Some Sukkot menus

[magid]

I hosted lunch this afternoon. There were four of us, including a pescetarian (who had said she was vegetarian in email) who can't abide raisins. My general approach to menus on Sukkot is to include thick soup/stews that will stay warm a reasonably long time, even for lunches (generally warmer than for dinners).

• challah (actually, six-grain-and-pumpkin-seed bread), wine
  
• hummus, black olives
  
• vegetable stew: onions, lots of kale, a bunch of already-baked winter squash, some tomato paste, almonds, chickpeas, cumin, vegan sausages, dried garlic slices, black pepper, and likely something else I'm forgetting
  
• Persian-ish rice (dairy) for under the stew
  
• green salad: romaine, arugula, other mesclun, red pepper, diced pickled carrots, olives, feta, black pepper, balsamic vinaigrette
  
• kohlrabi-apple slaw with chipotle mustard dressing
  
• unexpected beets, lightly dressed and with some spinach (brought by a guest who'd made far too many beets for his dinner the night before; I couldn't resist thanking him for the unexpected beeting ;-)
  
• sliced 'log': masala-chai dough with cloves, wrapped about different fillings, baked with cinnamon sugar on top, and sliced; the fillings were (1) marzipan, dried cranberries, and chocolate chips, or (2) marzipan and gin-boozy peaches, or (3) marzipan and vodka-boozy sour cherries
  
• tea

Happily, the morning overcastness eased off towards sun, rather than more rain, so lunch in the sukkah was quite pleasant. Luckily, having a smaller meal (only four of us) was fine for conversation, since everyone was congenial.

And I'm hosting tomorrow night's dinner. I'd planned on using mostly leftovers from today's lunch, if there were enough, and adding fish from the fish share. So, pretty much a repeat of lunch, with tandoori fish fillets (assuming cod or another large-ish white fish) added. I may have to make more dessert, and definitely more green salad, but there's sufficient leftovers of everything else. (Tons, in some cases; the kohlrabi I got this week was so huge... I finally realized that it's the functional equivalent of jicama, though it's got a slightly denser crunch, which makes it easier to think about.)

I haven't finalized menus for the two other meals I know I'm hosting this week (Wednesday and Friday dinners), though they'll definitely reflect whatever comes in the farm share. Friday includes a vegetarian (who definitely doesn't eat fish), so that will likely be dairy. Wednesday might include a vegan, so that might tend towards dairy as well (though I suppose it could go either way, really).

Comments

[fetteredwolf.livejournal.com]

Mmm. I'm sorry we never got back to you about meals. I was away for a department retreat and we had a vet emergency (she's fine now) and all sorts of things have been happening. Maybe Shabbat soon?

ooo I want the masala chai dough recipe.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Hope things are getting back to the regular level of crazy :-).

Masala chai dough: make your favorite pizza dough recipe. Instead of water, use masala chai tea. Add some extra cloves or other spices if they appeal.