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I am a not a part of your religion or culture, but I enjoy watching you food prep and seeing your values and traditions passed to your children. It is heart warming and allows me to learn to prep for family gatherings. Thank you for sharing!

Three Generations in the kitchen is a beautiful thing to see! A classroom in the kitchen where the next generation is not only being taught how to prepare traditional foods but the conversation being held is telling the young ones about the foods and what is expected of them and also the stories of their heritage.

We had a dear family friend for almost 30 years who was Jewish and shared many of his traditions with us and our children. We are all better for it! He was definitely a foodie and although I always cooked and had him over for dinner, I only wish I had discovered you before he passed last year so I could have made him the foods from his upbringing and culture that you so generously share with us all. Thanks to your inspiration, I will definitely be making and enjoying your recipes and appreciating their importance in honor of our friend.

I love how you prepare your food with your family. I am not from your religion but I am from Italian culture. Family values, Food and Tradition are very important in my life as well and I can see how much hard work and love you put into your cooking for your Family.

Shalom sonya!,i love jews people and i love israel .😊 🌼 to my family for your family .

I noticed when I roast things like potatoes or peppers that If I massage in the oil first then salt and pepper them I wasn’t wasting the seasoning that would stick to my hands and get washed off! Just thought I’d share that.

I only use sweet vadalia onions. They don't give me tears. For tomatoes, if you have them in your area, try Compari tomatoes. They are always ripe and sweet. I find them perfect to mix in dishes. It was so nice to see the generations in the kitchen. Gave me happy memories of cooking with my Mom.

Iam not jewish actually Iam a converted Muslima from Germany but I love watching your Videos. Our food has a lot in common and I got a lot of Input from your Videos. I although find it very interesting how you prepare for your shabbat. Greetings from Berlin

If your new to this channel Sonya is an amazing 😻 I watch her everyday trust me you will get hooked ! She is pure delight to watch and she makes amazing dishes explains everything how to make her food . She has a very calming voice and she does it all full time job, 5 children and as you can see cooks up a storm and may I add she bakes as well she’s phenomenal….Thank you Sonya ! Also thank you for replying to a text I sent it truly made my day!

I have some Sephardic & Ashkenazi ancestry. Thanks for sharing these recipes. It gives me a glimpse of what type of foods my ancestors might have eaten.

this woman deserves an award.

It was wonderful watching the 3 generations working together in the kitchen. Your Mom is lovely.

I'm trying so many salads as side dishes since I found your channel. Your salads are so yummy looking and can be so simple! I recently made a raw carrot and beet salad with a simple lemon vinaigrette - the family loves it!

Awesome, awesome Sephardic Shabbat recipes. All of the recipes looked so tasty and delicious. Many, many blessings to you. Your videos just get better and better. You are the greatest Sonya! ❤

Girl! I can't even imagine how you manage all of this

I loveee 😍 watching Sonya cook! She is amazinggg! Shalom Peace for Israel 🇮🇱

You are such an inspiration. Your house is so clean (even with Blieinhara five kids) they help in the kitchen and seem so well behaved. You and your husband are AMAZING. May you all have good health and much Nachat together

Hey Sonya I make my matbucha with canned chopped tomatoes and it comes out really good. I make sure to add sugar as well to balance out the bitter taste from the tomatoes. Secret from my Moroccan grandmother;) Thanks for sharing your routines and recipes! Sarah

My first boyfriend was Jewish and Bukharian. I never met his family but he would sometimes bring me some of his mom's food. I loved the green rice, I always thought it was called 'barsh'. I don't think his family was Orthodox, but they were quite traditional and he never told them he was gay. When he passed away in a car accident, I didn't go to his funeral. Not a day goes by that I don't think about him. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

Thank you from Germany!the kitchen i so clean.

I like that you cook a lot of vegetables for your familie, and in a simple way. Love from Argentina !

God bless you 🙏

Hi Sonya, please guide us of how we can warm items during shabbat, what hot plates to buy and/or how to use them. I know you cannot record during shabbat but you can do it any other day just for the team! THANK You in advance

Wish we were neighbors then I can get a whiff of all the aromas coming from your kitchen! You are blessed young woman, Sonya.

