Shavuot meals

[magid]

I'm hosting two meals this yom tov, both on the first day (ie, tonight and tomorrow lunch). I'm going out to dinner tomorrow, and lunch on Shabbat is unclear; I should have plenty of food around if I end up at home alone.

It's been a long and frustrating day, stopping at too many food stores and still failing to find blintzes, feeling like I'd never get to the end of the list (in the end, I stopped at seven stores today; this is too much for me). And one of the people who was going to come to lunch had to cancel to be with her dad, who's coming out of the hospital. I never quite got into the groove, and I still have to make the salads and slice the strawberries. Hopefully things will feel better once I light candles...

dinner 1: six guests and me

• baguettes, wine
  
• olives, pickles, hummus, roasted garlic
  
• veggie soup (from the freezer)
  
• savory bread pudding (six grain and pumpkin seed bread, caramelized onions, chives, and Swiss cheese)
  
• mostly-vinaigrette salad: Yukon Gold potatoes, beets, fresh peas, dill, pickles, vinaigrette dressing
  
• roasted broccoli and zucchini with onions
  
• diced salad with cucumber, tomato, scallions, also some chopped greens
  
• blueberry cheesecake, macerated strawberries
  
• homemade strawberry liqueur

lunch 1: two guests and me

• bread, wine/grape juice
  
• olives, pickles, hummus
  
• phyllo-wrapped leftover greens with preserved lemon and pine nuts
  
• sauteed sweet potato and kale with cayenne and black pepper
  
• green salad with spinach, arugula, jicama, and grapefruit
  
• reprise of the mostly-vinaigrette salad
  
• blueberry cheesecake (hopefully there's enough), macerated strawberries
  
• homemade strawberry liqueur

Note: the strawberries could be dressed up with some Greek-style yogurt, especially if someone doesn't want cheesecake.

Comments

It sounds delicious

[fetteredwolf.livejournal.com]

I can't wait! See you soon!

I'm sorry you had blintz trouble.

Re: It sounds delicious

[magid.livejournal.com]

Glad you could make it!

notes

[magid.livejournal.com]

The wine the first night was a bottle of Ben ami chardonnay 2004, and much of a bottle of Baron Herzog sauvignon blanc 2007 (brought by J.S.), which was mostly finished at lunch.

The veggie soup went over fairly well, which was especially nice because I'd mixed three bags of one batch of soup with a bag of another, though they were about the same levels of green puree, anyway.

I should have steamed the peas briefly before putting them in the vinaigrette.

There were no greens in the salad, and there was enough left over that I served it for lunch as well, instead of the planned salad.

Some guests brought a huge plain cheesecake in addition to the one I had, so there was plenty for both meals.

The phyllo-wrapped greens were a hit.

Also, the improv not-baklava I made with the rest of the phyllo was fairly decent, too (phyllo, olive oil, walnuts, honey, cinnamon, a little sugar).