RECIPE: Roasted Beets & Carrots

Roasted beets and carrots: colorful, healthful, tasty. Photo courtesy Love Beets.   We love this dish for the harvest season. It evokes the Halloween and the harvest moon. And root vegetables are good for you as well as pretty. They’re filled with antioxidants, fiber and vitamins. While we love all of the beautiful varieties of…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Caramel Apple Bar With Lots Of Toppings

How do you roll (your apple, that is)? Photo courtesy Kimberly Reiner | The Sugar Mommas.   For a family treat or Halloween entertaining, how about a caramel apple bar? Unlike the crackling-hard red candy apple coating, caramel coating remains pliant and you can press in candies and other garnishes. Start with this recipe for…
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HALLOWEEN: Bat Cookies

You need a bat cookie cutter to make these cute cookies, but they’re worth it. If you can’t find one locally, buy a bat cookie cutter online and make bat cookies an annual tradition. The recipe is courtesy California Raisins, whose delicious raisins are used in the cookies. There are many more recipes on the…
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HALLOWEEN: Ice Cream Cake

It’s October first, and the countdown to Halloween begins. Candy is dandy, but we’d prefer ice cream cake. You can make a simple ice cream cake and decorate it with Halloween candies (recipe below), or order this Haunted House Cake from Baskin-Robbins. Make a Halloween ice cream cake an annual friends-and-family tradition. You can start…
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ROSH HASHANAH: Classic Tzimmes Recipe

The Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah is celebrated this year from the evening of Wednesday, September 4th through the evening of Friday, September 6th (in the Hebrew calendar, the year is year 5774. European (Ashkenazic) Jews have a feast that traditionally includes: Gefilte fish appetizer Chicken soup Brisket or roast chicken Carrot and sweet potato…
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