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The Raw and The Cooked

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Exodus 27:20-30:10 | Tetzaveh | “You Shall Command”

Another really smooth week over here – everyone’s healthy, the weather has been so good to us, and all is running well and good on the home-front. You know the saying, “When Adar enters, Joy increases.” – Talmudic proverb (Taanit 29a). And what a relief, because it was truly a rough, tough, and l-o-n-g winter. I’m looking forward to baking hamentashen’s with the children this weekend in anticipation for Purim on Tuesday. The kids have off school for the holiday, we’ve already mapped out our costumes, the excitement is building. There’s something really joyous about Adar, like we can finally exhale.

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Sourdough Pancakes

A typical school morning breakfast around here: sourdough pancakes, maple syrup, and scrambled eggs (and sometimes fruit). I try to have breakfast on the table, and big kids up dressed, with their beds already made by 7:15am, and then it’s teeth brushing, hair combing, backpack stuffing – water bottles, lunchboxes, snacks – socks, shoes, and jacket, out the door by 7:45am.

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Episode 212: What We Ate This Week, How I Prepped, and What I Spent

Welcome back to another installment of What We Ate This Week, How I Prepped, and What I Spent — part nine!

I think after part ten (maybe this summer?), I’ll officially retire this series. It’s been a good run. But before we close it out, I wanted to document a very full February week — what we ate, how I prepped, and what we spent as a family of six.

One quick note: we had just returned from a trip, and I love coming home to a completely bare fridge. No food waste. No mystery leftovers. Just a clean slate. That means the first grocery week back is always higher than normal — but it’s worth it.

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Homemade Bagels

It started with sourdough a few years ago. Keeping a starter alive, and baking one to three sourdough loaves per week somehow turned into a full kitchen revolution. It was a slippery slope, and now I find that nearly every bread product we consume as a family is homemade from my kitchen. Sourdough loaves, sandwich bread, tortillas, muffins, pancakes, biscuits, pie dough, cookies, cakes, and now… bagels. I’m thrilled to share this recipe with you, it’s become a go-to for my big kids packed lunches on Mondays and Tuesday.

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Exodus 25:1-27:19 | Terumah | “Contribution”

We had a really smooth week settling back in from our week long trip. Smooth, albeit we hit the ground running. We re-enrolled our two older children as upcoming first and second graders, switched home and auto policies, I renewed my soon-to-be expired drivers license, we moved some money around, and other mundane tasks of running a household with four small children. It was a great trip, though I’m really happy to be home.

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