Today my kids laughed when they saw our meal out on the table.
Here's what we had:
Homemade Whole Wheat Pitot (Shortcut version)
Homemade Chumus (made with lemon juice from a lemon *just* picked from our tree)
Fresh Vegetables
Lentils (leftover from last thursday - time to use them up)
Homemade French Fries
Felafel balls
They asked when I was going to learn to make homemade felafel balls. They figured that would be so much better than those frozen store bought ones I've been serving.... One day...
I started this site because so many of the frugal food sites I love are just jam-packed with recipes that are decidedly un-kosher. And lots of other frugal living sites are extremely religious, and not in a Jewish way. And that just wasn’t working for me. I hope that I can share some ways to be frugal AND kosher. And share some of my thoughts about our life since making Aliyah. Oh, and if you share my recipes, menus, musings, etc, please link back to this blog. Thank you.
I can give you a recipe for homemade falafel balls. They are indeed much more yummy than the frozen store-bought ones. As long as you remember to soak the chickpeas the night before, it's really easy :-)
ReplyDeleteI have a recipe, but I'd love another, thanks! I know it can't be hard, but it's just TIME. Time is a hot commodity...
DeleteWe make homemade falafel every week. We used to have buy cheap pitot (15 for 10 shekels) at Ariel Bakery in Tiveria but they closed. So now we are spending more on pita (5 for 5 shekel) which raises the cost of the meal. We calculate that it costs us about 15 shekel for all six of us to eat till satisfied. That is cost of one falafel at the store!
ReplyDeleteRecipe: http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/My-Favorite-Falafel-231755 (we use dry bean and double the salt and cumin)
That's the same place WE used to get cheap pitot from!
DeleteWe were so sad that they closed...
Thanks for the link to the recipe. I will have to try it out soon.