Shabbat Menu 10.5.18

🍂🍂Channeling our fall menus... so long summer, I'll miss you, but I know you'll be back (tomorrow, right?)

❤️A Southern Californian

🥃Maple bourbon old-fashioned

Per cup

2 oz bourbon

2 tsp maple syrup

1 dash angostura bitters

2 tsp water

1 lemon peel

Stir, add ice.

🍞Roasted zucchini and red onion challah

slice 2 zucchinis and 1 red onion into rounds

drizzle olive oil and salt and bake at 450 for 25 min.

Add cooled veggies right into the challah dough, saving a few pieces to press into the tops of the braided loaf, and bake.

🥑Spinach avocado dip

Blend:

2 cups spinach

1 avocado

1/2 cup non-dairy sour cream or mayonnaise

1 lime, juiced

2 garlic cloves

1 jalapeno, seeded

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp salt, sprinkle pepper

Refrigerate for 30 min before serving.

🍐Pepita and Asian pear slaw

Easiest through the shredder blade of the food processor, or by hand

1 head green cabbage, thinly sliced

2 Asian pears, cut into matchsticks

1 small celery root, cut into matchsticks

1/2 cup toasted pepitas- pumpkin seeds

Dressing: whisk together olive oil, lemon juice, dijon mustard, maple syrup, salt and pepper.

🥕Cilantro + Cumin Carrot Salad

A Moroccan classic, that I love.

<Get this crinkle cutter knife for that pretty look *side note, since it's not sharp, it's a great "knife" for my kids to chop soft veggies like cucumbers, zucchinis, etc... >>>>>>

2 lbs. carrots, peeled and boiled until tender (20 min approx)

Slice carrots

Toss carrots with 1/4 cup olive oil, 3 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp cumin, 1 tsp coriander, 1 tsp paprika, a sprinkle of cayenne, 2 minced garlic cloves, a big handful of fresh cilantro, chopped.

🐟Herb Cod En Papillote

Place cod fillet on a large rectangle of parchment paper, drizzle a little olive oil, salt, fresh parsley and chive sprigs, lemon slices.

Cover cod with the parchment paper and seal the edges shut by folding them over.

Bake at 450 for approx 10 minutes, when you see the parchment puff open, it's ready.

🍵Red Lentil Soup

Super simple!

Saute 4 diced carrots

4 celery stalks, chopped

1 large diced onion

2 tsp salt

2 tsp garam masala (optional)

After 5 min, add

1 1/2 cups dried red lentils

8 cups water

2 bay leaves

Simmer for about 20 minutes, add a freshly squeezed lemon and top with chopped parsley or a sprinkle of sumac.

🍋Delicata Squash stuffed with quinoa

Slice delicata squash, remove seeds

drizzle with olive oil, salt, pepper and maple syrup and bake for 25 min. at 350 or until starting to brown.

Cook 1 cup quinoa to 2 cups water for 20 minutes, season with olive oil, lemon juice and salt, add craisins and pecans.

Fill each squash ring with quinoa mixture.

💥Meatloaf and Mushroom Gravy

moms recipe 🙂

1 lb. ground meat

Blend the following mixture, and combine with meat

1 egg

1 medium onion

3 garlic cloves

1/2 potato

salt and pepper

Bake in a loaf pan at 400 for 1 hour or until well browned.

Mushroom Gravy

Saute 1 lb. sliced mushrooms in 2 tbsp oil

Once liquid evaporates add 2 tbsp flour, and mix well.

Add 1 cup water or stock and simmer until thick. Season with salt and pepper.

Slice cooled meat, and serve with mushroom sauce.

🥧🍫Pumpkin Spice chocolate chip cake

by Rivky Greenwald

3 cups flour

2 cups sugar

2 tsp baking powder

2 tsp baking soda

2 tsp pumpkin spice or cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

4 eggs

16 oz can pumpkin puree

1 cup oil

1 cup chopped walnuts

6 oz chocolate chips

Bake in a Bundt pan at 350 for 1 hour, dust with confectioners sugar before serving.