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Author Archives: Grandma
Amazing crop of tomatoes this year – pears too -some of our animals passed while a new animal joins the family – sweet rescue
After our beloved Central Asian Shepherd puppy of 1.5 years Smokey, died suddenly in her sleep a month ago we have been searching through rescue places for another rescue who could get along with our three cats. We found one … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Dogs, Family, Fruit, Gluten Free, Jams, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged cooking with kids, crops, dogs, farming, fruit, goats, jams, pear butter, pears, rescues, tomatoes, urban farming
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I love to eat Blondie’s – do you?
I don’t eat chocolate so Brownies are not an option for me. But BLONDIE’S are ! And here is a terrific recipe – the problem is that I love these too much. The recipe makes 9 and I cut them … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Desserts, Raising Children, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged Blondies, cake, chocolate, cookies, cooking with kids, dessert, foodies, Grandma
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Eating salmon – a lot! Making it interesting
Salmon is a wonderful fish – and eating it often instead of meat is a good idea for weight control. In fact I have found that eating fish 5 times a week helps me maintain my weight and I enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Fish, Gluten Free, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad
Tagged healthy food, low calorie, salmon, weight control, weight loss
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Paradigm for Parity – Gender parity in pay and position by 2030
I am proud to serve on the steering committee of a movement called Paradigm for Parity. Here is a recent NYC article on the topic. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/sunday-review/women-ceos-glass-ceiling.html?smid=tw-share
Welcoming family from Basel Switzerland this week – such excitement!
We have been planning for months for the visit of my niece and her husband and children and this is the week! We have a family get together on Saturday and lots of fun planned for the days before. I … Continue reading
Recently a friend asked us to post our wedding photos – brought back memories so many years ago!
We are almost at 49 years of marriage – the big 50 coming up soon! Here are two pictures of that day. So young – I was just 19 and my husband was 29. And we are still together! My … Continue reading
A gorgeous picture of our little family – all looking healthy and happy! Lucky us! And a great zucchini salad
Summers are wonderful in California – actually any time of year is great! And here is a super summer salad – no need to cook – light and easy to make – enjoy! Also a great picture of my son … Continue reading
Telacu Foundation had its annual gala and I am honored to serve on their advisory board
What a star studded event it was! Hundreds of Telacu scholarship winners were on the stage and the tables were filled with luminaries from all over the State of California and elsewhere. And all of this is the brainchild and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Entrepreneurship, Family, Philanthropy, Raising Children
Tagged family, passion, philanthropy in the Latino community, Telacu
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Our new Segil Urban Farm Fellow was appointed this last weekend – a wonderful celebration!
This is the time of year that the Segil Urban Farm Fellow is appointed through an endowment my husband and I have made to the Shalom Institute. What a fabulous camp it is and the environment with the market garden, … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Philanthropy, Raising Children
Tagged animal husbandry, Bee Keeping, Camping, giving back, goats, paying it forward, Philanthropy, Shalom Institute, urban farming
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Shakshuka – a Middle Eastern dish that is delicious!
Shakshuka is served in the Middle East especially in Israel – you can find it in the USA in many middle eastern restaurants. It is good for breakfast, lunch, dinner or in between and with warmed fresh pita is divine! … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Little farm products, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Starters, Vegetables
Tagged breakfast, Chili Powder, Cumin, dinner, garlic, Israel, lunch, olive oil, onion, paprika, pepper, peppers, salt, Shakshuka, snacks, tomatoes
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Carrot Salad and Cucumber soup – both are easy and low calorie
Post holiday weekend – and all that sugar fat and yummy stuff — sigh – today is back to watching what I put in my mouth day – and here is a truly fabulous low calorie carrot salad. One of … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad, Tips, Vegetables, Vegetarian Mains
Tagged carrot salad, cold soup, cooking with kids, cucumber soup, FAGE yogurt, grandma cooking, Low calorie salads, non fat sour cream, raisins, recipes, Recipes to make with children, yogurt
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Fabulous annual family week – happy times living in the moment!
