APPENDIX B: SHABBAT AND HOLIDAY MENU SUGGESTIONS

Shabbat

MEAT DINNER

Weekly Challah

Red Lentil Soup with Lime

Rack of Lamb

Farro with Grilled Onions and Roasted Tomatoes

Fava Beans with String Beans and Hazelnuts (use olive oil instead of butter)

Herbed Citrus Sorbet

Pistachio Anise Biscotti or Coconut Mandelbread

Berries

MEAT DINNER

Weekly Challah

Simple green salad with herbs and dressing from Plum and Spinach Salad (here)

Lemony Cornish Hens

Braised Veal Stew with Butternut Squash

Grilled zucchini

Flageolet Beans with Herbs and Tomato

Chocolate Chip–Hazelnut Meringues

Mango and Pineapple Fruit Salad

DAIRY DINNER

Weekly Challah

Kasha and Mushroom Kreplach with Vegetable Consommé or Vegetarian Russian Borscht

Simple Sole with Tartar Sauce

Summer or Winter Vegetable Tart

Roasted Tzimmes

Sautéed broccoli with garlic and olive oil

Sour Cherry or Blueberry Pie

DAIRY DINNER

Weekly Challah

Gemelli with Mushroom Bolognese

Pan-Seared Branzini

Braised Roasted Fennel

Sautéed Greens with Shallots

Chocolate Sour Cream Cake with berries

Rosh Hashanah

Weekly Challah: Round Challah with Honey Bowl

Orange, Frisée, and Radish Salad

Salmon-Halibut Gefilte Fish or Fish Soup with Fennel and Saffron

Duck Breasts with Apples and Maple Cider Sauce

Bulgur Salad with Pomegranates and Pine Nuts

Honey Cake with Grilled Peaches

Sukkot

MEAT DINNER

Crostini with Three Toppings: Caponata, Mushroom Chopped “Liver,” White Bean Purée

Pickled String Beans and Baby Carrots

Cajun Barbecue Brisket

Roasted Delicata Squash Rings

Roasted Red Pepper, Tomato, and Parsley Salad

Chocolate Brownie Cookies with Sea Salt

DAIRY DINNER

Plum and Spinach Salad

Savory Butternut Squash Crumble

Grilled Halibut Kebabs with Marcona Almond Sauce

Moroccan Carrot Slaw

Two Great Dunking Cookies

LUNCH

Yellow Cauliflower Soup with Parsley Oil

Tahini-Dressed Chicken Salad with Arugula

Fall Crostata or Three Sorbets

Thanksgiving

TRADITIONAL DINNER

Rye Bread

Karpas Salad

Citrus and Balsamic–Glazed Turkey Breast

Farro with Grilled Onions and Roasted Tomatoes

Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Lime and Cilantro

Celery Root and Potato Purée

Rustic Apple-Cranberry Pie

Chocolate Chip–Hazelnut Meringues

Spiced Fig Compote

Pear Sorbet

Citrus and Verbena Salad

VEGETARIAN DINNER

Fig and Fennel Bread

Savory Plum-Tomato Jam

Yellow Cauliflower Soup with Parsley Oil or Wild Mushroom Barley Soup

Fennel, Green Apple, and Pecorino Salad or Kale, Farro, and Carrot Salad

Savory Butternut Squash Crumble

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranate-Citrus Glaze

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

Ultimate Sugar Cookies

Rustic Apple-Cranberry Pie

Pumpkin Rugelach

Chanukah

DAIRY DINNER

Latkes Four Ways

Crostini with White Bean Purée

21st-Century Whitefish Salad

Simple Sole with Three Sauces

Braised Roasted Fennel

Ultimate Sugar Cookies

Lemon Layer Cake

MEAT DINNER

Pickled Grapes with Rosemary

Latkes Four Ways

Crostini with Caponata

Prime Rib Bones with Roasted Potatoes

Sautéed Greens with Shallots

Warm Mushroom Sauté (use olive oil instead of butter)

Lime–Olive Oil Cake with Rhubarb Compote

Tu B’Shevat Seder

DAIRY DINNER

Wild Mushroom Barley Soup or Red Lentil Soup with Lime

Wheat Berry and Grape Salad

Israeli Couscous Risotto

Goat Milk and Yogurt Panna Cotta with Spiced Fig Compote

Vanilla Crescents with Citrus and Verbena Salad

Passover

With eight days of special holiday cooking to do, there are a number of menus you could create. See Appendix C for a complete list of Passover-friendly recipes in this book.

Shavuot

DAIRY DINNER

Homemade Ricotta

Tomato Soup with Gougères

Pan-Seared Branzini

Barley Risotto with Zucchini

Light and Creamy Cheesecake with Nut Brittle and Blueberries

Pumpkin Rugelach