Fried Rice and Oven Baked Egg Rolls

Chinese food...YUM!  I try to reserve saying "love" for things like my husband and daughter, you know, things that really matter.  I try to be conscious about my word choices and not use terms like "love" too often for inanimate things. But I love Chinese food!  When I was little my dad used to take us out to eat a fair amount.  My favorite place was a little Chinese restaurant called "Roses" and I always ordered fried rice.  Since I started to keep kosher I have really missed good Chinese food.  Until recently we lived in Jerusalem where there are no shortage of kosher restaurants; the problem is that we never managed to find any Asian place (other than a sushi place) that wasn't fleishig.  This shouldn't necessarily be a problem, but as it turns out, these places use the same oil for everything which means that you can order a "vegetarian" egg roll, but it was fried in the same oil as chicken which means it isn't vegetarian at all!  Anyway, I have made it my mission to be able to make some of my favorite Chinese dishes both 100% kosher and vegetarian (though you can easily fleish these up if you want to).

Spicy Orange Tofu

I find a lot of people are afraid to use tofu.  People shy away from it because they think it has no flavor or they don't like the texture or something.  I'll be honest, I can understand where these ideas come from.  I have not yet been able to bring myself to try things like tofu shakes.  I've seen pictures and they look yummy, but something about drinking tofu just doesn't sit right with me.  Maybe someday I'll get brave and try it, but until then I have some other delicious tofu recipes to share with you.
Tofu itself does not have a lot of flavor, but that is what's so great about it - it will take on the flavor of whatever you put it with.
This recipe is one of my favorites and has even been a big hit with my husband who is not so into tofu.  If you are tired of the same old recipes, give this one a shot!

Rosemary Steak with Pear Sauce

Ok, let's just jump right in here and start out with meat.  I can't tell you from personal experience that this tastes good because I have never had it, but my husband was speechless when I served this to him.  This was the first fleishig thing I ever made for him.

About Me, Sarah (the Frummie Foodie)

Hi.  So, this is me.

I'm Sarah.

Profession: full time Mommy.

Hobbies: finding delicious looking/sounding recipes and making them, which at times takes some creativity since some of said recipes are very very treif to begin with.  Oh ya, that's another thing about me - I'm an ultra-orthodox Jew which means I keep strictly kosher.  I was not raised orthodox though which means I remember things from my treif days like burritos from Chipotle  and Olive Garden bread sticks.  I have therefore made it my mission to reinvent some of my favorites.  I think I have a pretty good handle on Chipotle - the secret is in the green tobasco. ☺

Another thing you should know about me is that I am a strict vegetarian. (Ok, if you ask my husband I am a strict pescitarian, but who's counting?)  I have been a vegetarian since 2002.  Yes, I've had meat before.  No, I don't miss it or crave it.  After two years of marriage, though, my wonderful husband realized that he did miss and crave meat. So to show him how much I love him, I finally broke down and made him meat for the first time about 6 months ago.  Now I make him chicken and occasionally red meat for most Shabbos meals.

This has actually turned out to be a good diet for me since then I just eat salad.  So, he's happy cause he gets meat and I'm happy cause the scale shows me a nicer number on Sunday morning than in the past. ☺

I hope you enjoy these recipes as much as I have!

Note that in most cases the recipes are not mine. though in many cases I have adapted the recipes so that they will be kosher.  I will always let you know where I got the original recipe from and provide a link if possible.