{Gluten-Free} Roasted Strawberry Almond Flour Muffins
04/08/14

Jewhungry kosher food blog almond meal muffins

Hey! How is everyone?  I’m hungry.  I’m always kinda hungry but, at this moment, I am hungrier than usual.  I have not been eating the healthiest of breakfasts this past week or so and I am positive I am feeling the ramifications of this. I’m no nutritionist, but I can tell you with confidence that coffee is not a balanced breakfast.  Oy.

Jewhungry kosher food blog almond meal muffins

There were several weeks in a row where I was a mini muffin machine.  I was cranking out my favorite gluten-free mini muffins like they were gonna go out of style.  I’d have 2 or 3 of those puppies in the morning and be good to go by the time I had lunch at 11am (when you’re up at 6am every morning and you work at a school that provides a delicious free lunch to the employees, you eat lunch at 11am).  After several weeks of the same muffin, however, it was time to start diversifying the menu.  And since necessity is the mother of all invention, the muffin recipe featured in this post (and on The Nosher) was born.

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The recipe can be found over at My Jewish Learning’s foodie website, The Nosher.  But in the meantime, I’m posting a few pictures here to help whet your palette.  Oh, and for some really exciting additional reading, check out The Miami New Times’ article on 4 Bloggers Dish: Passover and my take on eating kosher in Miami.  And don’t forget (I mean, how could you?), Passover is a week away! If you are in need of delicious, whole food recipes for your Passover meals or any meal, really, you can have your very own copy of my E-cookbook, co-authored by the fabulous writers of Kosher Like Me, What Jew Wanna Eat and The Patchke Princess.  Our book, 4 Bloggers Dish: Passover; Modern Twists on Traditional Recipes, is a #1 bestseller on Amazon!  Click here to find out more and order your very own copy.

Chag Passover Sameach, y’all!

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Krab Cakes with Zucchini Noodles & Avocado Crema
03/30/14

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It happened that when I was 10 years-old I got drunk.  I didn’t mean to get drunk.  To be honest, I didn’t know what ‘drunk’ was and it’s not like I set out to get drunk either.  It’s just that when a byproduct of your culture/religion is a beverage that can only be described as the simple child of the marriage between grape juice and cheap red wine, children will get drunk.  They just will.

Manischewitz was the game and I was the player.  The adults around our Passover Seder table were smart enough not to finish their required 4 cups of Manischewitz (it’s not even known as ‘wine’; that’s how sugary sweet and cheap Manischewitz is).  And so, when no one was looking I finished everybody’s cups.  I mean EVERYBODY’S.

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I don’t have to tell you what several glasses of Manischewitz can do to a 10 year-old.  Needless to say, there were stomach aches and there may have been a fetal position here or there but I did survive.  I also didn’t learn my lesson. Fast forward 9 years and there were definitely a few bottles of Manischewitz passed around a gathering of the only Jewish kids at my small Ohio liberal arts college in the name of celebrating Passover.  Because hey, nothing says ‘freedom’ like celebrating Passover in college.

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And now I’m nearly 34 and we’ve moved way beyond Manischewitz.  Heck, we’ve moved way beyond matzah.  Passover in our house still smells of the usual potato kugel and roast chicken.  But thanks to the glory of almond meal and quinoa and my own confidence in the kitchen, Passover food in our house is healthy, delicious and void of the overly sugary and overly processed.

The recipe in this post was inspired by my intense craving for a former favorite meal of mine back in my treif (non-kosher) days.  When I was living in Athens, GA and working at the Hillel at the University of Georgia, I would indulge my ultimate Southern food cravings with occasional crab cake.  I’m not saying I’m proud of it, but I am saying I loooooooved it. And now that we’re a kosher home, I wanted to find a way to indulge my Southern cravings with my kosher kitchen. It was easy to make this recipe Kosher for Passover with the addition of some fresh and raw zucchini.  If you don’t have a Julienne peeler, you can cut them up into small slices or even shred them in a food processor.  However, if you want a Julienne peeler, they’re super cheap and you can get them on Amazon.

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Krab Cakes with Zucchini Noodles & Avocado Crema

Ingredients

  • 7 Sticks of imitation krab meat, coarsely chopped
  • 1 Small red pepper, diced small
  • 4 Green onions, diced small
  • 1 Jalapeno, diced small
  • Juice of 1/2 a lime
  • 1/2 Cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 Cup matzah meal
  • 1 Bunch cilantro, diced small
  • 1 Tbsp cumin
  • 1/2 Tbsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 Tbsp pepper
  • 5 Tbsp cooking oil
  • 1 large zucchini, sliced into noodles with a julienne peeler
  • {For Avocado Crema} 1/2 Cup sour cream
  • 1/2 Cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 Avocado
  • 1 Tbsp lime juice

Instructions

  1. In a small bowl, whisk together the sour cream, 1/2 cup of the mayonnaise, 1/2 of an avocado and 1 Tbsp of lime juice. Set aside.
  2. In a large bowl, combine the Krab meat, the remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise, matzah meal, red pepper, green onions, jalapeno, cilantro, cumin, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
  3. Shape the crab mixture into eight small patties (about the size of your palm). Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  4. In a large nonstick frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Working in batches if necessary, fry the cakes until golden brown and crisp, about 2 minutes. Turn and fry until golden brown on the other side, about 2 minutes longer. Drain on paper towels.
  5. Serve immediately on top of zucchini noodles with avocado crema and top with a bit more cilantro.
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The Ultimate 4 Bloggers Passover GIVEAWAY!
03/27/14
Look at all that free stuff

Look at all that free stuff

 

Friends! It’s a giveaway day! My girls, Amy, Sarah and Liz, and I have teamed up to bring you the ultimate Passover giveaway and I couldn’t be more excited to tell you about it.  Let’s get down to the nitty, gritty; the free stuff.

1.  Our E-cookbook – THE #1 selling book in kosher and holiday is by us, your 4 bloggers!  Entitled, 4 Bloggers Dish Passover: Modern Twists on Traditional Flavors, our E-cookbook contains 50+ kosher for Passover recipes.  It’s our ‘how-to’ guide for all things Passover and the best part? The recipes are so delicious you will want to cook them all year-long!

2. Matzah Cell Phone Case from Sealed with a Case – Made to order, they are available for the iPhone 4/4S, and 5, as well as the Samsung Galaxy – and they are available with black, clear, or white sides.

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3. Passover Pillow Case by Esther O. -Bring order and elegance to your Seder table with these gorgeous and practical Pesach pillowcases. With two unique styles to choose from, these pillowcases are a cotton/poly blend with embroidery and rhinestones, and fit standard-sized bed pillows.

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4. Tea Towel from the What Jew Wanna Eat, The Etsy Store – A $12 values, this sweet little tea towel is designed by our very own Amy Kritzer from What Jew Wanna Eat and is our little gift for you to use all year round!

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So, how does one enter to win these glorious items? By clicking on the Rafflecopter link below.  You have 15 ways to enter, including the option of a daily tweet about the giveaway (which gives you another chance to win each time you tweet)!

Finally, we’d like to collectively thank Amanda from Sealed with a Case and Esther from Esther O. designs for generously supplying us with their fabulous goods to giveaway.  Now go forth and enter!  And remember, just because it’s only 3 weeks until Passover doesn’t mean you’ve got to panic.  We’ve got your back.

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