Succos 5772 Menus... who's ready?

sbs ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 5:35 pm

ra_mom wrote:

MommytoFour:

Sauteed Zucchini
-2 Tbsp oil
-1 onion, diced
-2 garlic cloves, crushed
-2 zucchini, cut into thin half moons
-coarse salt and pepper to taste

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
Saute onion and garlic for 2 minutes.
Add zucchini and saute for 10 minutes.
(I undercook and freeze this up to 2 weeks in advance, no longer.)

mom2cutee:

Potato Puffs
http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....atoes
does not taste as good frozen (I like them fresh straight out of the oven), but I still have frozen ones from RH

Strawberry Pastry Cups - Q&K
-4 oz Parve cream cheese
-2 cups prepared instant vanilla pudding
-16 mini pastry shells
-6 strawberries, sliced

Beat cream cheese with mixer until soff and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in vanilla pudding for about 1 minute. (I'm doing this on YT by hand with cream cheese softened at room temperature, and using a whisk.)
Spoon filling into pastry shells. Garnish with sliced strawberries. (I'm using frozen whole strawberries to garnish.)

(Most of my desserts this time around are these simple to assemble kinds.)

yummy2:
thanks friend! Smile

IamI:

Granola Peach Ice Cream - Q&K
-2 cups frozen sliced peaches, thawed, or fresh
-64 oz. parve ice cream (I'm using homemade)
-1 cup granola

In each dessert bowl, place 2 scoops of ice cream and 1/3 cup peaches. Sprinkle 2-1/2 Tbsp granola over top.

Rolled Onion Kugel
dh requested something like this, rolled like a jelly roll. I will update once I have a recipe.
http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....kugel

Crisp Salad
-10 oz. romaine lettuce
-1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
-1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
-2 kirbys, cubed
-1 avocado, cubed (optional)
-1 Tbsp lemon juice
-2 Tbsp olive oil
-1 garlic clove, crushed
-1 tsp kosher salt (less if using regular salt)
-dash coarse black pepper

Layer lettuce, onion, tomatoes, kirbys, and optional avocado in salad bowl.
Combine lemon, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper in plastic cup. Mix well.
Drizzle over salad right before serving. Toss very well with salad tongs.

Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad
-10 oz. romaine lettuce
-1 1/2 cups grape tomatoes, halved
-1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
-2 Tbsp olive oil
-1 garlic clove crushed, or 1/2 tsp garlic powder
-3/4 tsp kosher salt
-kosher salt, to taste

Arrange lettuce and tomatoes in salad bowl.
Combine balsamic vinegar, garlic and salt in a plastic cup. Mix well.
Drizzle over salad right before serving. Toss very well with salad tongs.

Spinach Dip
http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....h+dip

I want to make the potato puffs in disposable muffin pans, approximately how many should I get with this recipe?

↑ sbs ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 5:38 pm

I am not making complete yom tov menus cuz eating with family, but here's my contribution

grilled cutlets over sesame linguine
salmon wellingtons
onion kugel
broccoli lukshen kugel
chicken wontons
doughless knishes
meat pie
humus
eggplant
orzo
some salads

↑ ra_mom ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 6:28 pm

sbs wrote:

I want to make the potato puffs in disposable muffin pans, approximately how many should I get with this recipe?

I made 24 very small puffs (used an ice cream scoop), and served each person 3.
I would say that you would get 12 muffins out of the potato dough.

↑ sbs ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 7:00 pm

ra_mom wrote:

sbs wrote:

I want to make the potato puffs in disposable muffin pans, approximately how many should I get with this recipe?

I made 24 very small puffs (used an ice cream scoop), and served each person 3.
I would say that you would get 12 muffins out of the potato dough.

thanx

maze

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 7:06 pm

wow Ra, sounds great!

morahmommy1

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 7:28 pm

everything sounds so good. can you post the stuffed cabbage recipes?

↑ ra_mom ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 9:09 pm

morahmommy1 wrote:

everything sounds so good. can you post the stuffed cabbage recipes?

I'm still working on them.
One similar to this.
http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....bbage
And one made with a savory butternut squash/sweet potato sauce.

Ruchel ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 9:13 pm

Not QUITE ready, but this will be my inspiration (+ family dishes)

Quote:

I find this menu suggestion in my Sefardic cookbook:

white beans with rice and spinach
fresh fava beans with bits of meat
spinach gratin
tarama
stuffed cabbage leaves or stuffed vine leaves

I find this in my Greek cookbook (recipes and influences are mixed, Sefardic, Romaniote, Italki, Ashkenazi)

Anything sweet based on apples, grapes or quince

Cakes like: ravani (semolina butter cake soaked in sugar syrup and served cold, sometimes topped with thick or whipped cream), baklava, sansandikos (small cakes in triangle, from nuts, almonds, butter, cinnamon, honey, some add dryed apricots, girofle clove, pine nuts, iced sugar syrup, icing sugar), rodanchas (sugary pumpkin or zucchini cake with cinnamon), moustalevria (semolina and wine/grape pressings cake).

Also: stuffed tomatoes, stuffed peppers, meat borekas.

