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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It’s finally here! We are so proud and excited that our first e-cookbook, 4 Bloggers Dish: Passover; Modern Twists on Traditional Flavors is ready to purchase. Working in partnership with 3 other AMAZING food writers, Liz Rueven of Kosher Like Me, Sarah Lasry of The Patchke Princess, and Amy Kritzer of What Jew Wanna Eat, we put together over 50 kosher for Passover recipes for a one-of-a-kind culinary experience.

Listen up, the fact of the matter is that Passover looks, smells, tastes and feels different for every Jew and I am SO honored to be working with 3 incredibly talented Jewish food bloggers who all have their own flavors, styles and way of looking at Jewish food.  Thank Gd for diversity and thank Gd for these women.  We are 4 distinct Jews with 4 distinct ways of being Jewish.  This book is a celebration of the diversity of Jewish food!

It’s no secret that I didn’t grow up keeping kosher. But a non-kosher Passover Seder does not, in any way, invalidate the Seder experience of my youth.  I loooooooved Passover.  Passover in Atlanta was the embodiment of spring! You knew Passover was right around the corner as soon as the pollen count started rising.  I got excited for warmer days and extended sunshine.  I could taste my mother’s homemade chocolate chip meringues and smell the matzoh balls way before my mom even started cooking them.  And now, as a mother, I strive to give my family that same sense of excitement and joy about Jewish holidays, regardless of what’s on the table. For me, this book embodies the world I came from and the world I am in now.

Our cookbook is available on Amazon for $7.99. Now through Sunday, March 16th, we are thrilled to offer the book for only $1.99 and half of the profits will go to an amazing organization: Mazon. This non-profit’s mission is to provide for people who are hungry while at the same time advocating for other ways to end hunger and its causes. They also aim to educate and raise the consciousness of the Jewish community regarding its obligation to alleviate hunger and its causes.  And, because they are incredible, they wrote a really lovely blog post about our book.  Check it out here.

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That way, you can cook up delicious Passover recipes and contribute to a great cause at the same time. Aside from mouth-watering modern recipes such as Balsamic Braised Short Ribs, Matzah Brie Caprese, Spaghetti Squash with Quinoa Meatballs, Sautéed Kale, Tomato, and Mushroom Quiche with a Hash Brown Crust, and Cinnamon Donut Balls, this e-cookbook also includes step-by-step instructions and beautiful visuals as well as helpful tips such as Freezer Instructions, Prep Ahead Rules, and a To-Go Guide.

4 Bloggers Dish: Passover; Modern Twists on Traditional Flavors is a must-have cookbook for every at-home chef for not only the Passover season, but all year long. Kosher for Passover has never been made more appealing and easy! These recipes will become the new traditional meals this Passover and for years to come.

4 Bloggers Dish, Passover: Modern Twists on Traditional Flavors, is now available online via Amazon and compatible for Kindle, the iPad and the Nook.  And, DON’T PANIC, if you don’t have a Kindle, simply download the free Kindle app, which is compatible with any mobile device as well as tablets and laptops.  Contact 4bloggersdish@gmail.com for additional questions.

Happy Passover y’all! How’s everyone’s holiday going? How were your sedarim?  I survived my first Seder.  I not only survived hosting my first Seder but I also really enjoyed it. Our first night didn’t go as originally planned and it ended up just being my wonderful husband and I, so we enjoyed our cups of wine and we may have even rapped the Four Questions so even though we were by ourselves the first night, we still nailed it.  Our second night was pretty awesome as well.  We hosted lab mates from my husband’s PhD program (he’s a marine biologist).  No one was Jewish but it didn’t matter.  There was wonderful conversation, folks participated, I printed our visual aids for the order of the Seder and the 10 plagues, and I gotta say, it was really a lovely night.  I made WAY too much food and actually ended up sending folks home with goodie bags of meatballs and charoset, which is definitely normal, right?  I mean, who wouldn’t want a goodie bag of meatballs and charoset?  I’m thinking of giving that out as party favors for the kid’s first birthday in a couple of months.  You know, something for the kids.

Anyway, I’m currently in Atlanta visiting my brother and sister-in-law and their wonderful kids.  I flew solo with the baby, which was an Exodus in its own right (read: people do NOT like babies when flying.  People do not like you AND your baby when flying. It does not matter that your baby slept the whole time and didn’t make a peep, you will be ostracized from your plane-community and glared at for deeming to leave the comforts of the ground and flying with your baby.  And it’s Passover so there is no enjoying a coffee during my 8AM flight with the baby nor is there any enjoying a Bloody Mary either . . . which I would definitely not drink with the baby.  Definitely not. ).  But anyway, I digress.  We’re in Atlanta, I miss my amazing husband but I feel like I passed through a mom-hurtle with this solo traveling with baby and I’m gonna pat myself on the back for that.

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Solo Flight Success

This week’s recipes once again feature the deliciousness that is Temp Tee.  When organizing the menu for our Passover week I tried really hard to only include fresh vegetables and fruit and lay off the starches.  I wanted to go light in the afternoon knowing that dinners would be a little more filling.  I also wanted to save money because Passover, though a favorite holiday of mine, is draining on the wallet.  As a result, I settled on a gravlax and herb cream cheese recipe that could be eaten for several breakfasts/brunches as well as an eggplant and baby portobella mushroom saute with an avocado and Temp Tee crema.  Recipes can be viewed on the Joy of Kosher website.  Simply click on the recipe titles below (Gravlax can be found after eggplant pictures) and enjoy!  Chag Sameach and Happy Easter to our readers who celebrate!

*This blog post is sponsored by the fine folks at Temp Tee, but all opinions and recipes in this post are my own.

Eggplant and Portobella Saute with Temp Tee and Avocado Sauce

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Getting Ready to Make Some Magic

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The Flavors of Miami

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The Flavors of Miami Meet the Flavors of Passover!

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Everything is Better with Sauce

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The Final Product. Delicious!

Gravlax with Herbed Cream Cheese

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Fresh Herbs

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Fresh Herbs and Temp Tee = Partners in Tasty Heaven

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Fresh Fish, Herbed Cream Cheese — What More Could You Ask For?

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