Whats for shabbos meal tonight?

↑ blueyes ↓

Fri, Jan 04 2008, 10:08 am

I'm having lots of guests this Shabbos Smile

Homemade challah
fish in tomato sauce
babagnush-homemade
chumus
tomato salad
israeli salad
corn salad
egg salad?
chicken soup with kneidels and lukshen
breaded chicken
roasted chicken
rice
sweet and sour salami
roasted potatos
brocolli

for shabbos lunch, same salads and cholent

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Fri, Jan 04 2008, 11:00 am

Looks like no one is coming and I am still relatively uninsipred...

Oy, I forgot to put wine in the fridge….whatever we have left from Tishrei, I guess
Bought egg challah and rolls

The Streeeeeteched imamother fish
Green salad with pistachios, I’ll post the recipe later IYH

Apple cider
seltzer

Honey mustard chicken thighs
The thin luckshen kugel from this site, the first recipe

Bought vanilla rugelach and cinnamon buns

↑ sarahd ↓

Sat, Jan 05 2008, 3:41 pm

tzatza wrote:

sarahd wrote:

How do you make zucchini caviar? Does it involve fish eggs?

"Caviar" is just the name. No fishy stuff whatsoever. Great dish for vegetable lovers and people on diets.
Dice one large onion and shred 2 medium carrots on the shredder with large holes. Sautee in oil. In the meantime, peel and shred 4-5 medium zuccinis. Add to the sauteed onion/carrot mixture. Season with salt and pepper, lower flame (add a bit of oil, if necessary) and ler simmer until zuccinis are soft (u don't need to cover it). When they r almost done, take 3-4 plum tomatoes and dice them. Add to the mixture and mix well. Taste to adjust salt. Once all vegetables are soft and most of the liquid is evaporated, turn it off. It is absolutely delicous warm and cold. Try spreading it on a piece of bread - YUMMY. This is a very very old recipe. Very Happy

This sounds really, really good. I'll have to remember it next time zucchinis go on sale.

Sat, Jan 05 2008, 10:49 pm

I guess I was supposed to post this before Shabbos, but here it is. We only had a total of 6 adults,, and I decided that for a change I'd make a completely cold menu...

challah
hummus, cucumber, & red pepper bites (my husband made hummus for the 1st time, yummy)
pineapple cucumber tomato salad

bok choy salad
asian chicken noodle salad
miso marinated mushrooms with corn relish

chocolate cranberry tart

↑ TzenaRena ↓

Sun, Jan 06 2008, 1:24 am

This was an almost perfect shabbos, B"H. The food came out good, the usual, but everything was "gelungen".

Famous Homemade Challah
Baked Gefilte fish, white and salmon with
tossed salad, babaganush, fried eggplant salad, chumus
chicken soup with fine lukshen
broiled chicken, amazing potato kugel, zuchinni and carrot stir fry
apple strawberry compote

Homemade challah
Baked Gefilte Fish
avocado tomato salad, tossed salad, corn salad, babaganush, avocado dip
cholent
breaded shnitzel
lukshen kugel
apple strawberry compote

Everyone enjoyed the food and the divrei Torah too, an important part of the menu. Wink

Although the food is simple and conventional, everyone was satisfied. and somehow I wasn't too tired, so I was able to continue with SMV Tehilllim after the daytime meal.

I like keeping things simple and repetitious! The cooking is almost on automatic that way, and probably the only way I can manage when time is so tight.

↑ Shaz

Sun, Jan 06 2008, 2:41 am

We were out Fri night, so that was nice Smile

Shabbos lunch was just us.

Homemade challa (from freezer)
Cut-up veg with dip
Pecan and craisin lettuce salad
hummous, matbucha

Cholent
Deli

Homemade ice-cream

↑ Clarissa ↓

Sun, Jan 06 2008, 8:15 am

LC wrote:

That all sounds really delicious.

