MAX'S KOSHER KITCHEN

2010-08-04T00:07:00.000-07:00

The Kitchen as the Center of Our Home

2010-08-03T11:36:00.000-07:00

Written by
Davida Snyder

As many of you know my mother was an amazing cook and the kitchen was where it all happened. The kitchen was very much the center of our home. It was where our family had dinner together on weekdays, where my brother and I did our homework and where we helped my mom cook for Shabbat, holidays and other special meals. I often remember going into the kitchen when my mother was cooking one of her many specialties and asking her what she was cooking. She taught my brother, my father and I how to cook and from the time we were little we always helped her cook various meals.

I will never forget being in the kitchen before holidays like Rosh Hashana and Passover and making ‘Rosh Hashana cookies’, carrot kugel and matzo lasagna. As most of you know my mom wrote recipes down anywhere she could and I know she would have loved to see her recipes all together in an organized format. I will never forget all the things my mother taught me about cooking and life in general. I only hope that I can be as good a cook as my mother was. She always told me to be the best person I can be and I am very happy to have helped produce this online cookbook of my eema’s recipes as a remembrance to her.

May my mother’s memory always be for a blessing.

Lastly, I want to thank my cousin Sari Kronish for designing and putting the recipes on the blog and for helping to make this idea into a reality.

Davida

Mandlebrot

2010-08-02T19:34:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

3 Eggs
3/4 cup Oil
1 cup Sugar
3 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon (more if you like cinnamon)
salt
Sliced almonds (can use pecans instead) - enough to be evenly distributed throughout batter

What to do?

Mix eggs, oil, and sugar. Sift flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon and add it to mixture. Spread on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool, turn, toast sides after slicing.

Fettucini Alfredo

2010-08-02T18:55:00.000-07:00

Ami's Favorite - and has been since 3 year old nursery school!

Ingredients:

1/2 pound Parmesan cheese grated
1 pound Fettucini Noodles
8 oz. Container heavy cream
1 stick Butter or margarine
Salt and pepper to taste

What to do?

Boil Fettucini noodles according to directions on box and drain. In a small saucepan melt 1 stick of butter or margarine with cream over low heat heat. Drain pasta and into warm bowl. Pour butter and cream over noodles and toss. Toss in 1 cup of Parmesan grated cheese. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve on warm plate with additional grated cheese on the side.

Sugar Cookies

2010-08-02T18:46:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

3.25 cups Flour
1.5 cups Sugar
2/3 cups shortening
2 eggs
2 Tablespoons milk
2.5 teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt

What to do?

mix all ingredients at low - Then beat at medium for approximately 4 minutes. Refrigerate dough 2 - 3 hours (form dough into a ball, wrap). Use 1/3 dough at a time and keep rest refrigerated. Roll out and round. Bake for 8 minutes at 400 degrees.

Pumpkin Pecan Pie

2010-08-02T18:39:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

3 Slightly beaten eggs
1 cup Canned pumpkin
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Dark corn syrup
1 t Vanilla
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup Chopped pecans
1 unbaked quiche shell

What to do?

Combine eggs, pumpkin, sugar, syrup and spices. Mix well. Pour onto shell. Top with pecans and bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until knife inserted comes out clean. Chill. Top with whipped cream.

Hamantashen Recipie

2010-08-02T18:30:00.000-07:00

Maxine spent many Purims making Hamantashen with help from Ami and Davida. In addition to Jelly, they used to use chocolate chips as a flavor.

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Soft Shortening
1 cup Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 teaspoon flavoring (vanilla or lemon)
2.5 cups Sifted Flour
1 teaspoon Baking powder
1 teaspoon Salt
Jelly or Jam (flavor as desired)

What to do?

Mix shortening, sugar, eggs and flavoring together. Add flour, baking power and salt. Chill 1 hour. Roll out 1/8" thick. Cut in squares. Place 1 teaspoon of jam or jelly in the center of each square and pinch sides together to form triangular shape. Place on greased baking sheet. Bake until golden - about 6 to 8 minutes at 400 degrees.

Carrot Cake

2010-08-02T18:14:00.000-07:00

One of Ami's favorite desserts!

Ingredients:

1 cup Oil
2 cups Sugar
4 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2.5 cups Flour
2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1.5 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
2 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 lb grated carrots

What to do?

