Issue 02 | August 2013

Issue 02 | August 2013

yum-o lunches

cool @ school

celebrating jewish creativity jcreateMagazine

Make Ithoney DIsh

sukkAh Decor

chAnDelIer plAnter

Apple mAcArons

Apple trIvets

sweet Delicious holiday recipes your Kids will love.

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letter From

The eDITOr

hey everyone!

Of all the seasons of the year, fall is my favorite. there is just something

about this time of year that makes me incredibly happy. the colors are gor-

geous with the leaves turning wonderful shades of red, orange, and yellow

and we celebrate our holidays that are wrapped in sweetness. My children

go back to school and the quiet hum of predictability and order returns to

my home.

this issue, i have tried to bring in a few projects, recipes, and ideas to help

inspire you this autumn season. we start off with back 2 school creative

crafts and recipes for teachers and moms. students will love coloring in

their own special name plates for their desks, teachers will drool over our

back 2 school Diy Party - so adorable for back 2 school night, and moms

will definitely appreciate our menu of 30 days of lunches!

then we move onto rosh hashanah and sukkot inspiration with apple

crafts and flower tutorials. learn to paint a stained glass apple and honey

plate, or choose to sew an apple trivet! we have a chicken recipe with

mashed ooey gooey apples and cinnamon and stuffed gourds with scrump-

tious meat. Papaya events in conjunction with cup of cake nj puts togeth-

er a gorgeous tablescape perfect for either holiday. we end this issue with

decorating ideas for your sukkah as well as Diy projects to beautify your

outdoor sukkah experience.

enjoy reading and shanah tovah!

CEO. Managing Editor

“there is just something about this time of year that makes me incredibly happy.”

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cOnTenTsAugust 2013

Macarons 4

back 2 school name Plates 5

30 Days of school lunches 8

Parenting tips 12

teen time 14

Pencil Makeover 15

apple honey Dish tutorial 16

back 2 school Party 19

apple honey bowl 23

spatchcock chicken 24

apple trivet 26

apple ices 28

great Products 29

yom tov Flowerscape 31

cookies 34

sukkah inspiration 36

stuffed squash 40

sukkah Decor 42

Diy sukkah chandelier 45

vermont 48

Mindy Starr http://www.getcreativejuice.com/

1 1/4 cups powdered sugar1 cup finely ground almonds3 egg whites, aged 48 hoursa pinch of salt1/4 cup granulated sugar1 tbsp finely ground freeze dried applesred gel food coloring

line a couple baking sheets with parchment paper. tape two sheets of printer paper together to form a large sheet about the size of your parchment. trace 1-1.5” diameter hearts (i traced a heart cookie cutter) onto the now large sheet of paper and alter the heart outlines as shown above to form the basic apple shape. set aside for now.

Mix the powdered sugar, ground almonds, and ground freeze dried apples together. in a clean bowl, add your aged egg whites and salt. with an electric mixer, beat on low until frothy. turn up the mixer to high and slowly add in the granu-lated sugar as you continue to mix till the whites are stiff peaks (when you lift up the mixer, there should literally be stiff, shiny peaks). add in the red food coloring and mix a few more sec-onds.

with a spatula, gently fold in the powdered sugar/nut/apple mixture until incorporated. Place a plain piping tip in a piping bag and fill the bag with your macaron batter. now take that large stenciled paper and place it under a piece of parchment, using it to guide you as you pipe out your macarons. when done, slide out that paper and place it under your other parch-ment and repeat.

let your macarons dry for a few hours, until the tops are com-pletely dry. Preheat the oven to 325°F. bake your trays one at a time for 8-10 minutes or until the macarons are set on top. let them cool on the parchment on a cooling rack. when

relatively cool, carefully peel the shells off the parchment.

Decorating the Macarons

Pair all the macarons up by matching size. Place 1/2 of each pair of macaron shells on a sheet of parchment paper, remem-bering which shell goes with which.