I love this so much, I am a believer, Christian. Your Jewish heritage has me so grateful for Jesus Christ, there is beauty in glorifying God, community, and fellowship. Also, sister, I choose my tomatoes with them being not hard, not soft, but medium. The juices will be ready for any dish and roma tomatoes are the way to go. I love this so much and thanks for sharing.

You are simply amazing! I like to see the little ones in the kitchen with you, and of course Mr. Prep with his handy help with your projects. A very positive channel with the whole family participating and no drama is great. Thank you for sharing your cooking reciepes, household tips and sharing your traditions and Faith. I have learned about Judaism from you and your friend FRUM IT UP, she referred her followers to your channel. She seems like a very kind lady. Thank you for sharing Mrs.Prep and family you all are awesome. Does Mr. Prep Bbq during the Summer months? How about a Shabbat Prep Bbq episode is that possible?

I’d love it if you did a little menu presentation showing which dishes go with which meals.I get a little lost with all the food that’s prepared! Thanks.

I just love watching you. You are a woman in a million you never stop working. You make everything look so quick and easy. God bless you.

You don't even need to put the wet paper towel on your cutting board. Just place it beside it. No worries about paper towel getting in your onions that way. And it does work.

Shavua Tov Le'kulljem for you and all your family.... Shalom Ubrajot.

I peel a bag of onions and put them in my food processer. Then I freeze them. No chopping no tears.

Shabbat Shalom

I have only recently found yoir channel. It is mesmerizing and so charming. I'm a 65 year old livig in York, UK and am loving the insight into your culture and religion and find your family life and cultural traditions so interesting and inspiring. I need to lose weight for a hip replacement operation and am now using some of your salad recipes to help with this. You are helping me so much. So a big thank you. With love from my family to yours and I hope it's ok to say "Shabbat Shalom" x

Delicious‼️😋 Shabat Shalom 🕯🕯🍷🥖🥖

Your family must be on cloud nine, as they enjoy eating at a five star restaurant every night. Your recipes are rich in flavor, I think I’m going to get into roasting peppers more. I usually roast carrots, parsnips, turnip with garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt, pepper and olive oil. We are trying to cut out butter as we seem to use tons. God bless sweet family.

I just found your channel, and am so delighted -- my Jewish forbears were Sephardim from Turkey and Iran, and Italian Jews from Rome. But most of our heritage was lost during the terrible course of the 20th century. The only two dishes I ever knew were Turkish tzimmes (with dates and dried apricots) and carciofi alla Giudia ("artichokes Jewish-style"). Now, I can learn so much more about our shared culinary heritage, thanks to you! Love to you and your family --

Love this♥️

Hey Sonya, the Challah bread you wrap it in plastic wrap already baked. Thank you, I love to cook for my family and friends and I get inspired by woman like you ❤

Best video yet, Sonya!

wow!❤

Omg I never saw anyone else do this! The dish that layers potatoes and meat is always a hit. I do the same thing but I use garlic,cumin , cilantro, Spanish onions, tomatoes and peppers. All of these are thinly sliced and tossed with olive oil. I serve this with freshly chopped cilantro, onions , and the hot sauce called cholula. I love your channel!

Loved it!

Toda Rabah Sonya for sharing these wonderful traditions. L'dor v'dor...❣

Thank you! So nice

Everything looks so delicious, Sonya😊

You need your own prep cooking show! Everything wonderful as usual! Thanks for sharing.

Hazak u barukh, Sonia. Kol a kavod. It is really magnificent. I love Shabbat and I love all the haguim. Moroccan recipes are the best. My mother was the best cook and she was doing all this along with my grandmother. I try to do it myself especially the matbucha but I do not succeed as well as my mother. You are very good too, Sonia. Bravo for your talent and your hard work. I love to prepare the foods for Shabbat and to lighten the kitchen like you do. There is no better feeling than that: to please and to honor Hashem. Many blessings for you and your loved ones. Shana tova u metuka be Shabbat shalom.

