Here’s What Renee Is Making on Tuesday – Nine Days 2026

These days, I’m all about serving food my kids will actually eat.

One of my kids learned how to make Pizza Pinwheels similar to the recipe below, but with olives mixed into the filling. They’re easy (the kids can even make them themselves, if I’m feeling generous!), much cheaper than picking up bourekas from the bakery, and perfect for a low-key summer dinner we can pack up for the park or eat on our porch by the wading pool.

I’ll serve them with cut veggies, tuna salad (the recipe below is so similar to the tuna salad my mother always makes), and whatever fruit I have in the house—usually watermelon or plums—and I’ll mix up a quick parsley dip or sweet matbucha for the vegetables. I don’t love heat, but I recently made a batch of matbucha with lots of cooked peppers, tomatoes, and chili lime seasoning, and the combination was intriguing.

And maybe I’ll make a tray of the pinwheels in the za’atar version just for the grown-ups, because someone has to get a little Nine Days upgrade too.

Pizza Swirls 3 Ways by Chayie Schlisselfeld

Waldorf Tuna Salad by Celeste Hackel

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Renee Schwartz

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Renee likes good food, discovering recipes that bring something new to the table, and figuring out how to make it all work on a budget and without spending all day in the kitchen. She's always interested in learning something new, even if the particular phase doesn't last. Because, as we go about the business of feeding ourselves and others, we might as well eat well while we're at it! She believes a good recipe doesn't need to be complicated or expensive to be worth making, and is always glad to find one that proves the point. Renee lives in Israel with her family.

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