Beat oil and sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating all the time. Add vanilla and mix. Sift dry ingredients and Add to above. Add carrots and mix well. Put in 3 x 9 inch greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Frosting:

1 8 oz. Cream Cheese
4 Tablespoon Margarine
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
3 cups confectioners sugar

What to do?

Cream the Cream cheese and Margarine and heat vanilla and confectioners sugar in the mixture.

Janis Rice

2010-08-02T18:05:00.000-07:00

Maxine got this recipe from her friend Janis, which became a family hit known as Janis Rice.

Ingredients:

1/4 lb Margarine
3 cups Fine Noodles, uncooked
1 cup minute rice
1 package Onion Soup
3 cups boiling water

What to do?

Brown Noodles. Add rice and onion soup. Add water, cover and cook on low.

Cranapple Dowdy

2008-08-09T09:37:00.001-07:00

This recipe was given to Maxine by Joan Vanderwalde and Phyllis Lauer.

Ingredients:

3 to 4 apples peeled and sliced.
1 can of whole berry cranberry sauce.
Breadcrumbs
½ cup flour
2/3 cup brown sugar
2/3 cup margarine
1 cup oatmeal

What to do?

Put the apples on the bottom of a baking dish. Pour the cranberry sauce on top of the apples. Put the breadcrumbs on top of the sauce. Combine flour, brown sugar, margarine, and oatmeal and put as the top layer in the baking dish. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Eggplant Parmigiana

2008-08-09T09:36:00.001-07:00

Serves 4 to 6 people

Ingredients:

1 medium eggplant
Flour
1 egg beaten with some milk
Dried breadcrumbs
Olive oil
½ lb. shredded mozzarella or sliced swiss cheese
6 oz. tomato paste
Oregano
Garlic clove
Salt and pepper
1 cup parmesan cheese

What to do?

Wash the eggplant and without peeling it, slice ¾ inch thick. Dip the eggplant in flour, then in the egg, then the breadcrumbs and saute in oil. Arrange in baking pan and put a slice or two of swiss cheese or mozzarella. Make tomato sauce by mixing tomato paste with oregano, salt, pepper, garlic clove and spread tomato sauce on the cheese. Spread parmesan on top and bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

Blintze Souffle

2008-08-09T09:35:00.000-07:00

Once Maxine discovered this recipe it became a staple for many dairy meals and a family favorite.

Ingredients:

12 frozen blintzes
½ cup orange juice
6 eggs
1 cup sour cream
1 t vanilla
½ cup sugar
A pinch of salt
½ to ¾ stick margarine or butter

What to do?

Grease a large baking dish big enough to hold all the blintzes. Blend all the ingredients together and pour the mixture over the blintzes. (You do not have to thaw the blintzes) Sprinkle with cinnamon and bake 1 hour at 350 degrees.

Spanakopita (Spinach Pie)

2008-08-09T09:34:00.000-07:00

It’s a long recipe but very worth it in the end. This dish is how I first started liking spinach. I tasted it at a friend’s house and Maxine started making it once in a while after she found out I liked spinach.

Makes 30 Pieces

Ingredients:

4 10-oz. boxes frozen spinach
2 T butter plus 1¼ cup melted
¼ cup olive oil
1 bunch scallions, chopped fine
1 large yellow onion, chopped fine
½ cup fresh dill, chopped fine
1/3 bunch fresh parsley, chopped fine
1 lb. creamed cottage cheese
1½ lbs. feta cheese
8 large eggs
1 lb. prepared phyllo dough
¼ cup grated romano cheese
½ t salt

What to do?

Cook thawed spinach in boiling salt water for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, drain and press out the liquid. In a small frying pan, melt 2 T butter with ¼ cup olive oil and add scallions, yellow onion, dill and parsley and sauté until golden brown. In a large mixing bowl, combine crumbled feta and cottage cheese, drained spinach, onion mixture and 8 slightly beaten eggs. Mix well.
Melt remaining butter in a small saucepan. With a pastry brush, butter a 17 by 11½ by 2¼ inch baking pan. Place 1 phyllo sheet in pan and allow the phyllo to overlap sides of the pan. Add another sheet and using pastry brush, brush lightly each phyllo sheet with melted butter. Repeat procedure until there are 12 layers of buttered phyllo sheets on the bottom of the pan. Pout spinach/cheese mixture slowly over phyllo sheets in pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle grated cheese and ½ t salt over spinach. Repeat procedure for brushing each phyllo sheet until the remaining phyllo sheets (about 12 sheets) have all been used. Top phyllo sheet should be brushed heavily with butter to assure golden brown color. With a sharp knife gently cut through the layers of the phyllo, making 6 lengthwise cuts. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Let cool for 2 minutes, then cut into diamond shaped pieces.

