Upper West Side Mom: A (Jewish) Parenting, Cooking and Crafting Blog

Mini Carrot Oat Flour Muffins (Gluten Free)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000

I seem to always be suffering from an upset stomach. A few years ago my doctor tested me for Celiac disease. It came back negative so I kept eating food with gluten in it, though I tried to keep it...

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Happy Passover!

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 04:25:00 +0000

It's been a long few weeks and I am definitely beat. The last week before Passover always seem so tough and there is still one day left of preparations As usual this week has been...

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Grain Free Apple Kugel (Kosher For Passover)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 03:42:00 +0000

This is an easy apple kugel recipe that I make all year round. It can be served for either works for breakfast, a snack, a side dish or even dessert. 3 to 4 macintosh apples sliced. 3/4 cup...

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Passover Crafts: Locusts (Schistocerca gregaria)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:33:00 +0000

Crafted Shcistocerca Gregaria The real thing! A few weeks ago there was a locust swarm in Egypt that spread to Israel. The swarm was made up of the common Egyptian Desert...

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Pecan and Coconut Crusted Chicken (Kosher for Passover)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:32:00 +0000

This is another schnitzel like option for Passover. The combination of pecan, coconut and cinnamon is just delicious and will definitely be a staple of this household...

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Passover Crafts: Frog Finger Puppets

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:50:00 +0000

The 10 Plagues are a big part of Passover for kids. They are absolutely fascinated by them and they really help them to connect to the holiday. I clearly remember my kids coming home...

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Grain Free Banana Bread (Kosher for Passover)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 04:15:00 +0000

There is a wonderful gluten free blog called Elana's Pantry. Elana does amazing things with almond flour. She uses a food processor to mix her ingredients and that obviously has something to do with...

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Easy Pistachio Crusted Chicken (Kosher for Passover)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:35:00 +0000

When we were at the Santa Monica Farmers market last February we were overwhelmed by the site of beautiful produce in the middle of the winter. It really raised our spirits. One of our favorite...

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Grain Free Raspberry Bars (Kosher for Passover)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:03:00 +0000

It's that time of year again and I am busy organizing my home and getting ready to clean for Passover. As we all know trying to eat healthy food on Passover is hard. There just seems to be so much...

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Tu B'Shvat: Dates and Marscapone Cheese

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:50:00 +0000

Tu B'shvat, which falls on January 26th this year, is the Jewish New Year for the trees. One might ask why would a tree need a new year? They need one because of the many Halachot (Jewish laws)...

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Potato Kugel (Kosher for Passover)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 02:28:00 +0000

Kugel is the ultimate Shabbat food. It's delicious hot from the oven on Friday night or heated up on top of your cholent pot for lunch. Though I have loved potato kugel since I first tasted it I...

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NYC Staycation

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:45:00 +0000

The last time we went away for December break was 7 years ago. J's parents took all their children and grandchildren to Disney world we had a really nice time but Disney World was very crowded and we...

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Where is Area E1?

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:47:00 +0000

There has been a lot of talk recently about area E1. A few days ago Israel announced plans to develop it. The word is that the development of this area will "destroy the territorial contiguity...

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Homemade Hanukkah Candles

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:50:00 +0000

Last year when I saw this blog post on Flowing with My Ducklings on making Shabbat candles I thought that it would be fun for us to make our own Hanukkah candles. I ordered two 10 packs of 8" x 16"...

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One of The Reasons Why I Really Like R's Friends.

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 02:05:00 +0000

Because they decieded that they needed to make Thanksgiving hats to wear when they went to watch the floats being blown up for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.

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Holiday Gifts for Kids 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:32:00 +0000

Now that I am carpooling I find myself at the kid's school with D 3 days a week for about an hour before the big kids get out. We have been spending time in the school library playing games and...

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The Real Bears

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:22:00 +0000

Check out The Real Bears a video produced by The Center for Science in Public Interest to counter the commercials produced by Big Soda. Since I have shown it to my kids Z16, R13 and...

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Tiger Lilly

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:15:00 +0000

We are having a great time in Jerusalem and I plan to write about my trip at some point but I have an urgent matter that I want to let all of you know about. There is this amazing kitten that has...

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Real Food Options on The Upper West Side

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:07:00 +0000

Though the Upper West Side is not known for it's food I have been lucky enough to have stumbled upon these 3 unbelievable resources available in my neighborhood, my CSA Cream of the Crop , the 97th...

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Kippot and Cigarettes

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:20:00 +0000

Z is a pretty typical Modern Orthodox teenager in many ways. He goes to a Jewish day school and spends half the day studying Tanach (Bible and the prophets), Gemara and Hebrew. He goes...

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Instagram

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:09:00 +0000

My husband is much cooler than I am. He was the captain of the his football team in high school and he reads Pitchfork. He also knows about lots of cool things before I do such as Instagram. He...

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Easy Almond Milk (Kosher For Passover)

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:49:00 +0000

I often use almond milk when I am baking something parve (dairy-free). I like the way it tastes better than soy or rice milk. Last year I spotted some kosher for Passover almond milk. I got very...

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Fluffy Almond Flour Passover Pancakes

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:54:00 +0000

I've been working on these pancakes for the past few years but thanks to the addition of some tapioca flour this year (thank you Lisa at Real Food Digest) they have really come together. I made them...

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Clementine Crate Misloach Manot (Gift) Boxes

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:14:00 +0000

Each Novemeber we go crazy for clemetines and we eat and eat them until about January when we are all sick of them! Clementines usually come in wooden crates and I figured that we should keep...

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R's Bat Mitzvah Part 2: Shabbat Leining

noreply@blogger.com (Upper West Side Mom) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:37:00 +0000

Conceptually I had always thought that it would be nice if R had an opportunity to lein (chant from the Torah) for her Bat Mitzvah but initially neither me or R really took much initiative to make it...

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