For rosh hashanah Jenna and I decided to have our friends over to join us and our family for dinner! The day before Jenna and I went to the grocery store bought all the ingredients including going to a Jewish neighborhood called Once to buy challah! The neighborhood was filled with a bunch of Jewish boys in yamakas running in the street and the bakery where we were able to buy a round challah (yep we found a round one we were surprised also) had people screaming "lshana tova!", we felt so at home. They were even giving out free brochures all about Rosh Hashanah in Spanish and we took them to put on the table. We were ready for a great dinner!
The menu for the night was
Appetizers-
Guacamole and carrots
Apples dipped in honey
Main meal-
Grilled garlic and lemon chicken
Potato pancakes
Roasted butternut squash
Spinach tomatoe and red pepper salad
Challah
Dessert-
Cookie cake
Strawberries
Cooking was quite an adventure. Thankfully Jenna and I asked for a cheese grater because neither of us had ever made home made Latkas and the act of "grating" a potatoe would have been extremely difficult if we did not use an automatic grater. Also I had never fried something before and I was extremely grossed out at the reality of cooking a perfectly fresh potatoe into so much boiling hot oil. But I guess the taste is worth it (not for me). The potatoe pancakes got great reviews though.
Jenna made the salad, Guacamole, and set up the apples and honey while I roasted the butternut squash, cooked the chicken, and made the potatoe pancakes. We were a great team and 3 HOURS LATER we had food! Cooking takes so long!!
The grated potatoes
Frying the potatoes- so much oil ew
SUCCESS
Marinating the chicken
Our friends came over while we were still cooking and I got really angry and mom-like when Pardee kept eating the apples and honey before they were on the table!
But finally the food was ready and we sat in the living room for appetizers and a glass of wine!
Cheers
I explained the signficance of the apples dipped in honey as a "sweet" new year and the family got to try it!
Trying the apples dipped in honey
The appetizers
Apples and honey
After appetizers we went to the dining room table for dinner! Our mom set up the tables really nice and we added the challah and packets we got as decoration. During dinner weave New Years resolutions, did the prayer over the challah, and read a little of the packet about the shofar and the meaning of the holiday. It was really cool to bring these traditions and celebrate this holiday with new people (even though I was sad to not be with my family).
The food was so delicious and I was so happy everything turned out so well!
The table!
The round challah!
Latkas!
Garlic lemon chicken
Roasted butternut squash
For dessert I of course had to make a cookie cake!
The chefs!
It was a really fun and delicious night!
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