Pesach menus 2014 - first days

imasinger

Sat, Apr 12 2014, 11:16 pm

We haven't gotten this thread up yet?
Here's mine, as always, subject to change:

Erev: fried cauliflower, veg. soup, hot dogs.

Seder 1:
Seder food (karpas, maror, etc.)
Chicken soup
Zucchini potato soup
Green salad
Brisket and potatoes
Broccoli kugel
Butternut squash
Lemon meringue pie
Pesach "yodels"

Lunch 1 (dairy):
Fish
Matza pizza, matza brei, cream cheese, lox
Spicy ratatouille with quinoa

Seder 2:
Chicken soup
Spaghetti squash and meatballs
Leftover brisket and potatoes
Asparagus
Popcorn cauliflower
Fresh pineapple sorbet
Chocolate chip cookies

Lunch 2 (a lot of guests):

Gefilte fish
Salmon with lemon mayo sauce
Big roast prepared in smoker
Suteed mushrooms in wine
Zucchini creole
Potato kugel
Coleslaw
Green salad
Avocado/palm hearts salad
Chocolate mousse
Meringues

boysrus

Sat, Apr 12 2014, 11:41 pm

sounds yummy , imasinger. good for you.
my menu is so much simpler this year, and I am serving only a main and dessert at the seder. I will not even bother to post it because it sounds so unexciting!

chani8

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 3:34 am

Seder:
Makkos treats
Seder foods
Deviled eggs
Boiled chicken and organic carrots in a fruity sauce
Rice with turmeric and fresh coriander
Jerusalem kugel (made with corn noodles)
Homemade chocolate covered matza for afikoman

Lunch:
Hummus and schug
Beef brisket (#8) and broccoli in DD's awesome sauce (coconut milk, onion, garlic, fresh ginger, fresh coriander, cumin, salt and pepper)
Leftover rice and JM kugel
Chocolate chip cookies
Cornmeal blondies

deena19k

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 4:01 am

Seder:

Gefilte fish & dips
chicken soup
duck sauce chicken and potatoes
Two tone cabbage salad
Side dish?

Lunch:

Salmon & dips
shoulder roast with potatoes
Sweet n sour cutlets
apple kugel
Coleslaw

I need dessert ideas that I can make without a mixer. Anyone?

really happy right now that I live in e"y with only 2 meals to cook for Very Happy

Mrs.K

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 7:57 am

Only one day of Pesach here

Seder

Fish
Meat & Onion Soup
Sweet & Sour Corned Beef
Brisket with Potatoes and Carrots
Southern Fried Chicken
Potato Kugel or Scalloped Potatoes?
Cranberry Apple Kugel
Salads - undecided

Dessert
Hot Brownies with Ice Cream
Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lunch the next day will pretty much be whatever is left over from the seder.
I'm on a special restrictive diet so I get none of the above :-(. Lots of food preps just for me - chicken, roasted vegetables, vegetable kugels, carrot muffins, etc. etc. etc.

kermit the frog

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 11:11 am

Mrs.K wrote:

Only one day of Pesach here

Seder
Brisket with Potatoes and Carrots
Southern Fried Chicken.

Can you please post these recipes?

Mrs.K

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 11:21 am

The brisket really stumped me. I always bake it in a great sauce and we can only do the stovetop for seder. I also couldn't really do a sauce because the corned beef is in a sweet & sour glaze and I thought it would be too similar.

So it's not my favorite recipe because I always prefer it in the oven, but it is super-soft so that's nice. I boil it in water and add spices to my liking. (Garlic powder, onion powder, etc. Yes, I do put in soup mix, I know everyone is cringing now) I boil it covered on a low flame until it's butter soft. Halfway through I throw in potatoes and carrots. (I imagine you can use other vegetables as well) That's really it.

Southen fried chicken: I use bottoms only so it doesn't dry out on the platta by the time Shulchan Orech rolls around. I dip in egg and then in a mixture of matzah meal, potato starch, and spices. I fill a narrower pot with oil, deep fry (not to high so that outside doesn't burn while the inside is raw!) and drain on a paper towel.

alwaybhappy

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 12:25 pm

seder-
pickled salmon
chicken soup
maybe baked apple for dessert

day 1-
salmon
sweet meat
potato chip shnitzel
coleslaw, cucumber salad, beet salad
ananas kugel
maybe apple pie

MrsDuby

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 1:02 pm

imasinger -- would you mind posting your zuchinni potato soup? It doesnt have to be now -- I'm all set for menus for this year, but id love to try it next time.