Everything looks delicious. Hola from Cuernavaca, Mexico.

Christian, new to Torah !☺️ Yah's finest blessings dear one......🙌🏻💝👑

You always amaze me! Lovely dishes!

Yaaaaay!! I haven’t even watched the video yet and I’m so excited for this!! 🥰

I love your channel it just came up for me one day. I love making your dishes I am African American and my family is enjoying the recipes on our family dinners. I can't wait to try the dish with the lamb and sweet chilli sauce. Thank you so much!!

In the Caribbean we have an East Indian influenced dish called Baigan, its roasting the eggplant over the stove along with garlic hot peppers and onion. We then crush everything and mix with some hot oil. So delicious.

I love you, Sis, and how you show every lil detail! It makes it look so manageable to make a beautiful dinner with so many choices… I’ve been cooking a lot more creatively and so happy to have found you awhile back… You’re a true blessing to us all! Thank you… 🌺🥰🌺

Wow beautiful, thank you

Yummy yummy food 🥘 for Shabbat.

I love learning new recipes and it’s interesting to see how others live. Very cool!

I love watching your videos Sonya, I am from Manchester UK, I am not religious but so value your beliefs, culture and morals, the way you are raising your children and how you cook all your meals from scratch, I am learning so much from you and I am 63 this year. You have a beautiful family and I send lots of love and blessings to you and yours 🌹🌹🌹

Thank you Sonya for this Shabbat Sephardi recipe . This is something I was looking forward .

Very nice video amazing cooking God bless you family

Everything looks great as usual.

Good evening Sonya, I am a Catholic RE teacher in the UK. I really enjoy watching your videos as I love cooking and being organised. You are so inspiring and clear in your videos!! I am writing to ask if you could do a simple video of no more than 10-15 mins on how to prepare for Shabbat which includes the household preparation, the table with the challah loaves, cloth, candles and kiddush cup, as well as a summary of how you cook, and ... what you do with your family??? All Catholic schools teach Religious Education as a core subject to GCSE (the main qualification 99% of students take at 16 at school). As part of the Catholic GCSE course, 1/3 (a whole exam paper) is on Jewish beliefs and practices. This means all students in Y11 (final compulsory year at school, not college or 6th form) take GCSE RE and need to be able to explain and describe pratices and beliefs about Shabbat! The students are always really interested in the meaning of the candles, kiddush cup, and challah, and they need to know about the blessings and how to keep Shabbat holy. Especially how you amuse yourselves (gadget addicted students just can't imagine not using tecnology!). There are lots of videos, but they only cover some aspects, and it is quite difficult to access the Jewish community in more rural areas, such as Loughborough in Leicestershire. I know it is a bit much, but it would be so much more engaging to hear the explanations from a practicing Jew!!! You have a very clear delivery and understand how to manage children!! So whilst I am being rather presumptuous and demanding, I would be SO grateful if I could show a shortish clip that really answered their questions. Thank you for your time, and your great videos!!! A big fan, Kate Mason De Lisle Catholic College Loughborough Leicestershire UK Get Outlook for Android Good evening Sonya, I am a Catholic RE teacher in the UK. I really enjoy watching your videos as I love cooking and being organised. You are so inspiring and clear in your videos!! I am writing to ask if you could do a simple video of no more than 10-15 mins on how to prepare for Shabbat which includes the household preparation, the table with the challah loaves, cloth, candles and kiddush cup, as well as a summary of how you cook, and ... what you do with your family??? All Catholic schools teach Religious Education as a core subject to GCSE (the main qualification 99% of students take at 16 at school). As part of the Catholic GCSE course, 1/3 (a whole exam paper) is on Jewish beliefs and practices. This means all students in Y11 (final compulsory year at school, not college or 6th form) take GCSE RE and need to be able to explain and describe pratices and beliefs about Shabbat! The students are always really interested in the meaning of the candles, kiddush cup, and challah, and they need to know about the blessings and how to keep Shabbat holy. Especially how you amuse yourselves (gadget addicted students just can't imagine not using tecnology!). There are lots of videos, but they only cover some aspects, and it is quite difficult to access the Jewish community in more rural areas, such as Loughborough in Leicestershire. I know it is a bit much, but it would be so much more engaging to hear the explanations from a practicing Jew!!! You have a very clear delivery and understand how to manage children!! So whilst I am being rather presumptuous and demanding, I would be SO grateful if I could show a shortish clip that really answered their questions. Thank you for your time, and your great videos!!! A big fan, Kate Mason De Lisle Catholic College Loughborough Leicestershire UK Get Outlook for Android

