By: Danya Weiner A few weeks ago we moved to a new apartment. From a seventy square meter apartment with a very small balcony, we moved to an apartment with a garden in a gated community in Yaffo, where we are lucky enough not even to hear the cars going by. During our first week there, it was so quite that I thought I had left Tel Aviv all together. By far the best thing about the new place is afternoon with the kids. From feeling guilty that Yaffo is just not the place to raise kids, and not having enough energy for the 10 minute walk to the playground; now, some of us parents in the community have formed a playgroup. While the kids are out playing, we sit back, the mothers, and talk about mommy stuff. Several times I have brought the mothers some of the goods from our photo shoots for the blog. While the mothers give feedback and suggestions for improvements, the kids finish every last bite. This is my friend Ayelet’s recipe. She told me, at one of our playgroups, that she makes... 
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