Fill a piping bag with the cinnamon apple filling (recipe below), pipe the filling onto one half of a pair, and sandwich the filling with the matching macaron shell. Once done, refrigerate the macarons overnight to let the flavors meld.

cinnamon apple Filling3 tbsp salted butter, room temperature1 1/2 cups powdered sugar1/4 tsp cinnamon2 tbsp apple juice

cream with butter with 1/2 cup powdered sugar. add in the cinnamon. alternate between adding the remaining 1 cup of powdered sugar and the apple juice. if the filling is too stiff,

Cinnamon

Apple

Macarons


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BACK 2 SCHOOL NAME PLATES

Just print, color, and paste!

PERFECT FOR DESKS! by: Dena ackerman


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The Sweetest Torah

Print Simchat Torah themed labels

and wrap around two winkey

packages as shown for a great treat

to enjoy and distribute.

great for kids!


Onion soup, shredded mozzarella cheese,

French bread, kiwi

Turkey on baguette, pickle (wrapped in Saran!), apples and birthday cupcake for dessert

Cream of wheat (instant) packets, hot water, lower sugar choc syrup to drizzle on top, applesauce. Milk available at school

Saltines, egg white, veggies with ranch, grapes

and a small piece of coffee cake we baked together

lunchideas

Cream cheese and olives on a challah roll with peppers and tomatoes

Butter and olive sandwich, fruit snack, celery

with ranch dip

Pretzel crisps with homemade hummus,

apples, and a honey cupcake (right before rosh

hashana)

Pancakes with syrup, banana, eese and craisins

Peanut butter on 12-grain bread, grapes,

kirbies, craisins, cheddar and cookie crisp

cereal

craisins and smoothie (Greek yogurt, strawberries,

blueberries, skim milk and maple syrup)

Taco shell with meat, rice and corn. a whole

apple was added to the lunch box.

Multigrain sandwich round with scrambled

eggs, cheddar and craisins

Watermelon, bana nas and blueberries

snack



cereal

Road trip

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a month of Yum-o

LunchIdeas


Onion soup, shredded mozzarella cheese,

French bread, kiwi

Turkey on baguette, pickle (wrapped in Saran!), apples and birthday cupcake for dessert

Cream of wheat (instant) packets, hot water, lower sugar choc syrup to drizzle on top, applesauce. Milk available at school

Saltines, egg white, veggies with ranch, grapes

and a small piece of coffee cake we baked together

lunchideas

Cream cheese and olives on a challah roll with peppers and tomatoes

Butter and olive sandwich, fruit snack, celery

with ranch dip

Pretzel crisps with homemade hummus,

apples, and a honey cupcake (right before rosh

hashana)

Pancakes with syrup, banana, eese and craisins



cereal

craisins and smoothie (Greek yogurt, strawberries,

blueberries, skim milk and maple syrup)

Taco shell with meat, rice and corn. a whole

apple was added to the lunch box.

Multigrain sandwich round with scrambled

eggs, cheddar and craisins

Watermelon, bana nas and blueberries

snack



cereal

Road trip

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Salad, hummus and pretzel crisps

Fishies with ketchup, pretzels, apples, juice

French toast with maple syrup, apples, chocolate pudding

with sprinkles

Peanut butter on rye, cheddar and muenster, mango and blueberries

Pita, falafel balls, pickles and pineapples

Pizza bubbles (kosher by design, kids in the

kitchen cookbook), pasta sauce, apples, peppers

Pancakes with syrup, oranges and yogurt with candied chocolate chips.

Salad with dressing on side, cheese and crackers, fruit salad

Choice grain bread with cream cheese, pepper

jack cheese, clementine and gala/granny apple slices.

Hard salami, pita chips, blueberries and mango

Flour tortilla, tuna salad, pretzels and mango

Baked ziti and fruit salad

Have a gr8 day! BMommy

Salad with dressing on side, crackers, smoked

cheese with mints for afterward

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Salad, hummus and pretzel crisps

Fishies with ketchup, pretzels, apples, juice

French toast with maple syrup, apples, chocolate pudding

with sprinkles

Peanut butter on rye, cheddar and muenster, mango and blueberries

Pita, falafel balls, pickles and pineapples

Pizza bubbles (kosher by design, kids in the

kitchen cookbook), pasta sauce, apples, peppers

Pancakes with syrup, oranges and yogurt with candied chocolate chips.

