Fast Guidebook Part II: How to Break Your Fast

Fast Guidebook Part II: How to Break Your Fast

There are going to be a lot of opinions out there about how to break a fast, but there are two main goals we are meant to achieve with a post fast meal. Firstly, we want to replenish the body with the nutrients it is lacking, and secondly we want to avoid a blood...
Fast Guidebook Part I: What to Eat Before a Fast

Fast Guidebook Part I: What to Eat Before a Fast

The Ninth of Av is one of the harder fasts here in Israel. Aside from it ending super late, we are also usually in middle of a heat wave at this time of the year. So properly preparing is key to getting through the fast. Let’s jump right in. What to eat BEFORE a fast:...
Cashew Cinnamon Spiced Cookies

Cashew Cinnamon Spiced Cookies

Thought it was time to make cashew butter a star. The yummiest cookies always involve peanut butter, but this always leaves those with peanut allergies missing out. And I really like to make recipes that vary so that people with different dietary restrictions have a...
Silan Glazed Turkey Balls

Silan Glazed Turkey Balls

Always looking for ways to please my kids in the food department. My three year old is one of the pickiest eaters I’ve met. Seriously though. My siblings have lots and lots of kids (I think I’m at 20 nieces and nephews from my side?) and non of them have...
Tropical Iced Tea Lemonade

Tropical Iced Tea Lemonade

Anyone else obsessed with the passion fruit iced tea lemonade at Starbucks? Brings me back such high school nostalgia! I found once moving to Israel that there’s no equivalent to a good iced tea readily available at your typical cafe. So had to take it upon myself to...