אוכל ישראלי - ASHKENAZI DRIED FRUIT COMPOTE - Israeli food

 

I love this dessert and can not decide if this is a true love, or a nostalgic love to the dessert that accompanied Shabbat and Holidays meals at my parents home

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קומפוט אשכנזי - לפתן פירות מיובשים

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אוכל ישראלי - JEWISH ASHKENAZI CARROTS TSIMMES - Israeli food

 Tsimmes and Gefilte- fish have always connected me to Judaism and tradition, that was not kept in my secular parents home.  Somehow I also found myself attracted also to Jewish soul music, what led me to the Klezmer Festival in Safed
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צימעס  גזר  אשכנזי
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אוכל ישראלי - AVOCADO SALAD - Israeli food

 Avocado ... One of the greatest loves of my grandson Ethan

 

סלט אבוקדו

אוכל ישראלי - MOST SIMPLE ISRAELI GREEN SALAD - Israeli food

This salad is starring in our Friday meals - simple-simple and so
delicious

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סלט ירוק ישראלי - הכי פשוט שיש
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אוכל ישראלי - ISRAELI SALAD WITH TOMATOES CUCUMBERS AND HERBS - Israeli food

There's nothing like getting up in the morning with salad aroma that  fill the house and invite to an Israeli breakfast ....

Especially if the salad is prepared by my daughter and son aged five and six ....

סלט ישראלי מעגבניות מלפפונים ועשבי תיבול 

אוכל ישראלי - PERFECT BASMATI RICE & WHITE RICE - GAS COOKING & MICROWAVE- Israeli food

 Basmati rice  is considered the healthiest among all types of white rice. It has long grains.  It is aromatic with a nutty flavor. It's not as sticky as other types of rice and the cooked grains are separated and fluffy

אורז בסמטי מושלם ואורז לבן ארוך - בבישול ובמיקרוגל

אוכל ישראלי - MATIAS HERRING APPETIZER WITH VEGETABLES - Israeli food

מתאבן דג מלוח מטיאס בעיטורי ירק

A WONDERFUL  NOSTALGIC  ASHKENAZI  APPETIZER  THAT  OPENED  SHABAT MEALS  AT  MY  PARENT"S  HOME

אוכל ישראלי - FRESH TOMATO SAUCE - Israeli food

So delicious, steals the show from the main course... and you can not stop dipping...   
רוטב עגבניות טריות


אוכל ישראלי - MATIAS HERRING IN SOUR-CREAM AND APPLES - Israeli food

 

A wonderful appetizer for SHAVUOT and any other day.  I have tasted it years ago  in a Viennese home of a friend and fell in love with it ....

 

דג מלוח מטיאס בשמנת ותפוחי עץ