Shabbat dinner

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It's ridiculously hot out, which around here means ridiculously humid as well, and I am without air-conditioning, so the goal was a light, refreshing meal.

• wine, challah (part white, part white wheat, with flaxseed meal)
  
• spicy hummus, olives
  
• gefilte fish served with garnish of quartered Juliette tomatoes, arugula, and chipotle-horseradish mustard
  
• green salad with red leaf lettuces, arugula, basil, tomatoes, caramelized onions, and diced chicken breasts that were cooked with red pepper with eggplant and garlic spread, with a spicy balsamic vinaigrette
  
• corn and black bean salad with purple pepper, cumin, cayenne, and lime juice
  
• slivered cabbage sauteed with some caramelized onions
  
• noodles with spicy cashew sauce
  
• slightly gingery vegan chocolate cake and raspberries
  
• soy ice cream/ Italian ice (read: the nearest market has no sorbet

All I have left to do is assemble the green salad, which will happen after candlelighting. (I started cooking all this at 5, and fit a quick dash to the nearest supermarket in as well as some laundry, too.)

OK, I hit my head going down to the basement to deal with laundry, I almost broke my big bread bowl, and I burned two of my right fingers rather badly on hot gefilte fish. I need Shabbat already.