Great recipes

Hi Sonya everything you cooked looked amazing delicious. Right now it’s kind of hard to pick out really nice tomatoes. soon it will be tomato season,it’s best to buy them at a farmers market or a fresh fruit and vegetable stand from a farm in the country. You will taste the difference believe me… just a thought,maybe next year you can grow your very own vegetable garden.Being Italian every year we grow our own vegetables and even have fruit trees.. Nothing better then having fresh vegetables and fruit from your own backyard backyard.

I am 1/4 Sephardic. The rest is Ashkenazi. It was my paternal grandfather. I don’t know a lot about it. Thank you.

Lovely💜

Your food looks amazing! I'm going to try several of your dishes, especially the Green Rice. It made my mouth water while I watched the video. :D Thanks so much for sharing all you do!

Shabbat Shalom!

I love your videos!! 👏🙏🎊 well done!

Outstanding Sonya!!!

That rice dish looks fabulous!

I love how you prepare your food. As a Sabbath keeper we also prepare our food friday. I learned a lot from you though I did some of your recipes already cause I love to cook. Now that am dating a Jewish guy I will cook for him your recipe. Thank you for sharing your tradition and values.

Awwww, loved seeing your mom!

I am kind of envious . You have a lovely life .

Would love to see many more recipes from you! I love watching your channel. You didn’t post the recipe for the pepper salad. Please post more Sephardi food recipes especially salads and dips! My mouth waters as I watch and I can’t wait to make them and share them with my family. Looking forward to seeing your next video!

I am definitely going to try the lamb and potatoes dish. I did not realize it is the sweet chili sauce.

Awesome video Sonya! Shalom to you and family!

Hi, Sonia. I'm Moroccan and love 😘 Jewish kosher food thanks for sharing it with us

Thank you!

You inspire me, everything looks so good!!! Thank you for sharing your recipes. x

Love this video...food, family, fun!

I have good luck, off season, with the Campari or ciabatta tomatoes. They are small but have good flavor and textureI . In season, I go to the farmers market.

Love ur vlogs plz do more thnx

These recipes look amazing! Thank you Sonya!

absolutely amazing what you get done!

Oh yes I most definitely love the prepping. It's amazing

Gorgeous recipes!

I definitely will try chopping onions on a wet paper towel with great hope for success in protecting my eyes! Beautiful, beautiful meal!!

I love watching your videos- seeing all the foods you make. Amazing. Blessings.

Thank you far sharing I like your video , recipe, I will try your recipes.. so delicious

Awesome and so yummy as usual, Well done!

Love the food!!!! big fan of your videos, keep them coming

Fantastic as usual you have great energy.

So amazing! Blessings to you and your family! Such delicious recipes to try. Thank you 😊 I made your yogurt pancakes yesterday we loved them. 😋

Loved this video! I look forward to watching them every week. I have been embracing many of your ideas and I just organized my Lazy Susan this morning and set up my !spice drawer like yours !So much better. Thanks Sonya.

What a beautiful video!, Jesus, I love it. Thank you for taking the and sharing!.

Wow! Thanks for sharing all these new recipes 😀 🙌 I always need some new ideas in the kitchen!!!

💭 Definitely going to be trying a few of these recipes. Love that there is so much Cilantro used as it is amazing at detoxing our bodies of heavy metals and so important to incorporate in our foods. 💖

Good recipes! I can’t wait to try some of them.

Everything looks delish. Im going to try some of your meals. Thanks for sharing.