Cooking, mostly for Shabbat

[magid]

The menu for tonight's Shabbat dinner:

• challah rolls, made with flaxseed meal
  
• lentil stew with sausage and mushroom (also lots of alliums: onion, garlic, garlic scapes, and leeks)
  
• chicken thighs, some topped with mustard, baked with red cabbage, onion, and cider vinegar
  
• roasted onion, tomato, and a bit of eggplant, seasoned with oregano
  
• roasted eggplant and yukon gold potatoes
  
• fresh corn salad, with tomatoes, scallions, and black beans

I decided not to make a green salad; I can make one tomorrow if it appeals more then. I also didn't get around to making a dessert, but I've always got sorbet in the freezer, if I even want dessert; this is rather a lot of food... But it's what I was in the mood to make. If I have tons of leftovers, I'm sure I'll be able to figure out something to do with them.

I did manage one other culinary item: this morning I made a batch of cranberry-cantaloupe jam. It looks interesting in the jars, the orange and the red. If I'd thought the pieces would keep so much of their volume, I'd've cut the cantaloupe smaller. Interestingly, cooking melon smells rather similar to winter squash.

Comments

[bitty.livejournal.com]

aside from the eggplant, i'm drooling.

[magid.livejournal.com]

Luckily, the eggplant is pretty distinct, so pretty avoidable.
There's likely to be much of this for lunch tomorrow - wanna come over?

[bitty.livejournal.com]

gnargh. i'd love to come over for lunch tomorrow, but bubblebabble scheduled us an apartment walk-through tomorrow, and then I have afternoon plans.
*whine*

[magid.livejournal.com]

:-(
My loss, then. We should figure out another time...