2011 March 27 | Kosher Recipes and Jewish Table Settings

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Easy Passover Chocolate Freezer Cookies- UPDATED!

12 Comments 27 March 2011

Get a head start on Passover with this great kosher chocolate cookie recipe sent in by my friend Yael over in Israel. Check out her fantastic new kosher recipe site !

“When is Passover 2011?”, you ask? Chabad.org has all the updates on this year’s Passover holiday dates so that you can begin preparing your Passover menus.

Start buying your Passover ingredients and add these Passover cookies to your Seder menu. Bake and freeze up to 4 weeks ahead of time. They are so delicious straight out of the freezer!

Ingredients:

1 cup of sugar
6 ounces Passover chocolate chips
3 egg whites
1 package Passover vanilla sugar
1/2 cups ground nuts

Preheat oven to 350F.
Melt the chocolate and let it cool.
Beat the egg whites until foamy add the vanilla and beat until stiff.
Slowly add the sugar.
Fold in the chocolate and the nuts.
Drop 1 teaspoon at a time on a greased cookie sheet.
Bake 15 minutes.
Remove when cool. Store in freezer.

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Orange Shells Filled With Strawberry Sorbet (thejewishhostess.com)
Sarah’s Passover Seder- How to Make Your Table Look Like a Million! (thejewishhostess.com)
A Down to Earth Cozy Passover Seder (thejewishhostess.com)
Fresh Mishloach Manot Pics- Add Yours to this List and Win the New York Times Passover Cookbook! (thejewishhostess.com)
Claudia’s Passover Marshmallow-Nut Log (thejewishhostess.com)
Passover Pizza Dough (thejewishhostess.com)

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How to Feel Skinny After the Seders by Sari Dana

4 Comments 27 March 2011

It’s Thursday morning, and the Seders are behind us, the kids are in school, and all that food is in us! I must be honest, as much as I tried to eat as close to my ideals as possible, the over dose of all the extra food that my body is unaccustomed to, makes my body feel….well, simply… FAT!

One part of brain tells me, “don’t be such as party-pooper!” It’s so much fun to taste everything in sight and share in the fun with friends and family. The other side of my brain says, “get over it Sari, having control over what you eat is a direct line to how you look, and more importantly feel.” For example, I hosted the first seder to 16 family guests. I was so excited to prepare my family’s favorite dishes that I forgot to prepare something acceptable for myself! Being unprepared totally left me vulnerable. As a Jewish mom, I know taking care of others sometimes precede taking care of myself. On the converse, when I ate a lunch at a friends house, it was so easy to stay focused. I was being served, and making choices was easy, knowing that eating lightly will honor my body greatly.

In retrospect, I believe it’s a sign of maturity to enjoy all the wonderful aspects about a family holiday dinner without over doing it and tipping the scale way over to what you are comfortable with. Whew! I thought I lost the ability to “have fun”, and “let loose.” Instead, I’m simply being insightful and in tune to my needs.

Just know, that Jewish women from all over the globe are going through the same thing! We are in it together! We can share in each triumphs and help each other in time of need. Like now! We do our best…. but together we can do better!

Remember…

20- 30 minutes of walking or jogging

16 lunges

16 pushups

20 -60 second planks-3x

One important tip that’s easy to follow: up your water intake! Aim for 8-10 glasses of water. You will immediately feel less bloated. Matzahs are very dry and can clogg us up, if you know what I mean…

Here’s something to look forward to…..

After 8 days of Passover (Pesach) feasting, I will be introducing my 2^nd annual “30 Day Sugar Challenge!” You are going to love this! Tell your friends and family. This challenge is for anyone and everyone who craves eating at a higher ideal.

Starting date: May 1, 2011

Ending date: June 1, 2011

Keep on the lookout for more information on how to join in and get started. But for now, enjoy your family, friends and honor your body. If not YOU…then who??

With Gratitude to All, Sari Dana

GROUP FITNESS MOVEMENT SPECIALIST LIFE STYLE COACH

sari@dananyc.com

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Delete the Flour in Your Pantry- Sweet Potato or Coconut Muffins

1 Comment 27 March 2011

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Sprinkled with Coconut

Chocolate Chunk

Nothing is more satisfying than an empty crumpled bag of whole wheat flour sitting on my kitchen counter. Especially a month before Passover.

Heckers

So when I saw Mark Bittman’s “Whole Wheat Muffin, The Remix” recipe in the New York Times, I decided it was worth a try.

The only problem was, it called for “preferably whole wheat pastry flour”, and I only had a bag of regular whole wheat flour. I also decided to see if anyone would notice if I substituted agave nectar for sugar.

I ran out and bought buttermilk, (you can also make your own easy buttermilk HERE) and on Sunday morning the muffins were mixed, baked, and out of the oven within the hour. Cleanup was a cinch. I made a double batch. The first bunch was filled with a baked and mashed sweet potato. I topped those with leftover shredded coconut from my freezer. The second batch was mixed with 3 really ripe bananas that would have otherwise gone in the garbage. I topped them with chocolate chunks just to make sure that they didnt look too healthy.

Well, I left them all in a plate, and ran out to exercise.

Conclusion: The all time favorite was the banana chocolate. Not such a hit was the sweet potato topped with coconut.

They never even guessed that agave nectar was the sweet culprit.

This is a really great grab- and- go breakfast item for the older members of the family. I have a feeling that kids under eighth grade wouldnt go for it so early in the morning but its worth a try. This is also not a recipe for a sugar lover like my sister-in-law who would rather have a Snickers for breakfast. Give it a try!