Lifestyle, Motherhood, and Small Inspirations
Everyone has that go to dish when the fridge is getting empty, you forgot to defrost meat or fish, and you want a quick and healthy lunch or dinner...that hopefully your kids will eat. If I take out the healthy part, it is usually pita/laffa pizza or some kind of pasta thrown together. But when …
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Have you heard of Ganei Agnon, the brand new (private) gan in Jerusalem that recently opened for the 2018-2019 school year on Shai Agnon Street in Katamon? Although I live close by and happen to pass the new, colorful facility on the way to Natan's maon everyday, I was hesitant to pop inside until I …
Two weeks until Pesach! On one side the mood is exciting and fresh. Ovadia, our 4-year old is getting ready preparing the four questions and Natan, our 2-year old is trying to understand what is going on with all the pyramid pictures and the little baby Moshe. On the other side the stress is coming. …
Rosh Chodesh Adar Sameach! Happy month of Purim to all. Here in Israel the kids already started making masks and costumes, eating hamentaschen ("ozeni haman"), gathering noise makers and are getting excited to dress up in less than two weeks. You can see 4-year old Ovadia above happily hanging up the Purim decorations. Here is …
There are so many recipes on the internet and in cookbooks on how to make the best Challah. It can get overwhelming to choose, and sometimes you end up relying on a good friend's experience and special touch. That is how I ended up only making "Chaya's Challah". Chaya is a former colleague and Orthodox …
I want to take a moment to wish everyone a Happy Hanukkah and a beautiful 8 days of light and blessings. This is my go to recipe for latkes from Susan Fischer Weis's "The Complete Guide to Hanukkah" (substituting Matzoh Meal for Breadcrumbs) and they always warm our hearts and stomachs. *You can use a …
This morning our 4-year-old Ovadia saw that we left out a yogurt container on the table overnight, and asked after I put it in the regular garbage, "Doesn't that need to be recycled?" Yes, you are right Ovadia😀 (Lazy me, I didn't feel like rinsing it out...) When it comes to most parts of my …
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Again, so happy to be back to Modest Jerusalem. Today I want to share with you some of my favorite, natural and local health and beauty products that I have discovered over the past 6.5 years in Jerusalem. When it comes to health & beauty products, in recent years I have tried to go the …
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Hi to all my readers, it is so nice to be back to Modest Jerusalem. The feature image above is my amateur attempt at Jewish Deli Cookies, but I will first try to make you smile with the more beautiful and professional cookies below, before I backtrack on the past few months. Of course, in …
Happy Monday. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer holidays. This is my first blog post in a few weeks. We had a small crisis in our family but thank gd things are much better and we are getting back to ourselves. I put together a short playlist of our favorite Hebrew children's songs. Whether …