Sweet Potato Pie

2008-08-09T09:33:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

2 Deep dish pie crusts
3-4 boiled sweet potatoes
1 stick margarine
1 cup sugar
1 t vanilla
1 t lemon extract
3 eggs
1 T flour
6 oz. coffee rich
6 oz. water

What to do?

Put all ingredients in a food processor and put mixture in pie crusts. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Vegetable Casserole

2008-08-09T09:33:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

2 onions
2 green peppers
2 tomatoes
1 zucchini
Green beans
Cauliflower
3 carrots
½ cup barley
¼ t lemon juice
1 garlic clove
2 t. paprika
Pepper
1 packet GW seasonings

What to do?

Saute all the vegetables. Put the barley on the bottom of the casserole dish and put ½ cup of water in the dish as well. Put seasoning and all sautéed vegetables on top and pour lemon juice and spices on top of the vegetables. Cover the casserole dish and bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour.

Tuna Noodle Casserole

2008-08-09T09:32:00.000-07:00

I clearly remember my mother making this dish for the four of us for a typical family dinner during the week. She definitely knew it was one of our favorites!

Ingredients:

1 can of cream of mushroom soup
½ cup milk
1 cup cooked peas
2 T chopped pimiento (optional)
2 cans (about 6 oz. each) tuna, drained and flaked
2 cups hot cooked medium egg noodles
2 T dry bread crumbs
1 T margarine, melted

What to do?

In 2 quart casserole dish mix soup, milk, peas, pimiento, tuna and noodles and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until hot. Stir and sprinkle bread crumbs mixed with margarine over tuna mixture. Bake for 5 more minutes or until bread crumbs are golden.

Butternut Squash Bake

2008-08-09T08:02:00.000-07:00

Serves 6

Ingredients:

3lbs. butternut squash, cooked and mashed (about 3 cups)
¼ cup milk
2 T flour
1/8 t salt
1 T sugar
1/2 t grated lemon peel
½ t grated orange peel
2 T margarine
2 eggs, beaten

What to do?

Bake whole squash at 400 degrees for about 1 hour (or slice and microwave on high about 10-15 minutes). Discard seeds and scoop out pulp. Mash and mix squash and remaining ingredients. Place in greased casserole and bake at 350 degrees uncovered for 50 minutes or until firm in the center.

Crustless Asparagus Quiche

2008-08-08T09:41:00.001-07:00

Makes 4 Servings

Ingredients:

½ cup minced celery
2 T minced Shallot or onion
18 asparagus spears, blanched and cut into 1 inch pieces
6 eggs
1 cup lowfat milk
½ cup plain low fat yogurt
¼ pound gruyere or another type of cheese, shredded and divided
2 T chopped Italian parsley
¼ t each salt and red pepper
1 T plus 1 t grated parmesan cheese

What to do?

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray non stick skillet with non stick cooking spray; add celery and shallot (or onion) and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 2 minutes. Add asparagus and cook, stirring occasionally, 1 minute longer. Spray 9 inch pie plate with non stick cooking spray and arrange vegatables in plate. Set aside and let cool. In medium bowl, beat together eggs, milk, yogurt, 3 ounces of gruyere cheese, the parsley, salt, and pepper and pour into pie plate. Combining remaining cheese; sprinkle over quiche. Bake for 35 minutes (until a knife inserted in centre comes out clean).

Squash Quiche

2008-08-08T09:40:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

(4 to 6 Servings)
Crust for a 9 inch quiche pan
½ cup grated Swiss cheese
½ cup of another type of grated cheese
½ cup grated cheddar cheese
1 tiny zucchini, peeled and sliced
1 tiny yellow squash, peeled and sliced
1 small onion, diced
1 T olive oil
2 eggs
½ cup sour cream
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 t fresh savory (spice), chopped
1 t fresh parsley, chopped

What to do?

