometimes the best thing to happen all day is a fresh batch of Granola. Gluten Free Granola In case you missed it, here is the Gluten Free (GF) Granola Recipe.

Seeded Crackers (GF)

These crackers pack enormous flavor, crunch, with added nutritional benefit from all those seeds. This is the recipe that “Big Cracker” doesn’t want you to know about. (joke)

A Game Changer for Non-Dairy Ice Cream

Are you ready for a game changer? When you need a non-dairy dessert and nothing but ice cream will satisfy, this is the product that will confuse your friends and confound your frenemies.

Passover Mushroom-Potato Pancakes

Earlier today – day 5 of Passover – I was looking through my bag of tricks for something new, something different … something for a truly satisfying dinner that does not involve matzah in any way, shape or form. These Mushroom-Potato Pancakes make a delicious change from the usual Passover fare – without any special, exotic ingredients.

One More Granola Before Pesach….

It’s almost time to switch from making conventional granola with rolled oats to quinoa for Pesach. This week I am starting to see the early posts of baking, meal plans and questions about Passover recipes. Now that I have replenished our granola supply one more tome, I will also be focusing on Passover!

Easy Tofu Tips + Everyday Tofu Recipe

If you have wistfully picked up a box of fresh tofu in the supermarket only to put it down again because it would “just sit in your refrigerator,” this is for you.