Shavuot meals
May. 28th, 2009 07:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
magidI'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
lunch 1: two guests and me
Note: the strawberries could be dressed up with some Greek-style yogurt, especially if someone doesn't want cheesecake.
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.