Mix cheeses together and sprinkle ¾ cup in bottom of crust. Sautee zucchini, yellow squash and onion in olive oil for 3 minutes (just to get them started cooking). Spread on top of cheese. Mix together eggs, sour cream, remaining cheese, salt and pepper, savory (spice) and parsley and spread on top of quiche. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until set and knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

Sari’s Dairy Quiche

2008-08-08T09:38:00.000-07:00

Sari Kronish gave my mom this Kronish family recipe and she really enjoyed making it and we loved eating it.

Ingredients :

1 large plain yogurt
3 eggs
1 T flour
1 T onion soup mix
½ bag grated cheddar cheese

What to do?

Mix it all together and put it in pie shell. Cook uncovered for 1 hour at 350 degrees. During the last minutes turn up the oven temperature so it gets brown.

Cottage Cheese Quiche

2008-08-08T09:37:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1-9 inch unbaked pie shell
2 cups of cottage cheese
½ cup of grated swiss cheese
2 eggs
A small grated onion
Salt and Pepper
A ½ of a 3 ounce can of French fried onions

What to do?

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Partially bake pie shell until golden, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven. Reduce temperature to 350 degrees/ Combine cottage cheese, swiss cheese, eggs, onion, salt and pepper and heat well. Put mixture into pie shell. Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with crushed onion rings. Bake an additional 10-15 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

Salmon Quiche

2008-08-08T09:36:00.000-07:00

This quiche was a favorite of our family. It tastes amazing. Maxine liked to make it for a nice dairy Shabbat lunch.

Ingredients:

1 large 15 ½ ounce can of Red Salmon flaked and drained
A juice of 1 lemon
4 T mayonnaise
2 eggs
1 T mustard
½ cup half and half, coffee rich, or plain yogurt
1 cup of onion rings

What to do?

Mix all together and put the mixture in a pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

Janis’ lowfat carrot kugel

2008-07-24T02:46:00.000-07:00

Maxine received this recipe from her best friend Janis as an easy, lowfat alternative for carrot kugel and over time it became another family favorite!

Ingredients:

2 cups of sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
3 jars of baby food carrots
4 eggs
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup oil
½ cup apple sauce

What to do?

Mix all together and put in baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes. Couldn't be easier!

Carrot Mold

2008-07-24T02:44:00.000-07:00

This kugel was Davida and Ami’s childhood favorite, no question!

Ingredients:

1 cup grated carrots
¾ cup solid Crisco
1 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 and ¼ cup flour
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg

What to do?

Sift the baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg together. Mix Crisco and sugar together. Add eggs and beat well. Add dry, sifted ingredients to mixture. Add carrots and lemon juice last. Put in ring mold. Grease it slightly to aid in removal of the mold at the end. Bake for 45 minutes in 350 degrees.

Spinach Kugel

2008-07-24T02:42:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

2 packages of chopped spinach
1-8oz. package of Muenster cheese
1 small carton of cottage cheese
1 onion chopped
1 can of mushrooms
2 cloves of garlic
4 eggs

What to do?

Defrost and drain the spinach. Sautee onion, mushrooms and garlic and then let them cool. Beat the eggs, add in cottage cheese, grated muenster cheese, and mix well. Put everything together in the pan and bake for 40 minutes on about 350 degrees.

Noodle Pudding

2008-07-24T02:42:00.001-07:00

Serves 12

Ingredients:

1 pound broad noodles
6 eggs
1 pint of sour cream
1 pound of cottage cheese
1 cup of milk
2½ teaspoons of salt
4 tablespoons sugar
6 tablespoons melted butter

What to do?

Cook the noodles and then drain them in cold water. Mix with the rest of the ingredients.
Place in greased casserole. Top with crushed cornflakes and dot with lots of butter. When ready to serve, bake at 375 degrees for 1½ hours.

Apple Kugel

2008-07-24T02:40:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

1½ pounds cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 sweet apples
2 pears
6 peaches
grated puree of an orange
butter
baking dish

What to do?

Cook the fruit in the sugar and water. Remove from heat and mix into baking dish
with: ¾ cup oatmeal, ¾ cup flour, ¾ cup dark brown sugar, and ½ cup honey. Bake for 50-60 minutes at 350 degrees in a 9 by 13 pan.

Pineapple Noodle Pudding

2008-07-24T02:40:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1 stick of margarine
8 ounce box of medium noodles
3 eggs
8 ounces of cottage cheese
2 cups of milk
20 ounces of uncrushed pineapple
1/3 cup of sugar
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla
cornflakes

What to do?

