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a recipe that’s perfect for this late strawberry season: Fluffy Strawberry Mousse. It’s really amazing because so many reasons: 1. Strawberries are now in peak season and will be gone soon, so that means that they’re the ripest and cheapest. Take advantage of that! 2. You can prep the strawberries ahead of time and freeze them in a zip lock bag, and it will be ready to go whenever you’re ready to cook. Make 2-3 bags of these even, worst case, you’ll be using them in smoothies. 3. It’s Passover next week and it’s the perfect dessert for the Passover dinner - light (which is what you need after a huge meal) and flourless. 4. It’s dairy-free, gluten-free and vegetarian. Plus it’s not overly sweet. 5. It’s quick and easy, you can make it ahead of time, and doesn’t use up much tools and equipment. And it’s just 5 ingredients (you can even do it with just the top 3). 6. It’s a basic recipe but you can make it your own by combining a couple of extra ingredients when serving. So what’s not to like? For the full recipe check out: https://alwaystasting.com/strawberry-mousse-passover-dessert
Frozen Strawberry Mousse Parfait Recipe
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Chopped salad, requires quite some work but it's definitely worth it. Especially if you use the right knife to make chopping super easy and quick. This video is a demo on using a Kiwi knife to chop up an amazing Israeli Chopped Salad. What Makes Kiwi Knives so unique? 1. Kiwi knives are the best value budget knife out there. If you’re looking for some bang for your buck - this is it! 2. They’re super easy to care for, clean, sharpen, and they can stay functional for years. 3. The blade is stainless steel, so you can leave it dirty on the counter, and it won’t rust. 4. You can put it in the dishwasher. Yes, the wooden handle will lose some of its finish and gloss, but you know what, I’m not too concerned about how it looks. 5. The knife is so light, making it easy to hold and become “part of your hand.” 6. The blade is very thin. It makes chopping so effortless. It requires almost no force to chop right into a butternut squash or slice some apples like butter. 7. The blade is super sharp right out of the box, but you better keep simple honing steel handy to keep the edge straight, the blade sharp and ready to go. 8. It’s the most approachable knife and will work for about 90% of your kitchen needs. It’s the knife you’ll find yourself reaching for most of the time. It’s so cheap, for the price of just one decent budget knife (a $50 Victorinox beginner’s knife for example), you can buy six kiwi knives and rotate between them in the kitchen - never having to run out of a clean and good knife. 9. Did I mention it’s dirt cheap? Read full post: https://alwaystasting.com/best-affordable-chef-knife---meet-the-kiwi-knife Get your 6" pointed edge Kiwi Knife: (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/370Go8i Get your 2 Kiwi set here (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2LDhmEG Get your cleaver Kiwi - same one used in this video here (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/2Z5tXUl
Best Affordable Chef Knife - Meet the Kiwi Knife - Chopped Salad
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Want to learn how to be creative and use-up leftovers with ease? Let’s skip the fluff and go straight to the actionable quick tips that you can implement immediately. Quick Tip 1: Choose your focus element It'll be much easier to decide what to make if you focus on one thing. It can be the protein or the ingredient you're looking to use-up first before it spoils. For example, you might have a full fridge from the weekend's BBQ. Some things can be frozen, some things can be eaten as is, and maybe you want to do something with the brisket. That would be your focus element. Quick Tip 2: Choose your type of dish Some dishes are perfect as fridge clearing leftover dishes. But what you choose has to make sense with the main ingredient you selected. Some of the main groups of leftover dishes are as follows: 1. Egg dish 2. Sandwich dish 3. Stew/soup dish 4. Casserole dish 5. Stir Fry 6. Salad In this example, I chose to go for a stir-fry, because I had many veggies I wanted to use up. Quick Tip 3: Find more ingredients that can work together Now that you know the type of dish and the main ingredient, go back to the fridge and look for more ingredients that can work well with what you choose. In our example, I found some asparagus, carrot, onion and radish and chopped it up to stir fry. To bring it all together I choose a Thai chili-soy-bean paste that works amazingly with leftover because it gives all the seasoning that you need - sweet, savory, spicy and acid. I also had a little takeout container of beef broth that I added in there for extra moisture. Take a last look at your pantry, is there any extra ingredient that might enhance the dish? I chose sesame seeds this time. There you go! 3 quick tips to help you make up a leftover dish with ease. You might be doing all this subconsciously already, but sometimes when we feel stuck and uninspired, walking through these three steps can make life so much easier! Now, go forth and implement!
Leftover Brisket Stir Fry
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Hi,

I'm  Mashav Shelef

I’m a trained chef, a food writer, a culinary traveler, a food explorer and a mom. 

I was born in Israel, trained in Paris, and now live in San Francisco with my family.

If you’re like me then food is a major part of your life too.

My mission in life is to inspire and motivate people by helping them experience life through food.

How to do that?

Always be tasting: while cooking, when eating out, when traveling
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Mashav is fantastic! We took a 6-person food tour around Richmond, and had a blast. It's a great group activity, and Mashav took us to TEN SPOTS where we had samples of delicious food. Mashav is very knowledgeable in everything that has to do with the food scene in Richmond, and her taste is impeccable. Mashav, thank you for a great morning in San Francisco!

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Loved the food tour in the Inner Richmond neighborhood.
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