Dipping Sauce

Dipping Sauce

 A simple mixture of equal parts of low fat sour cream, Greek yogurt, and low fat mayonnaise and then spiced it up with some curry powder, cayenne pepper, salt and black pepper.

Passover Matzah Farfel Kugel

Passover Matzah Farfel Kugel

By Grandma Rosa Lee

Passed down by Great Grandma Jennie

Made by Janet and Ciara Lawrence

Ingredients:

5 cups farfal

5 eggs

¾ cup sugar

1 stick pareve margarine – melted

1 tsp salt

1 ½ tsp cinnamon

1 cup white raisins

1 cup chopped walnuts

4 gala apples – peeled, core removed, cut into small pieces

Procedure:

1.     Beat eggs and salt together

2.     Add sugar, margarine, cinnamon and blend

3.     Add nuts, raisins, apples and blend

4.     Rinse farfel with warm water and drain

5.     Add top 1-3 ingredients into farfel and blend

6.     Fill muffin tins or pour in 9x11 (or 9x13) container

7.     Bake 350^o – 45 minutes

8.     Yield 24 kugles

Passover Kugel

A Letter from Toulouse

This past week, as many Americans contemplated the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, I ask that you also contemplate the murder of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler along with his two sons, six year old Aryeh and two year old Gavriel at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France, by the hate-filled murderer Mohamed Merah. He murdered this family for one reason, hate. Yet, Mrs. Sandler, the surviving spouse and mother, wrote a beautiful letter to all Jews urging them to do good in memory of the beloved victims. I hope you will take some time to read her letter. Even if you are not Jewish, the ideas and wishes in her letter can be translated to all of our lives.

I do not believe it is religion that causes hate, but rather, the absence of practicing religion's basic concepts of loving thy neighbor and not doing to your neighbor what you would not want done to you.

A Letter from Toulouse

Beinart's Crisis, a Book Review by Rabbi David Wolpe

Fantastic book review from Rabbi David Wolpe of author Peter Beinart's "The Crisis of Zionism". Would highly recommend it for high school students and above. So many profound and true statements here. Very balanced in my humble opinion. Definitely worth reading and using for classroom discussions and debates.

One of my favorite parts from Rabbi Wolpe, "When people ask what keeps the (Israeli/Palestinian) conflict going, I invite them to imagine that tomorrow the Palestinians had the firepower of the Israelis and the Israelis the firepower of the Palestinians.  Do you think the Jews would be subject to occasional harassment , resource depletion and roadblocks?  Or do you suspect, do you know somewhere deep down, that the world would witness a terrible massacre?  And if you think the second, how gingerly would you conduct negotiations toward statehood?

Beinart's Crisis, a book review by Rabbi David Wolpe

Work out your legs with ballet!

http://www.sheknows.com/health-and-wellness/articles/946461/thinner-thighs-6-moves-to-leaner-legs

Ciara's first official baseball story published on the Web -- we're so proud of her!

Ciara's First Published Baseball Story

WOW WHAT A LITTLE GEM THE  CUCUMBER IS,I WILL LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY NOW.


(Not sure if this is true as it was passed on to me, but it is worth trying!)

 

 1. Cucumbers contain  most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains  Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid,  Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and  Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated  soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and  Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for  hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower?  Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog  and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs  ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your  garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the  cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to  humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the  area.

5 Looking for a fast  and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try  rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few  minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your  skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of  cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6.. Want to avoid a  hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to  bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough  sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the  body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and  headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening  snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by  European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off  starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you  realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a  freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and  durable shine that not only looks great but also repels  water.

9. Out of WD 40  and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along  the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed  out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an  entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and  nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be  released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been  shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final  exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you  don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof  of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the  phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for  causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your  faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on  the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish  and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you  fingers or fingernails while you clean.

13. Using a pen  and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to  erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the  kids have used to decorate the walls!!

Pass this along to everybody  you know who is looking for better and safer ways to solve life's everyday  problems.