The Bunny Box

Some of you may recall my history with candy-making is...not great. You may recall the " fudge fiasco " of 2011, or the apple cider caramels I made for mishloach manos one Purim a couple years back that took all day and came out so awful I didn't even post about them. Well, ever since those awful experiences, I've pretty much avoided any kind of candy recipes.  Cooking sugar on the stove has just been a major no-no for me.  I've made a few simple syrups, but I did so begrudgingly and with great trepidation. I've even seen these seemingly simple microwave caramel recipes floating around, but I've been too scared to attempt them. But then a few days ago, I saw something new.  It was a recipe for caramel sauce made with coconut milk, honey, and sea salt.  Nothing else.  I had all the ingredients on hand and a free day coming up. I went for it. And I'm not sorry, either. I had intended to cook this longer so that it would become a candy, as ...

The family and I were invited out for Shabbos lunch this week and I offered to bring dessert just as I was perusing Tastespotting.com and "spotted" a recipe for Apple Meringue Pie.  What a perfect opportunity to try my hand at meringue! And why didn't I try sooner? It's so incredibly easy! This recipe is delicious and PERFECT JUST AS IT IS! (adapted from Dine & Dash ) Note the stiff peak. :) Apple Meringue Pie ~4 apples, 3 diced and 1 sliced thin 1/2 C water 1/2 C sugar 1 tsp cinnamon juice of 1 lemon (or just eyeball some lemon juice.  Don't gotta be too scientific) 2 egg whites 4 Tbsp sugar 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 graham cracker pie crust Bring water and 1/2 C sugar to a boil in a small pan over medium-high heat.  Add in diced apples, lemon juice, and cinnamon.  Let cook for about 10 minutes. Beat egg whites and 4 Tbsp sugar on high with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form.  Add in vanilla and beat until vanilla is i...

I'm trying to get in a habit of posting here more regularly, which is probably a bad idea with the end of the semester rapidly approaching.  I really don't cook much these days, and when I do it's fairly boring.  I did make cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving that came out pretty delicious, but it's not post-worthy and I didn't get any pictures. (Recipe here .) We've been living off of a lot of Shabbos leftovers, basic pasta dinners, tuna, and eggs lately.  It's not that I don't enjoy those dinners from time to time.  It's good to have a break.  But after a bit, it just leaves me feeling kinda "meh" about life.  So every now and then, I get these flashes of inspiration and wreck my kitchen to create a dinner that brings a little spirit back to the table. Which brings us to Tuesday.  On Tuesday, I stood around wondering what we'd eat for dinner when I remembered two things: I had a package of tofu in the fridge I had stir-fry veggie...