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My table will be laden with:

Potatoes Au Gratin (much-reduced calories and fat)
Israeli Salad
Oven-Roasted Zucchini
Salmon with Lemon and Pepper
Dessert: Lemon sorbet with blueberries

And of course, challah and wine, just for good measure.

Breakfast will be fruit salad and/or cereal, depending on what my SO wants.

Shabbat lunch will be leftovers from dinner if there are enough, hummos and pita if the leftovers are a bit thin (we may have guests coming after services).

Seudah shlishit (third meal) will be vegetarian cholent.

I spent last week's Shabbat in the hospital. crying crying crying

This week was -much- nicer than last week. I was just super thankful to be home again...although the antibiotics gave me nasty heartburn that kept me up all night, all week, I didn't even care because I was HOME!

My roommate at the hospital last Friday night was Jewish as well, so we had a mini-Shabbat...but we were both in a lot of pain and on a lot of painkillers, so when the Rabbi came, we were both really hazy. Let me tell you...if you're not fluent in Hebrew, what little you do know flies right out the window after a little morphine.

But it was something to laugh about when we felt better on Saturday afternoon! It was actually kind of a neat experience, in retrospect, to feel a sort of...rejuvenation. I mean, when you've got a high fever and pain and you're hazy from the drugs, you sort of feel like it's never going to get any better. But then the Rabbi came, and afterwards I fell into a really peaceful sleep and in the morning I felt...well...not all better, but better. The fever had broken, and the pain was tolerable. I know the antibiotics they were pumping into me played a huge role in that, but I like to think that prayer helped too.

Tonight's feast:
Wine and challah (of course)
Tabbouleh salad with loads of extra tomatoes
Fruit salad
Tuna steaks marinated in a Thai lime sauce
Dessert: Nonfat "cheesecake" (recipe below)

Tomorrow's breakfast will be fruit salad and/or cereal and/or berry muffins.

Shabbat lunch will be hummous and pita.

Seudah shlishit (third meal) is probably going to be falafel sandwiches in pita, with an Indian yogurt sauce called raita.


Nonfat "Cheesecake"

16 oz. fat-free ricotta cheese
1/3 C skim milk (or nonfat soy milk)
1 package fat-free, sugar-free instant pudding (choose your favorite flavor)

Blend together all ingredients thoroughly. Serve by the half-cup in cute dessert cups. Garnish with berries, a drizzle of chocolate or caramel sauce, and/or a sprig of mint leaves.

When choosing what flavor of pudding to use, I have a hard time deciding between their Cheesecake flavor (which is perfect for this dish) and their White Chocolate flavor. So this week, I made a double recipe, and I used one of each flavor of pudding.

It's also delicious if you put it into a reduced-fat graham cracker crust.

ooo That sounds really good- you seem like one amazing chef! blaugh

I've got some frozen challah that I've pre-made, and will set them out to thaw and rise at about noon, instead of buying challah while I'm out at errands today. I've got some good ol' Kedem grape juice, two small bottles -- one chilling in the fridge and one getting to room temperature on the table, since I like it warm, myself.

I've got some turkey thawed out, and will be putting turkey meatballs as well as whole eggs into my cholent. I'm making it Southern style; what Jews call cholent and Indians call dahl, Southerners just call "a big mess of beans."

There'll be Israeli salad (with the addition of shredded lettuce, because the bell peppers at the market didn't look very good yesterday).

I've got some tuna that I'll make into a Caribbean style kebab, which I'll pan-fry instead of grilling or broiling because the tuna needs to be seared on the outside but not overcooked on the inside.

Fruit salad.

Ohhh, it'll be wonderful!

I thought Au Gratin Potatoes were made with an awful lot of butter and cheese. Do you have a non dairy variation? I'd love to know.

Heh.

My friday night meal: Whole wheat spaghetti with shrimp alfredo sauce.

Tonight's meal: Grilled salmon with veggies and eggnog.