Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen

Catherine Manna sent this recipe in, and was careful to make sure all the ingredients are kosher, which is greatly appreciated. Hang in there because there is a great deal to make and I will try to go step by step, adding a bit to Catherine's original instructions. We are actually going to learn how to make: Pizza Dough Cook Spinach Leaves Roast Red Peppers (or any peppers) Make Home Made Pizza Yummy Pizza "Kosher style" Ingredients: Pizza Dough (Using a bread machine) Tomato sauce and Ranch Dressing mixed together Grated cheeses Cheddar, mozzarella, feta, parmigiana Yves Veggie Ground Round ( - This product is certified kosher) Canned artichoke hearts Cooked chopped spinach Diced olives black or green (depends on your taste buds) Sliced hot peppers Roasted red peppers sliced Diced purple onions (Optional) Salt pepper and olive oil Ingredients For Pizza Dough: 1 1/8 cups water 1 tbsp Olive oil 1 tbsp Sugar 1 tsp Salt 1 cup Whole wheat or regular flour (depends on your o...

Today we have a real special treat from Paula. I moved this up the queue simply because it is just delicious. She writes: This weekend I spent canning. I put up 75 jars of sweet pepper relish. It seems everyone with a garden felt the need to provide me with their green tomatoes. Of couse they will all receive a jar or two of relish. When all the green tomatoes were used, I was left with some red ones and decided , what the heck, may as well jar some marinara sauce. I should have closed my eyes and crawled from the kitchen but I realized, I still have apples needing to be cooked in some form. I think my family is tired of pies and cakes now so it’s on to apple turnovers. When I finished, all that was needed is someone to clean my kitchen. The floor is sticky, there are remnants of apples, tomatoes, peppers and such. It smells good, but, oh the mess… Apple Turnovers Ingredients For Pie Crust ( using as pastry crust for turnovers) 2 Cups Flour ½ Teaspoon Salt ½ Teaspoon Baking Powde...

This is one from Paula, also sitting in the queue for quite some time. I love the addition of Rum in this pie: Key Lime Pie Ingredients: 1 1/3 Cups Crushed Vanilla flavored wafer cookies 1/3 Cup Toasted Coconut Flakes ¼ Cup Melted Butter 1 Teaspoon Rum ( or Rum Extract) 2 Eggs Separated (reserve the whites) 1 (14oz) can Sweetened Condensed Milk ½ Cup Key Lime Juice ( or Lime Juice) ¼ Cup Sugar Fresh Mint Sprigs (in Israel and Middle East you can try "nana" instead) Fresh Mint You will need: 9 inch pie plate 2 small bowls 1 large bowl Electric mixer Directions: In small bowl combine crushed vanilla wafer cookies and coconut Stir together butter and Rum Add to crumb mixture Toss together to coat crumbs Press crumb mixture into slightly greased pie plate Bake on 350 degree oven , for 5 minutes Set aside In large bowl, whisk together egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, lime juice and 2 tablespoons of sugar, until combined In small bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until foamy,...

Grandma (Bubby) Sarah Video Series Of Passover Recipes Sometimes among the emails I receive I get a few gems. Today, one such gem from Michael Schreiber, Production Director of tv360.tv , which seems to be a new Internet startup (check it out), sent this one in. The videos are served from realmeals.tv (part of tv360.tv, which also owns realhealth.tv which is about healthy lifestyles and living.) I will quote from his email: Dear Fire in my kitchen, Last weekend I took my video camera and filmed a real bubby making her prized matzah ball soup... medium sinkers. Delicious... easy to replicate as you'll see in the video recipe. She also demonstrates gefilte fish... the mystery is finally revealed! Her potato kugel is great too. I made a short video recipe for each film, which you are welcome to post on your site if you like. So many of these old country recipes will disappear as these great people pass away. It's important that these recipes survive! Best, Mike I have gone th...

The following was sent in by a new contributor, Yaffa (from the USA). Because I really try and use the words of the author without changing anything when quoting your stories, I have to explain a few words and ideas here, (as Jews can be a terribly complicated bunch - especially when it comes to food!) I also will not alter your recipes except for spelling mistakes. Therefore this is NOT in the traditional way of presenting a recipe at Help! I Have A Fire In My Kitchen . However, since this is Yaffa's first, we are going to present it here as she wrote it and give her a bit of leeway! " Sephardi " refers to the cultural roots of many Jewish communities. As I linked this to Wikipedia, let us just quote a paragraph from there. A Sephardi is a Jew originating in the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal) , including the descendants of those subject to expulsion from Spain by order of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella (as codified in the Alhambra decree of 1492),...

Shrugged really has gone and done it now! This is some recipe folks. Just don't get too scared! She writes: This sounds more difficult than it is, but it does take some work. However, the payoff is well worth the effort. This stuff is awesome. I made it for the first time a couple years ago, and it quickly became my husband's favorite cake. He even requests it for his birthday now. (Good thing we dispensed with putting candles on the adults' cakes, though. The glaze gets too hard to push a candle through.) Now, I know orange juice sounds weird in a graham cracker cake, but it's necessary. It gives it a special zest, and without it, the cake is a bit boring. Walnut Graham Cake with Candied Walnut Glaze Ingredients For Cake: 1 cup butter, softened 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar 3 eggs 1 cup orange juice 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1 cup chopped walnuts Ingr...

While Paula sent in the French Toast recipe she mentioned Challah which I commented on. So Paula now sent in a recipe for braided Challah. (Picture is courtesy of Paula.) She writes: There is no better aroma than the smell of fresh, homemade bread baking... Challah Bread - Makes 2 large braids Ingredients For Challah: 4 Jumbo Eggs 1 Cup Canola Oil 1/2 Cup Sugar 1/4 cup Butter (softened to room temperature) 2 Teaspoons salt 1 Pinch saffron (optional) 1 Cup water (warm) 5 1/2 Cups flour, blend (1/2 all-purpose, 1/2 hard wheat, 4 1/2 white) 2 envelopes dry yeast Ingredients for Egg Wash for top Of Challah: 1 egg 1 teaspoon water 2 tablespoons sesame or poppy seeds Directions: Lightly grease large bowl and baking sheet; set aside. Combine first 5 ingredients in large bowl and beat until thoroughly blended. Dissolve saffron in water or milk and add to mixing bowl. Beat in 2 1/4 cups flour and yeast. Continue beating 2 minutes, t...