Salad with dressing on side, cheese and crackers, fruit salad

Choice grain bread with cream cheese, pepper

jack cheese, clementine and gala/granny apple slices.

Hard salami, pita chips, blueberries and mango

Flour tortilla, tuna salad, pretzels and mango

Baked ziti and fruit salad

Have a gr8 day! BMommy

Salad with dressing on side, crackers, smoked

cheese with mints for afterward

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bAck toschOOLwhen my kids were little, my mornings were a mess. by the

time i had dropped my 3 year old at preschool and lugged my

baby back and forth to the car it was 9:15am and i was ready for

a nap.

throughout the years the mornings did get better, although i

could still always use a siesta. it took a lot of energy, which i

don’t have a lot of, and lots of organizational skills, which i need

to work hard for, but mornings are not as dreaded as they used

to be.

so what did i do that worked? here are 3 simple strategies that

helped me get a handle on my mornings:

1. Be prepared:this came as a piece of bad news for me, but i think all parents

need to hear it: Our mornings start at night. More specifically,

we need to start preparing for our mornings the night before.

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Keep Your Mornings Calm This Year!

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this seems to be a no-brainer, but i am tired at night. i want to

relax. i have to really force myself to spend a half hour getting

organized.

so now in the evenings, i try to tidy up my house, prepare

lunches, backpacks, and sign homework and permission slips. i

touch base with my kids to make sure that they have clean cloth-

ing ready to go.

Oh! Do not forget the shoes! we used to spend a lot of time

looking for shoes. i remind my kids to put their shoes in the

mudroom so there won’t be a mad dash in the mornings.

2. Feel Your Child’s Pain:i used to get so frustrated when i would watch my kids slowly

climb out of bed, one limb at a time. it was like they were made

of jelly. i would think, “why can’t they just jump out of bed?

what is the big deal?” Once i started learning about the con-

cept of empathy and how it applies to parenting, i changed my

tune. i realized that i needed to put myself in their shoes. i don’t

like getting out from under my warm blanket in the morning. i

am certainly not one of those people who hears their alarm and

jumps right up ready to start the day (Does anyone do that?). if

i don’t like getting out of bed in the morning, it would stand to

reason that my kids wouldn’t like it either. so, instead of accus-

ing:

“what is taking you so long? how long are you going to lie

there?”

i would empathize with them:

“it can be a challenge getting out from under those warm

blankets! you look like you can use a hug!”

“getting out of bed in the morning can be tough!

especially in the winter when its still dark out! is there

anything i can do to help?”

3. Problem Solve:when we do have a rough morning, i try not to spend a

lot of time blaming myself or my kids:

“what is with me, if i would have just remembered that i had

carpool, it would have been less hectic!”

“if you would have only gotten out of bed on time, it would not

have been so crazy this morning!”

instead, i try to be objective about where i slipped up and how i

can fix it in the future. around dinner time, i also try to get my

kids input:

“guys, we had a rough morning this morning. there was a lot of

yelling. what can we do to make sure it does not happen again?”

“i don’t feel like this morning went smoothly. there seemed to

have been a lot of whining. what do you think we all need to do

so that tomorrow morning will be calmer?”

Mornings with kids can be a challenge. It helps to work with your

kids by being prepared, compassionate and open to problem

solving.

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Begin by wrapping tape around pencil; try a candy-cane design, or wrap in individual circles for parallel lines.

Paint over whole pencil generously with acrylic paint. When paint is dry, remove tape.

1/16- to 1/8-inch-wide skinny masking tape

Acrylic paints

Paintbrush

Plain pencils

The secret to overcoming writer’s block is a pencil so marvelous that you can’t help but pick it up and start scribbling.

To create one, a kid winds extra-thin tape around a plain pencil, paints it, and then unwraps the tape. Each design has a personality all its own: A pencil with parallel stripes, for instance, makes math homework fun, while dreamy blue spirals are lovely for writing secrets in a journal.

Tip: Natural-color cedar pencils work well. Kids can make different styles by varying tape size, wrapping tape in different ways, and painting alternating colors between bands.

