Welcome to Cooking For The Time Challenged!
My motive for starting this blog is primarily practical: I have reached the stage where it takes too much time to find the recipes that I want to cook.
Perhaps with a blog it could be easier to organize and retrieve them?
I am married and I have 2 children with special needs. One of my daughters, Yaffa, used to be on a feeding tube. My other daughter, Raizel, used to be on a special diet called the Feingold Diet. My husband, Jay, is on the Mediterranean Diet for health reasons. For personal health reasons, I do not eat flour, sugar, wheat, eggs or dairy. So, between all our dietary limitations, I have many culinary challenges.
I work full time by necessity. Food prep, set up and clean up are daily opportunities for organizational growth and development.
I always say, “How we do anything is how we do everything.” The secret to good food starts with the right ingredients and love.
I also believe that our thoughts are very powerful. So, I pray while I cook, and set my intentions on positive and loving thoughts. I am convinced that the food tastes better that way!
When I first started this blog, my husband laughed at the idea of a blog about food. Now, my husband has redeemed himself. He has gained a greater appreciation for the importance of cooking with love and prayer. The power of prayer and positive thinking runs deep!
The goal of this blog is to share my recipes, cooking strategies and sundry thoughts and suggestions on preparing and serving home cooked meals — while juggling work, special needs and special diets within the dietary guidelines of the Jewish faith (Kashrut).
I hope that other people will be able to benefit from my experience of juggling work, home and family responsibilities too.
I try to make food that is fast, easy, and all natural. I call it cooking with maximum taste for minimal time. So, you can see that cooking for the time challenged is me!
I am so happy that you have dropped by to visit.
With blessings,
Carol
You have hit all the right notes – quick, easy and delicious. I will enjoy following your blog.
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Thank you! I call it maximum taste for minimum fuss.
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Hi Carol! I am very happy I found out your blog. I like your recipes and especially the reasons of why you cook and why you blog!
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Thank you! I am so happy that you came by to visit. Welcome!🥰
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May I say I have been reading your blog and everything looks completely awesome! I am awed.
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Thanks!!! I am glad you liked it! As you, I love simple meals that can be prepared in a short amount of time… most of my pasta’s recipes could be ready in 20 minutes!
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With experience I imagine it would be manageable. I have never made pasta from scratch even though the difference in taste cannot be compared.
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“So, I pray while I cook, and set my intentions on positive and loving thoughts.” I love that. God Bless You, Carol!
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Thank you! I am telling you, it works!
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I am going to enjoy your blogs. Years ago I had a pressure cooker. When it finally gave out I did not replace it. I didn’t see the need. Now I do. Even though retired, it seems that 4:00 in the afternoon comes all too soon and I’m wondering “what’s for dinner.” At 87, I need all the shortcuts I can get, but not at the expense of quality.
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Too true!🥰
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Oh gosh, we’re all time challenged, it seems! I loved hearing your story (and my family laughed, too) but I just carry on. I’ve “met” so many nice bloggers on line I feel somewhat validated. The only bad thing about blogging: people always expect you to be an excellent cook, lol!
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I love your recipes! Bloggers are so friendly. Unfortunately, it’s hard to keep up with everyone and everything.🎠
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Hi there, thanks for commenting on my post yesterday. I have nominated you for the Liebster award, please find the details below;
https://jewishthoughtsblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/03/award-nomination-2/
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Wow! You do have cooking challenges! I am looking forward to following you.
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Thank you for your support! I keep thinking that other people must have similar challenges too, so perhaps my tricks will be useful for someone else?🐣
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Hi! I want to thank you for coming by my blog last week and for commenting on so many of my posts. I really appreciate the feedback. My computer was acting up, so I didn’t respond to each of them individually. I also want to let you know I nominated you for the blogaholic award, which I understand you might not accept, since you were just tagged by someone else last week. Anyways, here it is: https://israelisalad.wordpress.com/2017/02/26/blogaholic-award-nomination/
Chodesh tov!
Miriam
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Chodesh tov! I hope your computer is feeling better!🤕 Thank you for your support! I will check out the link.😍
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❤️ Your About as well as your blog.
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Thank you! So glad you dropped by. Welcome!
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❤ ❤
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Great blog 🙂 I think to try some of your recipes.
Mira
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Please do! Thank you for stopping by!
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Carol, thank you for visiting my blog and liking it! I already found some interesting recipes here that I would like to try. Looking forward for more…
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Thank you for visiting me too! The feeling is mutual. Looking forward …..
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Thank you! Welcome!
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Dear Carol, I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. I love your blog, and I sincerely hope you accept the nomination. However, you are not in any way obligated, and if you don’t have the time or inclination to participate, I understand and will not be offended.
You can see the rules in my post One Lovely Blog Award https://koolkosherkitchen.wordpress.com/2016/08/30/one-lovely-blog-award/
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Thank you for your support! I struggle to find the time to balance responding to the beautiful awards, which I believe create an essential esprit de corps, and posting recipes. But, I think the time had arrived to attend to this important task. “If not now, when?” 😍
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“… and if I, then who?”
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Love your blog… Great recipes with great detailed information
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Thank you! So happy you dropped by to visit.😊
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I love cooking. Simple is better…thank you!
