Help! 14 people for Pesach!

moonstone

Thu, Mar 08 2018, 2:13 pm

ra_mom wrote:

Do as much as you can in advance. Base your menu on what stores well and reheats well. Here are some such ideas, but make what you like.

Seder Plate
-Zro'ah (broil 2 days before)
-Beitza (cook eggs 2 days before)
-Marror (grind up quickly in advance-use goggles, or buy)
-Charoses (grind up quickly in advance)
-Karpas (use cooked parsnip from chicken soup)
-Chazeres (leaves)
-Eggs & salt water (see above)

Friday Night Seder
-Cranberry bella brisket (from becca and debsey)
-Two tone roasted potatoes (cube and bake erev YT)
-Roasted vegetables (cube day before, bake erev YT)
-cucumber salad (keeps well in fridge for a week)

Shabbos Day Meal
-Egg salad (see above re hard eggs)
-Yapsuk in the crockpot
-Quinoa avocado salad (bake quinoa in advance, cut veggies and assemble salad morn bed meal)
-Marinated salad (keeps well in fridge for a week)

Saturday Night Seder
-Meatballs
-Potato knish kugel (like mashed potatoes but can be made in advance, frozen and heated through in the oven)
-Zucchini sticks (cut day before, roast erev YT, bring to room temp bef meal)
-Cole slaw (stores in fridge for a few days)

Sunday Day Meal
-Corned beef
-Potato salad (can be made 2 days in advance)
-Garlic asparagus (make erev YT, bring to room temp morn of meal)
-Lemony dill carrot salad (shred with food processor a few days before and assemble before YT)

Serve chicken soup at night meals.

Gefilte and salmon at day meals (both can be baked in the oven).

Would you mind sharing the recipe for potato knish kugel? That sounds good!!!

enneamom

Thu, Mar 08 2018, 2:24 pm

tichellady wrote:

I would ask family to be in charge of dessert. Dessert is easy to travel with even if coming from far

I'm 100% pro this idea.

Beingreal

Thu, Mar 08 2018, 2:41 pm

Op here. One of my sis in laws who I am close to will try to talk to my mother in law to maje dessert...but let's not hold our breath.

thunderstorm

Thu, Mar 08 2018, 5:34 pm

OP dessert could be fruit salad, cut up fruit or applesauce . Keep it simple.
You'll be great.
If you need any recipe ideas other than what you received PM me. I'd love to assist.

mfb

Thu, Mar 08 2018, 6:12 pm

Op would it work with your in laws, if they won't bring anything then maybe ask for help while they are there. For example "cann you please cut up these melons for dessert?" Or "can you please cut and slice the cucumbers for the cucumber salad?"...
I find the stuff that have to be donne on yom tov hard. All the rest I like to cook earlier.
I'm not into desert. I make a big pot of apples, and pears cooked up for anyone that wants somethingsweet at the end of the meal.

ra_mom

Thu, Mar 08 2018, 6:15 pm

L K wrote:

At what temperature and for how long do you bake schnitzel so it's not dried out!

Arrange in one layer on a cookie sheet, spray or brush with oil (optional) and place in oven preheated to 400 degrees. Bake uncovered for 20 min.

ra_mom

Thu, Mar 08 2018, 6:28 pm

moonstone wrote:

Would you mind sharing the recipe for potato knish kugel? That sounds good!!!

https://www.imamother.com/foru.....80895

moonstone

Fri, Mar 09 2018, 1:22 am

ra_mom wrote:

https://www.imamother.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=180895

Thanks, I'm gonna give it a try!

Beingreal

Wed, Mar 28 2018, 6:53 pm

Ok everyone op here. Tomorrow my in laws and all my sister in laws ad brother in laws (all 8 of them!) are coming. My stomach is in knots. I don't want them to come. They are loud and rude and will keep my kids up by talking loud at night. One of my sils is schizophrenic and she rubs me the wrrong way. Help!

ra_mom

Wed, Mar 28 2018, 7:03 pm

Beingreal wrote:

You're an angel. Hashem should give you strength and schar! Please take care of yourself and reserve some space that's just for you to escape to.

Beingreal

Wed, Mar 28 2018, 8:50 pm

Thanks!

imasinger

Wed, Mar 28 2018, 10:31 pm

Would it help to put up signs in every room saying "Quiet Hours 7:30 pm-6 am, please be considerate of sleeping children"?

Beingreal

Wed, Mar 28 2018, 11:28 pm

I'm thinking about that. Is that too rude?

mfb

Sun, Apr 08 2018, 2:55 pm

Op how are you doing???

Beingreal

Sun, Apr 08 2018, 3:28 pm

Glad that Pesach is over. My sister in laws and brother in laws were so rude and disrespectful. They didn't clean up after thselves and made comments what I brought to the table. Noone helped serve or clean up.Now go figure I feel hurt and I am sick.

Beingreal

Sun, Apr 08 2018, 3:28 pm

Thanks for asking...

thunderstorm

Sun, Apr 08 2018, 3:35 pm

Beingreal wrote:

Poor shaifalah! Don't think that there is anything wrong with your hosting capabilities or your cooking. Everyone knows how hard you worked. Your inlaws need to learn how to behave and they obviously are the ones with the issues. Hope you are feeling better and are back to yourself real soon. It's over! Breathe!! And give yourself a pat on your back. Hug

justcallmeima

Tue, Apr 10 2018, 2:58 pm

...and next year tell dh they're NOT COMING!!

Beingreal

Tue, Apr 10 2018, 4:35 pm

I did...and I am privately thinking what will happen on 6 years at the first Bar Mitzvah...

Beingreal

Tue, Apr 10 2018, 4:48 pm

Did I mention my 2 year old nephew threw u in the lego box and they didn't clean it up when they said they would?