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From PB’s Kitchen: Red Cabbage Salad (And a bonus recipe!)

Red Cabbage Salad

Who thinks they ate the most cheesecake this past holiday over Shavuot?? Let’s go for something light and refreshing! For all those who still want cheesecake included below is a delicious recipe!

Ingredients

  • 1 bag Purple Shredded Cabbage
  • 1 can of Corn
  • 1 Red Pepper
  • A bunch of Pickles 

Dressing:

  • ¾ cup of Oil
  • ¾ Cup of Vinegar
  • 6 Tbsp of Mayo
  • 6 Tbsp of Sugar

Directions

  1. Dice up your veggies, add the bag of purple cabbage.
  2. Mix your dressing and toss!!
  3. Enjoy! 

For all those whose stomachs aren’t hurting from all the cheesecake eaten on Shavuot…

White Chocolate Cream Cheese Cheesecake

Ingredients
Crust:

  • 2 Cups of Half Moon Cookies (1Pkg)
  • 4 Tbsp of Butter (Dairy)
  • ½ Cup of Confectioner Sugar

Filling:

  • 6 Oz. White Chocolate (2 Bars)
  • 4 Tbsp of Butter
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 Cup Sugar
  • ¾ Cup Flour
  • ¾ tsp Baking Powder

Cream Cheese Topping:

  • 16 Oz. Whipped Cream Cheese
  • ½ Cup of Sugar
  • 2 Eggs

Directions:

  1. Crush cookies and mix with butter and confectioner sugar.
  2. Next place the mixture in a 9×13 pan and bake at 350 for 10 min.
  3. Melt white chocolate with butter and  let cool – you don’t want it to harden and you just don’t want it too hot.
  4. Mix everything else and combine with chocolate.
  5. Pour on top of crust, bake for 35 min and let cool – important to let cool!! 
  6. Mix topping ingredients well, I usually use a hand blender.
  7. Pour on top of white chocolate layer – bake for another 30 min. 
  8. Enjoy!! It’s heaven!!!

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Enjoy these shots from the Chanukah Party 2023!

Chanukah is in the air!
This cookie dough is simple and delicious!! Take out some Chanukah cookie cutters and go to town and shape those cookies!! Surprise family and friends with something special this Chanukah!!

Thoughts on Chanukah – why do we focus on the miracle of the oil instead of the fact that our army defeated a much larger and more powerful army?

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Humanity, with all its remarkable achievements and intellectual prowess, remains inherently bounded by certain limitations. Even the most brilliant scientists or those who possess double Ivy League degrees in engineering find themselves reliant on professionals like accountants for tax assistance and doctors for medical diagnoses. This interdependence is a prevalent theme throughout the human lifecycle, vividly exemplified when a newborn depends entirely on their parents for sustenance and safety. As the infant matures and evolves, they embark on their unique journey towards success and personal development.

Danielle Gyles did not grow up Jewish. In fact, she grew up in the small Colorado town of Pueblo, where there is not a large Jewish population. “I love my hometown,” Danielle explains, “But it’s definitely one of those small towns that people don’t really understand. It was a blue-collar town for a very long time, and when the mill went under a lot of people lost their jobs. For a long time the city was scrambling trying to figure out how to keep their citizens.”

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