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Simple really is. Thank you for visiting. Welcome!
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I love easy recipes, life can be challenging sometimes to spend too much time making food! lovely blog
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Thank you for your kind message. I agree. Simple is best.😍
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Hi Carol
Just to let you know I have given your blog a shout out.
https://itsgoodtobecrazysometimes.wordpress.com/2016/08/15/cookery-links-part-1-7/
Have a good week
Trina
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Thank you Trina! I appreciate your support. You are providing a beautiful service for others with your blog.
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Thank you
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😊
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You have a lovely blog .I would love to try your recipes. Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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My pleasure and welcome! Food blogging is so much fun!
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Dear Carol, I have nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award. I love your blog, and I sincerely hope you accept the nomination. You can see the rules in my post Sunshine Blogger Award #2 https://koolkosherkitchen.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/sunshine-blogger-award-2/
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Thank you so much for your support. I love your blog too!
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I have nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger Award. Kindly visit the link for more details.
https://healthyindiankitchen.wordpress.com/2016/08/01/sunshine-blogger-award-and-black-cat-blue-sea-title/
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I am so sorry, this went into my spam! Thank you so much for your support. I will check out the link now. I am so happy I checked my spam!
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Hahaha! That’s fine…no worries. Glad you received the message 🙂
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Thanks for your support. Please let me know if you want me to blog about anything specific. 😀
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How about overcoming regret? And, not letting other people define your worth as a human being?
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That’s brilliant. That’s how im feeling right now. Thanks so much cooking and all round legend 😊
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Thank you for visiting my blog and for the like. I am so happy to have found another kosher blogger! So far my likers and followers have been health-oriented food enthusiasts, and I am thrilled about it, but I’d like to share and exchange ideas with people knowledgeable in kosher food. I am looking forward to exploring your blog, and I already see some wonderful recipes!
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Me too! I tried to like your recipes but for some reason I couldn’t. The beet borscht reminded me of my great-grandmother’s.
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Thank you! This is a cold one. The hot one with cabbage is coming up before Chanukkah. Strange that you can’t find a “like” – it’s usually right after the recipe, before comments.
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I think because I found you through a link on another blog?? I am going to try and look on my computer rather than my phone. Plus, the pictures are larger then.
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I periodically search on reader for a tag kosher, or kosher cooking, and – zilch!
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Me too. Not sure why? I also have kosher on my tag line.
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I also wondered if you ever made fermented beets to use as a soup base or for meat? I see it in old cookbooks but I have never heard of anyone making it nowadays.
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I know how to do it but we don’t have to do it nowadays because we have kosher sour salt. They had to do it because they didn’t, and lemons were not to be had in a shteitl.
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I thought it was because they didn’t have tomatoes and this was to make a soup base. Ok, I definitely like sour salt in my cabbage borscht. I also use lemon juice because the flavor is better.
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Tomatoes we had, but only during the summer, just like all the other fruit and veggies, so we would spend the entire summer making preserves (preserves does not necessarily mean jams), and that’s how we had tomatoes all winter. Not fresh, of course, but perfect for cooking.
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It is called Russel. I didn’t realize that it was made to replace sour salt or lemon juice. Wow! What a lot of work to get a sour flavor!
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Interesting – what is called Russel? I just buy Sour Salt in any kosher grocery. Actually, pickling beats is not a lot of work at all – I pickle practically everything!
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The fermented beets. I have never pickled or canned anything. I would like to but my family liked everything fresh. I think that if you know how to pickle and can well, then it probably tastes very good. My mother remembers doing it with her grandmothers. I am from Canada and back then, fresh vegetables were only available during the summer. Otherwise you had a root cellar or canned. Plus she said they had a summer kitchen. Did you?
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We had a “dacha” – a summer house with a little garden and a kitchen. It was like, if you want an apple, go up the tree and get it. The canning went on the entire summer. Interesting: I’ve never seen fermented beets called Russel. I don’t usually buy anything pickled because they all use vinegar, and that’s probably what your family doesn’t like. I do pickled beets as part of kimchi, but that’s a whole enterprise, having red cabbage checked for bugs, so I don’t do it that often.
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I have to try it without the vinegar.
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I liked your blog with beautiful items.
I invite you to my blog:
http://dishdessert.wordpress.com
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I am so happy you found me! I love your blog! 😊
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welcome
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Yup. It is so much easier for me to go to my blog for a recipe then to remember where I put the piece of paper that had the recipe on it!
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I consider it an automatic filing system. It works!😊
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I totally agree with you on this.
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Great blog, so happy I came across your page!
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Thank you for visiting! Welcome!
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Love your blog… Great recipes with great detailed information… Thanks for sharing your knowledge 🙂
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Thank you for visiting!💖
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Hi Carol, I’ve loved following your blog, and I will continue to do so. I’ve made the switch to Squarespace, and hope you will follow me there: anchoredinhealth.com
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I will have to see your new blog. I am assuming that squarespace is a different platform? I have so much to learn!
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Yes!! It is a different platform. Please be sure to subscribe via email there. I’ll still be checking in here, but I love the new platform i’m using.
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Glad I came across your blog!!! It has a lovely collection of recipes:))
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Thank you! I must come by to visit your blog too! Welcome!😊
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