Melt 1 stick of margarine in a 9 by 13 inch pan. Mix the noodles in with the beaten eggs, cottage cheese, milk, pineapple, sugar, and vanilla. Sprinkle on top with cracked cornflakes. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour

Cranberry Orange Bread

2008-07-24T02:39:00.001-07:00

Makes 2 loaves

Ingredients:

3 cups all purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1½ teaspoon baking soda
1 ½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
2 cups of whole cranberry sauce, fresh or canned
½ cup orange juice
½ cup melted butter or margarine
2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
½ cup chopped walnuts

What to do?

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour two 8 ½ by 4 ½ by 2½ inch loaf pans. Stir and toss together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Place eggs, sugar, cranberry sauce, orange juice, butter, orange zest, and walnuts in a large mixing bowl and mix well. Add the combined dry ingredients and beat just until the batter is smooth. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans and bake for about 50 to 55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let cool in the pans for about 5 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.

Cranberry Nut Bread

2008-07-24T02:38:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 cup of fresh of frozen cranberries, chopped
½ cup chopped nuts
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
2 cups of all purpose flour
1 cup of sugar
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoon shortening
¾ cup orange juice
1 egg well beaten

What to do?

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour a 9 by 5 by 3 inch loaf pan. Prepare cranberries, nuts and orange peel. Set aside. In a bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, soda, and shortening. Stir in orange juice, egg and orange peel mixing just to moisten. Fold in cranberries and nuts. Spoon into prepared pan. Bake 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Remove from pan, cool completely, wrap and store overnight.

San Diego Sunshine Bread

2008-07-24T02:36:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons of red star yeast
2 cups flour
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoon brown sugar
2 tablespoon margarine
orange rind-dash
1 cup water

What to do?

Put the bread machine on the sweet bread setting. Will go up to 2/3 of the pan. Take out, pam spray the pan, shape it into a loaf. Leave it in the oven for an hour at least. Bake it at 350 degrees for 22 minutes or until it is golden brown.

Lemon Loaf

2008-07-24T02:35:00.000-07:00

Can be dairy or pareve

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons of butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten
1 ½ cups sifted all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch of salt
½ cup milk or coffee rich
grated rind of 1 lemon
juice of 1 large lemon
½ cup sugar

What to do?

Cream together the sugars and butter (or margarine). Add the beaten eggs and blend well. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt and stir into the egg mixture alternatively with the milk (or coffee rich) - stir in the lemon rind. Beat well. Pour into a greased loaf pan (8 by 4 by 4) and bake in a preheated oven at 325 degrees for 45 minutes.

Barley Soup

2008-07-23T04:26:00.000-07:00

Makes 2 ½ quarts

Ingredients:

2 quarts golden (yellow split pea) broth mixture
1 bay leaf
¼ teaspoon black pepper
1 ¼ cups barley
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced

What to do?

If you are making the broth fresh for this soup, add the barley, bay leaf and black pepper to the yellow split pea mixture when you add the hot water, so the barley can cook while the split peas do. Otherwise, cook the barley until tender, along with the bay leaf and black pepper in the broth. The barley will take about an hour and a half to cook. After the first hour and 10 minutes, add the bell pepper and mushrooms and cook for another 20 minutes. Add salt to taste if desired.

Gespacho

2008-07-21T04:30:00.000-07:00

When made by Maxine, this soup was always a hit!

Ingredients:

6 ripe tomatoes, peeled and drained
2 cups tomato juice
1/3 cup olive oil
5 tablespoons lemon juice
garlic juice or minced garlic
1 teaspoon of sweet basil
1 teaspoon salad herbs
dash of Tabasco sauce
salt, pepper, sugar - to taste

What to do?

Mix all ingredients. Chill at least 2 hours. Serve with diced cucumbers, sweet onion, green pepper, celery and croutons. Easy and yummy as pie!

Many Bean Soup

2008-07-21T04:28:00.000-07:00

From Laurels Kitchen
8 to 10 cups

Ingredients:

1 onion, chopped
¼ cup oil
1½ teaspoons paprika
1 cup pinto beans
8 to 10 cups water or vegetable stock
1 tablespoon celery seed
1 bay leaf
1 cup kidney beans
1 cup lima beans
1 cup yellow split peas
1 ½ teaspoons dill weed
4 teaspoons salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
optional-chopped vegetable

What to do?

