First Shabbos meal in new house -- menu help!

Silver Member Joined: May 18 2011 Posts: 620

Ok, so I just moved to a new house and everything is finally (kinda, sorta, still getting there...) in order. I'm making Shabbos for the first time in over a year with a real kitchen and I want some feedback advice about my menu. Smile

I haven't cooked a normal amount in a really long time. Then again, I only have skeleton ingredients because I didn't want to buy a lot before Pesach so we have to finish the food.

My in-laws are coming for Friday night, so I only have to worry about that meal, but I want it to be really good.

So far I'm making:
Soup
Half a roast (need to get rid of it before pesach) with potatoes and onions
Roasted spiced chicken
Israeli Salad
Steamed or roasted broccoli
Rice pilaf
Potato kugel
Elephant ear cookies for dessert

Does this sound like enough for 6 people? Is it too heavy? Should I swap out the rice for something lighter? I don't really have an appetizer...

Any feedback would be great! Thanks!

moved this week too, but I want to keep my brand new kitchen pessachdik (been serving simple one pot meals from a single burner or toaster oven this week) Thinking of cooking a passachdika shabbos using ingredients we dont use on pessach (processed but with a good hechsher)
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