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SupplieSPebeo glass or ceramic Paints

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pReSCHOOl TeACHeRS!!

Use plastic plates and sharpies to create

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Apple & Honey DishTutorial

here is a simple glass painting tutorial using the illustration designed by ann Koffsky. i recently had the plea-sure of meeting Ann at the Creative Conference last May. When I asked her for some coloring pages to include in jCreate Magazine I was blown away by her talent. When I saw this image of the honey bees and apples I knew right away that it would make a beautiful hand painted plate. My friends and family will think me crazy for sharing my painting secrets, but what can i say??? i love this craft!!

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trAce the ImAge onto the glass using the outline

paint. Just add color or trace more pictures on to

your small honey bowl.pAInt the ImAge using the

pebeo paints.

bAke your plAte @ 350 for 30 minutes. let it preheat in the oven and cool down

in the oven. you can bake it directly on the oven rack.

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Back to School Party

we are huge supporters of early edu-cation and jumped at the chance to be part of a charity event hosted by the Jayneoni Moore Children’s Fund and Marissa J. Winokur to help raise reading scores around the country. tag reading systems and school sup-plies were packaged and shipped to low income classrooms throughout the U.s. we had a chance to meet the lovely ladies of leapfrog and let me just tell you, so sweet! the generosity, enthusiasm and knowledge that came from them was inspiring. there are so many fun, educational products!

we designed the “cupcake brunch” portion of the event complete with a school themed dessert station and snack station for the kiddies. we want-ed to incorporate the “inspire, believe, educate” moto and the importance of reading into the decor. the flavor tags were created to look like the library cards of different children’s books. hand crafted book cake stands and a cupcake cubby held the carefully decorated mini desserts. each guest received a re-usable lunch bag full of gourmet popcorn, taffy, chocolates, and other treats. this table and the

backdrop were so fun to create!

For the snack station, we went tissue pom crazy and used oversized crayola banks to make a colorful arch decor. the kids decorated re-usable, organic snack bags and filled them with gummy alphabets, goldfish crackers, veggie sticks and decorated cookies. the fruit cups and crayon lolli’s were a huge hit.

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Decorate Your Sack

Apple Muffins



Crayon Cookies

Backdrop


Cupcakes

Snack Station



Cupcakes

Individual Honey Bowlsby: linda lebovic

the highlight of every rosh hashana is dipping the apple in the honey. here is an easy, fun and decorative way to enjoy the dipping.

Supplies:

an apple for each person, preferably on the smaller side

a cookie dough baller

Knife

lemon

honey

What to do:

cut the top off the apple and set aside, with the cookie dough baller, delicately scoop out the inside of

the apple without breaking the skin. Place the apple on a plate-if the apple is wobbly, carefully slice a thin piece off the bottom of the apple to make it stand up straight on the plate. Fill the apple with honey and gently rub a lemon over the rim of the apple to prevent browning. replace the top on the apple, and everyone now has his or her very own personal honey bowl.

Linda lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Linda was a stay at home mom when her kids were little, about 5 years ago when her youngest was in 8th grade linda started her own business, swirl.

linda handcrafts and designs beautiful and top quality serving utensils, glassware and giftware.


Zach squeezing the juice out of the pureed fresh apples

for the apple cider

ingreDients

1 whole chicken

1 large sweet potato, peeled and chopped

½ butternut squash, peeled and chopped

1 onion, peeled and chopped

1 head of garlic, top sliced off

2 tbsp olive oil

1 cup mulled apple cider (recipe below)

salt and pepper to taste

Homemade Mulled Apple Cider:

10 sweet apples, gala or braeburn

1 orange, sliced

4 cinnamon sticks

1 tbsp whole cloves

¼ tsp ground nutmeg

instructions

start with the deliciously sweet mulled apple cider. slice up the sweet red apples, place

them in your food processor and chop until the consistency of applesauce.

line a bowl with cheese cloth then pour the pureed apples in the bowl. you should

see some juice coming right through the cheese cloth right away. squeeze the cheese

cloth until all of the juice dripped in to the bowl. 10 apples should produce around 2

cups of juice.

