Seder Menu

So we did it... two successful seders this year. The first included a group of guests, as well as my parents and immediate family. The second was just the latter.

What we had to eat... way too much:

-About 3 pans of chicken (some with marsala and some with duck sauce. U. did this as I won't cook meat myself, and in fact we don't even have meat dishes the rest of the year)

-2 pounds of salmon

-2 pounds of carrots in a lemon-ginger carrot salad

-a pan full of roasted potatoes

-matzo ball soup, with parve chicken broth

-an enormous store-bought broccoli kugel

-2 meatloaves from a guest

-2 casseroles from the same guest

-ratatouille

Nut-free charoset because I'm now allergic to nuts and uncooked apples and pears:

-about 3 apples and 3 pears, baked first in the oven

and

-two handfuls of dates

all ground up together in the food processor with marsala and then mixed with

-raisins left whole

It was very good.

We still have quite a bit of this left over and I never even made the squash I bought to make honey lemon squash or cucumbers I bought for a dill-cucumber salad. I don't think I'll have to cook for Shabbat.