Sauté onion lightly in oil, with paprika. Rinse Pinto beans in cold water and add them to the onion along with 4 cups of water or stock, celery seed and bay leaf. Partially cover the pot and cook for about 1 hour. Wash and add kidney beans and lima. Add more liquid if much has boiled away. Cook another hour still partially covered. Rinse and add split peas, dill, salt and pepper. Be sure there is enough liquid to keep soup soupy. Cook another hour, partially covered. For many bean stew, you can add chunks of celery, carrot and potato or whatever vegetables you like halfway through this hour. Cook 3 hours.

Pareve Carrot Soup

2008-07-21T04:27:00.002-07:00

Ingredients:

4 leeks
4 large potatoes
4 pounds of carrots
4 cubes of pareve chicken soup

What to do?

Chop the leeks and sauté in olive oil for 10 minutes, or until soft. Sauté potatoes and carrots in oil for 5 or so minutes. Add 8-10 cups of the soup mix and simmer for 30 minutes all together. Puree and then add more of the soup stock depending on how thick you like it. Bring to a boil and add 2 teaspoons of curry powder and some salt and pepper Honey is also a nice touch! Cook for another 10 minutes or so so the spices are well absorbed. Enjoy.

American Café Summer Vegetable Soup

2008-07-21T04:27:00.001-07:00

6 Servings

Ingredients:

¼ cup olive oil
1 small onion, coarsely chopped
1 large clove garlic, finely chopped
1 large red sweet pepper, coarsely chopped
2 small zucchini, coarsely chopped
2 small yellow squash, coarsely chopped
1 cup canned plum tomatoes with juice
1 teaspoon fennel seed
1 ½ teaspoons salt
a sprinkle of thyme
¾ teaspoon black pepper
½ pound (1/2 basket) cherry tomatoes
4 large fresh basil leaves or 1 teaspoon dried
1 ½ tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 ½ cups tomato juice

What to do?

In a pan large enough for all the ingredients, heat the olive oil until very hot. Add all ingredients except for the cherry tomatoes, basil, vinegar, and tomato juice. Stir and cook over medium heat for 6 minutes. Add cherry tomatoes and basil, cook 10 minutes more. Add vinegar and tomato juice. Cool for a few minutes and puree soup in batches in a blender. Chill well and serve cold garnished with a thin lemon slice.

Sherrie’s Sweet Challah

2008-07-17T00:24:00.000-07:00

Maxine received this recipe from her good friend Sherrie Schulman and it truly became a family favorite.

Add the following ingredients in the following order:

2 ¼ teaspoon of yeast
2 ½ cups flour to 3 cups of flour
½ teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons of sugar
1 tablespoon of oil
1 cup of water 105 to 125 degrees Fahrenheit (usually around 115 degrees Fahrenheit)
1 egg and 1 egg white
little cinnamon and nutmeg

What to do?

Put the above mix into the bread machine on the sweet bread-manual.
Take out and divide into 2. Make 5 smaller balls of dough and 1 larger one.
Put in a 6 inch aluminum foil pan.
Put in a warm place to rise for 30-45 minutes.
Finally, put it in the oven on 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes.

Carrot Salad

2008-07-16T12:42:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

2 pound bag of carrots (12 -14 carrots)
1 large onion-thinly sliced
1 large green pepper sliced

To dress:

15 ounce can of tomato sauce
1 cup sugar
1 cup oil
¾ cup vinegar
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1 teaspoon salt½ teaspoon pepper

What to do?

Cook, drain, cool and slice carrots crosswise. Thinly slice the onion. Chop the pepper. Add tomato sauce and all other ingredients, pour over the vegetables. Marinate before serving. Serve room temperature.

Cucumber Salad

2008-07-16T12:41:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

3-4 cucumbers
1 onion sliced thinly

To dress:

1 tablespoon salt
½ cup vinegar
½ cup water
½ teaspoon sugar
pepper
paprika
dill

What to do?

Thinly slice the onion and the cucumbers. Dress. Serve chilled.

Three Bean Salad

2008-07-16T12:40:00.001-07:00

Ingredients:

1 16 ounce cut green beans
1 16 ounce cut yellow wax beans
1 16 ounce red kidney beans
¼ cup chopped green pepper
1 medium size onion-thinly sliced

To dress:

½ cup cider vinegar
1/3 cup salad oil
½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper

What to do?

