How to make a Shabbat menu

[magid]

1. Invite a some people. Have all of them be out of town or otherwise busy, so food is whatever inspires without the added benefit of guestage.
   
2. Look at what is left from the farm share pickup.
   
3. Realize that it's mostly greens, though only one lettuce. Start thinking about cooking all possible (ie, non-lettuce) greens.
   
4. Choose not to go shopping for fill-in items.
   
5. Figure out combinations of vegetables that go together with the current condiments and other ingredients.
   
6. Decide that the remaining fruit should be baked into a dessert.
   
7. Cook.

What made the cut:

• sauteed onions, spinach, and arugula, with pine nuts and feta
  
• sauteed collards and chard with sweet potato, chickpeas, hot sauce, and preserved lemon
  
• barely-steamed snap peas
  
• cucumber-tomato salad, perhaps with some lettuce [which is to say, the salad isn't assembled yet]
  
• cinnamon-apple upside down cake, riffed off this recipe, except that (a) I sauteed slices of apple in butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg, and put them on the bottom, (b) I ran out of white sugar (instead of the maple sugar/syrup), so the last half cup is brown sugar, (c) I ran out of vegetable oil, so a third of it is olive oil, and (d) I added cinnamon and nutmeg to the batter, plus (e) I don't think Greek-style yogurt was intended, but that's what I had, so the dough was drier, less flowing than regular cake batter (closer to drop biscuits)

Left from this week's share: lettuce; either I'll have enough leftovers to carry me to Wednesday, or I see a stop at Russo's in my future.
What ingredients I need to replenish: flour (any kind(s) that appeal, since I barely have any), white sugar, vegetable oil, dried beans other than chickpeas, soy sauce.

Comments

[perldiver.livejournal.com]

Well, that work really well because it would be nice to eat whatever you cook for me. ;>

[magid.livejournal.com]

...and the next time you'll be in Boston that your time isn't wholly taken up with parties is...?

[perldiver.livejournal.com]

Yes, I suppose I should arrange such a time, shouldn't I? :>

It would be awesome to see all my Boston friends, especially the ones I don't see much. I'll look for a weekend that I can take off soon.