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What is a Balaboosta?
Balaboosta (n.)(bah-lah-b00-sta) A Yiddish term meaning the perfect housewife, homemaker, wonderful mother, cook, and gracious hostess. She does it all and does it well.
I make simple food with easy recipes and I like to try new things. My family and friends love my cooking and always ask me to share, with them, what I know about food, flavor, and technique.

I'm not a professional chef and I've had no formal culinary training. What I know and do in the kitchen comes from three women...Nana, Grandma Della, and Rose, my mom. Each one of them knew more about putting a meal on the table than any fancy chef in a white hat. They were the ultimate Balaboostas.

What I offer you is a lifetime of experience in the kitchen with my compliments and theirs. I hope they'd be proud. I will bring you my recipes as I make them with photos of the actual food I'm preparing. I'm no professional photographer either but I promise, my food will speak for itself in every picture.

The food on my table isn't stacked in a trendy tower.
Instead, my food is stacked with flavor and full of my passion for cooking. So please come in, make yourself comfortable, and enjoy.

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Disclaimer: While most of my recipes are "Jewish Style", I do sometimes cook with pork. This might have been a great disappointment to some but my grandmothers knew that I live in modern world. I light Shabbos candles religiously but I have to admit...I do not keep a Kosher home.

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Appetizer - Puttin' On The Ritz

This is going to sound too simple but I promise you a flavor sensation for the tongue.
When my kids were small we would make up stuff for snacks and this is one they came up.
It's really good, not low in fat or carbs but really really good. You'll love it. If you have kids, they'll love it too. It's so savory and creamy at the same time.

Ingredients...

  • Bite-sized thick slices of your favorite sharp cheddar My fave is Hoffman's Sharp Cheddar but not every store carries it in their deli.
  • Sliced pepperoni - they type you buy to put on homemade pizza.
  • Ritz Crackers

Here's how you do it...

  1. Assemble a slice of cheese on the Ritz cracker.
  2. Put a slice of pepperoni on top of that.
  3. Now eat it.

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