LENA'S LUNCHBOX

  • happy friday!

    We’ve made it through the week! What are you doing for Halloween? My plans consist of watching the 1978 film Halloween [original, right?!] and eating tuna sandwiches with my best friend. Almond joys will probably be involved. I hope your Friday is laid-back; stress-free but definitely not sugar-free. In love with these green fleece-lined tights from Urban…

  • brownies with peanut butter frosting

    brownies with peanut butter frosting

    makes sixteen servings I know, I know. I’m stuck in a rut. Everything I’ve been making recently is the same color. The same flavors, too. Probably the same calorie count. So this is my last post like this for a while! Soon Lena’s Lunchbox will have dark leafy greens and citrus-y pale yellows and intense beetroot reds. These…

  • chocolate chip cookie cake

    chocolate chip cookie cake

    makes eight generous servings I’ve always thought that cookie cakes were one of the few things (in addition to mayonnaise and kimchi) that you’re better off buying than making at home. A cookie that big will surely dry out during the long time that it takes to bake, I thought. It will probably stick to…

  • peanut butter cookie dough brownie cake

    makes twelve servings In my head, I divide food bloggers into three subgroups – the ones who are all about eating good food, it doesn’t necessarily have to incorporate kale or cookie butter or anything, it just has to be satisfying; the ones who would never dream of using butter or gluten or eggs, only coconut…

  • dark chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting

    dark chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting

    makes six servings Everything in moderation, right? It’s fine to eat a slice of this cake if as long as I balance it out with a hearty kale and cashew salad or something. Here’s the problem..this cake is actually physically impossible to eat in moderation. You’ll cut a sliver off, eat it in a few seconds, and…

  • pumpkin cheesecake with almond gingersnap crust + sukkot

    makes twelve servings There are hundreds of Jewish holidays. Okay there are twelve, but that’s actually so many! We have a holiday to celebrate the birthday of the trees! Sukkot celebrates agriculture and autumn and the harvest season. It involves building and sleeping in a sukkah, which has three walls and an roof made of tree branches…

  • pound cake with hidden pumpkin center

    pound cake with hidden pumpkin center

    makes twelve servings Although this is a time-consuming cake, the final result is delicious and beyond impressive. Okay, so my cake ended up a little under baked. Substantially under baked. Near raw. BUT!! That does not mean that yours cannot be amazinglythoroughlyundoubtably cooked throughout. When the cake had been in the oven for an hour, I…

  • honey cake with brown sugar and cream cheese buttercream

    honey cake with brown sugar and cream cheese buttercream

    makes eight servings Happy New Year! Shanah Tova! The solemn atonement of Yom Kippur has passed and now we can make that cake that we meant to make on Rosh Hashanah! This cake was devoured before I got the opportunity to take a picture of its inside, but believe me when I tell you that it…

  • caramelized onion and goat cheese empanadas

    makes six (one empanada each) servings The best appetizer I’ve ever eaten was a caramelized onion and goat cheese cheesecake. I experienced this sweet-but-not-dessert cheesecake on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Almost every restaurant on the island had a menu of twenty variations of fish & chips, and after the nausea-inducing ferry ride, seafood was not something…

  • mac n grilled cheese

    makes three servings I admittedly saw this on the Food Porn twitter account, but I’m glad I did. I took a shortcut by using boxed Annie’s White Cheddar Mac n Cheese, but feel free to make your own from scratch. As for bread, I sliced up some challah from the JCC. The cheese powder didn’t…

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