Fancy side dish ideas for sheva brachos

Rosemarie ↓

Sun, Jan 18 2009, 8:16 pm

My siblings are making sheva brachos next week, and we need ideas for side dishes.

our menu so far:
fancy challah rolls (small rolls with four toppings)
fresh melon appetizer (with sauce and crunch)
two tone squash soup
stuffed chicken
side dish?
veggy side dish?
chef's salad (deli meats and lettuce...) in the middle of the table
baked apple roses for dessert (which I can post a picture of if anyone is interested)

So now what side dishes can we make? Something that is elegant in presentation.

any ideas, anyone?

bubbles

Sun, Jan 18 2009, 8:22 pm

I once did mine apple kugels and steamed carrot bundles.its steamed carrot sticks ties with green onion. It looks very pretty.

sbs

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 5:19 am

I posted a bunch of ideas in the other sheva brachos section I'll just put them here quickly
wild rice
orzo
little roasted potatoes

green beans and almonds
roasted veggie (can do shish kebobs)
carrot and snap pea bundles

Raisin

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 6:49 am

roasted baby potatoes with pesto (from one of susie fishbeins books)

Mama Bear

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 7:17 am

We just made sheva brachos and it was GORGEOUS. the main dish was a fried chicken cutlet with sauce, stir fry, and an amazing presentation of mashed potatoes: My SIL took flaky dough squares and brushed each corner with a different item: minced garlic, minced onion, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds. On top she placed a scoop of mashed potatoes, and on top of that caramelized onions, and into that, 2 toasted spaghetti sticks. here are photos.

patriot ↓

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 7:53 am

you can pipe mashed potato, and mashed sweet potatoes with a piping tube for decorating cakes. it looks beautiful and is really easy.
or ive seen a half potato baked with three small piped sweet potato "flowers" on it.

Zahava

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 11:33 am

Rosemarie wrote:

baked apple roses for dessert (which I can post a picture of if anyone is interested)

Pretty please? Thanks.

karen berzon

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 12:02 pm

you can make kugels in muffin tins. I use the silicon muffin tins so the kugels pop right out and usually don't stick.

↑ patriot ↓

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 12:05 pm

oh! that reminds me I have a delicious butternut squash muffin recipe. pm me if youre interested.

shmeichel

Mon, Jan 19 2009, 12:22 pm

what about stuffed tomatoes... there is a really good recipe in the spice and spirit pg. 279 (I think) that could look really nice!!!

↑ Rosemarie ↓

Tue, Jan 20 2009, 6:46 pm

Quote:

Rosemarie wrote:

baked apple roses for dessert (which I can post a picture of if anyone is interested)

Pretty please? Thanks.

Ok, Zahava, here are pictures of the baked apple roses you asked for:

by the way, they taste delicious too!

↑ Rosemarie ↓

Tue, Jan 20 2009, 7:00 pm

Ok, I tried something with pootatoes that my friend told me about, I am not sure I like the way it looks.
It's a flaky square, a scoop of mashed sweet potato, another flake square, a scoop of mashed white potato, and a baked sweet potato curl for garnish. Here goes. and give your opinions please:

The stuffed tomato did not taste good, we thought the filling was good but does not go together with the tomatoe. (The chicken was leftovers, so I chose not to include it in the picture Confused

ShakleeMom ↓

Tue, Jan 20 2009, 9:22 pm

I've never seen such a thing in my life, incredible. I'd love to try it and insert it into a scooped out hole in a real baked apple. MB, those potato squares are so artistic!

↑ ShakleeMom ↓

Tue, Jan 20 2009, 9:26 pm

You can stuff a wonton wrapper with mashed potato, and tie it into a satchel with a scallion green. Then, boil it in water (oil, salt) drain. Drizzle with a soy dipping sauce. For the side, I’d make French style green beans stir fried with onion and red pepper slivers.

Mishie

Wed, Jan 21 2009, 4:25 am

Rozemary, those roses are gorgeous!! (what's the filling made out of?)

P.s. I have that set of Corelle dishes!! for fleishigs.

BeershevaBubby

Wed, Jan 21 2009, 4:38 am

Whoa, the photos that have been posted are amazing! MB, excellent job! And Rosemarie.. those apples look divine!

pinktichel

Wed, Jan 21 2009, 4:52 am

Rosemarie, how did you have patience to make those roses? They are absolutely gorgeous!