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Shnortnin’ Bread for Pesach

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I'd like to blame Pesach shopping for my failure to write a blog post last week, but Mrs. Wex, a berye of the very first order, has long since had all the makings of kosher-for Passover Farfelroons safely stowed in knotted plastic bags in a corner of our basement, directly beneath a photo of the Strettiner Rebbe in his...

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Kosher for passover breakfast recipes

As you know I like to provide our readers with ideas for great recipes on Passover. Well our dear friend and Jewish cooking maven Leah Koenig has come up with three fabulous breakfast recipes on Chow.com. I'm especially excited about the cherry matzo brei - it looks completely delicious. Leah managed to find kosherle pesach pure vanilla essence. I always thought that you couldn't have it because of the...

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Passover Potato Kugel from Libby’s Kitchen

This Passover potato kugel comes from our dear departed Libby Sklamberg, ala-ha-sholem. Ingredients 2 1/2 lbs. potatoes (russets - about 6 medium) 1 large onion 1/2 cup matzo meal 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt 2 extra large eggs, beaten 1/4 cup peanut oil (use olive or walnut oil if you consider peanut oil kitniot) and..... my secret weapon - - - white pepper to taste Preparation Preheat the oven to 325...

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Mom’s Mustachudos from Libby’s Kitchen

This recipe came from our dear friend Libby Sklamberg, ala-ha-sholem. No one will be able to resist these great Passover cookies! Ingredients 3/4 cup coarsely ground almonds 3 1/4 cups coarsely ground walnuts & pecans (combined) 2 large eggs, beaten 1/4 cup sugar 2 tbsp orange marmalade (or honey plus orange zest) 1/4 tsp ground cloves 3/4 tsp cinnamon Preparation Preheat oven to 350 degrees...

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Eggplant lasagna from Werner and Sharon’s kitchens

This recipe is from Werner Lamm from Germany. He was given it by his friend Susan from Brussels - a truly international selection! Ingredients 1 jar of tomato sauce 1 eggplant 8 cloves of garlic, chopped 2 onions, chopped 5 mushrooms, sliced 8 oz of grated mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup of parmesan cheese 1 tsp oregano 1/2 teaspoon powdered garlic hot pepper flakes to taste 5 to 6 matzot Preparation Preheat the...