Drain the beans. Chop and measure green pepper. Thinly slice the onion. Mix together. Dress.

Corn and Black Bean Salad

2008-07-16T12:37:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

1 can black beans
1 can of corn
1 red pepper
medium tomato
jalapeno pepper
garlic clove
½ cup green onion
½ cup red onion
parsley cut up

To dress:

1 teaspoon hot pepper Tabasco sauce
½ teaspoon chile pepper
1 tablespoon lemon lime juice
¾ cup of Italian dressing

What to do?

Rinse and drain the corn. Chop the pepper and tomato. Chop and measure the onions. Mince the parsley. Mix everything together. Dress.

Salmon and Pasta Salad

2008-07-16T12:36:00.000-07:00

4 servings

Ingredients:

1¼ cups pasta - spirals or whole wheat pasta shells
½ green pepper
½ small zucchini
2 large scallions
7 ¾ ounce-can water packed salmon
8 cherry tomatoes

To Dress:

1 tablespoon fresh dillweed, or 1 ½ teaspoons dried
1 tablespoon fresh parsley
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon mayonnaise

What to do?

Chop the peppers, dice the zucchini, chop the scallions (including the tops), mince the parsley, drain the salmon. Boil pasta in water, drain and cool. Toss with all other ingredients, chill. Garnish with the cherry tomatoes.

Persian Rice Salad

2008-07-16T12:35:00.000-07:00

4 servings

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked long grain brown rice, cooled
3 scallions
1/3 cup toasted cashew pieces, optional
4 to 6 medium dates

To dress:

3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons lemon juice
¼ to ½ teaspoon dill weed (to taste)
½ teaspoon salt, optional

What to do?

Cook the rice and then cool it. Thinly slice the scallions. Cut the dates into pieces. Dress rice with combined olive oil, lemon juice and dill weed, adding salt to taste unless rice was salted before cooking. Combine with cashew pieces, scallions, and dates and serve immediately. (If you don’t serve it right away, reserve the cashews and add when you do.) This is particularly good with any greens dish.

Orange-Onion Salad with cumin dressing

2008-07-16T12:34:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

6 naval oranges sectioned
1 medium red onion sliced thin
1/3 cup of pitted nicoise olives (not ripe black olives)
1 bunch of waterchesnuts washed

To dress:

1/2 cup of olive oil
½ teaspoon of ground cumin
¼ cup orange juice
2 pinches salt
½ teaspoon chopped garlic
2 tablespoon white vinegar

What to do?

Combine dressing ingredients and blend well.
Section the oranges, thinly slice the onion, pit the olives, wash the waterchesnuts.
Toss oranges, onions, and olives with dressing until thoroughly mixed.
Line a glass bowl with waterchesnuts and put rest in middle.
Drizzle dressing on waterchesnuts.

Sesame Noodle Salad

2008-07-16T12:32:00.000-07:00

Kids love it! Maxine's kids always looked forward to her making it!!

Ingredients:

1 pound of spaghetti noodles
4 scallions

soy sause, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, hot chile oil

To dress:

4 tablespoons of toasted sesame oil
4 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of rice wine vinegar
½ teaspoon hot chile oil

What to do?

Boil spaghetti and cool. Chop the scallions. Mix together. Dress.

Broccoli Salad

2008-07-16T12:30:00.000-07:00

Ingredients:

2 large bunches of broccoli
4 eggs
2 small cans of olives or mushrooms
1 onion

To dress:

2 packages of ranch valley original recipe dressing mix
1/8 ounce carton of sour cream
¼ cup mayonnaise

What to do?

Boil and chop the eggs, spoon the broccoli into small flowers, pit the olives, chop the onion finely and mix together. Pour on dressing and serve.

Nicoise Salad

2008-07-16T12:26:00.000-07:00

Serves 8 to 10

Ingredients:

3 Idaho Potatoes
2 6 ounce cans white tuna in water
2 ripe tomatoes
2 green peppers
1 pound green beans
4 eggs
¼ cup black nicoise olives
¼ cup green olives

What to do?

Boil the potatoes and cut them in ½ inch cubes.
Cut the tomatoes in 8 wedges.
Clean and cut the peppers in 2-inch slices
Trim and boil the green beans
Boil the eggs and quarter them lengthwise

Allow all ingredients to cool. Mix everything into a big bowl and serve.