This past week was a wonderful one – with the entire USA based family for our annual family week. Such fun – tons of swimming and food and so much more. So lovely to have no schedule and just hang … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Raising Children
Tagged being together, children, Cooking with Grandma, family, Grandma, love and respect, raising children
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Failed Cobb Salad Pizza recipe from Cooking Light – looks good but tasted bad! Plus adorable pics of our twins!
I tried a really fun looking recipe from Cooking Light and it was a disaster. So I am sharing it with you. The good news was that same weekend our grandson twins had a hip hop concert – so adorable … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Poultry, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children, Salad
Tagged cobb salad, Cooking Light, cooking with kids, failed recipes, family, grandkids, grandma cooking, hip hop shows, Pizza, twins
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The New Segil Urban Farm Fellow – Training Camp staff in Urban Farming, Beekeeping and More
Every year we endow a young adult to become a Segil Urban Farm Fellow at the Shalom Institute Children’s camp in Malibu. My husband Clive trains them with his deep knowledge of farming in an urban environment ( although you … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Goats, Little farm products, Live Events, Philanthropy, Women's Topics
Tagged Bible, charity, Chesed, doing good, Empowering Women, Fellowship, Judaism, Philanthropy, Talmud, Torah, Tzedakah, urban farming
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Making Ossobucco – yummy! And in the slow cooker it is a snap to make!
This is a really easy recipe for Osso-bucco using my Slow Cooker. Slow-Cooker Osso Buco Servings: 4 Bottom of Form Ingredients · 1/2 cup all-purpose flour · Four 1-1/2- to 2-inch-thick veal shanks (about 2-1/2 lb.) · Kosher salt and freshly … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Little farm products, Meat, Raising Children, Recipes to Make with Children, Rice, Salad, Slow Cooker
Tagged Gremolata, lemon zest, olive oil, Osso Bucco, rice, slow cooker, Veal Shanks
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Bella the Cow is stealing the Little Farm Show!
We are in love with Bella our new cow! She is very tame – was in a petting zoo -and so loves kids ( and they love her). We are planning to breed her in a few weeks – hope … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cows, Family, Raising Children
Tagged Cow, family, farming, grandkids and animals, Grandma, Little farm, Miniature Cows, urban farming
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New Addition to The Little Farm – Bella the cow!
We are so excited to add to our menagerie – Bella the miniature cow. Here she is in all her glory with Farmer Clive who bought her at an auction. It is not easy to find a mini cow and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Cheese, Cows, Dogs, Family, Goats, Little farm products
Tagged Bulls, Cheese from Cow's milk, Dexter, family, Goats cheese, grandkids, Little farm, Miniature Cows, Zebu
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Lovely recipe ( healthy too) for Idaho Trout and Swiss Chard! YUM!
Came across this recipe and tried it out. It was really divine. So easy and quick too. We grow our own garlic, rosemary, onions, swiss chard, thyme, etc etc – so it was easy to pull together. Just had to … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Family, Fish, Recipes, Recipes to Make with Children
Tagged capers, cast iron pan, Fish, garlic, idaho trout, lemon juice, non stick pan, olive oil, olives, onion, pepper, peppers, red wine vinegar, rosemary, salt, shallots, swiss chard, thyme, tomatoes, trout
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Little Farm Crops of fruit and vegetables this year – spectacular because of all the rain! YAY~
We have an abundance of wonderful fruit this year. And are making jams, relishes and compote like crazy! The family are happy as are friends as we are bearing giffs whenever we meet! Here are just a few of our … Continue reading
Learning about The Electoral College – I thought I understood it – but until I saw this video – I realise there were nuances I missed – take a look!
After the election I was driven to find out more about the Electoral College – its history and implications. I found a fascinating video that explained it so well. Take a look! I thought I understood before – but I … Continue reading