↑ chocolate moose ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 10:50 am

Probably fizzy wine
Bought egg challah

Either the stretched gef fish baked with tomato sauce or sweet and sour salmon

the Hadassah Salad recipe I posted earlier this week, with the corn, heat of palm, craisins and dill

Soup from the freezer

baked chicken, not sure what kind yet
potato kugel on the stove, compliments of our site

blueberry cream cheese pound cake
peanut butter choc chip cookies, if I get around to them

↑ DefyGravity ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 10:56 am

Shabbos Dinner:
Meat sauce with rice
Bok Choy soup

Shabbos Lunch:
Cholent
Salad
Rice with mushrooms
broccoli kugel
shnitzel
apple crumble for dessert

Last edited by DefyGravity on Fri, Jan 11 2008, 2:27 pm; edited 2 times in total

↑ Clarissa ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:00 am

fake beef, mushrooms and sugar snap peas (as well as other veggies) with hoisin sauce
either rice, noodles, or mashed potatoes, haven't decided
roasted beet salad with pecans, arugula and dressing (still undecided what dressing, probably something creamy)

No dessert because of evil Weight Watchers

↑ DefyGravity ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:01 am

Clarissa, did you check with your LOR to see if your meal is shabbosdik?

Hmmm. . . I have Tofurkey sausages, maybe I'll make a stir fry with those for Shabbos dinner. Thanks for the idea!

↑ Clarissa ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:04 am

I've been thrown out of two Orthodox shuls for my kugel-less meals. G-d forbid my new rav finds out about my menus. I often rub a little potato behind each ear so he'll think he smells potato kugel wafting when I walk by, and I smear my rings with baby cereal so it appears as if I've been making kneidlach.

↑ DefyGravity ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:17 am

I think it's funny that so many people are put off by having spaghetti and meatballs (or something similar) for Shabbos meals. To me, Spaghetti and meatballs is harder to make than shoving a chicken in the oven and it's more special because we have chicken during the week all the time, but only eat meatballs on shabbos.

lst

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:39 am

we're also having meatballs on fri night, but with rice
plus sweet potato soup, scalloped potatoes, salad, maybe chicken also (depending on how many ppl end up coming)

for lunch:
chicken cutles, cholent, cranberry apple cobbler, butternut squash muffins, salad

↑ Purplehair ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:42 am

tzatza wrote:

sarahd wrote:

How do you make zucchini caviar? Does it involve fish eggs?

DH hates tomatoes, but will eat tomato sauce or marinara sauce (go figure!). Can I substitute the sauce for the tomatoes and, if so, how much sauce would you recommend? It sounds yum!

↑ Purplehair ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:46 am

DefyGravity wrote:

Shabbos Dinner:
Maybe hamburgers or spaghetti and meatballs

Funny, until now I thought I was the only one who was "brave" enough to serve hamburgers or spaghettin and meatballs for Shabbos.
It happens that I have a fantastic sweet and sour sauce recipe to cook the meatballs in and people love it!
I came to the conclusion that any dish that makes you look forward to your Shabbos meal is appropriate for Shabbos. Smile

↑ DefyGravity ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 11:58 am

I think people are ok with serving sweet and sour meatballs with rice for shabbos, however hamburger or spaghetti with meatballs in marinara sauce is a big no-no.

↑ Clarissa ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 12:01 pm

It's all about the sugar. If the marinara sauce was mixed with a jar of grape jelly or a cup of ketchup, it would be an acceptable Jewish recipe. Or if there was some sort of pastry involved -- puff or phyllo or something.

Hamburgers are acceptable if modified --dip a hamburger in canned pie filling, roll it up in pastry and call it a hamburger-fruit roll-up, and it gets served.

Jews love their sugar and white flour. We're non-traditional here, but I confess we go through a fair amount of sugar here, as well.

↑ Tehilla ↓

Thu, Jan 10 2008, 12:19 pm

Salmon with spices
Spinach-red onion-boiled egg salad from Spice & Spirit
Homemade israeli salad
Bought dill dip
Bought Mustard Russet Potato salad

Beef wine roast with vegetables

Apple Pie

of course challahs and grape juice or wine

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Same first course except
Green salad with fresh veggies instead of spinach salad
Famous Hamburger Cholent
coldcuts for those who like them