How do you know it's Passover? Well, I've
literally used about 40 eggs in the past week.
Sidenote, eleven of those eggs were from
Stewart's, which has the cutest sign: "Want fresher eggs? Buy a chicken."
Maybe people will!
So it's not really a secret that I love hosting Passover. In
2009 and
2010 you may or may not have been one of the 15-20 people crammed at my makeshift dining room table in the DC area. You may or may not have your own little green smiling rubber frog "plague" that my mom gave you.
Last year my family decided that with the "real" seder nights on weekdays, we'd convene as a fam, original 4 + grandma + 2 husbands, on a weekend that falls during the holiday. Last year in Boston, next year in
Jerusalem Albany!
A lot of the usual suspects reappeared--I admit this is somewhat lazy, but I have it on good authority from
WaffleW that "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Duet of charoset, always--tradish with apples, wine, nuts (this year, pecans), some honey, and some ginger snow (I have Rachael Ray to thank for that tip, love 'er or not); second is Sephardic charoset like my grandma's, with wine, stewed dates, and orange zest.
Chicken soup with matzah balls--my dad makes the chicken soup with a whole chicken in the pressure cooker, then he picks off the meat for the soup and we add J's matzah balls. If you're not feeling well, one bowl of this is sure to cure you.
Salad (spinach, radishes, peppers, cucumber, nothing crazy)
Gefilte fish--not from a jar, but frozen then boiled or baked. With lots of red horseradish
Roasted eggplant spread--I roast it with garlic for 45 minutes at 400, either whole and punctured or cut in half and face down, scoop the insides into a bowl, mash/stir with fork or pulse with an immersion blender, squeeze a lemon in it, and add salt & pepper. Ta da! My sister didn't like the way it looked, but I don't care because I like the way it tastes!
BrisketTzimmes Souffle--J enjoyed Saturday's version more than Monday (we brought it as guests) because there was less pineapple. Other people only liked on Monday
because it tasted like pineapple (and not carrot). My grandma
does not like "cooked carrots" (whatever), but she liked this. It tastes more like carrot cake and cornbread had a baby, and I make it every year.
Roasted root vegetables--yum, great leftovers, and with the above made my table quite orange. Olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper did the trick.
Chocolate drop cookies--straight from the freezer, to die for as per yuzh.
Chocolate chip mandelbreitMacaroons Date charoset doesn't look like much (after all, it's basically brown), but it is amaaaaazing.
See also, most of a seder plate's
components. For a beautiful background on Passover, check out
The Shiksa's explanations from last year.
Or you can Google it. <--seriously, watch this video, it's uber cute and has some
dayenu in the background.
Sister desperately clings to the hope that after this seemingly last bite, there will be another.
The next morning we somehow were hungry again. I made two frittata-type situations--one matzah brei (eggs, crumbled matzah, cinnamon & sugar), and one with leftover root vegetables, cheese, and spinach. Served with salad, whitefish salad, lox, charoset, matzah, and coffee, this was a brunch table to die for, and we put it together in no time at all.
Then, although it's not seasonally appropriate, we put a pumpkin baby hat on my dog niece.
Happy holidays, if you're celebrating, and if not, happy it-was-sunny-this-morning (always a reason to celebrate)!
Hard to imagine Mick Jagger in flip flops, but he seems to be making the look very handsomely. He definitely looks good in flip flops, very handsome.
Nothing sweeter than true love. I totally respect him because he's a loving family man, not too many of those around and even if there is, it's a rarity. This guy looks very loving and sweet, and they both love each other and have 2 beautiful daughters, family pics are way better than anything because it shows there still is love in this world.
This basically shows you fatherhood and motherhood can still be sexy. That's it sexy to love children.
He can definitely rock the casual look. He's even sexier without the cowboy hat, jeans and boots on. He looks 20 times hotter with a baseball hat, jeans and a t-shirt or nice shirt. And he's a loving family man, how much better of a person can u get?
To be her for one day, omg!!!!!!!
