We had guests for seudat purim, and I hope they didn't leave hungry.
Here's a recap of our menu:
Homemade whole wheat/oatmeal/flaxseed rolls, with butter or cream cheese
Tomato Soup with roasted red peppers (I made this in the crockpot: First, I pan-roasted - in my cast iron pan - onions, red peppers, and tomatoes - each separately - in olive oil. Place those in crock pot, along with 2/3 cup brown rice. Add tomato paste (I used about 1 kg for my super huge crock pot) and water or vegetable stock, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste. Cook on high for about 6 hrs.)
Teriyaki/Ginger salmon steaks (major splurge, but they were on sale for 48.99NIS/kg)
Spicy Roasted new potatoes
Corn Bread
Cut vegetables - avocado, carrots, cucumbers, red peppers
Hamantaschen
A couple bottles of wine, for those interested.
What did you do for seudah?
I started this site because so many of the frugal food sites I love are just jam-packed with recipes that are decidedly un-kosher. And lots of other frugal living sites are extremely religious, and not in a Jewish way. And that just wasn’t working for me. I hope that I can share some ways to be frugal AND kosher. And share some of my thoughts about our life since making Aliyah. Oh, and if you share my recipes, menus, musings, etc, please link back to this blog. Thank you.
We hosted a homeschoolers' potluck seuda. Everyone brought something, so I didn't have to make tons of food.
ReplyDeleteI made my usual Purim bread (with chocolate chips) and baked tofu and a salad and vegan, sugar-free fruit cake.
Others brought quinoa salad, baked sweet and regular potatoes, broccoli vegan-quiche, rice salad, stir-fried vegetables, lentil salad, strawberries. There were also a variety of cakes and hamantaschen, and I don't think anyone went home hungry :-)
Maybe you'll come and join us next year...!
Louise
Thanks for sharing your pot luck menu Louise! sounds great! I think we are going to make a habit of having my cousins over for Purim, it was so much fun, and made us feel a sense of belonging we've been missing.
DeleteYou can read more about it here: http://northernlightsreflections.blogspot.com/2012/03/family-and-belonging.html