Pour the raw apple juice, now called apple cider, in to a pot and add the sliced orange,

cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and ground nutmeg. bring the mixture to a simmer

over medium heat and take it right off the stove. set the rest of the mulled apple cider

aside for the chicken.

Place the sweet potatoes, squash, onion and garlic in a large casserole dish and drizzle

with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, salt and pepper. Pour 1

cup of the mulled apple cider over the vegetables, cover

the dish with foil and braise in the oven at 400 degrees F

for 30 minutes.

spAtchcock chIcken wIth Apple cIDer brAIseD vegetAbles

the word makes

us all giggle,

but spatchcock

just means to

butterfly the

chicken.

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thIs DIsh

Is A crowDpleAser

AnD Is

so sImple to mAke!

Place the whole chicken on a clean cutting board, breast side down. starting at

the thigh end, cut along one side of the backbone with kitchen shears. turn the

chicken around and cut along the other side of the backbone.

spread open the chicken and find the keel bone, also known as the breast bone,

right down the center. it looks like plastic so you can’t really miss it. Using a sharp

knife, make a small cut in the white cartilage that covers the top of the breastbone

and bend both halves of the chicken backward at the cut to expose the breastbone.

run your thumbs down both sides of the breastbone to separate it from the meat

then pull the bone out.

Flip over the chicken and sprinkle it with the remaining tablespoon of olive oil,

salt and pepper. at this point the vegetables are ready to come out of the oven so

you should uncover the casserole dish. Place the spatchcock chicken over the gar-

lic and vegetables and place back in the 400 degree F oven for 1 hour.

at the 45 minute mark, open the oven to check on the chicken, which should be

just starting to brown. spoon the cider juice from the bottom of the casserole pan

right over the chicken then let it cook for another 15 minutes. Done!

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what you’ll need:

7” round trivet (ikea trivet pictured here)

size g crochet hook

tapestry needle

worsted weight yarns in: red, white, black, green and

brown

Using red yarn,

Rnd 1: Ch 4, 12 hdc in the 4th ch from hook (12 hdc)

Rnd 2: ch2, 2 hdc in each hdc around, sl st to ch-2

sp (24 hdc)

Rnd 3: ch2 [hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st] around,

sl st to ch-2 sp (36 hdc)

Rnd 4: ch2 [hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st]

around, sl st to ch-2 sp (48 hdc)

Rnd 5: ch2 [hdc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st]


Rnd 6: ch2 [Hdc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st]






while this double-sided crochet

apple trivet is so cute, you’d never

imagine it would be so easy. Only

beginner skills are required.

Apple trIvet

by: chana apfelbaum

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greaT gIfTMake these for fam-ily and friends!

Back of Apple:

Using white yarn,

Rnd 1: Ch 4, 12 hdc in the 4th ch from hook (12 hdc)

Rnd 2: ch2, 2 hdc in each hdc around, sl st to ch-2 sp (24 hdc)

Rnd 3: ch2 [hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st] around, sl st to ch-2 sp

(36 hdc)

Rnd 4: ch2 [hdc in next 2 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around, sl st to ch-2

sp (48 hdc)

Rnd 5: ch2 [hdc in next 3 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around, sl st to ch-2

sp (60 hdc)

Rnd 6: ch2 [Hdc in next 4 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around, sl st to ch-2

sp (72 hdc)

switch to red yarn,

Rnd 7: ch2 [Hdc in next 5 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around, sl st to ch-2

sp (84 hdc)

Rnd 8: ch2 [Hdc in next 6 sts, 2 hdc in next st] around, sl st to

ch-2 sp (96 hdc)

Sew front and back of apple together around the trivet

by sewing in and out of parallel stitches using a tapes-

try needle.

For branch:

using brown yarn,

ch10, sc in each ch from hook.

For leaf:

using green yarn,

ch8, sc in 2nd ch from hook. hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc. ch3. working

down the other side, sc, hdc, dc, tr, dc, hdc, sc. sl st all around

leaf to finish.

sew or glue branch and leaf to front of apple.

For seeds:

using black yarn, sew 3 loops around 2 hdc’s on each side of

your circle.