Thanks !

ra_mom

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 1:28 pm

seder plate
zro'ah, beitza, marror, charoses, karpas, chazeres, eggs & salt water

first course
regular and carp gefilte fish
dips [chrain, babaganoush, marinated eggplant, avocado spread, tomato dip, spinach dip (? I still have not been able to find frozen spinach)]

table salads
gingered beet salad
kirby salad
cole slaw

plated salads
leafy balsamic salad
deli salad
garden salad

mains
glazed corned beef
roast beef with 'teriyaki' sauce
pastrami stuffed capons

starch sides
parley baby potatoes
quinoa salad
potato salad

vegetables sides
roasted asparagus
bruschetta zucchini
cauliflower kugel

desserts
natural apple sauce
moist chocolate cake with glaze
strawberry ices

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freidasima

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 2:54 pm

Seder:
carpas (celery or potatoes or parsley)
charoset
Maror
hard boiled egg in salt water
sweet potato soup
acorn squash stuffed with quinoa
sauteed onions and mushrooms
sweet carrots
roasted chicken pieces
chicken kebabs
meat kebabs
schnitzl
roasted fillet slices in sweet sauce
Roasted fillet slices in not sweet sauce
potato latkes
cauliflower pieces
chocolate cake
jelly roll cake
fruit
almonds, raisins and walnut mix

Tuesday lunch:
leftovers plus potato kugel
fruit
almonds, raisins and walnut mix

Volunteer

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 3:14 pm

Various salads:
Romaine lettuce salad with hard-boiled eggs
morroccan carrot salad
beet salad
cabbage salad with dill
grilled spanish eggplant
hummus
matbucha
chickpea, olive and pepper salad

matzah ball soup with chicken & vegetables
roasted turkey
roasted green beans

baked apples stuffed with haroset
homemade maccaroons

ra_mom

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 8:41 pm

amother wrote:

Can someone post a recipe for chrein? Thank you

Chrain
• 1 lb. horseradish root
• 2 medium beets
• 1/4 cup sugar
• salt to taste (or 5 tsp table salt)
• lemon juice to taste (or 1 cup Pesach vinegar)
Peel the horseradish root and beets and cut into 1-inch chunks. Grind fine in electric grinder, blender, food processor, grater or juicer. The juicer produces the least amount of tears. If using a juicer, the pulp will be fine, almost powdery - simply mix it back into the juice.
Combine sugar, salt and lemon juice and add to combined horseradish-beet mixture. Refrigerate in tightly covered glass containers.
NOTE: If root is not crisp, refresh it by soaking in cold water overnight in the refrigerator before grinding.

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yo'ma

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 9:06 pm

alwaybhappy wrote:

seder-
pickled salmon
chicken soup
maybe baked apple for dessert

My kind of girl. I also only serve soup by the seder. Maybe some dips and I'm still debating about the fish. For dessert, the afikomen Very Happy

. One year we had a guest for the seder, so I made more food. As he was leaving he said he's so full, there was so much food. I said we usually only serve soup, but since he was coming, we had more. He said he would have been happy with just soup Very Happy

. My dh just told me we're having a guest over for the second seder, a different guest, but I'm not making anything else because this guy doesn't eat anyway.

ra_mom

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 9:13 pm

deena19k wrote:

I need dessert ideas that I can make without a mixer. Anyone?

chocolate bark
melon
compote
one bowl cake/cookies/brownies
apple crisp/fritter
baked apples
poached pears

SacN

Sun, Apr 13 2014, 10:28 pm

Seder:
Actual seder foods (eggs, charoses, marror, etc)
Chicken soup
Brisket in wine sauce with root veggies
Brownies

Lunch:
Eating out with some lovely friends

Tuesday night/Wednesday--Chol Hamoed. Probably Omelets, deli, Tuna, salads, etc. We plan to go on a tiyul, so anything we can pack easily.

I love living in E''Y. This is my first chag here, and it's SO MUCH LESS WORK. Just one of the many reasons…