There was a surprise in store for me when I scrutinized the yogurt (יוֹגוּרט – yogurt) container. What I discovered might surprise you, too. In the United States in the late ’70s, Dannon yogurt featured commercials extolling the longevity of Soviet…
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Why Some Israeli Yogurts Aren’t Really Yogurt
Posted in Blog, Food, Gut Health, Nutrition, Uncategorized Tagged with: bio yogurt, cow yogurt, goat yogurt, Halav Haaretz, Lactobacillus Bulgaricus, Probiotics, sheep yogurt, Streptococcus thermophilus, yoghurt, yogurt
Why you want grass-fed butter and where to find it in Israel
One of the important foods that people often search for is butter (חֶמאָה – chem’ah) from pastured cows because it is a rich source of Vitamins A, D, and K2, as well as many other nutrients. The color of the butter…
Posted in Fats and Oils, Food, Israel, Nutrition, Uncategorized Tagged with: Beurre De Normandie, CAFOs, Chemah Hollandit, cows, dairy cows, Elle & vire, European butter, grass-fed butter, Israeli butter, Israeli cows, Lurpak, Makabi, pastured butter, President Butter, Tnuva, Tnuva butter, Weston A. Price, white butter, yellow butter
Kitchen Sink Salad
Well, okay… Everything but the kitchen sink. In the run-up before Pesach, or any time you might have little bits of food left over that you don’t want to throw out, turn them into a salad. (This also works for…
The Ins and Outs of Buying and Storing Garlic in Israel
That stinky bulb of garlic, yes -the one that gives you the dreaded “garlic breath” – plays a major role in Israeli cuisine. Ubiquitous in Israeli supermarkets, green grocers, and open air markets, heads (bulbs) of garlic are sold loose, in…
Posted in Blog, Food, Food safety, Pesticides, Uncategorized Tagged with: Chinese Garlic, Choosing garlic, Cured Garlic, Dried Garlic, Garlic, Garlic Bread, Garlic oil, Israeli Garlic, Lacto-fermented garlic, Pickled garlic, Rocambole
How to Prevent Pesach Constipation and Weight Gain
Now we are starting to make our Pesach lists and of course, matzah is on top. Necessary for the seder (or sedarim outside of Israel) it not only substitutes for bread, but if you are creative, it also substitutes for…
Posted in Blog, Nutrition, Pesach, Uncategorized Tagged with: Constipation, Gebruchts, Gluten-Free, Gluten-free Matzah, Kitniyot, Lakewood Matzoh, Matza, Matzah, Matzoh, Oat Matzah, Passover, Pesach, Quinoa, Shmurah matzah, Spelt Matzah, Weight gain, Whole Wheat Matzah
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