Strawberry Ices esther Ottensoser

Ingredients:

4 cups frozen strawberries

3/4 cup orange juice

1/2 cup sugar

Directions:

Place all ingredients in your food processor. Using the S blade, blend until all the strawberries are blended.

Pour mixture into a parchment lined 9×13 pan.

Freeze till solid.

Using an apple cookie cutter, cut ices out.

Place in freezer till you are ready to serve.

Decorate plate with dessert sauce.

Place 1, 2 or 3 “apples” on each plate.

Garnish with any small leaves.

Yields: 12 apples

Enjoy this” sweet” new idea for a “Sweet New Year”! A refreshing and very simple idea to finish off any Yom Tov meal.

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rosh hashanah and sukkot are great times

to bring the magnificent colors of autumn

into your home! Fall colors complement

neutral tablescapes really well. try mixing

deep magenta, rich eggplant and plum, or

bold orange to highlight your table this hol-

iday. we’ve created this yom tov table

using deeply hued dahlias and cockscomb,

berries as well as mokara orchids for an

unforgettable dinner party.

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steP 4Using a bit of water and your paintbrush attach your letters to the cookie. if you’d like at this point you can paint a bit of white to make it more realistic along one edge of the cookie.

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what you’ll need:

apple cookie cutterFondant (red and green)royal icing or alphabet moldswater and a paintbrush

Directions:

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roll out your cookie dough to desired thickness (1/4 inch is aver-age) and cut out your apple cookie shapes. Place them on your cookie sheet and bake for aprox 8-10 min. making sure not to burn. Once your cookies are done let them sit for a few minutes to firm up.

steP 2while your cookies are cooling roll out your red fondant to 1/8” and using your apple cookie cutter cut out your shape. cut off the stem part with your knife and brush your cookie with some water so the fondant can stick to it. attach your red fondant to the apple lining up the edges.

cut out the stem part of your cookie using your green fondant and cut out 1 leaf using your leaf cutter. if you don’t have a leaf cutter cut out a leaf shape and make 1 long indentation down the center of your leaf shape and than make diagonal indentations along the sides until it resembles a leaf (see photo). attach the stem and leaf to your cookie. Using a dry paintbrush clean off your fondant if needed.

steP 3Using your letter molds, spell out the letters of the name you need. if you don’t have a mold you can use royal icing to pipe the name directly onto the cookie or you can use cookie cutters or chocolate molds. I chose to use Martha Stewart’s alphabet mold for this because the design resembles leaves and i thought that fit nicely. My daughter’s favorite color is purple so I used that for the molds but you can use green or white if you’d prefer.

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stuffed foods are traditional for sukkot and no

one knows exactly why, though some rabbis

say it’s because we’ve come through the high

holidays, all is forgiven and we are stuffed with

blessings. Maybe so, but in pure food terms I’d

say that by the time we have feasted through rosh

hashanah and the yom Kippur break-the-fast,

we are stuffed from so much wonderful food.

besides, sukkot is a harvest festival. Our cup-

boards and refrigerators are stuffed with a bounty

of produce!

so, let’s celebrate! sukkot begins at sundown on

september 18th this year. this stuffed acorn

squash dish is perfect for the holiday. it’s “stuffed”

with autumn vegetables. it’s easy to transport, so

you can bring it to your sukkah. it’s good hot,

warm or cool. that means you can make it in

advance.

here’s another bonus: there’s not much meat in the

recipe and it’s loaded with vegetables, so it’s healthy.

i sometimes leave out the meat and substitute a cup

of grated cheese instead. such a versatile, colorful

and appropriate choice for the holiday.

