Salad of roasted eggplant

From TheYummyRecipesBlog

Usually, eggplant dishes contain a lot of fat. The same salad with grilled eggplant and fresh tomatoes – just a godsend!

INGREDIENTS:

3 eggplant pieces.
Tomatoes 3 pcs.
Red onion 1 piece.
1 clove garlic.
Lemon juice to taste.
Olive oil to taste.
A sprig of cilantro 1/4.
Black pepper to taste.
Salt to taste.

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Homemade Kosher Ramen Soup Recipe

By Shannon Sarna in The Nosher for MyJewishLearning.com    

A little over a year ago, I dragged my then 2-year-old daughter on a food adventure while in Los Angeles visiting my family.

“We are going to have noodle soup,” I told her. She just nodded and asked if we could get ice cream after.

I wasn’t sure how she would respond to ramen, but I was determined to check out a spot called Ramen Jinya in Studio City at the recommendation of another “foodie” friend, and figured kids like chicken soup, so how bad could it be?

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Bacon Goes Kosher

By Erik Ofgang for Tablet Magazine   

OK, it’s not technically bacon. It’s made from beef, or lamb, or turkey—or it could be vegetarian. But whatever’s in kosher imitation bacon, sales are sizzling.

Bacon—the unofficial poster child of non-kosher food—is hard to avoid these days. There are now bacon festivals around the country, and the flagship of forbidden food is found almost everywhere, from chocolates and ice cream to popcorn and high-end dishes, not to mention its traditional uses in classic fare like the BLT, club sandwich, and bacon burger. A few years ago, Top Chef winner Ilan Hall made headlines with his bacon-wrapped matzo balls.

The kosher world has not turned a blind eye to this craze. As bacon has boomed, kosher imitation bacon has increased in variety, quality, and religious acceptance.

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Challah Bread Pudding with Kahlua Cream Sauce

From ToriAvey.com 

Challah Bread Pudding Ingredients

    1 loaf plain (unseeded) challah bread- day old is okay
    1 cup chopped walnuts
    1 quart half and half
    6 eggs, beaten
    1 cup sugar
    1/2 cup light brown sugar
    2 tbsp melted butter
    2 tsp cinnamon
    1 1/2 tsp vanilla
    1/2 tsp nutmeg
    1/2 tsp salt
    2 cups raisins and/or chocolate chips (optional)

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