Recipes and Cooking

Pesach, the holiday when Jews eat only unleavened bread, commemorates the exodus from Egypt. The dietary restrictions can be challenging. Here are easy-to-make recipes with minimum preparation time.

Celebrate the Sukkot holidays with these great recipes from Jamie Geller. Salads, side dishes, and main courses are featured. Try them out and see for yourself!

Stumped with what to serve on Hoshana Rabba and Simchat Torah… just stuff it and you’re good. Check out amazing recipes from Jamie Geller!

Celebrate the new year and a new beginning with these delicious recipes from Jamie Geller's kitchen.

Using the Best Cheesecake EVER! recipe, create your own perfect combo of fillings and toppings for a customized cheesecake.

On Purim, the Jews of Iraq ate Sambusak pastries filled with cheese and decorated with sesame seeds. Aside from Purim, these versatile pastries can be served as snacks, hot or cold.

Want to feel heaven in every bite? This recipe is for you! This recipe has the most successful combination: cheese and chocolate. AWESOME for Shavuot!

This recipe is not difficult to prepare and you do not have to be an onion lover to enjoy the onion and cheese kugel. Delicious!

On Purim, the Jews of Iraq ate Sambusak pastries filled with cheese and decorated with sesame seeds. Aside from Purim, these versatile pastries can be served as snacks, hot or cold.

Pumpkin and chocolate are a delicious, but underrated combination. This parve babka makes a perfect dessert for Thanksgiving or Shabbat-holiday. It's also great as a breakfast bread.

This beautiful cake is a parve version of the seasonal pumpkin pie. A delicious dessert to end your holiday meals.

These brownies are super easy and super delicious. They really don't take much more effort than a boxed mix!

This stunning and flavor-packed fish is a staple Shabbat appetizer among Sephardi Jews. Served hot with sauce. You don't have to be Sephardi to love this fish!

Enjoy this luscious (and delicious!) warm salmon salad with colorful peppers, raisins, pine nuts, and spinach. Quick and easy to make.

Want to use a traditional recipe but add a bit of zing? Jamie Geller incorporated poached salmon into the gefilte fish recipe to give it a delightful change of taste.

Instead of the traditional lasagna try salmon and cheese for a creamy, dairy dinner that will be a real hit. Bonus, you can use canned salmon.

On Purim, the Jews of Iraq ate Sambusak pastries filled with cheese and decorated with sesame seeds. Aside from Purim, these versatile pastries can be served as snacks, hot or cold.

These crispy thin sliced onions make the perfect topper for sandwiches, salads, and soups like our Roasted Potato-Leek Soup.

A quick, easy-to-make side dish that’s sweet to the palate and colorful to the eyes. It will be a beautiful (and delicious) addition at your festive table.

A perfect Fall vegetable side dish that’s both healthy and delicious. Squash is flavored with chai tea and stuffed with bulgur, onions, pecans, and cranberries.

Naturally sweet and caramel- flavored dates paired with wine, onions, and garlic make this brisket over-the-top delicious. FREEZER FRIENDLY - Make now for the holidays!

This dish is a real winner. So easy to make, yet it tastes as if you spent all day in the kitchen! Great when you face a lot of holiday cooking. FREEZER FRIENDLY!

Use the secret rub on roasted chicken, fish and vegetables. The roast beef is a versatile dish that is easy to make, quick to prepare, and delicious!

Cook your main course overnight and wake up to the delicious smell of dinner. This brisket, although quick and easy to make, is succulent and savory – perfect for your festive table!

Fattoush is undoubtedly one of the most delicious salads ever invented, and since it is mainly made from fresh vegetables, it is also one of the healthiest.

It's the combination of beauty and texture that makes this salad both pleasing to the eye and palate. Crisp, fresh spinach leaves, vibrant ruby red pomegranate seeds, and crunchy croutons round out this recipe.

This salad is delicious, easy to make, and colorful on your holiday table. Served with Three-Ingredient Middle Eastern Salad Dressing!

A delicious (and healthy) way to eat the simonim (signs for a good judgment). Easy and quick to make, colorful, and light enough to balance a heavy holiday meal.

For those of you who are super-busy and still want to serve a rich, nutritious soup - here's the recipe!

This classic baked potato soup gets an upgrade with a crispy, crunchy Onion Haystack topper. Can be made several days ahead.

An incredibly easy, quick, and tasty soup that can be served hot or cold. Top with toasted pumpkin seeds or croutons for the perfect soup entrée.

A must in winter: squash, fennel, and leek soup! You don't have to work hard to make a soup rich in flavors, warming and comforting. Put seasonal vegetables in a pot and enjoy!