I find a "Eastern Europe menu"

Borscht
Liver balls
Hoshana raba tart (egg sugar poppy seed on it, eat hot)

Yekke menu

Sauerkraut
Linzertote

North African menu

Boiled coliflower with fried eggplant
Stuffed chick/hatchling (stuffed with chicken egg and grapes)
Orange salad

Tova

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 9:41 pm

Interesting, Ruchel. I know people who b'davka serve from different cuisines on Succos as it's the Y"T where we bring karbanos for the 70 nations.

↑ Ruchel

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 9:47 pm

Wow that's nice! I originally planned to serve only dishes we have a "link" to (origin wise - which would nix North African and Romaniote), but this idea is great!

bnm ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 11:53 pm

ra_mom wrote:

Thanks Bleemee! What are you serving?

Lol runninglate! I'm not good with uploading pics. You're welcome to come over and help me Smile

email them to me and I can post them

↑ bnm ↓

Mon, Oct 03 2011, 11:56 pm

am not being home for meals but am contributing:

home made tomato dip
coleslaw
ambrosia
tiramisu
corn beef pickled roast
mini vegie quiche- individual servings
maybe a broccoli soup
pastrami orzo

↑ c.c.cookie

Tue, Oct 04 2011, 3:13 am

ra_mom - thanks for taking the time to post all these recipes!

↑ mom2cutee

Tue, Oct 04 2011, 5:07 am

Thanks ra_mom for typing it all up! I appreciate it! Very Happy

momaleh ↓

Tue, Oct 04 2011, 5:35 am

Here's mine!

Wed. night:

sushi
corn salad
tomato salad
shredded salad

Carrot ginger soup (maybe)

ground meat empinadas in mushroom sauce
breaded cauliflower
garlic roasted potatoes
honey apricot chicken
mango-avocado salad

hot chocolate cake with coconut ice cream

drez

Tue, Oct 04 2011, 6:52 am

momaleh wrote:

Can you please post the recipe for ground meat empinadas in mushroom sauce. thanks

Temilia ↓

Tue, Oct 04 2011, 8:47 am

Here is tentative menu so far:
Between 8-16 people at each meal, except Friday night, where it is just me and DH.

First Night:
Challah and Honey

Butternut Soup

French Salad
Brisket
Tomate Basil Chicken
Roasted Potoatoes
Broccoli Kugel

Molten Deep Dish Choc. Chip Cookies
Fresh Fruit

First Day:

Challah and Honey

Flatbread Salad
Oregano Vinegrette Dressing

Lamb
Honey Mustard Chicken
Brown Basmati Rice
Zucchini Kugel

Choc Mousse Cake

Second Night:

Challah and Honey
Chicken Soup/ Butternut Soup

Roast
Honey Mustard Chicken
Rice

Second Day:
Challah and Honey

Pomegranate Salad
Ceasar Salad

BBQ Ribs
Tomato Basil Chicken
Carrot Kugel
Couscous

Dessert??

Third Night:
Challah and Honey
Chicken Soup and Kneidlach
Leftovers

Shabbos Lunch:
Challah and Honey
Dips
Portobella Mushroom Salad
Sundried Tomato and Dill Salad
Deli Salad

Cholent,
Meat Sushi Salad

Dessert???

As you can see I am looking for some dessert ideas Smile

↑ momaleh ↓

Wed, Oct 05 2011, 4:02 am

Empanadas:

2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup cold water
1 egg
1 teaspoon vinegar
3 tablespoons marg./oil

Meat:

1 lb. ground meat
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
Salt, pepper

Mix flour and salt. Make a well and add egg and vinegar and oil. Cut until course. Add water until holds together but not sticky. knead for a few minutes until smooth, wrap in plastic and refrig. for at least one hour. (May need extra flour.)
(Sometimes I use regualr yeast dough instead of pastry dough.)

Saute onion until light, add garlic and meat. Cook through.

Roll out and cut circles. Add meat, Fold over and press down with tines of fork.

Recipe is to fry, but I am going to bake.

chocolate moose ↓

Wed, Oct 05 2011, 3:53 pm

Challos - prob. bought, haven't gotten around to baking and I might not

Soup - I need to make that soon, for YK, and will have for Succos and beyond

Fish:
Assorted gef fish (that means looking in freezer for bits and pieces of fish that I've shoved in there over the year)

Sweet & sour fish - that is, I hope I have fresh fish in the freezer to make this. I'm really not sure.

Cold Sides:
Cranberry sauce - frozen
Baked pineapple - frozen
Corn salad
Cabbage salad
Colorful Pasta salad
Matbucha - frozen

Hot Sides:
Yerushalmi kugel - frozen
Broccoli kugel - frozen
Succatash - frozen
Sweet potato with coconut topping - frozen
Zucchini kugel with kishka, recipe here

Mains:
Cutlets stuffed with broccoli kugel - frozen
Brisket - frozen
Stuffed peppers - if I make it
Yapchick- if I make it
Deli roll- if I make it

Dessert:
Apple honeycake - frozen
Chocolate honeycake- if I make it
Fruited honeycake- if I make it

red_velvet

Wed, Oct 05 2011, 4:59 pm

Wow ra-mom, you must spend forever in the kitchen! How do you find the time?? So jealous. Smile

Also you're lucky that your husband will eat that much variety of things! DH won't go near 3/4 of the things on your yummy menu. Oh well...