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StuFFed Acorn SquASh2 large acorn squash

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 small onion, chopped

1 carrot, diced

1/2 cup diced butternut squash

1 cup ground turkey

1 cup diced yellow squash or zucchini

1/2 cup chopped fresh spinach or chard

1/4 cup chopped raisins

1/4 cup chopped almonds

1/4 cup plain fresh breadcrumbs

2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme

or rosemary

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 large eggs

salt and freshly ground black pepper to

taste

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. cut the

squash in half crosswise and remove the

seeds. wrap the halves in aluminum foil

and bake for 40 minutes. remove from

the oven and set aside. reduce the oven

heat to 350 degrees. while the squash is

cooking, heat the olive oil in a sauté pan

over medium heat. add the onion, car-

rot and butternut squash and cook for 2-3

minutes, to soften them slightly. add the

turkey and cook for another 2-3 minutes.

remove the pan from the heat. add the

yellow squash, spinach, raisins, almonds

and breadcrumbs and toss ingredients

to distribute them evenly. sprinkle with

thyme and cayenne pepper and toss ingre-

dients again. add the eggs and salt and

pepper to taste, mix well and stuff equal

amounts of the mixture into the baked

squash cavities.

Bake for 25 minutes. Makes 4 servings

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even hough i work tirelessly on both my actual

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the means once my family and friends are sitting around

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is the holiday where

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fall feeling in a funky

yet budget friendly way. Firstly i covered the table with a

lime green full size flat sheet purchased at Wal-Mart for

under ten dollars. next i added a burlap looking tablet

which is actually an inexpensive curtain panel. to get

that tropical effect i placed a few large banana leaves

across the center of the table as a runner/placemats.

those are about six dollars a piece at your local florist.

the lime green vases i purchased online at a dollar store

site. i wrapped burlap ribbon purchased at a trimming/

craft store and some pineapple top leaves to continue

with the tropical outdoorsy mood. i found funky printed

paper napkins for less than $3 at TJMaxx and lit some

burlap wrapped tea lights also bought online for ambi-

ance and effect. the china, silverware and glassware are

about 15 years old but look modern when surrounded

by all the updated, trendy extras. Don’t be afraid to use

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Plumber’s epoxy putty

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VERMONTi have always wanted to travel to vermont during chol hamoed sukkot. the timing of the holiday coin-cides with peak fall foliage in the area. last year, my hus-band and i made the last minute decision to head up north with our pop up sukkah

and our five children in tow. there were only 2 days of chol hamoed and we were determined to jam in all of the area’s attractions in 48 hours. we were very surprised to learn how many kosher attractions there were in the area. not only is the ben and jerry’s

Factory there, but so is cold hollow Cider Mill - a kosher certified apple cider mill as well as green Mountain Coffee and the green Mountain Sugar refining co. offer-ing kosher organic all natural maple syrup.

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we decided to stay in a cabin as it was our cheapest option for sleeping and the most exciting arrangement for our children. we grilled hot dogs for dinner and snuggled under blankets at night. we grabbed some fall foliage road maps that we got in the area and took scenic drives through the rolling hills of vermont. gorgeous doesn’t even begin to describe the colors and hues of the leaves. the trees were on fire and simply stunning in shades of

yellow, red, and orange.

the vermont teddy bear Factory was quite simply adorable. the kids had wonderful time learning all about how they make teddy bears during the tour. every teddy bear is created right there in front of you by a handful of work-ers. each one is perfectly created spe-

cifically for the recipi-ent and

made out of the love of the vermont teddy bear workers. they even have a hospital where they fix all the broken and chewed up teddy bears. the com-pany offers Free tours for children under 12 while the adults are charged a nominal fee of $4. they had a large picnic area where my kids were able to sit down and eat lunch and my husband was able to pop open his sukkah to

chow down.

My personal favorite place was Cold Hollow Cider Mill. I love hot apple cider and theirs was delicious! a few of their products have a hashgachah like their apple jelly/jam and butter, but you have to be careful to ask for the list of kosher products because not every-thing is kosher. My husband and kids, however, disagree. ben and jerry’s was their favorite. the factory tour is just $4 per adult and children under 12 are Free. they offer a tour through their

facility as well as a free scoop of ice cream at the end. you also get to watch a video of how ben and jerry (2 jewish guys i might add) grew a $5 correspon-dence course on ice cream making into

a thriving business.

Finding a daily minyan was important to my husband and if it’s a concern for your family as well, i encourage you to call the local chabad for minyan times. the website offers places to sleep near by, area attractions, as well as kosher

food establishments in the area.

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