S/O fancy shabbat meal. Who keeps it very simple?

amother

Goldenrod

Fri, Jan 15 2021, 2:57 pm

My simple shabbos:
Fri night:
Challah (bought or from the freezer)
Chicken soup and chumus
A chicken dish
A cooked vegetable
A Kugel (generally made in advance and frozen)
Dessert (some baked good and dried fruit)

Shabbos lunch:
Challah
Chumus and fish (gefilte or herring depending on my mood)
Chicken or meat dish
Fresh salad
Kugel
Dessert

Shalosh shudes:
Challah
Chumus
Hard boiled eggs
Fish
Cut up veggies
Dessert.

etky

Sat, Jan 16 2021, 3:02 pm

I never thought of our meals as very simple but judging from the other thread, I guess they are.
My basic template is:
Friday night:
Challah - no dips. The challah I make is sweet and we enjoy it on its own. Also, if we ate dips with the challah we would not have room for the rest of the meal. As it is, it's sometimes a challenge to eat dessert...
Soup (I have a rotation of about a dozen soups)
Roast chicken (whole or pieces) of some sort
2 carbs and a cooked veg. Often this includes a kugel. I make lots of different kugels.
Dessert: usually some sort of cake or crumble and/or parve ice cream

Shabbat lunch:
Challah
Plated green salad (I customize so every one gets only the veggies that they like). Often I'll make a cabbage or cucumber salad too.
Chicken/schnitzel or meat or (rarely, and only during the winter) cholent or a dish made with chopped meat like Shepherd's pie or Tamale pie.
2 carbs and a cooked veg. (different selection from Friday night)
Dessert: same idea as Friday night but usually a second cake/crumble. I like to bake.

When we have guests I will usually make fish or something else for a first course other than the green salad and maybe one more side and a second protein.

shabbatiscoming

Sat, Jan 16 2021, 4:33 pm

amother [ Burgundy ] wrote:

I am making a simple Shabbos this week.

This is my menu
Homemade challah
Tomato dip
Eggplant dip
Garlic oil
Chummus (bought but make mushrooms as topping)
Salmon
Sprouts salad (layered veggies salad)
Cut up veggies for kids
Chicken soup with croutons and noodles and veggies
Miami ribs
Chestnuts roasted (my kids LOVE these)
Either string beans or broccoli
Eggrolls
Dessert ice cream.probably

Shabbos day
Challah and dips
Salad
Cholent
Eggs from cholent
Liver
Overnight kugel
Shnitzel
Leftover veggy from friday night
Not sure about dessert yet

This is not at all what I meant by simple Smile

amother

Blush

Sat, Jan 16 2021, 4:50 pm

Me I keep it very simple. It comes around every week, there is no time to faff about. If I'm having guests I'll make much more of an effort but we've not had guests for a long time bc of covid.

grace413

Sat, Jan 16 2021, 4:54 pm

Friday night
Challah
Chicken soup
Roast Chicken
Couscous with cooked veggies
tomato/cucumber salad

Shabbat lunch
Challah
chummus, eggplant salad
tomato/cucumber salad
Roast Chicken or meat loaf
couscous or mashed potatoes

Can't get much simpler than that.

DVOM

Sat, Jan 16 2021, 7:03 pm

amother [ Burgundy ] wrote:

This would be my fancy!

DVOM

Sat, Jan 16 2021, 7:09 pm

There was a period of time when my husband rolled in the door 10 minutes to Shabbos. I work full time, and with no cleaning or husband help, we perfected the super simple Shabbos meal:

Store brought challah
Store brought chumus
Enormous pot of chulant eaten both Fri night and Shabbos day, usually with a bag of couliflower or butternut squash or both in a cooking net added to the mix
Chicken soup for Friday night
Dunkin heinz mix cake or brownies

And that's it!