My sister is a die-hard dairy fan! Shavuot is HER holiday. And she enthusiastically recommends this Vegan Mac & Cheese recipe. In fact, she is allowing us to make this recipe instead of our usual dairy mac & cheese. Enough said. The only “specialty” ingredient in this vegan mac & cheese is nutritional yeast which is actually available in almost every grocery store. Nutritional yeast has a nutty and cheesy flavor making it a great substitute for cheese in many recipes. We love sprinkling it on popcorn, mixing it into mashed potatoes, and especially using it to make cheesy sauces like this one! We have used both the Trader Joe’s…
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Chocolate PeaNUT Butter Cake POPs
Mishloach Manos 2021 Part 2We are back y’all! Mishloach Manos Part 2, and we could not be more excited! (Check here for Part 1!) We have a real treat coming at you today. What’s better than the classic pairing of peanut butter and chocolate? Making them into Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Pops! These small sweet bites are perfect for including in your Mishloach Manos. Just make sure you hide them until Purim, or there may not be any left! This is also a great activity to do with your kids. They can help with almost every step along the way, from rolling the balls to putting in the sticks to dipping them in the…
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Caramel POPcorn
Mishloach Manos 2021 Part 1Mishenichnas Adar Marbim B’Simcha! – When Adar begins, we increase the joy! Happy Adar and almost Purim! We have got a couple of special recipes for you. At OPOP, know how hard it is to come up with a theme for mishloach manos… so we did it for you! Our theme is… Drum Roll, Please!…. NUTS ABOUT OPOP! To that end, we will be sharing two delicious recipes that fit the theme, caramel POPcorn, and chocolate peaNUT butter. So, tell me more about this caramel popcorn you’re probably thinking. Ok, sure! Let me start by saying this popcorn is addictive like can’t stop at just one handful addictive. It is…
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Rosh Hashana Egg Rolls With Dipping Sauce
Rosh Hashana Egg Rolls? What? Chinese food isn’t for Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year)!! Or is it? We don’t commonly associate Chinese food with a typical spread served during Rosh Hashana but, the simanim or symbolic foods can be prepared in many different ways. One of the simanim is a fish head, so that we should be like the head and not like the tail. In my home, we do not serve a fish head due to multiple allergies. A lamb head is out of the question because both my mother and I refuse to cook it. So what do we do? We use a head of cauliflower! We serve…
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Homemade Limonana
“When life gives you lemons, grab some mint and make Limonana!” Limonana is a delicious refreshing drink that showcases Mint as its main star. Limonana is a Middle Eastern drink that is just filled with tasty simple ingredients such as lemon, honey and of course like we mentioned mint. It pretty much is summer in a cup, and what better way to end summer than bottling it all up and enjoying it with a few friends! Did I also mention its super quick and easy to put together? And it’ll be all ready before you can even finish saying Limonana Cheers to that! XO -D
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Blueberry OPOPsicles
I never met anyone who didn’t like blueberries…ok I have….I just never understood them:) This summer my friends and I went Berry Picking out in Long Island, and just the drive alone out there screamed summer. The beautiful warm weather, driving along these big open roads, and the fields of berries that were awaiting us were such #goodvibes. At first it was a bit tricky to find berries ripe enough, but we finally got the hang of it and picked out a nice amount to fill up a few containers! When I got home I was thinking what can I do with these berries…what magic transformation can I give them?…
