March 15, 2010
I have a confession to make. I’m not Jewish. But I do love Jewish foods like bagels, cream cheese and matzo ball soup. I’d never attempt to make bagels at home, since we have some of the best one’s in the world right here in Chicago. Same goes for corned beef sandwiches and brisket. But I’ve yet to find the perfect kugel recipe. So this weekend I decided to give it a try with the help of my kids.
Although we have a number of wonderful Kugel recipes at Recipe4Living, I went with one that was recommended to me by my former co-worker, Maxine. Mom’s Rich and Delicious Noodle Kugel is admittedly not a “heart healthy” dish as it’s full of cheese, eggs and butter; but I decided to make it anyway. At the very least I knew my boys would eat it as noodles and cheese are still their favorite foods.
One of the first things I found out was that all of the ingredients need to be at room temperature; especially the cheese. So although I had originally intended to make it for dessert Saturday night, I realized it would take at least 4 hours for the ingredients to come up to temperature. Plan “B” was to eat it cold for breakfast the next morning.
Once I had all my ingredients assembled, it was time to grease the pan and add everything together. Whisking the eggs together was easy, but because my cream cheese was still a little cold in the middle, I was forced to cut it with a knife and squeeze it between my fingers to get it to blend well with the rest of the cheeses. Fortunately, my noodles were still piping hot so that helped meld the cheese together.
Since I don’t like almonds, I topped it with brown sugar and butter. Then it was into the oven at 350 for 1 1/2 hours where it became bubbly and golden brown. Since it was already 1am and I had a time-change to contend with, I left it on the counter to cool and headed off to bed.
The next morning my Kugel was not only cool, but firm to the touch and an extremely delicious breakfast. My family loved it so much that they want me to make another one as soon as possible. This time I’m planning to put the ingredients out first thing in the morning and eat it warm for dessert. Check out more of our delicious Kugel recipes below.
Best Noodle Kugel
Apple-Matzo Kugel
North Shore Chicago Hadassah’s Lick-Your-Fingers Kugel
I’d like to thank my 12 year old son, Jon for patiently standing on a chair and taking pictures while I made this recipe. Of course, he got the first taste and pronouced it DELICIOUS!
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March 5, 2010
What’s not to love about pizza? Oven-baked bread covered with creamy tomato sauce and topped with fresh mozzarella cheese. Just thinking about it, makes my stomach grumble. This food is a hit with most Americans, and rightly so. You can pretty much put anything you want on a pizza and eat it however you choose. Meat, vegetables, seafood; it all belongs on a pizza. In America, there are many regional forms of pizza, and I’ll eat them all.
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February 26, 2010
Every Tuesday morning, I’m stuck driving into downtown Chicago, attending three back-to-back classes at Loyola University Chicago, hanging around and doing homework for about an hour and then going to a meeting. It’s a long day, to the say the least. Although I usually pack a light lunch to get me through that second class, during my break between classes and my meeting, I always make sure to head down the block to the wonderful little restaurant, the Soupbox.
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January 18, 2008
My recent ambition in the kitchen has not only left me with frousse this week, but also a giant tub of homemade milk chocolate pudding!
I used this recipe from the site to whip up a batch of one of my favorite comfort snacks and I would definitely recommend you do the same!
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October 16, 2007
The other day my boyfriend came home with a hilarious article that one of his students gave him. It was taken from The Onion and written by: A Pie. I thought I would share You Want A Piece Of Me with all you food lovers out there. Enjoy. I hope it brings a smile to your day.
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September 4, 2007
Visiting the Renn Faire over the weekend (following Hillary’s footsteps), I noticed a theme to things beyond medieval outfits and terrible Elizabethan accents:
Sort of a…trend?
I don’t know, maybe it’s the hand-painted signs. What do you guys think?
Why are we, as a culture, so enamored with things on sticks? It’s not simply in fair food; look at the humble chicken drumstick (or, if you must, the gargantuan turkey legs available at the Renn Faire). Kids fight over it; KFC markets it; everyone loves it. I guess it all comes down to the pleasure and convenience of one-handed eating. I mean, if you only need one hand to chow down on your frozen banana, think of all the stuff you can do with that other hand: drive! Write! Hold more food!
Pratchett fanboy that I am, I kind of want to see more “___ inna bun” foods show up at fairs. Then again, given how Pratchett describes those foods, maybe I don’t.
-Jim
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